Killswitch Engage sells over 37,000 copies

In its first week the new KSE album "The End Of Heartache" sold over 37,000 copies. It debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Charts & is now the 4th highest selling in the history of Roadrunner Records.

that's funny. i can't seem to find it anywhere.

is that purely by word of mouth? i bought AP's most important metal for 2004, and started downloading stuff that i thought i'd like. that record blew me away.

May I be the first to call the band fucking sell-out mall-metal for kids?

Actually, I reckon that's pretty cool.

Editted to add sarcasm smiley.

[Edited on May 19, 2004 by SuicideBomb]

you're probably not.

maybe you could recommend something i should be listening to instead?

k, thanks.

Its an amazing record


I pre-orderded it & since Feb Ive also had a rough version with 2 unreleased tracks

Definately oneve the best metal albums of 2004

I was predicting Top 20(I was close), I knew theyd blow up after this record

Im seeing em in Philly next week, & before the show both KSE & IF are doing a meet & greet at Relapse(Im getting them to sign my sling)


Druj Im sorry I didnt get to meet ya before I left, but Im leaving right after class tomm,(packing up tonight)

but I'll be sure to let you know when I get back

wicked bill! i just bought the Soundtrack To Your Escape a couple weeks ago, and I love that one too.

Slayer's probably not a good example, since no one is, nor will anyone ever be, as metal as Slayer!

im singing/growling on the new cd with like 8 other guys (me being the only girl)..fun times had in the studio with kse !

in other news that's not that many. but hey i'd rather people buy that instead of some shitty band.

Holy crap, when did they become so popular?

Awesome...I'm not a huge fan, but it always makes me happy when a succeeds on merit of hardwork touring and recording, etc. instead of bullshit PR hype...

last summer at Ozzfest they sold out all their merch in the 1st couple days

& in the fall the co-headlined the SOLD OUT Headbangers Ball Tour


theyre just blowing up

Just out of curiousity -- do you know how number 1 - 3 are for the top selling records in Roadrunner history?

On a side, somewhat unrelated note, I think that it slays that Roadrunner signed Three Inches of Blood.

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Slipknot-Iowa
Nickleback-Silver Side Up
Nickleback-umm forget the name

Who???

37,000 copies gets you number 21 on Billboard?

Interesting. My drummer has gotten me more into Killswitch lately, they are pretty sweet.

They're no ZAO though...

37,000 units * 15.00...That's $555,000 dollars...That's quite a bit for a band not on MTV ( the main channel) and rarely on any other music channel unless it's on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2. With little advertising except word of mouth and alot of touring...That's a huge amount!!

if they got their cd on the new releases rack at target, there's a bit more going on than word of mouth...

...Pantera's gotten their CDs on more than 1 CD rack at a major store...and they're based on word of mouth...as have many other bands...Your point?

'37,000 units * 15.00...That's $555,000 dollars...'

And the band will see about um... 50,000 of that if they are lucky.

These guys are going the way of 18 Visions. They had some good "metalcore" cd's under their belt, then get big.. and put out a cd that sounds like nu-metal.

Howard is way better in Blood Has Been Shed anyway.

"Metalcore" is pretty much "nu-metal" anyway. It isn't that far of a shift.

The difference between a band like Poison The Well and Linkin Park is monumental, if you actually listen to it.