“Screaming Suicide” Tops Mainstream Rock
Metallica’s “Screaming Suicide” tops Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart (dated 5/18). It’s the band’s fourth straight #1 – “Too Far Gone?” (November 2023), “72 Seasons” (last July) and “Lux Æterna” (December 2022) were the first three.
All four tracks are from “72 Seasons,” Metallica’s 11th studio album.
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Metallica owns 14 career #1s on Mainstream Rock. Their first was “Until It Sleeps” in ’96.
The band is tied with Foo Fighters and Five Finger Death Punch for the third-most #1s in the chart’s four decade-plus history.
“Screaming Suicide” ends Beartooth’s one week run at the top with “I Was Alive.”