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Billboard "Comatose" Review
New York Times "Comatose" Review
HM Magazine "Comatose" Review
“….open minded approach to aggressive music sets this band apart, even from their secular counterparts…..Simply put, COMATOSE rocks on all fronts.”
SKILLET ANYTHING BUT COMATOSE NASHVILLE, TN…(10/11/06)…..With the highest SoundScan debut in the band’s history, Grammy®-nominated band SKILLET seized over 18k scans this week, entering the Billboard overall Christian soundscan chart at No. 3 and an impressive entry on the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 55 for the critically acclaimed project COMATOSE (Atlantic/Lava/Ardent/SRE). In addition, the album debuted on the itunes overall album chart at No. 19 last week, was its No. 6 best-selling rock album, and was the No. 1 selling Christian Digital album of the week. “These scans exceeded all our expectations, and definitely prove that Skillet fans were more than ready for music from this band after three years,” remarked the band’s manager, Zach Kelm of Q Management Group. “The set up for COMATOSE has been fantastic in both markets by Atlantic/Lava and SRE/Ardent, its reception at radio and media incredible, and after just one week we can now add retail to that as well. We’re excited with all the great momentum happening for Skillet but are focused and ready to push forward towards the best selling record Skillet has ever had.” With “Rebirthing” a No.1 Christian Rock song for three consecutive weeks, the song building at Christian CHR (No. 22 this week), their mainstream active rock single “Whispers In the Dark” the second most added single its first week and also No. 15 on XM Satellite Radio’s Rock chart, rave reviews across the board and more, Skillet shows no signs of stopping this COMATOSE train. Currently on a promo tour across the country, the band has hit major market radio, retail and media in Dallas, Houston, Columbus, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta and more, drawing hundreds of fans in each city for live acoustic instore performances. In addition, furthering the band’s desire to bring light to issues addressed on COMATOSE, the ONE Campaign is currently featuring the song “Looking for Angels”’ from COMATOSE on their front page this week. Go to http://www.one.org/ to listen. Media coverage and acclaim for COMATOSE has been widespread including the attached Billboard UpFront feature in this week’s issue that Reuters picked up, the cover of the Nov/Dec HM (attached), upcoming December cover of CCM, coverage in a New York Times article on teen evangelism, Christian Music Planet, Metal Edge, Drum! magazine, internet coverage across the board and much more.
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