Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from July 25th, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Alice Cooper, GWAR, Bruce Dickinson, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Debut #: 7
Sold: 11410
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Debut #: 70
Sold: 1315
Artist/Album: Psycho-Frame, Salvation Laughs In The Face Of A Grieving Mother (Sharptone)
Debut #: 71
Sold: 1305
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Debut #: 72
Sold: 1300
Artist/Album: Cold Slither, Cold Slither (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Debut #: 109
Sold: 755
Artist/Album: Honeymoon Suite, Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down (Frontiers)
Debut #: 147
Sold: 560
Artist/Album: Enuff Z’Nuff, Xtra Cherries (Cleopatra Records)
Debut #: 161
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Dirty Nil, The Lash (Dine Alone)
Sold: 319
Artist/Album: Violent Hour, The Violent Hour (MRI)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Scalp, Not Worthy Of Human Compassion (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Tool, Live, Cold & Ugly 1993 (Blue Line)
Sold: 145
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 34
Sold: 2755
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 35
Sold: 2675
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 41
Sold: 2380
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 55
Sold: 1600
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 86
Sold: 1050
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
#: 101
Sold: 810
Artist/Album: Styx, Circling From Above (UME)
#: 103
Sold: 800
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
#: 111
Sold: 750
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
#: 118
Sold: 700
Artist/Album: Nickelback, Live From Nashville (BMG)
#: 120
Sold: 690
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 130
Sold: 635
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
#: 132
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island (p(doom) Records)
#: 140
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
#: 142
Sold: 585
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 146
Sold: 555
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 171
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Coldplay, Moon Music (Atlantic)
#: 197
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
#: 198
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
#: 200
Sold: 355
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Daron Malakian & Scars On Broadway, Addicted To The Violence (Scarred For Life)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 280
Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Scowl, Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Bloodywood, Nu Delhi (Fearless)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Fair Warning (Rhino)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System (Part One) (Big Machine)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Shadow Of Intent, Imperium Delirium
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Nothing More, Carnal (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Motorhead, The Manticore Tapes (BMG)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Sodom, Arsonist (Steamhammer)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Born Of Osiris, Through Shadows (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Zakk Sabbath, Doomed Forever Forever Doomed (Magnetic Eye)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Boundaries, Death Is Little More (3Dot Recordings)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Buckcherry, Roar Like Thunder (Round Hill Records)
Sold: 110
