ARSIS: 'Starve For The Devil' First-Week Sales Revealed

February 17, 2010

"Starve For The Devil", the new album from Virginia-based technical melodic death metallers ARSIS, sold 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Starve For The Devil" was released in North America on February 9 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The Nuclear Blast mailorder edition of "Starve For The Devil" (limited to 1,000 copies) comes with a slipcase and features two bonus tracks (one being a cover of KING DIAMOND's "The Lake"). The single-disc vinyl version is limited to 500 copies and features the same track listing plus bonus tracks as the mailorder edition.

"Starve For The Devil" track listing:

01. Forced To Rock
02. A March For The Sick
03. From Soulless To Shattered (Art In Dying)
04. Beyond Forlorn
05. The Ten Of Swords
06. Closer To Cold
07. Sick Perfection
08. Half Past Corpse O'Clock
09. Escape Artist
10. Sable Rising

Bonus tracks:

11. A Pound Of Flesh (For The Hell Of It)
12. The Lake (KING DIAMOND cover)

"Starve For The Devil" was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with MUNICIPAL WASTE, AGNOSTIC FRONT and HATEBREED, among others.

ARSIS' recording lineup:

James Malone - Guitars/Vocals
Mike Van Dyne - Drums
Nick Cordle - Guitars
Nathaniel Carter - Bass

The "Forced To Rock" video can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in December with MyGoodEye (THE RED CHORD, GOATWHORE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER).
ARSIS is recently took part in the North American "Tyrants Of Evil" tour with ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS and MUTINY WITHIN.

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