Artist · chart history
Channel Zero
Band Brussels Belgium Formed 1990 Belgian metal band
Channel Zero formed in 1990 in Brussels, Belgium. Channel Zero has 58 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2009–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Black Fuel”, which appears on 18 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Channel Zero most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 58 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Channel Zero came out of Brussels in 1990 and grew into one of the biggest names Belgian metal has ever had, playing a crunching mix of groove and thrash metal that hit like a freight train. Franky De Smet-Van Damme's snarling vocals led the charge, with Xavier Carion on guitar, Tino De Martino on bass and Phil Baheux on drums.
Unsafe, in 1994, gave them "Help" and "Suck My Energy", thick, stomping riffs built for a moshpit, and Black Fuel in 1996 delivered the title track, a pounding, relentless monster of a song. Then, in 1997, right at the height of their powers, they broke up.
In 2009 they announced reunion shows starting in January 2010, and it didn't stop there. Guitarist Mikey Doling came aboard, Feed'em With a Brick arrived in 2011, and Kill All Kings in 2014, with Seven Antonopoulos taking over on drums, followed by the stripped-down Unplugged in 2015.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Channel Zero on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Fuel | 18 | #1 | 2 | – | |
| 2 | Help | 18 | #8 | – | – | |
| 3 | Suck My Energy | 18 | #14 | – | – | |
| 4 | Electronic Cocaine | 1 | #10 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | Hot summer | 1 | #24 | – | 2011 | |
| 6 | Angel | 1 | #40 | – | – | |
| 7 | Help (Unplugged) | 1 | #41 | – | 2015 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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