2016’s Top-Selling Metal Albums, Devin Townsend’s Dick Symphony, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Worst Week Ever Playlist — Week of January 3 – January 6, 2017

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• We wrestled with Euronymous’ claim that all Norwegian black metal bands are Nazis.
• These metal albums are all turning ten or twenty years old in 2017.
• These were the twenty-two highest selling metal albums of 2016.
• We wondered why some of metal’s best bands were not responsible for 2016’s best albums.
• We asked, “Has djent ruined metal, or improved it?”
• Devin Townsend needs $10 million to produce his dick symphony…
• …which is still $6 million less than you’d need to buy Kirk Hammett’s house.
• Ice-T made some bold claims about the new Body Count album.
• Mastodon’s Brent Hinds says his infamous quote about hating metal “was taken out of context.”
• Five Finger Death Punch have completed a new album… but they may be unable to legally release it.