Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
Skeletonwitch, Devouring Radiant Light(Prosthetic)
Debut #37
2,825 sold
Skeletonwitch return with their first LP in five years.
The Agony Scene, Tormentor (Outerloop)
Debut #45
2,375 sold
This is the band’s fourth album and their first in eleven years.
Powerwolf, The Sacrament Of Sin (Napalm)
Debut #48
2,300 sold
This is the band’ seventh studio album and their best US debut yet.
Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway, Dictator (Scarred For Life)
Debut #72
1,800 sold
This is the band’s second album and their first in 10 years.
Jungle Rot, Jungle Rot (Victory)
Debut #106
1,175 sold
This is the band’s ninth studio album.
Epica, Epica Vs Attack On Titan (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #114
1,125 sold
This new EP features covers of songs from the anime Attack On Titan. If you’ve ever heard the original AOT opening theme, you understand why this is awesome. If not, here you go.
If Not For Me,
Lost In Separation, Sister Moon (Pale Chord)
330 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Mike Patton, ‘1922′ Original Score (Ipecac)
260 sold
This is the score for the horror film 1922 based on the Stephen King novella of the same name.
Extremity, Coffin Birth (20 Buck Spin)
260 sold
This is the band’s debut LP.
Wisdom In Chains, Nothing In Nature Respects Weakness (Fast Break!)
200 sold
This is the band’s sixth studio album.
The Lion’s Daughter, Future Cult (Season Of Mist)
160 sold
This is the band’s third album.
Notable Sales:
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#15 (from 30)
4,725 sold
At week 10, this gets a 21% boost with over 117,000 sold.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#25 (from 38)
3,900 sold
An 18% boost.
Breaking Benjamin, Ember (Hollywood)
#47 (from 72)
2,300 sold
A 20% boost puts this over 130,000 sold.
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#53 (from 52)
2,175 sold
A drop of 4%.
Ghost, Prequelle (Loma Vista)
#54 (from 74)
2,075 sold
An 8% boost.
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#55 (from 64)
2,050 sold
A 2% boost with just under 100,000 sold.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#70 (from 75)
1,800 sold
A 5% drop.
Bullet For My Valentine, 
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#78 (from 134)
1,575 sold
This raked in a 62% boost.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#82 (from 89)
1,500 sold
A 2% boost.
Nine Inch Nails, Bad Witch (The Null Corporation)
#87 (from 78)
1,450 sold
A 21% drop.
Deafheaven, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-)
#99 (from 11)
1,300 sold
This debuted last week at #11 with over 6,600 sold, making it the band’s highest charting album yet.
Mike Shinoda, Post Traumatic (Warner Bros.)
#107 (from 112)
1,175 sold
A 1% boost.
Greta Van Fleet, Black Smoke Rising EP (Republic)
#129 (re-entry)
1,000 sold
This got boosted way back up.
Between The Buried And Me, Automata II (Sumerian)
#135 (from 7)
960 sold
BTBAM’s second part of their double album debuted last week at #7 with over 9,800 copies sold.
Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold (RCA/Roswell)
#136 (from 144)
960 sold
A 3% boost.
A Perfect Circle, Eat The Elephant (BMG)
#138 (from 129)
940 sold
A 10% drop.
Judas Priest, Firepower (Columbia)
#172 (from 191)
740 sold
At week 20, this gets a 4% boost and has sold just under 90,000 in total.
Evanescence, Synthesis (BMG)
#175 (re-entry)
710 sold
A 17% boost brings this album to life.
Chelsea Grin, Eternal Nightmare (Rise)
#176 (from 20)
710 sold
This debuted last week at #20 with over 4,800 sold.
Immortal,
Obscura, Diluvium (Relapse)
420 sold
This debuted last week with over 1,900 sold.
Like A Storm, Catacombs(Century Media)
340 sold
This dropped off last week but then got a big boost back up.
Entheos, Dark Future (Spinefarm)
200 sold
A 1% boost
Hopesfall, Arbiter (Equal Vision)
200 sold
This debut with over 3,000 sold last week.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
180 sold
A 46% boost. Wow, can’t remember the last time there was only one King Gizzard album on here.
Zeal & Ardor, Stranger Fruit (MVKA)
170 sold
A 9% boost.
Harm’s Way, Posthuman (Metal Blade)
170 sold
A 40% drop.
Lucifer, Lucifer II (Century Media)
160 sold
A 40% drop.
Black Fast, Spectre Of Ruin (eOne)
150 sold
This debuted last week with 640 sold.
Alien Weaponry, Tū (Napalm Records)
150 sold
This dropped off last week and then got a 14% boost.
