Limp Bizkit’s first new album in 10 years, "Still Sucks", was released on Halloween, but only on digital platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc. Of course, you can buy the MP3 version of the record, but if you want physical copies—CDs, vinyl records, or cassette tapes—you’re out of luck, because they don’t exist. but why?

Still Sucks made its debut at number 155 on the Billboard 200, making it the lowest chart studio album in Limp Bizkit’s career, despite being built with the support of the band’s viral Lollapalooza performance and Fred Durst’s new "Dad Vibes" look Gained tremendous momentum. It seems that overnight, the whole rock and metal fans changed direction on Bizkit, from those who mocked them as the new metal bottom feeder, became the king of the new era. Suddenly, Limp Bizkit is cooler than ever, and their backup catalog is very reasonable.

Therefore, as the stars are arranged in the most incredible way and new records are about to appear, Bizkit decides to continue to ride the wind and waves, tease new music works, and finally give way to Halloween release.

If physical copies can be pre-ordered, the band can definitely break the 3,500 unit sales they attributed to "CD, LP, paid digital downloads and paid track equivalent streams" in the first week. After setting up Lollapalooza this summer, song sales even doubled.

As we know, CDs, LPs and cassettes are not available for purchase. It should be noted that the figures provided in Ryan Downey’s weekly newsletter do not include streaming equivalents, which means that on-demand streams of Still Sucks songs are not taken into account in that total .

To better understand this number, take a look at this-Canadian technology death metal band Archspire has a better first week sales record. It is obvious to exaggerate that the 360 ​​BPM technology death band and the multi-platinum new metal band are worlds apart in all aspects, especially in terms of expected album sales.

So, say it again-why? Why doesn't Limp Bizkit provide physical copies for purchase? Vinyl records are the most popular records since the 1980s and have surpassed CD sales for some time. We have all heard that bands no longer make a lot of money from album sales, but for bands like Limp Bizkit, total revenue may be more important. They will rank much higher on the Billboard 200 leaderboard-but maybe it doesn't matter to them?

This is a grand statement from Bizkit that album sales are no longer important because streaming media has dominated almost all genres, except rock and metal? For many bands, rankings and sales figures in the first week affect their ability to conduct certain tours, whether they make headlines or provide direct support, or even help determine the time of the festival.

For Limp Bizkit, they don't really need to provide statistics to the booking agent. They are Limp mothafuckin' Bizkit-this is what anyone needs to know. They don’t even have their own website!

This whole thing feels like a giant troll action, right?

The truth is that Durst has been trolling (trolling, trolling-yes!) since the beginning, and it took almost a quarter of a century for the whole damn world to realize this. Still Sucks is a self-deprecating piss, in which the lead singer makes fun of himself, the band and everyone has loved and hated everything Limp Bizkit represents for years.

Over the years, fans have been hearing about the expected release of Stampede of the Disco Elephants, an album designed to succeed Gold Cobra in 2011. Bizkit tried to cooperate with the members of "Bring Me the Horizon" to put the new material into practice, but this has never achieved any results, at least we don't know.

In June, guitarist Wes Borland (who has just opened his official Twitter account-will be described in detail later) said that the band had composed 35 instrumental songs. This sounds much more than the 12 tracks that take up a full 32 minutes of running time for Still Sucks.

Is this album a test? Does Limp Bizkit want to measure the reaction of fans to the band making fun of their records to some extent? It definitely keeps everyone-the band and the fans-on the same page. Let's be honest-if there were no "Dad Vibes" costumes and top records like Still Sucks, where would we be? Will fans still stand on Bizkit's side, or will hatred continue to flow?

Ok, now back to Borland... "Unfortunately, I have to go back to Twitter to work on the project I am about to propose. If you want or don't want it, please follow me. Who cares," he is on Instagram Wrote in a post posted on. He returned to Twitter.

Wait a moment! Wes Borland needs to be on Twitter probably for promotional purposes, but not because of Limp Bizkit? It is possible that new music from Eat the Day or other projects will be released soon, but can Bizkit prepare to release Stampede of the Disco Elephants?

Again, this is entirely speculation, but if physical copies of the long-awaited Disco Elephant Run are available, they will be sold in large numbers.

What if we just read all this too deeply, trying to find meaning in something as pure and honest as Still Sucks?

Maybe, just maybe, Limp Bizkit doesn't care, that's what they have been desperately trying to tell us, for whatever reason, we just can't listen.