Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
What better way to follow up the release of a controversial Suicide Silence album than with a new release from another band that seems universally reviled. Not that you’d know it considering said band just had one of the best debuts of their career. Also, speaking of Suicide Silence, their new album has already dropped off the charts. Ouch. Really, the band that’s having the best week on here is Metallica, which may sound like a “duh” kind of statement, but in this day and age it’s still impressive for a band to climb up to the #2 spot sixteen weeks after the album’s debut. That’s not to mention the fact that the band pulled another roughly 5,000 units for The Black Album.
Emmure, Look at Yourself (Sharptone)
Debut #26
7,400 sold
The band’s seventh album and first with an all new line-up earns the group its best debut to date.
Senses Fail, In Your Absence (Pure Noise)
Debut #41
4,500 sold
The band’s third EP releases ahead of their next full-length, which is said to be coming this year.
Converge, 
She Must Burn, 
Darkest Hour, 
Wolfheart, 
Danko Jones, 
Junius,
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#2 (from 8)
79,000 sold
As previously reported, Metallica have leapt up to #2 on the charts after a 200% boost thanks to concert ticket bundle sales.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#96 (from 83)
2,125 sold
A 21% drop is not so skillful.
Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage (Capitol)
#135 (from 114)
1,625 sold
A 18% drop. Maybe they’ll see more numbers this summer?
I Prevail, Lifelines (Fearless)
#137 (from 134)
1,625 sold
An 11% drop and over 60,000 sold at week 20.
All Them Witches, Sleeping Through the War (New West)
#139 (from 196)
1,575 sold
This defies the second week drop and instead gets a 40% boost.
Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park)
#152 (from 145)
1,450 sold
A 14% drop
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
#161 (from 49)
1,275 sold
A 71% drop in week two.
Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf (300 Entertainment)
#166 (from 158)
1,225 sold
A 20% drop at week 15.
Korn, The Serenity of Suffering (Roadrunner)
#168 (from 184)
1,225 sold
This sells about the same as last week.
Overkill,
Power Trip,
Volbeat, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie (Universal)
#200 (re-entry)
1,025 sold
A 7% boost is enough for this to poke its head up.
Kreator, 
Immolation, 
Six Feet Under, 
Hail The Sun, Culture Scars (Equal Vision)
360 sold
This got boosted back up, dropped off, then got boosted up again.
Pissed Jeans, Why Love Now (Subpop)
340 sold
A 69% drop in week two.
Sanctuary, Inception (Century Media)
320 sold
A second week drop of 65%.
Fit for an Autopsy, Absolute Hope Absolute Hell (eOne)
280 sold
This gets a boost ahead of the band’s new album dropping this Friday.
Zeal & Ardor, Devil Is Fine (MVKA)
Through Fire,
Letters From The Fire,
Bad Seed Rising, Awake In Color (Roadrunner)
220 sold
This get a boosty back up during their tour with Memphis May Fire.
Amaranthe, Maximalism (Spinefarm)
210 sold
A 10% drop
Iron Reagan, Crossover Ministry (Relapse)
200 sold
A drop of 44%.
