Here Today... Gone To Hell!

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new album, "As Daylight Dies", sold just under 60,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. The CD is the follow up to 2004's Grammy-nominated album "The End of Heartache", which is nearly certified gold and 2005's gold-selling DVD "(Set This) World Ablaze".

In other news, ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA ? the band featuring Tommy Lee (M?TLEY CR?E), Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, ex-METALLICA) and Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) and vocalist Lukas Rossi ? sold less than 17,000 copies of its self-titled debut to land at No. 101 on next week's chart.

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending November 26, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ? "As Daylight Dies": 60,000 (#32)
ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA ? "Rock Star Supernova": 17,000 (#101)
P.O.D. ? "Greatest Hits": 10,000 (#152)
RE:IGNITION ? "Empty Heart Loaded Gun": less than 50
MANOWAR ? "The Day The Earth Shook - The Absolute Power" DVD: less than 300

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Oh my God-that is terrible-I would be curious to know what INXS first week sales are -Tommy Lee's last solo album opened better than this-they had all the pub in the world with a prime time show

That's gotta sting...The show had decent ratings, from what i understand....Guess Joe Public didn't agree with the end result.

They failed to reach the top 100 that is beyond horrible? :rofl:
 

According to melodicrock.com, it sold 981 copies in Australia in the first week of release.

thye got fucked by their record company.
NO promotion what so ever! thats why it sold so bad.

one would think that with names like that in a band Epic would try to up the sales alittle with some promotion, but nooo!

thats what happends when an album is released without promo and notice...

They got a whole season of primetime TV.

The songs suck plain and simple.  Lukas was not the right choice.

yeah, but that was only finding the singer.

there wasnt a release date relvead at the show. wich is my point, only the really interested would know about it and its release date.

Lukas is not the problem on the album. The problem is the songwriting is poor..which is what happens when Gilby is your lead songwriter

Actually Gilby wasn't the main song writer with this album. He wrote a few tracks but the majoriy of it was Butch Walker, Tommy Lee and Scott Humphrey ( He writes a lot with Rob Zombie).

I picked up this album a week after it was released and it wasn't even in the new release section at Best Buy. Which is very suprising b/c they usually leave new cds out in the featured section longer than that.

But Captain Pal is right, they got zero promotion, ever here in Canada. Which kinda sucks b/c I feel bad for Gilby, Jason, and even Lucas.

I couldn't give a rats ass about tommy,  maybe he should go back to college and study marketing this time  :hihi:

on the plus side i bought the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ? "As Daylight Dies" album., and it is fuckkin awesmome, but not quite as good as theyre last one, 

the whole thing was a joke

I watched all season, and when it came out i said... 'huh...no shit'

It seemed like everyone was "pretty", young-I really didn't care for anoyne much except for one or two of them-I'll buy the album, but was there even a single released or video made? I always felt like Gilby's solo records started out good, then not so good-this thing sounded like a great idea at the beginning to me, but as much as I like Gilby, I stopped watching the show-it just lasted too long-I think you know right away whether or not you will like a singer

Was this thing even released in europe?

not sure... its not even on the norwegian Itunes!

They got what they deserved, and a little bit more.
The band just is SHIT.

 :D How could an album like this sell so little?

But, I saw no promotion at all, and I never heard a Supernova song on the radio until earlier this week.

I enjoyed this album - catchy, pop-rock, sounds great in my opinion!

i cant even find their album in shops where i live.......infact i dont even think it was released in .......where ever i live....so nowonder it didnt sell well, although i do feel sorry for them!!!!!!!

I love Gilby, really liked his solo albums, but to be honest, not a lot of casual fans know who he is by name-not that it had anything to do woth the poor sales-but I'm not sure hardcore GNR, Metallica, and Motley fans would like this album anyway-especially Metallica fans-they must be ripping Jason a new one about the whole Supewrnova thing-is anyone a member at a Metallica fourm? What's the reaction for Jason like?

i didnt even know it came out

they should have found a singer from a band not touring instead of lukas, he sucks balls

^the same here , I watched the TV show IMO no one except a SN fans didnt knew when the albom came out .

TV show not enough for promotion? :yes:

also never saw the albom in stores? ???

? so anyone ?

the cd is average at best....nothin memorable  :no:

What the chick from Texas didn?t win~!@#$%^&*? No wonder I quit watching. Lame and predictable...Hope the whole country burns out on this shit soon.

I checked billboard magazine and I think it fell off the top 200 chart-sad

I might be wrong on this, but I rememer that the INXS album w/ JD Fortune was the bands first top 20 album in over a decade.   It wasn't top ten, but it did really well (I think), at least when compared to RSN.

I think Lukas *was* the right choice for the band, but overall, they're just a bad band.  And you're right...the songs do suck.  Really basic bar-band blues chords, simple progressions, lame lyrics.  I was hoping Ryan Star would win simply because of the intensity he brought to the table, but it wouldn't have fit with those awful songs.  Lukas was their best choice for the type of band they were trying to be...kind of like watching a train wreck, unfortunately.

ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA Frontman Accepts Gold Record For Canadian Sales; Video Available - Jan. 8, 2007

ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA frontman Lukas Rossi was videotaped accepting a gold record plaque at the SonyBMG Canada offices for Canadian sales in excess of 50,000 copies of the band's self-titled debut album. Watch the footage at this location.

"Rock Star Supernova" has sold less than 40,000 copies in the United States since its November 21, 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The band ? whose lineup features Rossi alongside M?TLEY CR?E drummer Tommy Lee, guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) and bassist Johnny Colt (BLACK CROWES, TRAIN) ? will kick off a North American tour on January 16, with THE PANIC CHANNEL as support. The band lost ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted after an accident that resulted in a torn anterior labrum in his left shoulder and a rotator cuff and bicep tear in the right. Newsted suffered the injuries while trying to catch a 90-pound bass head that had fallen from atop his amp. The combination of surgery and a lengthy rehab assignment could leave him sidelined for up to nine months.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Has this album even been released in the UK?

Australian import only on Amazon UK

Anyone know......

-Greg

 

wow i had no idea it did so horrible, i liked it :nervous:

Only you and 17000 other people  :hihi: