The Wall Street Journal have published a piece on the global appeal of heavy metal and the expansion of the genre across the globe. Though not as in-depth as you may prefer, it still digs up some interesting facts, including the ballooning sales of Nuclear Blast Records—who had a high of 2.53 million albums sold last year at global retail—that the search term ‘heavy metal’ is most popular in Indonesia (explaining why every band is bombarded by ‘play Indonesia’ on tour announcements) and a lot more. You can take in the piece over at wsj.com.
[via MetalSucks]