Best Selling Rock/Metal/Prog & more from charts around the world

There's a few songs I really like (Skeleton Key is best) but I'm a little disappointed by Epica's new album overall. Not as heavy as The Holographic Principle which I love and played to death.

 

I like both of those albums myself and you have to admit, it's great to see a band like that get in the top 5 on the album charts in multiple countries like Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

 

I probably like it because it isn't quite as heavy as some of Epica's music, though I haven't heard The Holographic Principle.

 

From this week's top 50 Australian albums chart:

10- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
11- Elton John (peak #3)
17- Evanescence (peak #3)
24- Queen (peak #1)
25- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
27- INXS (peak #1)
30- Spacey Jane (peak #2)
31- Lime Cordiale (peak #1)
40- Skeggs (peak #1)
45- Green Day (peak #16)
46- Bon Jovi (peak #1)




Skegss:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSwW3a3PzEQ

Spacey Jane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY5VVttkGlU

Lime Cordiale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQuSfpZKjZg

 

From the Dutch top 100 albums this week:

42- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
43- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
54- Bløf (peak #1)
70- Dire Straits (peak #1)
72- Bryan Ferry
79- Louis Tomlinson (peak #22) (pop rock)
82- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
83- Imagine Dragons (peak #2) (pop rock)
90- Beatles (peak #1)
96- Ben Howard (peak #9)
100- Bruce Springsteen (peak #

VARIOUS:

28- Danny Vera (peak #4) (Americana pop)
50- Danny Vera (peak #1) (Americana pop)
65- Nick & Simon (peak #1)


Godspeed You! Black Emperor:



Bryan Ferry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-RjOyRfqmw

Ben Howard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V2G7lUWVXU

Bløf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7uXl62H-t4

 

Sweden and the top 60 albums this week:

13- Mimikry
32- Ghost (peak #30)
40- Fleetwood Mac (peak #18)
44- Håkan Hellström (peak #1 (pop rock)
51- Lars Winnerbäck (peak #1)
53- Kent (peak #1)
55- Dire Straits (peak #1)
57- Bruce Springsteen (peak #1)


VARIOUS:

20- First Aid Kit (peak #2)
7- Smith and Thell (peak #3)


Mimikry:



Ghost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_u7YDRMWs

Kent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wvip_QCag

 

Rock from Poland's weekly top 50:


15- Evanescence
17- Lady Pank
20- Dawid Podsiadlo (peak #1)
38- Metallica (peak #1)
39- Metallica (peak #6)
41- Adrian Smith/ Richie Kotzen
47- Kings of Leon (peak #7)


VARIOUS:

5- Kaśka Sochacka
13- Sting (peak #2)
14- Kwiat Jabloni (peak #1)
32- Kwiat Jabloni (peak #7)



Lady Pank:



Adrian Smith/ Richie Jotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTl8YNXLtE

Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAa5woluuM

Kaśka Sochacka:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aacRbXfgAjU

 

From the Italian top 100 albums this week:

2- Maneskin (peak #1)
21- Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (peak #2)
30- Maneskin (peak #1)
43- Nirvana (peak #20)
44- Arctic Monkeys (peak #4)
54- Pink Floyd (peak #4)
68- Helloween
70- Ligabue (peak #1)
100- Pink Floyd (peak #2)


Helloween:




Måneskin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1odfjtMoo


Ligabue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ut9JJJVOzo


Pinguini Tattici Nucleari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Ogp3_g4n4

 

From the UK top 100 albums this week:

1- The Snuts
4- Dry Cleaning
6- Fleetwood Mac (peak #5)
8- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
9- Queen (peak #1)
12- The Fratellis
16- Elton John (peak #5)
18- Bryan Ferry
19- Oasis (peak #1)
20- David Bowie
27- Oasis (peak #1)
30- Godspeed You Black Emperor
33- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
36- Beatles (peak #1)
44- David Bowie (peak #5)
50- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
55- Kings of Leon (peak #1)
56- Elvis (peak #2)
57- Foo Fighters (peak #4)
63- Killers (peak #5)
70- Red Hot Chili Peppers (peak #4)
76- Oasis (peak #1)
81- Foo Fighters (peak #1)
83- Green Day (peak #22)
88- Billy Joel (peak #7)
89- Guns N Roses (peak #1)
90- Dire Straits (peak #20)
97- The Vaccines (peak #4)


VARIOUS:

74- Amy Winehouse (peak #1)


The Snuts:



Dry Cleaning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuqlOTyJt0

The Fratellis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DRek4BRJLo

The Vaccines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekE7A6ayFz8

 

Germany's top 100 albums this week:

2- Hämatom
6- Evanescence (peak #2)
11- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
13- Niedeckens BAP (peak #5)
15- Eisbrecher (peak #1)
17- Pink Floyd (peak #5)
19- dArtagnan (peak #6)
22- AC/DC (peak #1)
37- Kreator
38- Elton John (peak #31)
40- Kärbholz (peak #4)
48- Dire Straits (peak #11)
49- Suzi Quatro (peak #28)
51- Foo Fighters (peak #6)
52- Rammstein (peak #1)
55- Neil Young (peak #12)
57- Queen (peak #5)
63- Alice Cooper (peak #1)
64- Linkin Park (peak #2)
69- Nirvana (peak #3)
70- Kings of Leon (peak #4)
74- Queen (peak #1)
75- Neil Young & Crazy Horse (peak #7)
76- Die Ärzte (peak #1)
85- Dry Cleaning
90- Adrian Smith/ Richie Kotzen (peak #13)
96- AnnenMayKantereit (peak #2)



