Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta wants to know why the Metal Community isn't buying more albums.
It's hard to blame Jasta. Metal scientifically has the most loyal fan-base on the planet and so why can big names like Cannibal Corpse only shift 8,800 of A Skeletal Domain in their first week? Are you telling me that the teen girls that dig the polished pop styling of All Time Low are more into the music they like than your average Metal fan? I mean sure, more than 800 people probably listened to that Gorguts album in the first week through piracy, streaming, etc. but I bet more than 75,000 people listened to Future Hearts in its first week too; legally or otherwise.
Sure Metal isn't big in the mainstream, you're not gonna see Gorguts or any other Metal band on the front cover of teen lifestyle magazines to breed hype, but the point still stands. If Metal Heads talk the talk they do... then why don't they walk the walk into a record store and buy albums? There's easily enough Metal Heads in most countries to sell 75,000 copies of an album, surely?
I dunno, maybe all the Metal Fans are saving money for that tour whose organisation is likely based around album sales in the first place.
Buy Metal people.
It's fun.
More fun than listening to the new All Time Low.
