Roadrunner Records — Someone announced their wedding to Roadrunner Records, which of course triggered a hail of new In the Pit activity this week. First, check out the Mail Bag where people asked for Slipknot backstage passes, I gave my best wishes to the newly-engaged, ... more info

AngryApe — After there is a mix-up with album sales more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday. more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday. more info

The Quietus — more info

NME — Slipknot have claimed the Number One spot on the US Billboard chart after a recount showed that they actually sold more records than The Game. more info

Idolator — When I saw the SoundScan charts this morning, I felt kind of bad for Slipknot. The masked metallers haven't been having the best string of luck recently, and now their album All Hope Is Gone was narrowly beaten out for the top spot on the album tally... more info

E! Online — Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common? Sadly for them, both have now wound up on the wrong end of a recount. This morning, the rapper appeared to have a Phelpsian... more info

Kerrang! — Slipknot, who crashed into the UK album charts this week at number two, also missed out on hitting the number one slot in their native US. ...By a mere 13 copies. The band's latest album, All Hope Is Gone, shifted 238,272 copies in the first week ... more info

MTV.com News — Metallers' All Hope Is Gone loses top spot by just 13 scans.By Chris Harris The Game's L.A.X. album cover Photo: Geffen Fourteen maggots. That's all Slipknot needed to score the first chart-topping debut of their impressive, decades-plus... more info