Probably because of their shared release date and the competitive history between the bands, a lot of the negative comments on Lulu stories around here featured some variation on the theme, "I'm just going to buy Megadeth's new album instead."
That said, the chart numbers for both albums are starting to come in, and while the Billboard U.S. numbers won't be in til tomorrow, we thought it'd be fun to see how the two albums have so far stacked up worldwide.
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