Here are some of the latest sales figures for various current and catalog metal/hard rock releases in the US (in total units sold to date since the albums were issued), as reported by Soundscan for the week ending February 24th, 2002:
AMEN - Amen: 16,353 AMEN - We Have…: 15,789 ANTHRAX - Sound Of White Noise: 511,105 ANTHRAX - Stomp 442: 114,974 ANTHRAX - Volume 8: 77,858 BIOHAZARD - Urban Discipline: 204,799 BIOHAZARD - State Of The World Address: 198,663 BIOHAZARD - Mata Leao: 51,377 BIOHAZARD - New World Disorder: 50,936 BIOHAZARD - Uncivilization: 18,835 C.O.C. - Wiseblood: 141,383 C.O.C. - America's Volume…: 52,170 CANNIBAL CORPSE - Gallery…: 51,164 CANNIBAL CORPSE - Bloodthirst: 36,128 DESTRUCTION - All Hell Breaks Loose: 3,080 DESTRUCTION - The Antichrist: 1,692 DREAM THEATER - Awake: 272,044 DREAM THEATER - Falling Into Infinity: 142,167 EXODUS - Force Of Habit: 52,262 EXODUS - Another Lesson In Violence: 7,241 GLASSJAW - Everything You Ever…: 35,306 HALFORD - Resurrection: 60,275 HALFORD - Live Insurrection: 24,478 JUDAS PRIEST - Jugulator: 108,009 JUDAS PRIEST - Demolition: 40,945 ICED EARTH - Something Wicked…: 40,336 ICED EARTH - Horror Show: 29,838 IRON MAIDEN - Brave New World: 233,706 KING DIAMOND - Spider's Lullaby: 29,214 KING DIAMOND - Voodoo: 32,785 MERCYFUL FATE - Dead Again: 22,195 MERCYFUL FATE - 9: 20,729 KREATOR - Violent Revolution: 2,351 MACHINE HEAD - Burn My Eyes: 144,465 MACHINE HEAD - The More Things Change…: 114,648 MACHINE HEAD - The Burning Red: 133,421 MACHINE HEAD - Supercharger: 41,622 MEGADETH - Youthanasia: 890,015 MEGADETH - Risk: 303,472 MEGADETH - The World Needs A Hero: 191,852 MORBID ANGEL - Formulas…: 42,819 MORBID ANGEL - Gateways…: 30,372 SEPULTURA - Chaos A.D.: 450,365 SEPULTURA - Roots: 355,471 SEPULTURA - Nation: 54,160 SKINLAB - Bound, Gagged…: 14,756 SKINLAB - Disembody…: 35,324 SLAYER - God Hates Us All: 170,411 SOIL - Scars: 112,614 TESTAMENT - Low: 112,365 TESTAMENT - Gathering: 50,301 VOIVOD - Outer Limits: 21,355 VOIVOD - Negatron: 8,044 VOIVOD - Phobos: 3,687
A Night Of Merry Mayhem tour, featuring OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE, MUDVAYNE and SOIL, will have its inaugural date on October 31st in Tucson, Arizona, with the final show currently scheduled to take place on December 31st in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are the unofficial dates for the outing: Oct. 31 - Tucson, AZ - TCC Nov. 01 - Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum Nov. 03 - El Paso, TX - Don Haskins Event Center Nov. 05 - Memphis, YN - Pyramid Nov. 07 - New Orleans, LA - Arena Nov. 9th Houston, TX - Compaq Center Nov. 10th Bossier City, LA - Century Tel Center Nov. 12th Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boiling Arena Nov. 14th Cincinnatti, OH - Firstar Center Nov. 15th Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena Nov. 17th Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center Nov. 19th Birmingham, AL - BJCC Nov. 21st Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena Nov. 23rd Greensboro, NC - Coliseum Nov. 24th Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena Nov. 29th Grand Forks, SD - Alerus Center Dec. 1st Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Dec. 2nd Des Moines, IA - Vets Memorial Dec. 4th Moline, IL - The Mark Dec. 6th Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena Dec. 8th Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena Dec. 10th Louisville, KY - Freedom Hall Dec. 11th Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena Dec. 13th Hartford, CN - Civic Center Coliseum Dec. 15th Worcester, MA - Centrum Dec. 16th Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena Dec. 18th Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena Dec. 20th Baltimore, MD - TBA Dec. 21st Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum Dec. 23rd East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Dec. 28th Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena Dec. 29th San Diego, CA - Sports Arena Dec. 31st Phoenix, AZ - Desert Sky Amph Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET
In related news, Chicago’s SOIL, who feature in their ranks former BROKEN HOPE/SINDROME bassist Shaun Glass on guitar, have lined up a host of live performances prior to the September 11th release of the group’s J Records debut, S C A R S. The dates are as follows: Aug. 24 - Bossier City, LA @ Taylortown Store Aug. 25 - San Antonio, TX @ Savages Aug. 26 - Lubbock, TX @ West Texas Canyon Amphitheater Aug. 28 - Dallas, TX @ Trees Aug. 29 - Tulsa, OK @ Otherside Aug. 30 - Springfield, MO @ Juke Joint Aug. 31 - Des Moines, IA @ Toad Holler Sept. 11 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET