The industry had changed drastically in those eight years, but it did little to dull Metallica fans' enthusiasm.Īpplying the same 40% drop-off would put Tool's new album at 338,000 units in its first week. to Self-Destruct debuted with 291,000 equivalent album units, a 40% decline. The band's 2008 album Death Magnetic debuted at No. A good analog here is one of heavy metal's other biggest bands: Metallica. That projection will likely grow over the course of this week. Early predictions from HITS Daily Double peg the album at 240,000-260,000 total units. Needless to say, this diehard fandom and pent-up anticipation will result in huge first-week sales for Fear Inoculum. The collection is sold out most places, and it's now going for well over $100 on Amazon and eBay. The band is selling a deluxe edition of the album that came with its own HD screen, two-watt speaker, 36-page booklet and an extra song called "Recusant Ad Infinitum." Sound absurd? Remember that fans have been waiting 13 years to drop big bucks on a new Tool album. Speaking of which: If you wanted to buy a physical copy of Fear Inoculum, you had to be willing to part with a lot of cash. Those aren't earth-shattering numbers, but they're a strong supplement for a band that's going to earn the bulk of its first-week sales from traditional album sales. "Fear Inoculum" has earned nearly 10 million streams on Spotify, a great figure for a 25-year-old metal band, and several of the album's other songs have eclipsed or are approaching 1 million streams in just a day-and-a-half. 93 on the Hot 100, becoming the longest song ever to enter the chart at 10 minutes and 21 seconds. The album's first single and title track debuted at No. We should expect Fear Inoculum to sell less than its predecessors, but early signs point to a massive debut nonetheless. Of course, the music industry is much different than it was in 2006. They'll surely do the same with Fear Inoculum, as they've been waiting 13 years for the band's reunion. By going against the grain of popular music trends and refusing to make mainstream concessions, Tool cultivated a huge, rabid fanbase that gobbled up the band's albums. The second is: Holy crap, a prog-metal band that routinely released 10-minute songs sold enough albums in one week to go gold, twice in a row. The first is: Tool has always taken its sweet time between albums.
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