Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
DevilDriver, Outlaws ‘Til The End Vol. 1 (Napalm)
Debut #17
4,775 sold
The band’s eighth studio album, all covers, didn’t do quite as well as its 2016 predecessor.
Immortal, Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #31
3,125 sold
Immortal’s first release in 9 years and first without Abbath is the band’s highest debut in the US yet.
Vixen, Live Fire(RatPak)
Debut #62
1,775 sold
This live album is the band’s first release since another live album back in 2013.
Lucifer, Lucifer II (Century Media)
Debut #128
910 sold
As the name implies, this is the band’s second studio album.
Devin Townsend Project, Ocean Machine: Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (Inside Out)
Debut #140
840 sold
Hevy Devy played his much revered album in full on this new live album.
Six Feet Under, Unburied (Metal Blade)
200 sold
This is a compilation of unreleased material from the band’s more recent studio albums.
Notable Sales:
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#28 (from 22)
3,625 sold
A 23% drop.
Bullet For My Valentine, Gravity (Spinefarm)
#29 (from 5)
3,550 sold
An 83% drop in week two.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#37 (from 33)
2,900 sold
A 19% drop with over 160,000 sold.
Ghost, Prequelle (Loma Vista)
#44 (from 35)
2,475 sold
A drop of 26%. Also, I heard “Rats” on the radio the other night and that really pleased me.
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#58 (from 64)
1,850 sold
At week 10, this takes a 20% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#63 (from 73)
1,775 sold
An 18% drop.
Mike Shinoda, Post Traumatic (Warner Bros.)
#70 (from 97)
1,625 sold
A 1% boost with just under 30,000 sold.
Breaking Benjamin, Ember (Hollywood)
#72 (from 86)
1,550 sold
This went up the charts but dropped 12% in sales.
A Perfect Circle, Eat The Elephant (BMG)
#86 (from 118)
1,325 sold
A 9% boost.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#87 (from 101)
1,325 sold
A 15% drop with over 30,000 sold.
Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold (RCA/Roswell)
#113 (re-entry)
1,025 sold
This dropped off last week then came back with a 79% boost.
Circle of Dust, Machine of Our Disgrace (FiXT)
#156 (re-entry)
750 sold
This got boost way up after dropping off a few weeks ago.
Judas Priest, Firepower (Columbia)
#157 (from 169)
750 sold
A 16% drop.
Various Artists, 2018 Warped Tour Compilation (SideOneDummy)
#176 (from 57)
670 sold
A 72% drop is more of what I was expecting last week.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#186 (from 170)
630 sold
A 27% drop.
Khemmis, Desolation (20 Buck Spin)
400 sold
This sold roughly the same as last week.
Vein, Errorzone (Closed Casket Activities)
300 sold
A 14% drop.
Fates Warning, Live Over Europe (InsideOut)
290 sold
A 57% drop in week two.
Harm’s Way, Posthuman (Metal Blade)
190 sold
A 11% drop.
Zeal & Ardor, Stranger Fruit (MVKA)
170 sold
The tiniest 1% boost.
Like A Storm, Catacombs(Century Media)
170 sold
A 38% drop.
Alien Weaponry, Tū (Napalm Records)
160 sold
This got boosted up by 34%. Also, is it just me or does the guy on the album cover look like the Mouth of Sauron?
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Gumboot Soup (ATO)
140 sold
A 19% boost bring this back up.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
140 sold
A 5% boost.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Polygondwanaland (Blood Music)
130 sold
A 12% drop. This concludes your King Gizzard update for the week.
Dead Cross, Dead Cross EP (Ipecac)
120 sold
A 61% drop.
Power Trip, Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)
190 sold
A 36% drop.
Craft, White Noise and Black Metal(Season Of Mist)
120 sold
A 44% drop.
Gruesome, Twisted Prayers(Relapse)
120 sold
This popped up after dropping off last week, but it still took a 22% drop.