Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
So Black Veil Brides have a new album called Vale, but it’s “vale” as in a valley, not “veil” as in “the bride had a black veil.” Just remember that it’s “Vale by Black Veil Brides” and not “Veil by Black Vale Brides.” Anywho, now that I’ve milked that bit, Vale is also this week’s top debut for meta and hard rock as the slew of new releases begin to flow in for 2018.
Notable Debuts:
Black Veil Brides, Vale (Lava/Republic)
23,000 sold
The band’s fifth studio album didn’t sell as much as their last two, but it is on par with 2011 release Set the World on Fire.
Joe Satriani, What Happens Next (Sony)
11,000 sold
Satch’s sixteenth studio album outdid its 2015 predecessor.
Corrosion Of Conformity, No Cross No Crown (Nuclear Blast)
8,100 sold
The band’s first album with Pepper Keenan since 2005 sold way more than the band’s last two albums from 2012 and 2014.
Avatar, Avatar Country (eOne)
5,200 sold
Avatar’s seventh album doesn’t sell as much as its predecessor, but it’s still a solid debut.
Ty Tabor, Alien Beans (RatPak)
2,700 sold
This is the latest solo album from the King’s X guitarist.
White Wizzard, Infernal Overdrive (M-Theory Audio)
200 sold
White Wizzard’s fourth album is their first in five years.
Heidevolk, Vuur van Verzet (Napalm)
200 s0ld
This is the folk band’s sixth album.
Bleeding Gods, Dodekathlon (Nuclear Blast)
100 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Audrey Horne, Blackout (Napalm)
100 sold
This is the Norwegian band’s sixth album.
Hamferð, Támsins likam (Metal Blade)
100 sold
This is the band’s third album.
Notable Sales:
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction (Prospect Park)
4,100 sold
Over 50,000 sold.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
3,500 sold
A 19% drop.
Foo Fighters,
Asking Alexandria,
Linkin Park,
Skillet, 
Avenged Sevenfold,
August Burns Red, Phantom Anthem (Fearless)
1,000 sold
A huge boost back up.
I Prevail, Lifelines (Fearless)
1,000 sold
This has popped up again.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
900 sold
A 5% drop.
Evanescence, 
Greta Van Fleet,
Queens Of The Stone Age, Villains (Matador Records)
700 sold
A 22% drop with over 126,000 sold.
Marilyn Manson, Heaven Upside Down (Loma Vista)
650 sold
A 35% drop.
Watain, Trident Wolf Eclipse (Century Media)
600 sold
A 77% drop in week two.
Trivium,
Iron Maiden,
Hollywood Undead,
Power Trip,
Prophets of Rage, Prophets of Rage (Caroline)
300 sold
38,000 sold.
Cannibal Corpse, 
Morbid Angel,
Summoning, With Doom We Come (Napalm Records)
900 sold
A 78% drop in week two.
Electric Wizard,
Cavalera Conspiracy, Psychosis (Napalm Records)
150 sold
Dropped by half.
Converge, The Dusk In Us (Epitaph/Deathwish)
100 sold
Almost 15,000 sold.
Ghost, Ceremony and Devotion (Loma Vista)
100 sold
3,000 sold
The Faceless, In Becoming A Ghost (Sumerian Records)
100 sold
Same sold as last week.
