Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from November 28, 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 Record Store Day Black Friday Releases, Dream Theater, Blut Aus Nord, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Quarantième: Live A Paris (Inside Out Music)
Debut #: 47
Sold: 4050
Artist/Album: Ramones, Live At Cbgb,1977 (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 51
Sold: 3965
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, Welcome To My Nightmare Live From the Forum 6/17/75 (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 54
Sold: 3885
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Live At Wembley 1995 (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 64
Sold: 3245
Artist/Album: Bad Brains, Live at the Bayou: Washington D.C. July 14, 1980 / March 15, 1981 (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 97
Sold: 1765
Artist/Album: Creed, Live In San Antonio (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 101
Sold: 1700
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Live In 24′ (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 126
Sold: 1325
Artist/Album: Lynch Mob, Dancing With The Devil (Rat Pak Records)
Debut #: 127
Sold: 1320
Artist/Album: Montrose, Montrose Live – Ksan Radio Session 1973 (RSD 2025)
Debut #: 156
Sold: 1125
Artist/Album: Pelican, What We All Come To Need & Ephemeral x 3 (RSD 2025)
Sold: 720
Artist/Album: Touche Amore, Chasing Brightness: The Complete BBC Sessions 2011-2025 (RSD 2025)
Sold: 715
Artist/Album: Blut Aus Nord, Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti Productions)
Sold: 555
Artist/Album: Various Artists, The Downward Spiral – Redux (Magnetic Eye Records)
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Various Artists, Best Of Nine Inch Nails (Redux) (Magnetic Eye Records)
Sold: 445
Artist/Album: Various Artists, Rock The Plaza: Concert To Save The His (RSD 2025)
Sold: 385
Artist/Album: In Flames, Breathing Fire – In Flames Live 2024 (RSD 2025)
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Plosivs, Yell At Cloud (Swami Records)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: 1349, Winter Mass (Season of Mist)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: OTTTO, Sweaty Pool (RSD 2025)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Sigh, Infidel Art (Peaceville)
Sold: 115
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Aerosmith & Yungblud, One More Time (Capitol)
#: 32
Sold: 4885
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 34
Sold: 4600
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 57
Sold: 3675
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 63
Sold: 3290
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 84
Sold: 2230
Artist/Album: Creed, The Best Of Creed (Craft Recordings)
#: 95
Sold: 1825
Artist/Album: Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares Soundtrack (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
#: 100
Sold: 1705
Artist/Album: Various Artists, The Many Faces of Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
#: 108
Sold: 1525
Artist/Album: Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas (Fearless Records)
#: 122
Sold: 1385
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
#: 124
Sold: 1360
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 129
Sold: 1315
Artist/Album: The Cranberries, The Cranberries Presents Mtv Unplugged (Island)
#: 140
Sold: 1215
Artist/Album: Stryper, The Greatest Gift Of All (Frontiers)
#: 145
Sold: 1185
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 147
Sold: 1175
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
#: 164
Sold: 1085
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 191
Sold: 900
Artist/Album: Violent Vira, Lover Of A Ghost (Mom + Pop)
#: 196
Sold: 875
Artist/Album: Mammoth, The End (BMG)
Sold: 815
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
Sold: 815
Artist/Album: The Pretty Wild, Zero.Point.Genesis (Sumerian)
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 2 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 580
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: The Devil Wears Prada, Flowers (Solid State Records)
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 460
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Diamond Star Heroes: Live From Sheffield (Mercury Studios)
Sold: 440
Artist/Album: Drain, …Is Your Friend (Epitaph)
Sold: 440
Artist/Album: Sabaton, Legends (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 415
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Sold: 410
Artist/Album: Dayseeker, Creature In The Black Night (Spinefarm)
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: Scorpions, From The First Sting (BMG)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Chiodos, All’s Well That Ends Well (20th Anniversary) (Sumerian)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
Sold: 335
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
Sold: 330
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Avatar, Don’t Go In The Forest (Black Waltz)
Sold: 320
Artist/Album: Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Sanguisugabogg, Hideous Aftermath (Century Media)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Sammy Hagar, Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency (Big Machine Rock)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: I Prevail, Violent Nature (Fearless Records)
Sold: 270
Artist/Album: Testament, Para Bellum (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Whitechapel, Hymns In Dissonance (Metal Blade)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Spite, New World Killer (Rise Records)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
Sold: 255
Artist/Album: Spock’s Beard, The Archaeoptimist (Madfish)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Peeling Flesh, Pf Radio 2 (Unique Leader)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Bell Witch And Aerial Ruin, Stygian Bough: Volume Ii
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Better Lovers, Highly Irresponsible (Sharptone)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 170
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Rage Against The Machine, 1993 Tour Compilation (RSD 2025)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
Sold: 154
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 154
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 153
Artist/Album: The Acacia Strain, You Are Safe From God Here (Rise Records)
Sold: 152
Artist/Album: Thrice, Horizons/West (Epitaph)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Orbit Culture, Death Above Life (Century Media)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 144
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 143
Artist/Album: President, King Of Terrors
Sold: 142
Artist/Album: Agriculture, The Spiritual Sound (Flenser)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Zakk Sabbath, Greatest Riffs (Magnetic Eye)
Sold: 139
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 138
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Live At Roadburn 2023 (Flenser)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Primitive Man, Observance (Relapse Records)
Sold: 134
Artist/Album: Jinjer, Duel (Napalm Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Chat Pile & Pedigo,Hayden, In The Earth Again (Computer Students)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Despised Icon, Shadow Work (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 119
Artist/Album: Coroner, Dissonance Theory (Century Media)
Sold: 119
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
Sold: 119
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 118
Artist/Album: Gruesome, Silent Echoes (Relapse)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 114
