They rocked the city of London with some timeless music sets, which almost left the world in awestruck. On the eve of the release of Metallica's 10th studio album, "Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct", they made us love the band more and more, so much that the band has scored its sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart today. The set debuts atop the list with 291,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 282,000 were in traditional album sales. Hardwired was released on Metallica's own Blackened Records on Nov. 18.
The 200 chart of Billboard gives a ranking of the most popular albums of the week in the United States, which is entirely based on multi-metric consumption. This includes traditional sales of album track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 10-dated chart (where Metallica launches at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Metallica may seem something which is next to impossible for many, yet it holds its own beauty, a spirit that can just not be copied neither is can be recreated by any other entity in the same profession, Metallica lies unique. Once you get to hear about the magic it creates, you tend to remain hooked for the rest of your lifetime, Metallica holds such a power.
The latest album is the only fifth full-length album of original material from the band that has come up in the past 20 years. The 12-track, double-disc album is no less than a journey in itself. It is gripping, it is hard and as good as ever, it can transport you. After-all sandwiched between birth and death, there is nothing but, Metallica.
