Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
Witchery, In His Infernal Majesty’s Service (Century Media)
680 sold
This is the band’s first studio album in six years.
ONI, Ironshore (Metal Blade)
230 sold
This is the debut album from this progressive death metal act.
Napalm Death / Melt Banana, Like Piss to a Sting (Ipecac)
220 sold
This is a Black Friday 7″ split.
Notable Sales:
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#3 (from 1)
70,700 sold
Metallica have the best second week of any metal album this year by sticking in the top 5.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (Rhino Atlantic)
#34 (from 37)
11,275 sold
A boost of 32% makes for a holly jolly Christmas.
Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage (Capitol)
#48 (from 30)
8,300 sold
A 21% drop, but let me know when your band’s latest album sells 116,000 in a month.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#63 (from 90)
6,150 sold
This continues its climb back up the charts with a 42% boost.
Korn, The Serenity of Suffering (Roadrunner)
#77 (from 68)
5,000 sold
A 12% drop isn’t so serene.
Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise)
#99 (from 102)
3,600 sold
A 2% boost is another drop in the bucket.
Sixx:A.M., Prayers for the Blessed Vol. 2 (Eleven Seven)
#104 (from 17)
3,350 sold
A seventy sixx percent drop in week two (yes I wrote that number out specifically for the joke).
Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf (300 Entertainment)
#137 (from 15)
2,275
This drops by 86% in week two, but maybe that Grammy nomination will help.
Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park)
#139 (from 143)
2,225 sold
Don’t got a six, but a 5% drop instead.
I Prevail, Lifelines (Fearless)
#146 (from 161)
2,150 sold
A boost 6% shows signs of life.
The Pretty Reckless, Who You Selling For (Razor & Tie)
#150 (from 152)
2,125 sold
A slight drop of 3%.
Disturbed, Live at Red Rocks (Reprise)
#157 (from 45)
2,000 sold
Disturbed’s live album dropped by 74%, but considering their latest LP is still on here, I’m sure they’re fine.
Lamb of God,
Volbeat, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie (Universal)
#187 (re-entry)
1,625 sold
A 20% boost brings this back up.
Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic)
#195 (re-entry)
1,550 sold
This continues to drop on and off the charts.
Dark Tranquillity,
Epica,
Ice Nine Kills, Every Trick In The Book (Fearless)
290 sold
This pops up once again after a big possibly Black Friday related boost.
Hammerfall, Built to Last (Napalm)
250 sold
A lucky 7% boost.
Glenn Hughes,
Amaranthe,
Darkthrone, Arctic Thunder (Peaceville)
220 sold
A slight boost of 8%.
Serpentine Dominion, Serpentine Dominion (Metal Blade)
210 sold
A 25% drop doesn’t dominate.
Gemini Syndrome, Memento Mori (Another Century)
190 sold
This has popped back up again as well.
