Knowledge shared by Spotify reveals that Sleep Token‘s third studio album “Take Me Again To Eden” proved to be probably the most profitable metallic album launched in 2023—at the very least on Spotify. These numbers are much more spectacular if you see who they beat out to take that title: Metallica and their eleventh studio album “72 Seasons“.

Per streaming knowledge from the aforementioned digital service supplier, “Take Me Again To Eden” racked up 3,131,019 month-to-month listeners, accruing 357,324,681 streams whole. Metallica, who boast a month-to-month listener depend of 24,708,038, ‘solely’ managed to build up 227,202,107 streams of “72 Seasons“.

There’s a number of caveats to think about right here. The numbers account for albums launched in 2023 (one can solely think about the ‘Black Album’ streams,) and the ages and consumption habits of the fanbases of each artists are significantly totally different.

Metallica‘s viewers skews older and as such, conventional album gross sales and bodily copies proceed to be a key part of the legendary thrash bands chart success. “72 Seasons” opened at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 146,000 models shifted in the US amid its first week of availability. Metallica‘s bodily format releases additionally proceed to be such a driver for them that they acquired a majority stake in a file urgent plant simply to maintain up with the demand.

Sleep Token for his or her half shifted roughly 16,000 models of “Take Me Again To Eden” within the U.S. throughout their opening week, debuting at #16 on the Billboard 200. Whereas that will appear small within the face of the mighty numbers put up by Metallica, the UK various metallic band are presently solely 3 albums into their profession, which started again in 2016. Metallica have already cemented a 40-year legacy for themselves.

Regardless, the yr was undoubtedly a staggering success for Sleep Token. Aided early on by some viral TikTok curiosity, the masked collective closed out 2023 as bona fide headliners, with adjusted stage manufacturing and extra to match it. As proof of their ascension, they even managed to promote out a present on the 12,500 capability Wembley Enviornment in London, England—their largest reside efficiency so far.

[via Metal Hammer]