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Jealousy is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. The album was released on July 1, 1991, by Sony, as the band's second major label release. Jealousy is the band's best-selling album, having sold more than one million copies, it topped the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for 50 weeks. The ...
In the US, New York death metal band Suffocation released their debut full-length Effigy of the Forgotten, often considered one of the most influential of extreme metal albums. Trance music rose to prominence in the underground dance scene of Frankfurt, Germany, pioneered by such producers as Dance 2 Trance and Resistance D. U2 released their ...
Metallica's self-titled Black Album becomes the first album by a thrash metal band to hit No.1 in the Billboard music charts. Guns N' Roses set a record when their albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debut at the top two positions of the Billboard 200, the only time a rock band has ever achieved this
Seikima-II's 1989 compilation album Worst made them the first Japanese metal band to reach number one on the chart. [13] In April 1989, X Japan's second album Blue Blood reached number 6 and has sold 712,000 copies. [14] Their third and best-selling album Jealousy was released in July 1991, topped the charts and sold over 1 million copies. [14]
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The highest-selling albums in Japan are ranked in the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each albums' weekly physical sales. This list includes the albums that reached the number one place on that chart in 1991. [1] In 1991, 32 albums occupied the peak position on ...
Gargoyle (Japanese: ガーゴイル, Hepburn: Gāgoiru) is a Japanese thrash metal band formed in Osaka Prefecture in 1987. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The band was formed in July 1987, led by vocalist KIBA. [ 2 ] After some changes in members, they started musical activities in earnest in November 1988.
Bigger success would come in 1992 when they changed from their thrash and speed metal roots to a more power metal sound. The first album with the new sound, Aion -Aion-, was very successful. Also in 1992 S.A.B left and was replaced by Shu. Local magazines and TV showcased them from 1991 until 1995, when their album Freak-Out was released. In ...