The Showdown opened this week with a big splash: a #191 spot on Billboard Magazine’s Top 200 Album chart, as well as a #6 spot on the Heatseeker’s chart, and #15 spot on the Christian Album chart. With over 4,500 units sold, Temptation Come My Way has set a record as Mono Vs Stereo’s biggest-selling debut in the label’s history.
The album also landed a #45 spot on I Tunes Rock Album charts.
Media acclaim for The Showdown has also been strong with the Alternative Press Magazine noting the sophomore album as “strong vocals, intriguing guitar sounds masterminded a southern-rock influences breakthrough… in simpler terms it totally shreds dude!” (March 2007) At radio, their single “Death Finds Us Breathing” has landed at #15 spot on the Christian Rock chart.