VARIOUS:

10- Sting (peak #2)
29- Celeste (peak #6)
67- Wayne Shorter





Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:




Hämatom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIEiXdEHpqM


dArtagnan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxZkrbKPVJw


Niedeckens BAP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMe-yltV1xU


Evanescence:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bvQHrMnxUw

 

Finland's latest weekly chart from the top 50 albums:


16- Arttu Wiskari (peak #1) (pop rock)
17- Lauri Tähkä (peak #1) (pop rock)
31- Stam1na (peak #1)
33- Rammstein (peak #1)
36- Haloo Helsinki! (peak #2)
42- Mother Mother (peak #32)
43- Metallica (peak #4)


VARIOUS:

7-Yona (peak #4)



Stam1na:




Arttu Wiskari:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpjx1miyPaM


Lauri Tähkä:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOucQLmp8Y


Yona:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4mNZFrfAY

 

Any interest on the last several charts? A lot of variety and a brand new rock group at #1 in the UK to boot...

 

The French top 100 albums chart this week:

14- La Femme
39- Gaëtan Roussel (peak #7) (pop rock)
41- Feu! Chatterton (peak #4)
44- Queen (peak #7)
50- Indochine (peak #1) (pop rock)
54- Queen (peak #3)
59- Calogero (peak #1) (pop rock)
61- Indochine (peak #1) (pop rock)
88- Francis Cabrel (peak #1)
94- AC/DC (peak #1)


VARIOUS:

22- Sting (peak #5)
95- Pomme (peak #13)
100- Serge Gainsbourg (peak #19)


La Femme:



Feu! Chatterton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibG5NiqOWe0

Gaëtan Roussel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeDurxKaJVg


Calogero:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfA1VwY5Yg

 

Got a bit more time to engage this week!

That's the first time I've got to hear Dry Cleaning & The Snuts. Thought the former were very interesting while the latter sounded like a thousand bog standard student bands. Shouldn't dismiss them out of hand though after just one song.

Lots of compilations, as usual. I'd like to see those put in a separate chart, I think.

 

I think I need to go and live in Germany!

Loved the Hamatom track. It was like Ye Banished Privateers covering a Decemberists number. Great video too. I didn't see the twist coming though all the clues were there.

d'Artagnan continue to impress. Their blend of rocked up folk really hits the spot for me. Think they'd go down a storm at the Cambridge Folk Festival or Cropredy.

Enjoyed the laid back vibe of Niedeckens BAP too.

 

Yona's pick of the bunch here. I imagine folks who buy things from the K-Scope label would enjoy modern orchestral prog like this. It would appeal to fans of Sarah Brightman too, I reckon.

Enjoyed Arttu Wiskari's solid pop rock too.

 

Enjoyed all of these. La Femme was the one I found most interesting. Wikipedia describe them as psych-punk so I assume that this sort of ethereal track is a bit of an outlier for them?

 

From Spain's top 100 albums this week:

26- Dani Martin (peak #1) (pop rock)
37- Louis Tomlinson (peak #4) (pop rock)
44- Leiva (peak #1)
55- Izal (peak #2)
57- Evanescence (peak #16)
58- AC/DC (peak #1)
61- Taburete (peak #12)
65- Izal (peak #33)
67- La Oreja de Van Gogh (peak #1) (pop rock)
70- Izal (peak #2)
74- Travis Birds
75- Godspeed You Black Emperor
76- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen (peak #18)
78- 5 Seconds of Summer (peak #4) (pop rock)
83- Queen (peak #2)
91- Izal (peak #8)

VARIOUS:

18- Rozalen (peak #1)
73- El Arrebato (peak #3)
84- El Barrio (peak #1)
95- Rozalen (peak #5)



Travis Birds:



Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTl8YNXLtE

Leiva:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXAbzxsnnRk

Izal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9A8AvuC2V8

Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAa5woluuM

 

Yea it depends a bit on the album with La Femme. If you go back a bit further you'll see the stylistic trends more clearly I would say.

 

I agree about Yona though I doubt too many people outside of Finland who might like that have heard it unfortunately. Glad to hear you enjoyed Arttu's music...it's effective pop rock for sure.

 

From Japan's weekly top 50 album list this week:


15- Kenichi Asai
20- Backdrop Cinderella
25- Alexandros (peak #2)
29- Kizu
39- Six Lounge
41- Regal Lily


Backdrop Cinderella:




Kenichi Asai:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tj-wV4eA5I


Kizu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0pUd-E2Q0Y


Six Lounge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xtsP1udlII


Alexandros:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdps8CHhZF4

 

Do we have some people on this massive and busy board with over 100,000 members who is interested in current music from Japan and elsewhere for that matter?

Topics about anything but the usual suspects disappear so quickly here from the top page that at times I wonder...

 

Apparently not so much....

 

This board is excellent in many ways but it does seem to be ultra-conservative. It's a microcosm of older music fans in general, at least in my experience. Happy to pay silly money to watch Sixties & Seventies bands but not willing to part with a tenner to catch an up and coming act. Boggles my mind.

From your recent posts, I've become particularly enamoured with d'Artagnan. Haven't found anywhere to actually buy their albums yet but what I've heard on-line has been really excellent.

 

Ultra-conservative is putting it nicely Thousands and thousands of posts for things we've seen a million times over and over and not even one post about loads of things which have been happening in the past few years in multiple genres. I'm familiar with the phenomenon but it still boggles my mind like you say.

Glad you're enjoying the band and hope you can find a way to grab the albums too