Metal By Numbers 5/29: Rammstein triumph in Amerika

by | May 29, 2019 | Metal By Numbers | 0 comments

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
 
It should come as no surprise that Rammstein’s first album in ten years topped the list this week. It’s #4 in pure album sales and #1 on the Billboard 200, which makes this Rammstein’s highest charting album in the US (Liebe ist für alle da debuted at #13). I’m not a huge Rammstein fan, but the phenomenon around them is fascinating and their live shows look like something else.
 
 
 
Notable Debuts:
 
Rammstein, Rammstein (Universal)
Debut #4
24,700 sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debut #28
3,125 sold
 
This is a reissue of Blacl Label Society’s debut album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Full Of Hell, Weeping Choir (Relapse)
Debut #39
2,600 sold
 
This is Full of Hell’s forth studio album, seventh if you count collaborative albums.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famous Last Words, Arizona(SBG)
Debut #71
1,475 sold
 
This is the band’s fourth EP and first release on SBG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus (Season Of Mist)
Debut #141
720 sold
 
This is the band’s ninth album and first since 2012.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Gilbert, Behold Electric Guitar (Music Theories)
Debut #162
620 sold
 
This is Gilbert’s 15th solo album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Avatar, The King Live In Paris (eOne Music)
Debut #179
570 sold
 
This is the band’s first live album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paladin, Ascension (Prosthetic)
380 sold
 
This is the band’s debut album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
God Of Nothing, Cruel By Nature (Legend)
300 sold
 
This is the band’s debut LP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parabelle, The Rose Avail (Self-Released)
280 sold
 
This is the band’s sixth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lo-Pan, Subtle (Aqualamb)
250 sold
 
This is the band’s fifth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vale Of Pnath, Accursed (Willowtip)
250 sold
 
This is the band’s second EP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Haunt, If Icarus Could Fly (Shadow Kingdom)
240 sold
 
This is the band’s second album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notable Sales:
 
Sammy Hagar & The Circle, Space Between(BMG)
#9 (from 1)
8,025 sold
 
A drop of 80% didn’t even bump this out of the top 10.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody(Hollywood)
#17 (from 14)
4,825 sold
 
A 22% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amon Amarth, Berserker (Metal Blade)
#51 (from 25)
1,975 sold
 
A 72% drop in week two, but its still in the top 25.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whitesnake, Flesh & Blood (Frontiers)
#53 (from 11)
1,975 sold
 
A 72% drop in week two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greta Van Fleet, Anthem of the Peaceful Army (Lava/Republic)
#54 (from 44)
1,950 sold
 
A 11% drop with over 240,000 sold.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I Prevail, Trauma (Fearless)
#79 (from 78)
1,315 sold
 
A 10% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mötley Crüe, The Dirt Soundtrack(Eleven Seven)
#84 (from 85)
1,275 sold
 
A 9% drop same as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disturbed, Evolution(Warner Bros.)
#98 (fr0m 37)
1,100 sold
 
A 55% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#123 (from 125)
900 sold
 
A 3% drop
 
 
 
 
 

Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#136 (from 145)
780 sold

This sold the same as last week.

 
 
 
 
 
Bad Religion, Age Of Unreason (Epitaph)
#137 (from 83)
770 sold
 
A 46% drop. For some reason this cover brings Spinal Tap’s Intravenus de Miloto mind.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#139 (from 145)
740 sold

Just under 190,000 sold.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Godsmack, Icon(Republic)
#147 (from 161)
680 sold
 
About the same sold as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Greatest Hits (Sony Legacy)
#149 (from 120)
670 sold
 
This came out last week but I missed it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Possessed, Revelations Of Oblivion (Nuclear Blast)
#151 (from 59)
670 sold
 
A 62% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#160 (from 181)
630 sold
 
A 3% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#164 (re-entry)
620 sold
 
A 79% boost back up the charts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fishing For Fishies(ATO)
#173 (from 186)
580 sold
 
This sold about the same as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#176 (from 144)
580 sold
 
A 27% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tesla, Shock (UMe)
#187 (re-entry)
560 sold
 

A 58% boost brings this back up.

 

 
 
 
 
 
Arch / Matheos, Winter Ethereal(Metal Blade)
520 sold
 
A 61% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rival Sons, Feral Roots(Atlantic)
300 sold
 
A 31% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fever 333, Strength In Numb333rs (Roadrunner)
270 sold
 
This got a 77% boost back up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Damned Things, High Crimes(Nuclear Blast)
220 sold
 
A 15% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abnormality, Sociopathic Constructs (Metal Blade)
360 sold
 
A 48% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
180 sold
 
A 9% drop.
 
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