Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 05, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Blessthefall, Primal Fear, Green Carnation, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Debut #: 27
Sold: 2775
Artist/Album: Blessthefall, Gallows (Rise Records)
Debut #: 65
Sold: 1215
Artist/Album: Faetooth, Labyrinthine (Flenser)
Debut #: 69
Sold: 1155
Artist/Album: Glenn Hughes, Chosen (Frontiers)
Debut #: 82
Sold: 1025
Artist/Album: Primal Fear, Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Debut #: 89
Sold: 975
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
Debut #: 192
Sold: 385
Artist/Album: Belmont, Last To Love (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Tallah, Primeval: Obsession/Detachment (Earache Records)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Green Carnation, A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia (Season of Mist)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Ambush, Evil In All Dimensions (Napalm Records)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Nailed To Obscurity, Generation Of The Void (Nuclear Blast Records)
Sold: 107
Artist/Album: grandson, Inertia (XX Records)
Sold: 107
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 7
Sold: 9235
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 31
Sold: 2215
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 36
Sold: 1765
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
#: 38
Sold: 1675
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 42
Sold: 1600
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 50
Sold: 1475
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 64
Sold: 1235
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
#: 71
Sold: 1130
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 78
Sold: 1050
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 83
Sold: 1025
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 87
Sold: 1000
Artist/Album: Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
#: 98
Sold: 815
Artist/Album: Ice Nine Kills, I Heard They Kill Live 2 (Fearless Records)
#: 105
Sold: 745
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
#: 113
Sold: 700
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
#: 120
Sold: 635
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 137
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Wardruna, Birna (By Norse Music)
Debut #: 151
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 153
Sold: 470
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 155
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
#: 157
Sold: 460
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
#: 179
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
#: 194
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
#: 195
Sold: 370
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 320
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Royale Lynn, Black Magic (Epitaph)
Sold: 310
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 240
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: We Came As Romans, All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed (Sharptone)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid Iii
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Jerry Cantrell, I Want Blood (Double J Music)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Burning Witches, Inquisition (Napalm Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Dorothy, The Way (Roc Nation)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Slow Crush, Thirst (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State Records)
Sold: 109
Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 107
Artist/Album: Stryper, Soldiers Under Command – Live At Spirithouse
Sold: 105
