Misfits, Megadeth, Deftones
Industry News, RIAA & BRIT Certifications, UK Charts
Agency Signings ✍🏻
Half Me w/ Sequel Music Group
Haunt Me w/ Dynamic Talent International
Idkconundrum w/ Sequel Music Group
Management Signings ✍🏻
As December Falls w/ 10th Street
Bailey Spinn w/ 10th Street
Gore. w/ Culture Wave
Record Label Signings ✍🏻
Archers w/ Fearless Records
Survivalist w/ Seek And Strike
MEGADETH Fights For First Billboard 200 No. 1
Megadeth’s new record is projected to do 70,000 in total activity in the first week, with 65,000 from album sales. HITS Daily Double has the band’s self-titled final album, which just gave them their first No. 1 in Australia, at No. 2.
It’s in a close race with Morgan Wallen’s fourth album, I’m The Problem, from May 2025, which is also expected to do 70,000 in total activity this week (with 2000 from album sales). Megadeth’s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 is 1992’s Countdown to Extinction, which debuted at No. 2.
Team Megadeth has pulled out all of the stops to nail down that elusive No. 1 in the USA. “This #1 Is Ours to Take. Megafam, we’re in the middle of something big,” read an email missive sent yesterday. The email asks fans to purchase the full album for $5 on iTunes or Amazon Music, which includes a bonus track.
“This isn’t hype, it’s a real fight for the top spot,” the email said. “We’re neck and neck, and the next 24 hours matter.”
Megadeth’s new album is their first-ever No. 1 in Australia, and debuted at No. 3 in the UK, where Louis Tomlinson is No. 1, and Olivia Dean is No. 2.
DANZIG & JERRY ONLY Earn New Gold Plaques
Three Misfits singles were just certified gold by the RIAA in the United States: classic ‘80s tracks “Last Caress” and “Hybrid Moments,” alongside “Dig Up Her Bones” from the Geffen Records reunion era fronted by Michael Graves.
This brings the total Misfits certifications to four. The band’s comprehensive self-titled box set, issued 30 years ago by Caroline Records, was certified gold in 2008. (The RIAA’s stated release date for “Hybrid Moments” is also in 1996, although the song was recorded in 1978 and first appeared via Plan 9 in 1985.)
“Last Caress” is the band’s biggest song on Spotify, with 114.5 million streams. “Hybrid Moments” just joined the 100M Rock Club. The Glenn Danzig-less “Dig Up Her Bones” trails them both with 84 million streams.
Speaking of Danzig, are you following my This Day In Danzig account?
CONCORD LABEL GROUP Promotes Andy Serrao
Andy Serrao was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Concord Label Group, overseeing A&R and strategic marketing across Concord Records, Fearless Records, and Rounder Records. Andy joined Fearless Records shortly after its 2015 acquisition by Concord. Congratulations, Andy! On a related note, Billboard reports BMG Rights Management is in active negotiations to acquire Concord.
DEFTONES Rights Sale to Warner
Interesting consumption numbers in the middle of Billboard’s new report about Deftones rights sale to Warner:
While Deftones have released two albums this decade — Ohms in 2020 and Private Music last year — they are not what’s driving the bulk of the band’s sales and streaming activity. Private Music generated 249,000 album‑consumption units in the U.S. last year, while Ohmsgarnered nearly 37,000 album‑consumption units, with Luminate showing a lifetime total of 294,000 units for the latter title.
Instead, Deftones albums released prior to 2016 are putting up the biggest numbers for the band. For example, last year:
Around the Fur (1997) generated 382,000 U.S. consumption units
White Pony (2000) generated 301,000
Diamond Eyes (2010) reached 240,000
Koi No Yokan (2012) logged 175,000
Archers, Atreyu, Dark Divine, ERRA, From Ashes To New, HANABIE., Held. ft. Frank Iero, Joyce Manor, Karnivool, Magnolia Park ft. Arrows In Action, Meet Me At The Altar, Motionless In White, Of Virtue, Papa Roach, Sevendust, STARSET, Varials, and more new music in the Stream N’ Destroy playlist.
Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart 🇬🇧
29 January 2026 - 4 February 2026
Megadeth — Megadeth
Poppy — Empty Hands
Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here
Nirvana — Nevermind
Linkin Park — Hybrid Theory
Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon
Yes — Symphonic Live
Warning — Error
My Chemical Romance — Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Alter Bridge — Alter Bridge
Green Day — American Idiot
Deftones — Around the Fur
Nirvana — MTV Unplugged in New York
Evanescence — Fallen
Kreator — Krushers of the World
Lorna Shore — I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me
My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade
Metallica — Master of Puppets
Linkin Park — From Zero
Black Sabbath — Paranoid
Guns N’ Roses — Appetite for Destruction
Deftones — Private Music
Thunder — Live
Biffy Clyro — Futique
Paramore — Brand New Eyes
Black Sabbath — The Ultimate Collection
Green Day — Dookie
System of a Down — Toxicity
Linkin Park — Meteora
Metallica — Ride the Lightning
Alice in Chains — Dirt
Paramore — Riot!
Slipknot — Slipknot
Pearl Jam — Ten
Bring Me the Horizon — That’s the Spirit
Turnstile — Never Enough
Pink Floyd — The Wall
Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin IV
David Gilmour — The Luck and Strange Concerts
Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine
BRIT Certifications 🇬🇧
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“The Sharpest Lives”
(Warner Records) 2006
SILVER SINGLE
THREE DAYS GRACE
“Animal I Have Become”
(RCA) 2010
PLATINUM SINGLE
THREE DAYS GRACE
“Never Too Late”
(JIVE) 2010
SILVER SINGLE
RIAA Certifications 🇺🇸
THE MISFITS
“Dig Up Her Bones”
(Geffen) 1997
GOLD SINGLE
THE MISFITS
“Last Caress”
(Capitol) 1980
GOLD SINGLE
THE MISFITS
“Hybrid Moments”
(Capitol) 1985
GOLD SINGLE
NICKELBACK
“San Quentin”
(BMG) 2022
GOLD SINGLE
SAVING ABEL
“Addicted”
(Virgin) 2008
5x PLATINUM SINGLE
SAVING ABEL
“The Sex is Good”
(Virgin) 2010
GOLD SINGLE
SAVING ABEL
“18 Days”
(Virgin) 2008
GOLD SINGLE
Sources: Billboard, BPI, HITS, ThePRP, RIAA, ROSTR, Misc.