Metal By Numbers 10/28: Sales adrift

Posted by on October 28, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
 
I’m always kind of impressed when a band puts out a new studio album only a year after its predecessor. Two years is more of the standard, but it’s typical to see three or four nowadays. But some artists have taken 2020 as the opportunity to hunker down and make new material, and that’s even more impressive because, for some people, creating is not that easy especially in stressful circumstances. But Spirit Adrift is one of those bands that managed to do it, even after losing half the band earlier this year.
 
 
Notable Debuts:
 
Ninja Sex Party, The Prophecy (Self-Released)
Debut #44
1,850 sold
 
More comedy rock than metal, but I love these guys and they’ve crossed paths with Steel Panther more than once.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spirit Adrift, Enlightened In Eternity (20 Buck Spin/Century Media)
Debut #46
1,775 sold
 
The band’s fourth album is out only little over a year after their third and marks their best debut yet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tommy Lee, Andro (Better Noise)
Debut #75
1,100 sold
 
This is Tommy Lee’s third solo album and first since 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kingdom Of Giants, Passenger (SharpTone)
Debut #110
800 sold
 
This is the band’s third studio album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benediction, Scriptures (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #111
800 sold
 
This is the band’s eighth album and first in 12 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wayfarer, A Romance With Violence (Profound Lore)
Debut #141
620 sold
 
This is the band’s fourth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Porcupine Tree, Pure Narcotic Acoustic Session 2012 (Self-Released)
Debut #144
620 sold
 
This 5 song EP was recorded at the band’s final show at Royal Albert Hall 10 years ago.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ghostemane, ANTI-ICON (Blackmage)
Debut #192
460 sold
 
This is Ghostemane’s eighth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Everything In Slow Motion, Influence (Facedown)
380 sold
 
This is the second EP from former Hands frontman Shane Ochsner.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notable Sales:
 
Deftones, Ohms (Reprise)
#24 (from 17)
3,150 sold
 
A 23% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#25 (from 49)
3050 sold
 
A 85% boost up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction, Volume 2 (Prospect Park)
#15 (from 30)
2,450 sold
 
A 45% drop in week two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen + Adam Lambert, Live Around The World(Hollywood)
#36 (from 18)
2,175 sold
 
A 66% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, S&M2(Blackened)
#40 (from 32)
1,975 sold
 
A 10% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Öyster Cult, The Symbol Remains(Frontier)
#45 (from 10)
1,775 sold
 
A 71% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marilyn Manson, We Are Chaos (Loma Vista)
#58 (from 48)
1,525 sold
 
A 9% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corey Taylor, CMFT(Roadrunner)
#82 (from 42)
1,025 sold
 
A 43% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Five Finger Death Punch, F8(Better Noise)
#84 (from 139)
1,000 sold

A 64% boost following the release of the band’s new compilation album.

 

 
 
 
 
 
Napalm Death, Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism (Century Media)
#98 (re-entry)
900 sold
 
A whopping 228% boost up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ace Frehley, Origins Vol. 2 (eOne Music)
#113 (from 87)
790 sold
 
A 17% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Greatest Hits(Sony Legacy)
#129 (from 104)
660 sold

A 16% drop.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Zakk Sabbath, Vertigo (Magnetic Eye)
#146 (re-entry)
620 sold
 
A big 148 boost back up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
#156 (from 102)
580 sold
 
A 29% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ozzy Osbourne, Ordinary Man (Epic)
#156 (from 129)
580 sold

A 12% drop.

 

 

 

 

Def Leppard, Hits Vegas (Live) (Eagle Rock)
#169 (re-entry)
530 sold

This live album gets its own audio release after being paired with a boxset earlier this year.

 

 

 

 

Pearl Jam, Gigaton (Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records)
#175 (re-entry)
510 sold

A 39% boost back up.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tool, Fear Inoculum (Tool Dissectional LLC/Volcano)
#179 (from 148)
480 sold

A 13% drop.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stryper, Even The Devil Believes(Frontiers)
#199 (from 177)
440 sold
 
A 3% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enslaved, Utgard (Nuclear Blast)
#173 (from 44)
340 sold
 
A 26% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amaranthe, Manifest(Nuclear Blast)
270 sold
 
A 51% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Hu, The Gereg(Eleven Seven)
220 sold
 
A 23% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Necrot, Mortal (Tankcrimes)
210 sold
 
A 112% boost back up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUMAC, May You Be Held(Thrill Jockey)
200 sold
 
A 48% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All Them Witches, Nothing As The Ideal (New West)
200 sold
 
A 6% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fishing For Fishies (ATO)
190 sold
 
A 89% boost back up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anaal Nathrakh, Endarkenment (Metal Blade)
190 sold
 
A 43% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Feet Under, Nightmares Of The Decomposed (Metal Blade)
190 sold
 
A 32% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Necrophobic, Dawn Of The Damned (Century Media)
180 sold
 
A 71% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kataklysm, Unconquered(Nuclear Blast)
170 sold

A 25% drop.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Skáld, Vikings Memories(Decca)
170 sold
 
A 68% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mrs. Piss, Self-Surgery(Sergeant House)
160 sold
 
A 54% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unleash The Archers, Abyss (Napalm)
150 sold

A 16% drop.

 

 

 

 

Heathen, Empire Of The Blind (Nuclear Blast)
150 sold
 
A 3% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Ocean, Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic(Metal Blade)
150 sold
 
A 8% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Movements, No Good Left To Give(Fearless)
150 sold
 
A 16% drop.

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