Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the charts from September 29, 2023 releases. Check out to see how KK’s Priest, Code Orange, Wolves In The Throne Room, and more debuted in charts. Remember to check out our weekly New & Noteworthy column, sharing new releases and playlists for each month!
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Steven Wilson, The Harmony Codex (Spinefarm)
Debut #: 24
Sold: 3900
Artist/Album: KK’s Priest, The Sinner Rides Again (Napalm Records)
Debut #: 25
Sold: 3525
Artist/Album: Code Orange, The Above (Blue Grape Music)
Debut #: 35
Sold: 2715
Artist/Album: Black Stone Cherry, Screamin’ At The Sky (Mascot)
Debut #: 38
Sold: 2596
Artist/Album: Wolves In the Throne Room, Crypt Of Ancestral Knowledge (Relapse Records)
Debut #: 43
Sold: 2335
Artist/Album: `68, Yes, And… (Pure Noise)
Debut #: 91
Sold: 1050
Artist/Album: Harms Way, Common Suffering (Metal Blade Records)
Debut #: 95
Sold: 975
Artist/Album: Graveyard, 6 (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 101
Sold: 925
Artist/Album: Asinhell, Impii Hora (Metal Blade Records)
Debut #: 122
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Nervosa, Jailbreak (Napalm Records)
Debut #: 125
Sold: 665
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Paper Hearts (Epitaph)
Debut #: 134
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: Ann Wilson & Tripsitter, Another Door (Dualtone Music Group)
Debut #: 135
Sold: 615
Artist/Album: Taproot, Sc\ssrs (Thc Music)
Debut #: 164
Sold: 490
Artist/Album: Primordial, How It Ends (Metal Blade Records)
Debut #: 187
Sold: 435
Artist/Album: Municipal Waste, Waste ‘Em All (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 198
Sold: 410
Note: Debut album reissue.
Artist/Album: Blackbriar, A Dark Euphony (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 235
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours Live (Rhino)
#: 53
Sold: 1900
Artist/Album: Staind, Confessions of the Fallen (BMG)
#: 54
Sold: 1885
Artist/Album: Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2023) (Capitol)
#: 55
Sold: 1865
Artist/Album: Cannibal Corpse, Chaos Horrific (Metal Blade)
#: 61
Sold: 1675
Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)
#: 85
Sold: 1105
Artist/Album: Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher (Lava/Republic)
#: 106
Sold: 875
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, But Here We Are (RCA)
#: 108
Sold: 850
Artist/Album: Baroness, Stone (Abraxan Hymns)
#: 109
Sold: 845
Artist/Album: Thirty Seconds To Mars, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day (Concord Music Group)
#: 111
Sold: 815
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)
#: 118
Sold: 725
Artist/Album: Metalocalypse, Dethklok, Dethalbum Iv (Death Waltz)
#: 128
Sold: 650
Artist/Album: Explosions In The Sky, End (Temporary Residence)
#: 131
Sold: 635
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, Road (EarMusic)
#: 145
Sold: 545
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse
#: 148
Sold: 540
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, In Times New Roman… (Matador)
#: 155
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: Avenged Sevenfold, Life Is But A Dream… (Warner)
#: 171
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Dying Fetus, Make Them Beg For Death (Relapse Records)
#: 172
Sold: 470
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, The Essential Foo Fighters (RCA)
#: 173
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Matchbox Twenty, Where The Light Goes (Atlantic)
#: 176
Sold: 460
Artist/Album: Thy Art Is Murder, Godlike (Human Warfare)
#: 180
Sold: 455
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974
#: 181
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Corey Taylor, Cmf2 (BMG)
#: 194
Sold: 420
Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)
#: 198
Sold: 410
Artist/Album: The Hu, Rumble Of Thunder (Better Noise Records)
Sold: 255
Artist/Album: Frankie And The Witch Fin, Data Doom (RAS / Greenway)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: 3Teeth, Endex (Century Media)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Movements, RUCKUS! (Fearless Records)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Cryptopsy, As Gomorrah Burns (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Art Of Shock, Shine Black Light (Century Media)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Polaris, Fatalism (Sharptone)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Drain, Living Proof (Epitaph)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Crypta, Shades Of Sorrow (Napalm Records)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Nita Strauss, The Call Of The Void (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Incantation, Unholy Deification (Relapse Records)
Sold: 135
