Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from August 29, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Helloween, Vicious Rumors, and End It.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
#: 9
Sold: 6350
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Debut #: 26
Sold: 2450
Artist/Album: Wisp, If Not Winter (Music Soup/Interscope)
Debut #: 37
Sold: 1940
Artist/Album: End It, Wrong Side Of Heaven (Flatspot Records)
Debut #: 63
Sold: 1315
Artist/Album: Belinda Carlisle, Once Upon A Time In California (Edsel Records)
Debut #: 101
Sold: 800
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Debut #: 119
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Slow Crush, Thirst (Pure Noise Records)
Debut #: 134
Sold: 615
Artist/Album: Pinkshift, Earthkeeper (Hopeless Records)
Sold: 335
Artist/Album: Vicious Rumors, Devil’s Asylum (Steamhammer)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Manegarm, Edsvuren (Napalm Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Kingdom Of Giants, Burning Chrome – Ep (Sharptone)
Sold: 125
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 4
Sold: 12965
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 36
Sold: 2075
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
#: 44
Sold: 1825
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 47
Sold: 1775
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 49
Sold: 1700
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 69
Sold: 1225
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 70
Sold: 1215
Artist/Album: Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
#: 78
Sold: 1075
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 79
Sold: 1065
Artist/Album: Stryper, Soldiers Under Command – Live At Spirithouse
Debut #: 82
Sold: 1015
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 97
Sold: 845
Artist/Album: Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers (Warner Records)
#: 98
Sold: 825
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 104
Sold: 755
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
#: 125
Sold: 650
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
#: 127
Sold: 635
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 130
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 136
Sold: 605
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
Debut #: 139
Sold: 575
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
#: 141
Sold: 570
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 142
Sold: 565
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 167
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
#: 178
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: We Came As Romans, All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed (Sharptone)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Burning Witches, Inquisition (Napalm Records)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid Iii
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Dorothy, The Way (Roc Nation)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Daron Malakian & Scars On Broadway, Addicted To The Violence (Scarred For Life)
Sold: 114
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State Records)
Sold: 109
Artist/Album: Funeral Portrait, Greetings From Suffocate City (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 105
