EVILE: 'Infected Nations' First-Week Sales Revealed(USA)

[metallicdistort]

Welcome to the North American Metal scene....

It's a fact that Metal music is not as big here, it's very hard for bands to make it on this side of the pond. There are many reasons for them:

1. Metal was all but decimated in the 90's, so the genre is not really on the scene here, especially media wise
2. Is it possible that music is more Downloaded (Pirate) here?
3. Europe has always been more musically aware and diverse (any music genre)
4. Only the biggest metal bands really make it here, and generally have a huge following in Europe with the hype
5. Some N.A. buy there music online or buy the special or Jap edition which I don't believe that they are necessarily accounted for in the Sales Stats

I've done my part.

On the surface, metal may have seemed dead in America in the 90s, but actually, lots of Death Metal bands were selling millions of records.

 

[Weapon X]

That's very true, and undisputeable! But still would consider it one of those strange things that takes one by surprise, but Metal on whole this still holds true I believe.

Points 3 and 4 I do believe that they are the main factors!