Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
It flummoxes me sometimes how fast summer seems to go by. Where I live kids are already back in school and college students are moving in. In just sixteen days we’ll enter September, and while Labor Day weekend is usually considered the last hurrah of the summer, August always ends up feeling like the Sunday of months: you want to get out and enjoy things before summer is over but you’re always aware that September and fall are looming in the background. Nothing against fall, obviously, especially since now we know we’re getting a new Converge album in November.
Accept, 5,425 sold
Accept’s fifteenth album is their highest charting yet in the US.
Dead Cross, Dead Cross (Ipecac Recordings)Debut #35
4,650 sold
The debut album from the group including Dave Lombardo and Mike Patton.
Doom Side Of The Moon, Doom Side Of The Moon (Self-Released)Debut #81
2,100 sold
This doom rendition of Pink Floyd’s legendary album has a pretty solid start on the charts.
Quiet Riot, Road Rage (Frontiers Music)Debut #111
1,625 sold
Quiet Riot’s thirteenth studio album features American Idol contestant James Durbin on lead vocals.
Marty Friedman, Wall Of Sound (Prosthetic Records)Debut #123
1,475 sold
Friedman’s latest album charts higher but sells less than its predecessor.
The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Lime And Limpid Green (ATO Records)Debut #135
1,275 sold
This is the second album from Les Claypool and Sean Lennon following last year’s debut.
Lakeshore, 41 (Outerloop)Debut #139
1,250 sold
New band featuring the Lionetti brothers, originally of Emmure.
Pentakill, Grasp of the Undying (Self-Released)530 sold
This is the sophomore releade from the League of Legends themed band.
Notable Sales:
Linkin Park,
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#22 (from 31)
6,450 sold
A 20% boost as their North American tour winds down.
Alice Cooper, Paranormal (earMUSIC)#47 (from 6)
3,625 sold
This takes a 73% drop in week two.
A 15% drop.
2,325 sold
A 40% drop.
Stone Sour, 2,075 sold
A 18% drop with nearly 50,000 sold.
A 12% drop with just under 20,000 sold.
Nine Inch Nails, A 45% drop with nearly 30,000 sold.
Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf (300 Entertainment)
#182 (re-entry)
930 sold
An 11% boost back up to the charts.
Rise Against, A 34% drop.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#193 (from 155)
880 sold
A 17% drop.
Rings Of Saturn, Ultu Ulla (Nuclear Blast)#200 (from 20)
850 sold
This took a second week 89% drop to the bottom of the charts.
Shamans Harvest, A 79% second week drop.
Oceans Ate Alaska, Hikari (Fearless)440 sold
An 85% drop.
Wintersun, The Forest Seasons (Nuclear Blast)380 sold
A 61% drop.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, 
Letters From The Fire,
A 4% boost.
Ded, Mis•an•thrope (Surestone)300 sold
A 44% drop.
Decapitated, Anticult (Nuclear Blast)
300 sold
A 22% drop.
Seventh Day Slumber, Found (VSR)270 sold
A 66% drop in week two.
A 10% boost.
Decrepit Birth, 
Boris, 
A 17% boost as the band’s tour with Spotlights continues on.
Make Them Suffer, Worlds Apart (Rise)210 sold
An 88% drop.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity (ATO)
210 sold
A 21% boost brings this back up.
Warbeast, Enter The Arena (Housecore Records)200 sold
Warbeast release their third and final album.
