Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
This week presents quite the variety of debuts. Myles Kennedy was always going to be the top debut, but then you have everything from a Michael Sweet/Tracii Guns supergroup, a Charlie Benante covers album, an album from a fictional band, and one album with a giant angry wall for the cover art. And Gojira is still in the top 25 albums!
Notable Debuts:
Myles Kennedy, The Ides Of March (Napalm)
Debut #9
7,125 sold
This is Kennedy’s second solo album.
Sunbomb, Evil And Divine (Frontiers)
Debut #44
1,825 sold
This new band features Michael Sweet (Stryper) and Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns).
SeeYouSpaceCowboy…, A Sure Disaster (Pure Noise)
Debut #68
1,325 sold
This part of a split EP shared with If I Die First.
Zombi, Liquid Crystal (Relapse)
Debut #99
870 sold
This EP is the band’s followup after last year’s full-length.
The Relentless, Cruel Games (Sumerian)
290 sold
This is the latest release from the fictional band from American Satan and the TV Spinoff Paradise City.
Dordehduh, Har (Prophecy)
280 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Grave Miasma, Abyss Of Wrathful Deities (Dark Descent)
270 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Charlie Benante, Silver Linings (Megaforce)
200 sold
This is a covers album led by Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante.
Caliban, Zeitgeister (Century Media)
170 sold
This is the band’s 12th album.
Pessimist, Cult of the Initiated (Season of Mist)
130 sold
This is a remaster of the band’s debut album.
Gojira,
Greta Van Fleet, The Battle At Garden’s Gate (Lava/Republic Records)
#24 (from #14)
3,150 sold
A 21% drop.
Evanescence, The Bitter Truth (BMG)
#46 (from 75)
1,750 sold
A 20% boost.
Royal Blood, Typhoons (Imperial Galactic/Warner Records)
#42 (from 7)
1,525 sold
A 29% drop.
Foo Fighters, Medicine At Midnight (Roswell)
#68 (from 60)
1,350 sold
A 15% drop.
AC/DC, Power Up(Columbia)
#78 (from 84)
1,150 sold
A 6% drop.
Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Music (Capitol)
#87 (from 136)
1,025 sold
A 50% boost.
Clutch, The Weathermaker Vault Series Vol 1. (Weathermaker)
#94 (re-entry)
940 sold
This gets boosted back up.
Dropkick Murphys, Turn Up That Dial (Born & Bred)
#105 (from 79)
830 sold
A 42% drop.
Amigo The Devil, Born Against (Ingrooves)
#111 (re-entry)
800 sold
A whopping 286% boost back up.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, L.W. (KGLW)
#120 (re-entry)
740 sold
This gets boosted up after being off the charts for a few months.
Rob Zombie, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast)
#132 (from 143)
630 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Tetrarch, Unstable (Napalm)
#138 (re-entry)
600 sold
A big 215% boost up.
Chevelle, NIRATIAS (Epic)
#141 (from 137)
590 sold
A 13% drop with just under 40,000 sold.
Chris Cornell, No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 (UMe)
#142 (from 131)
580 sold
A 18% drop.
Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, S&M2 (Blackened)
#146 (from 166)
560 sold
A 4% boost.
Sanguisugabogg, Tortured Whole (Century Media)
#148 (re-entry)
560 sold
A 163% boost back up.
Deftones, Ohms (Reprise)
#157 (re-entry)
530 sold
A 29% boost after dropping off last week.
The Pretty Reckless, Death By Rock And Roll (Fearless Records)
#164 (from 149)
510 sold
A 18% drop.
Alice Cooper, Detroit Stories(earMUSIC)
#166 (from 195)
500 sold
A 15% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction, Volume 2 (Prospect Park)
#168 (from 168)
490 sold
A 7% drop.
Cannibal Corpse, Violence Unimagined (Metal Blade)
#173 (from 123)
470 sold
A 41% drop.
Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (Inside Out)
#176 (from 146)
460 sold
A 26% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, F8(Better Noise)
#178 (from 156)
460 sold
A 22% drop.
Various Artists, Many Faces of Def Leppard (Music Brokers Arg)
#181 (from 150)
450 sold
A 25% drop.
Poppy, I Disagree(Sumerian)
370 sold
A 290% boost back up.
Earthless, Live In The Mojave Desert (Nuclear Blast)
340 sold
This the band’s fifth live album.
Evile, Hell Unleashed (Napalm)
240 sold
A 14% drop.
Bewitcher, Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (Century Media)
220 sold
A 228% boost back up.
Zao, The Crimson Corridor(Observed/Observer)
200 sold
A 47% drop.
Smith/Kotzen, Smith/Kotzen(BMG)
200 sold
A 20% drop.
Enforced, Kill Grid (Century Media)
150 sold
A boost of 183%.
The End Machine, Phase2 (Frontiers)
150 sold
A 10% drop.
Sumo Cyco, Initiation (Napalm)
130 sold
A 85% drop in week two.
Wardruna, Kvitravn (By Norse Music)
120 sold
A 45% boost back up.
Seth, La Morsure du Christ (Season Of Mist)
120 sold
A 45% drop.
