Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
This is more like the Metal By Numbers you’re used to seeing, now that albums are actually coming out. They’re noteworthy ones too, featuring everything from a covers EP to a album to a debut from a yet another new supergroup featuring a member of Mastodon. As always, you can check out what’s coming out this week and, by extension, what sales you’ll see here next week on our New & Noteworthy column, which has has been taken over by D. Zachary Fehl.
15,100 sold
Halestorm always pulls big numbers, but it’s still impressive to see an EP of covers landing in the top 5.
Ice Nine Kills, Safe is Just a Shadow (Re-shadowed and Re-recorded) (Self-Released)
Debut #42
3,350 sold
A top 50 debut is pretty good for a self-rerelease of the band’s sophomore album.
Nightwish, Vehicle of Spirit (Live at Wembley) (Nuclear Blast)
Debut#107
1,500 sold
This is the band’s fifth live album and features two shows from their most recent tour.
Gone Is Gone, 
Alluvial, 
Chasing Safety, 
No Resolve, Notable Sales:
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#10 (from 11)
10,125 sold
This is back in the top 10 after dropping out last week. It’s over 540,000 sold, and two weeks in is also the tenth-biggest seller of 2017.
Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage (Capitol)
#58 (from 56)
2,450 sold
Over 150,000 copies sold.
Nine Inch Nails, Not the Actual Events (The Null Corporation)
#81 (from 59)
1,900 sold
An actual 45% drop.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#87 (from 68)
1,775 sold
A 43% drop. This could pick up with tour numbers next month.
I Prevail, Lifelines (Fearless)
#101 (from 95)
1,600 sold
This is still prevailing after a 27% drop.
Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf (300 Entertainment)
#109 (from 111)
1,475 sold
Over 30,000 sold and a Grammy nomination. Not too shabby.
Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park)
#121 (from 98)
1,325 sold
A 37% drop with over 430,000 sold.
Korn, The Serenity of Suffering (Roadrunner)
#124 (from 96)
1,325 sold
This suffered a 43% drop.
Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic)
#159 (from 149)
930 sold
A 29% drop.
Volbeat, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie (Universal)
#166 (from 183)
880 sold
Over 125,000 sold.
The Pretty Reckless, Who You Selling For (Razor & Tie)
#200 (from #134)
740 sold
A steep 53% drop. That’s not pretty.
Red Sun Rising,
Gemini Syndrome, Memento Mori (Another Century)
240 sold
A tiny 2% drop.
Zao, The Well-Intentioned Virus (Observed/Observer)
230 sold
I must have missed when when it debuted about a month ago.
Stitched Up Heart, Never Alone (Another Century)
220 sold
A big boost from touring.
Letters From The Fire, Worth the Pain (Sand Hill)
160 sold
This got a 21% boost from the same tour.
Glenn Hughes,
Amaranthe, Maximalism (Spinefarm)
180 sold
A 10% drop.
Epica, The Holographic Principle (Nuclear Blast)
160 sold
A tiny 2% boost.
Through Fire, Breathe (Sumerian)
150 sold
Strangled by a 22% drop.
Dirkschneider, Live – Back to the Roots (AFM)
150 sold
Udo’s live album got boosted up by 97%.
Alcest, Kodama (Prophecy)
140 sold
A 22% drop.
Wage War, Blueprints (Fearless)
140 sold
This dropped off last week, then got boost up by 1%.
