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SOUNDSCAN REPORT: CKY, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, DARKEST HOUR, THROWDOWN
- July 6, 2005
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The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending July 5, 2005, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):
CKY – "An Answer Can Be Found": 27,786 (#35)
MEGADETH – "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start": 17,441 (#65)
DEVILDRIVER – "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand": 10,402 (#117)
DARKEST HOUR – "Undoing Ruin": 8,484 (#138)
THROWDOWN – "Vendetta": 7,188 (#156)
DEMONS & WIZARDS – "Touched by the Crimson King": 3,506
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COMMENT | The Fury of Our Maker's Hand": 10,402
posted by :
7/6/2005 8:20:10 AM
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that sucks. more people should be bying that disc. great cd.
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COMMENT | devildriver.........
posted by : datsyuk1
7/6/2005 8:28:06 AM
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great record!!!!! go buy it..
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COMMENT | DevilDriver !!
posted by : bloodbones
7/6/2005 8:34:20 AM
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Yeah you should go buy this album ! Awsome record ! Heavier and more technical than their first one.. And Megadeth only sold 17,441 ?? For Megadeth that sucks
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COMMENT | Yes
posted by :
7/6/2005 9:01:56 AM
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it does suck for Megadeth, but this is like their 3rd Greatest Hits CDs to come out in the last couple of years. I guess to make the contract requirements. Put out a new album instead. I haven't picked up Fury yet, but will this week.
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COMMENT | DD
posted by : castaway
7/6/2005 9:17:51 AM
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devildriver is weak.
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COMMENT | CKY
posted by :
7/6/2005 9:31:03 AM
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SSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
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COMMENT | Saw Devildriver and Throwdown at SOTU
posted by :
7/6/2005 9:45:44 AM
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Devildriver was pretty sharp, a friend of mine never listened to em because people said they sucked but went and bought the cd's after their set, Throwdown(Whom I like) was killer!
Very impressive cover of Sepultura's "Roots Bloody Roots" dedicated to Dimebag.
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COMMENT | ..
posted by :
7/6/2005 9:47:00 AM
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those are not bad numbers for Megadave, considering is rehashed material. and Demons and wizards numbers are not bad at all considering its american sales. home of RAP AND ROLL
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COMMENT | I put my $$ down on Darkest Hour...
posted by : \m/...Baron Von Wasteland...\m/
7/6/2005 10:08:57 AM
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It was a tough choice but I could only get the one. I have no interest in another Mega-Greatest-Hits disk.
Darkest Hour is quite catchy...
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COMMENT | Throwdown has a new album out????
posted by :
7/6/2005 10:18:25 AM
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Heh, go figure. Guess their PR department forgot something, like promo'.
I picked up the new Darkest Hour, and it's pretty damn good, a hell of alot better than the new As I Lay Dying, that's for sure.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/6/2005 10:21:37 AM
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Devildriver\s cd does indeed rock pretty hard. Alot of people won't give it a chance because of Dez and his past but once you get past that the album is great. I listen to it all the time and still am not sick of it yet.
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COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
7/6/2005 10:50:34 AM
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CKY SUCKS
DEVILDRIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/6/2005 11:05:50 AM
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YOU SUCK
CKY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Xanduril
7/6/2005 11:22:31 AM
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DEVILDRIVER FOREVER!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Jack Klompus
7/6/2005 11:34:49 AM
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that devildriver cd is fuckin awesome. heavy shit!
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COMMENT | Got DevilDriver
posted by : WRattlerX
7/6/2005 11:56:03 AM
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Go Mike!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Eternal War
7/6/2005 12:01:44 PM
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JESUS CHRIST, darkest hour and throwdown on billboard?? what the fuck is going on here? ughhhh
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : yianni259
7/6/2005 12:30:38 PM
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Devildriver are pretty good but i think Dez has fucked himself over big time. nobody likes him and for good reason. he is a dick. great vocalist though and undeniable stage presence
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COMMENT | CoCo the Clown
posted by : www.drowningthemind.com
7/6/2005 12:36:33 PM
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his band really sucks...
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/6/2005 12:42:48 PM
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new Devildriver is good. But why did I feel slightly guilty buying it? hmmmm
"End of the Line" is the best song, riffs from here to Antarctica.
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COMMENT | truthspoke
posted by : Jack Klompus
7/6/2005 12:54:37 PM
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i feel the need to remind you that at one time judas priest, iron maiden etc. were considered "new" bands. while i'm not saying the bands in this thread are in the same boat as the ones i mentioned, it doesn't mean they aren't good. get off your soapbox and slowly pull your head out of your ass
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COMMENT | truthspoke
posted by :
7/6/2005 1:18:27 PM
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if you listen to the new devildriver you would know that they took some time and crafted some great songs with melody in them. nobody is compairing them to the bands you listed, but, if you give the new disc half a chance you would see there is more to dd then trying to be heavy and going lower, faster and sounding the same. listen to the disc, you might be surprised with what you hear.
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COMMENT | Who the hell is Dez?
posted by : tlizzy
7/6/2005 2:47:10 PM
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I must be finally starting to lose touch in the metal community, as I have no idea who Dez from Devildriver is? Anyway, spent my hard earned money on the new Clutch yesterday. They continue to impress & progress in my opinion. They certainly didn't cut corners on the package, as it is has killer artwork & packaging. Actually felt good to buy the real thing. I am losing interest in the whole download & burn thing. I mean, it's too easy, anyone can do it, you get albums months before they come out, you lose any anticipation or excitement related to a release date, no artwork, no notes, no way to even feel like you know a band anymore, let alone a new band. I mean, it's nice to test drive new shit & if I really like it, I buy it. If not, i delete it. But these folks with 15,000 files; like you can even listen to all of that? Not to mention these folks with the "share the good shit or fuck off & die & be banned" instructions. What is up with that. Anyway,....
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : yianni259
7/6/2005 2:58:00 PM
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yo tiizzy man i feel you. i don't download full albums either. it takes all the fun out of it. often when an album is finally released i always get the feeling it has been out for 6 months. Because that is when i hear it is available for download. it gets real annoying. I miss the days when album releases were events. you would hanging for it to drop and maybe go as far to pre-order. personally i used to just rock up day of release. But it seems the feeling has gone.
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COMMENT | thats surprising
posted by :
7/6/2005 3:25:14 PM
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i've barely even heard of CKY, don't think i could name more than 2 of their songs. the new Darkest Hour is awesome and the new Throwdown is pretty good too.
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COMMENT | Demons & Wizards and CKY
posted by :
7/6/2005 4:49:03 PM
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I bought both of those CDs and I like them, period.
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COMMENT | CKY....
posted by : Seclusion
7/6/2005 5:08:30 PM
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have their own sort of fan base, based on a subculture of alot of young skaters and such. They've actually been around for quite a while and their albums have sold pretty consistently in the past. I'm sure the Bam connection has helped to push the sales of this new album up there so quickly as well....
The thing with these record sales numbers is a.) soundscan is limited in what it accounts for, particularly with underground metal which is often sold through non-Soundscan outlets, and b.) it's better to have smaller yet consistent sales numbers that last week after week, rather than have a large first week number, then quickly drop off afterwards once all the die-hards have already purchased it. Go back and look at alot of the records that chat high in their first week, and then look at the numbers from the following weeks and you'll see that it often drops off quickly. Bands like Shadows Fall and Lucuna Coil however (like them or not) have garnered steady and consistent weekly sales, which means it might take 'em two years to get up in the high numbers, but they get there regardless. I think albums like the Megadeth greatest hits will probably be a pretty steady seller over the weeks even if the first week wasn't too huge.....people will likely go out and purchase it while this Gigantour is in effect this summer too, which I'm guessing is probably the main reason this cd exists in the first place, just to capitalize on the tour....
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COMMENT |
posted by : Seclusion
7/6/2005 5:09:56 PM
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*Lacuna Coil, I meant, heh.
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COMMENT | goood for those bands but
posted by :
7/6/2005 5:26:30 PM
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what did dez do to "fuck himself over"?
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COMMENT | ^^^^^^
posted by :
7/6/2005 5:35:20 PM
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by tatooing Coal Chamber all over his arm, ha ha
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COMMENT | CKY RULES!!
posted by : battery517
7/6/2005 6:14:29 PM
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Be careful what you ask for in here (telling people to buy devildriver).... Heaven forbid they sell anymore records, then everyone here will call them a sellout...
LISTEN TO CKY...
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COMMENT | "But at the time Coal Chamber came out that was some of the hardest shit around."
posted by : slaytanigrind
7/6/2005 7:45:22 PM
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Man...I hope you're kidding or drunk or on drugs or something.
I can think of a zillion bands that were and still are heavier and more aggressive than Corn Chamber.
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COMMENT | ..
posted by : yianni259
7/6/2005 8:25:15 PM
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[quote]Man...I hope you're kidding or drunk or on drugs or something.
I can think of a zillion bands that were and still are heavier and more aggressive than Corn Chamber.[/quote]
i know what he means. they were one of the first to make nu-metal sound like METAL imo. korn often sounded like a heavy alt.rock/metal band. Coal Chamber sounded more like the real deal.
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COMMENT | Hmm
posted by :
7/6/2005 11:29:39 PM
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I think that DD record suffered in sales since it's been online forever.
By the way...Mike Spreitzer wrote very minimal amounts of the riffs on that record...
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COMMENT | DARKEST HOUR RULES!!
posted by : chuck
7/7/2005 3:31:35 AM
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THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING!!..
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COMMENT | Devil Driver will be done in a year...
posted by :
7/7/2005 8:28:10 AM
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Ankle-grabbers and pillow-biters rejoice! There's new Throwdown and Devil Driver albums out. So now you and your " 'core" buddies can go out and practice all your pit judo manuevers to your heart's delight and who knows...maybe your buddy will give you a little more than a "pat on the back" for your efforts.
But seriously, I'm shocked that DD sold over 10,000 copies. I figured after they toured with Opeth, they'd fall off the map considering they were getting boo'ed at both the NY and MA dates (note to self: hahahahahaha). I mean, I don't understand what's so great about a band that uses recycled Coal Chamber riffs (not that CoCh was really that great anyway) and rips off...errr..."fuses" them with the Scandinavian sound that's been prevalent for the last 8 years. Death to NWOAHM for mixing nu-hardcore (see: gay) with European stylings.
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