Here is how the metal/hard rock genre fared in the German Media Control (Top 100) chart* for the week ending July 22nd (as reported by Rock Hard magazine):

01. (new) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - By The Way
11. (6) PAPA ROACH - Lovehatetragedy
15. (13) NIGHTWISH - Century Child
17. (12) KORN - Untouchables
30. (24) MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World
37. (77) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Californication
38. (23) SOULFLY - 3
40. (32) BÖHSE ONKELZ - Dopamin
43. (41) ROBERT PLANT - Dreamland
49. (51) DIE TOTEN HOSEN - Auswärtsspiel
51. (53) DONOTS - Amplify The Good Times
56. (60) SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
59. (57) PUDDLE OF MUDD - Come Clean
87. (50) SUB7EVEN - Free Your Mind
99. (90) OZZY OSBOURNE - Live At Budokan

* number in parenthesis indicates last week's chart position

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have set By The Way as the title to their brand new album, which is tentatively due in August through Warner Bros. Records.

“We could be [done], but we're not,” frontman Anthony Kiedis told MTV. “We just keep going. I mean, we have enough to be done and finished, but instead we just keep going further. Just because we don't stop. We can't stop.”

Guitarist John Frusciante added: “It's much deeper, I would say, than the last record. There's a lot going on, I mean, [on] some songs. When it's the right thing, it's just the four of us playing, but there's a lot of overdubs and a lot of work has gone into the production of it.”