Death Metal Statistics

[JayKeeley]

This is interesting reading from a recent Metal Blade newsletter:

It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era (started May 25, 1991)

CANNIBAL CORPSE: 558,929
DEICIDE: 481,131
MORBID ANGEL: 445,147
SIX FEET UNDER: 370,660
OBITUARY: 368,616
DEATH: 368,184
NAPALM DEATH: 367,654
CARCASS: 220,734
ENTOMBED: 198,764
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The top-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era are as follows:[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MORBID ANGEL - "Covenant" (1993): 127,154
DEICIDE - "Deicide" (1990): 110,719*
DEICIDE - "Legion" (1992): 103,544
OBITUARY - "The End Complete" (1992): 103,378
CANNIBAL CORPSE - "The Bleeding" (1994): 98,319[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]*Believed to be the top-selling death album of all time, including pre-SoundScan sales[/font]

 

[Black Winter Day]

it's sad because they are probably thw worst band on that list, aside from 6FU

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Yea, i think SFU is worst than cannival corpse, but not by much.

 

[NAD]

What's so bad about Cannibal Corpse? I see them get shit all the time around UM, usually from gore metal fans. Not that there is anything wrong with not liking a band, but I've seen plenty of "Caniel COlrse is eteh suuck!!!111" and then a bunch of gore bands that came AFTER them are listed as "teh roixx0-ersx" or something.

 

[bloodfiredeath]

People love to shit on Cannibal Corpse and I always find that very funny. I think it's often because they do sell alot of records, and in turn alot of idiots think they are teh poop, which turn off the TRUE.

Everyone should own Bloodthirst.

 

[Black Winter Day]

i don't hate them simply because they sell records or because their fans are idiots... i hate them because they are "teh suckk"

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

I hate them because i think they sound monotonous and boring. I do own bloodthrist, but i also own Gore Obsessed which is definetley "teh suck" as well.

 

[JayKeeley]

Interesting because there are three bands in the list that get ripped apart in forums: CC, 6FU, and Deicide.

Deicide's debut considered to be the best selling DM album of all time too, so obviously someone likes them.

 

[Black Winter Day]

a lot of people like slipknot as well

 

[JayKeeley]

a lot of people like slipknot as well

Yeah, but you know what I mean. Slipknot do get some mainstream publicity and mallkids buy their records, whereas Deicide are still considerably underground.

Having said that, if memory serves me right, there was so much anti-christian hoopla on Deicide's debut release, the propoganda (more than the music) probably helped them propel sales.

 

[NAD]

Yes, everyone should own Bloodthirst (and Vile), and Gore Obsessed (and Gallery of Suicide) certainly qualifies for teh suckskxc.

Although I understand why SFU gets a lot of shit after hearing their new one...

 

[bloodfiredeath]

Having said that, if memory serves me right, there was so much anti-christian hoopla on Deicide's debut release, the propoganda (more than the music) probably helped them propel sales.

When the first Deicide album came out, I had never seen or heard anything so "evil." That made it instantly one of the coolest things in the world. I remember wearing a Deicide shirt in the mall and someone stopping me telling me that they heard about them on Rush Limbaugh, and that I was going straight to hell. The teenage me was all, "fuck yeah!" Very funny...

 

[Ayeka]

I remember when I got my first Deicide album, I had Serpents Of The Light in one hand and Once Upon The Cross in the other, and asked a mate (who knows as much about Death Metal as a tea leaf knows the history of the East India tea companyt...or something ) "Do I get the album that is apparently their best, or the one woth Kill The Christian on it?". He said "Kill The Christian" so I got that album...and regretted it for a little while cos I thought it was a naff album

Interesting stats...

 

[JayKeeley]

What are the censored version of the Cannibal Corpse albums by the way? Are they completely different lyrics, or just a word change here or there? Just curious because if I want to check CC out, the censored versions are massively cheaper than the uncensored, and I figured that since you can't understand the vocals anyway, what does it matter, right...?

 

[NAD]

I always figured the censored Cannibal Corpse CDs were just Robert Schuler speeches played at high volume or some shit.

 

[Papa Josh]

The censored versions simply censor the artwork and no lyrics included.

 

[JayKeeley]

The censored versions simply censor the artwork and no lyrics included.

Oh that doesn't bother me at all - good to know man, thanks.