Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 26, 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 Revocation, Dying Wish, Amorphis, Zakk Sabbath, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Beat, Neon Heat Disease: Live, In Los Angeles (Inside Out Music)
Debut #: 23
Sold: 4640
Artist/Album: Revocation, New Gods, New Masters (Metal Blade)
Debut #: 47
Sold: 2040
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, Alive In The Catacombs (Matador)
Debut #: 53
Sold: 1750
Note: Limited standard vinyl version release
Artist/Album: Dying Wish, Flesh Stays Together (Sharptone)
Debut #: 55
Sold: 1675
Artist/Album: President, King Of Terrors
Debut #: 63
Sold: 1535
Artist/Album: Amorphis, Borderland (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Debut #: 71
Sold: 1380
Artist/Album: Zakk Sabbath, Greatest Riffs (Magnetic Eye)
Debut #: 192
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Mors Principium Est, Darkness Invisible (Perception)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Julia Wolf, Pressure (Many Hats Dist)
Sold: 275
Note: Physical Release Date
Artist/Album: Rage, New World Rising (Steamhammer)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Face Yourself, Fury (Sumerian)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Peeling Flesh, Pf Radio 2 (Unique Leader)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Fauna, Ochre & Ash (Prophecy)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Vintage Caravan, Portals (Napalm Records)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Rage Against The Machine, Live On Tour 1993 (Legacy Recordings)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Vintersorg, Vattenkrafternas Spel (Napalm Records)
Sold: 100
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 12
Sold: 7850
Artist/Album: Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares Soundtrack (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
#: 19
Sold: 5600
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 21
Sold: 5015
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 37
Sold: 2705
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 54
Sold: 1740
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 70
Sold: 1390
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
#: 76
Sold: 1335
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 85
Sold: 1175
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
#: 93
Sold: 1080
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 102
Sold: 950
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
#: 106
Sold: 945
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 111
Sold: 900
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 125
Sold: 765
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 142
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Debut #: 150
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: I Prevail, Violent Nature (Fearless Records)
#: 152
Sold: 590
Artist/Album: Igorrr, Amen (Metal Blade)
#: 160
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Debut #: 162
Sold: 545
Artist/Album: Between The Buried And Me, Blue Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
#: 176
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
#: 184
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
#: 200
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: I See Stars, The Wheel (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Sold: 380
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 370
Artist/Album: Paradise Lost, Ascension (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 360
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
Sold: 355
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 350
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
Sold: 330
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
Sold: 295
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 280
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 270
Artist/Album: Mirador, Mirador (Universal)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 240
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Chiodos, All’s Well That Ends Well (20th Anniversary) (Sumerian)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMusic)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Cordyceps, Hell Inside (Unique Leader)
Sold: 170
Artist/Album: Silverstein, Pink Moon (UNFD)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Rage Against The Machine, 1993 Tour Compilation (Legacy Recordings)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Glenn Hughes, Chosen (Frontiers)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Thornhill, Bodies (Unfd)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Apocalyptica, Plays Metallica, Vol. 2 (BMG)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Dorothy, The Way (Roc Nation)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Acres, The Host (Solid State Records)
Sold: 105
Artist/Album: Speed, Only One Mode (Flatspot Records)
Sold: 105
