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Blabbermouth.org wrote:Finnish power-samba group STRATOVARIUS sold two copies of their new ELYSIUM musical South-brazilian journey in the Antarctic, said the Garlic press. They expect to sell three more in 2011 to get their greedy hands on the annual Ice-musicprize, sponsored by the Polar Shrew Association (PSA). Last year, HinataArctica won the prize for her interpretation of "Tetris - A retrospective" in the Igloo music hall in the Britain Base of Antarctica, accompanied by the mighty bear-growling sound of NeonVomit and Robocop on drums. The contest this year is strong, the comptetion goes from Kosmo that learns an ABBA keyboard solo to Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, WATERBOTTLEBAND) who has been seen molesting 7 years old in order to make a power-choir for his new experimental album that includes the progressive sounds of Indian goats fucking and Black americans snorting Cocaine in maple tabletops. Music is yet to come. Remember Blabbermouth keeps you informed of the latest Brutal Metal news. KEEP ON METALING

AGAG wrote:

Blabbermouth.org wrote:Finnish power-samba group STRATOVARIUS sold two copies of their new ELYSIUM musical South-brazilian journey in the Antarctic, said the Garlic press. They expect to sell three more in 2011 to get their greedy hands on the annual Ice-musicprize, sponsored by the Polar Shrew Association (PSA). Last year, HinataArctica won the prize for her interpretation of "Tetris - A retrospective" in the Igloo music hall in the Britain Base of Antarctica, accompanied by the mighty bear-growling sound of NeonVomit and Robocop on drums. The contest this year is strong, the comptetion goes from Kosmo that learns an ABBA keyboard solo to Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, WATERBOTTLEBAND) who has been seen molesting 7 years old in order to make a power-choir for his new experimental album that includes the progressive sounds of Indian goats fucking and Black americans snorting Cocaine in maple tabletops. Music is yet to come. Remember Blabbermouth keeps you informed of the latest Brutal Metal news. KEEP ON METALING

NeverendingAbyss wrote:Amazon still hasn't shipped my Elysium copy.

I don't even...

bockrocker wrote:

NeverendingAbyss wrote:Amazon still hasn't shipped my Elysium copy.

I don't even...

Dude that recordshopx will get you a copy like 5 days after release straight from Finland

VictorTDD wrote:updated info from Oricon Style (http://www.oricon.co.jp/)

Symfonia - In Paradisum
2011年03月30日発売, MICP-10980
Ranked No.37 (Highest Position), 4 weeks on chart
http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/906255/1/

Stratovarius - Elysium
2011年01月12日発売, VICP-64916
Ranked No.48 (Highest Position), 5 weeks on chart
http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/895857/1/


Actually, I don't think different positions in different weeks can be compared with each other. One album get a higher position in a certain week, but it doesn't mean the album sells more than another album which get a lower position in another week. The rank position is relative, not some kind of sales number.

I'm not saying Elyiusm sold better in Japan or In Paradiusm did so, I don't know the exact number of the sales for each album so I can't judge it. All I can say is both albums are great and the sale positions they got in Japan and Finland satisfied me at least.

RazielSR wrote:Hello Victor! I said that because of that details you are posting now here. I remember you posted it in symfonia forum. TT was saying that In Paradisum sold better than Elysium in Japan and I was telling to him that if he could post the sales figures (he didn't accept) and you posted this.
It would be cool to know the sales figures.

For the sake of comparison since it seems so popular, Symfonia's debut exceeded Elysium in Japan for example easily.

VictorTDD wrote:

RazielSR wrote:Hello Victor! I said that because of that details you are posting now here. I remember you posted it in symfonia forum. TT was saying that In Paradisum sold better than Elysium in Japan and I was telling to him that if he could post the sales figures (he didn't accept) and you posted this.
It would be cool to know the sales figures.

No, I posted sales positions instead of sales figures. I think TT didn't said that, either.

For the sake of comparison since it seems so popular, Symfonia's debut exceeded Elysium in Japan for example easily.

No words indicated In Paradisum sold more on sales figure, so I think he was talking about the sales positions. But like what I said, position is not everything, we can use it to estimate the sales situation of an album, but it's not an absolute index.

Anyway, why stick to the sales figures, we don't know about them. Maybe the records companies have the data, but I doubt they will be published. In the last, what mostly counts is the music we love.

RazielSR wrote:For me is important to know sales figures not because I want to see Stratovarius selling like a pop band, I want to know it to see if they are doing good enough to continue making music and not having problems with new records or tours. You know, like Visions-Episode era. They were at the top of power metal. Now is quite difficult, I know.

About Symfonia I asked because TT can easily say the band is no more if the sales figures are not good, as he did with RR.