Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
For Thanksgiving this year I am thankful that I don’t have to travel anywhere. I did all my traveling last week: I’ve relocated from Tennessee to Massachusetts. Which means…absolutely nothing to you, but it does mean that when I call my mother I don’t have to remind her that I’m an hour behind and that her 6pm is really my 5pm. So, hooray for living in the same time zone. If you are traveling, stay safe and bring a Bell Witch album; it’ll probably still be going by the time you reach your destination.
Notable Debuts:
Architects,
Holy Hell (Epitaph)
Debut #21
7,325 sold
The band’s eighth album and first without the late Tom Searle marks the band’s best US debut yet.
This is the band’s ninth album. It comes less than a month after the death of founding guitarist Oli Herbert.
Red Dragon Cartel,
Patina (Frontiers)
Debut #76
2,125 sold
This is the second album from the band led by guitarist Jake E. Lee.
This is the band’s second LP.
Pearcy latest album follows up his solo album from last year.
If you’re like me and you were a big fan of the band’s 2012 release Sleddin’ Hill, then you’re probably excited for this one.
This is the latest solo album from the Between the Buried and Me frontman.
Debut #198
730 sold
This is the band’s seventh studio album.
450 sold
This is the band’s seventh studio album.
This is the band’s second studio album.
Old Wounds,
Glow (Good Fight)
400 sold
This is the band’s third full-length.
This is the band’s second studio album.
230 sold
This is a reissue of the band’s second album released 30 years ago.
220 sold
This is the band’s seventh album.
This is the second studio album from the band fronted by Matt Barlow (ex-Iced Earth).
Notable Sales:
A 14% drop hardly did anything to slow this down.
Disturbed,
Evolution(Warner Bros.)
#19 (from 11)
8,775 sold
Over 100,000 sold.
#22 (from 14)
6,925 old
A 20% drop.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#106 (from 81)
1,550 sold
A 14% drop with just under 220,000 sold.
#112 (from 17)
1,375 sold
A drop of 82% in week two.
Ace Frehley,
Spaceman (eOne)
#139 (from 95)
1,100 sold
A 27% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#149 (from 145)
1,010 sold
At week 50, this has sold over 161,000 copies.
A 8% boost with just under 40,000 sold.
Breaking Benjamin,
Ember (Hollywood)
#160 (from 198)
900 sold
A 23% boost with over 150,000 sold.
This debuted last week with over 7,900 sold then dropped by 90%.
Godsmack, Icon (Republic)
#188 (from 144)
790 sold
A 22% drop.
750 sold
A 45% drop.
Warrel Dane, Shadow Work (Century Media)
620 sold
These numbers reflect the album’s physical release as opposed to the numbers two weeks ago, which were only digital.
A 79% boost back up.
240 sold
A 65% drop in week two.
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats,
Wasteland (Rise Above)
240 sold
A 38% drop.
Amaranthe,
Helix (Spinefarm)
230 sold
A 29% drop.
Haken,
Vector (InsideOut)
210 sold
A 44% drop.
Windhand, Eternal Return (Relapse)
190 sold
A 23% drop.
170 sold
I think this is just pops up on a bi-weekly basis now.
160 sold
A second week drop of 82%. Also, just gonna go ahead a throw it out there: this is one of my favorite albums of the year, no doubt.
All That Remains, 
Cult Leader, 
Stephen Pearcy, 
August Burns Red, 
Thomas Giles, 
Psycroptic, As The Kingdom Drowns (Prosthetic)
Evoken, Hypnagogia (Profound Lore)
Nordic Union, 
Burning Witches, Hexenhammer (Nuclear Blast)
Warzone, Open Your Eyes (Revelations)
Greenleaf, Hear the Rivers (Napalm)
Ashes of Ares, 
Greta Van Fleet, 
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
Coheed And Cambria, 
Ice Nine Kills, 
Silent Planet, 
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
Daughters, 
Hate Eternal, 
Internal Bleeding, 
Fight The Fury, 
Tom Morello, 
Awake At Last, Life/Death/Rebirth (Self-Released)
Deicide, Overtures Of Blasphemy(Century Media)
