Sound Mouth.

After taking a break last week, I'm back again with my weekly round-up of how rock's biggest names and breakthrough stars are fairing on the UK charts! There's loads to talk about this week, from new releases to chart-affecting factors like Glastonbury hype, Metallica 's UK tour and Kerrang! Awards fallout, so let's get stuck in! First up, let's talk about American metal quartet Baroness. They scored their highest chart position to date when their great new record Gold & Grey debuted  at No. 1 on the Rock & Metal Albums Chart last week. The album is now down to 8, with the new LP from classic rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires now taking the top spot in Baroness' absence. Metallica 's recent UK live dates received huge praise from fans and critics last week, with the continuing Metallica-fever having impacted the chart in a big way. The thrash veterans currently have five albums in the rock top 40, including a re-entering Hardwired ...

B eing the biggest act in your genre is a near-impossible status to attain for any artist, much less maintain for over two decades. Yet thrash legends Metallica can undoubtedly lay claim to this impressive distinction. While their discography obviously contains several all-time classic records, it is in their live shows where they routinely display exactly why they remain the biggest and, arguably, best band metal has to offer. The band's 'Worldwired' tour has been chugging along and adding new dates for well over two years now, with fan demand seeing them recently return to Europe for a second leg of shows. I saw the band at Manchester's Etihad Stadium for a gig every bit as incredible as their reputation suggests. Metallica really brought the heat to Manchester Opening up for a band as huge as Metallica is always going to be a near-impossible task, especially given how ferociously dedicated their fans are. Yet Ghost stepped up with bags of confidence...