Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
There’s just something so fitting about an Opeth album coming out in the fall. Seven of the band’s thirteen albums came out in or a little before fall, and while it’s a popular time for album releases in general (just look at the last month or so of this column), it’s also true that fall and winter are arguably the most metal seasons. So that just makes it more exciting when one of metal’s most beloved bands chooses this time of year to release a new album. Or maybe I’m just being a big flailing fanboy about it. After all, I’ve been alternating between the English and Swedish versions of the new album.
Notable Debuts:
Opeth, In Cauda Venenum (Nuclear Blast)Debut #8
9,275 sold
Opeth thirteenth studio album didn’t sell as much as its predecessor, but it did crack the top 10.
HELLYEAH, Welcome Home (Eleven Seven Music)Debut #9
9,050 sold
This is the band’s sixth album and final release to feature Vinnie Paul before his death.
Steel Panther, Heavy Metal Rules (Steel Panther Inc.)Debut #14
6,375 sold
Steel Panther’s fifth album debuted a little lower than its predecessor.
Of Mice & Men, Earthandsky (Rise)Debut #27
3,725 sold
The band’s sixth album didn’t sell as much as its predecessors.
DragonForce, Extreme Power Metal (Metal Blade Records)Debut #35
3,175 sold
The band’s eighth album charted higher, sold a little less than its predecessor.
Wednesday 13, Necrophaze (Nuclear Blast)Debut #66
1,750 sold
This is the band’s eighth album.
Dayseeker, Sleeptalk (Spinefarm)Debut #68
1,650 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
Car Bomb, Mordial (Self-Released)Debut #86
1,300 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
SeeYouSpaceCowboy, The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds (Pure Noise)Debut #117
910 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Borknagar, True North (Century Media)Debut #133
850 sold
This is the band’s eleventh studio album.
KMFDM, Paradise (Metropolis)Debut #149
800 sold
This is the band’s 21st album.
Creeping Death, Wretched Illusions (eOne)Debut #170
660 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Wind Rose, Wintersaga (Napalm)Debut #195
560 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
Howling Giant, The Space Between Worlds (Blues Funeral)240 sold
This is the band’s debut full-length.
Cynic, Traced In Air Remixed (Season Of Mist)190 sold
This re-release of the band’s 2008 album was mixed by Periphery’s Adam “Nolly” Getgood.
Notable Sales:
Tool, 
KoRn, 
Slipknot, 
Disturbed, 
As I Lay Dying, 
Skillet, 
Ghost, Prequelle (Loma Vista)#96 (re-entry)
1,200 sold
This re-entered the charts two weeks ago, dropped off, then got boosted up again by 150%.
The Hu, 
Killswitch Engage, 
Starset, 
Greta Van Fleet, A 5% drop.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 
Godsmack, 
Shinedown, A 42% boost with over 180,000 sold.
Godsmack, 
Volbeat, 
Exhorder, 
Infant Annihilator, 
Chelsea Wolfe, 
Monolord, 
Cult Of Luna, 
HammerFall, Dominion (Napalm)220 sold
A big boost back up of 85%.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)170 sold
A big boost of 105% back up
Tarja, In The Raw (earMUSIC)170 sold
This also got boosted up by 43%.
Black Star Riders, Another State of Grace(Nuclear Blast)170 sold
A 3% boost.
Sacred Reich, 
Rival Sons, Feral Roots(Atlantic)170 sold
A 7% boost back up.
Tags: As I Lay Dying, Black Star Riders, Car Bomb, Chelsea Wolfe, Cult of Luna, Cynic, Dayseeker, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Exhorder, Ghost, Godsmack, Greta Van Fleet, Hammerfall, Hellyeah, Howling Giant, Infant Annihilator, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Killswitch Engage, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Kobra and the Lotus, Korn, Monolord, Of Mice & Men, Opeth, Queen, Rival Sons, Sacred Reich, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Shinedown, Skillet, Slipknot, Starset, Steel Panther, Tarja, The Hu, Tool, Volbeat, Wednesday 13, Wind Rose
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