Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
It’s just one big week of debuts after another, and it doesn’t look like it’s stopping anytime soon. At The Gates and Five Finger Death Punch released albums last Friday among others, this week will see the return of Bleeding Through, and next week we’ll get the latest release from Ghost (who I’m seeing tonight for the third time, first time as headliner). It’s a good looking summer, that’s to be sure.
Notable Debuts:
Sevendust, All I See Is War (Rise)
16,500 sold
The band’s twelfth studio album sold a little less than its 2015 predecessor, but more than the acoustic album the year before that.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
15,000 sold
The band’s debut album has a stellar first week, no small thanks to their cover of “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
Strung Out, Black Out The Sky (Fat Wreck)
1,600 sold
This new LP is the band follow-up release to their 2015 studio album Transmission.Alpha.Delta.
Animals As Leaders, Animals As Leaders Live 2017 (Sumerian)
1,000 sold
This is the band’s first live album.
Skinless, Savagery (Relapse)
700 sold
This is the band’s sixth album and second following the group’s reformation.
Lords of Black, Icons of the New Day (Frontiers)
500 sold
This is the third studio album from this Spanish power metal band.
Jizzy Pearl, All You Need Is Soul (Frontiers)
300 sold
This is the fourth solo album from the Love/Hate frontman.
The Body, I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer (Thrill Jocky)
300 sold
This is the band’s seventh studio album.
Chrch, Light Will Consume Us All (Neurot)
200 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Powerglove, Continue? (Self-Released)
200 sold
The video game music cover band is back with their first album in eight years.
Skeletal Remains, Devouring Mortality (Dark Descent)
150 sold
This is the band’s third studio album.
Shinedown,
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
5,300 sold
A 33% drop with just under 50k sold.
Breaking Benjamin, Ember (Hollywood)
4,600 sold
A 28% drop.
A Perfect Circle, Eat The Elephant (BMG)
4,150 sold
A 33% drop.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
4,000 sold
A 7% drop hardly slows this down.
Parkway Drive, Reverence (Epitaph Records)
2,300 sold
A 80% drop in week two.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
2,300 sold
A 10% drop. Next week we’ll certainly see a new FFDP album at the top of the charts.
Sleep, The Sciences (Third Man)
1,700 sold
A 28% drop. Also, the band released yet another new track as part of Adult Swim’s Singles program.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
1,400 sold
A small 8% boost.
Judas Priest, Firepower (Columbia)
1,300 sold
A 20% drop with 80,000 sold.
Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Temple Pilots (Rhino)
900 sold
A 6% drop with just under 30,000 sold.
Black Stone Cherry,
Stryper,
Limbs, Father’s Son (UNFD)
500 sold
A tiny 2% drop.
Red Sun Rising, Thread (Razor & Tie)
500 sold
This got boosted way up.
From Ashes To New, The Future (Better Noise)
500 sold
This also got boosted up.
Power Trip, Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)
350 sold
A 13% boost is only logical.
The Word Alive, Violent Noise (Fearless Records)
200 sold
A 92% drop in week two.
Ihsahn, Ámr (Candlelight)
200 sold
An 85% drop.
Red Devil Vortex, Someone Has To Die(Self-Released)
200 sold
A 78% drop in week two.
Melvins, Pinkus Abortion Technician (Ipecac)
200 sold
A 10% drop.
Ingested, The Level Above Human (Unique Leader)
100 sold
A 64% drop.
Riot V, Armor of Light(Nuclear Blast)
100 sold
A 54% drop.
Turnstile, Time & Space (Roadrunner)
100 sold
A 74% drop.
