Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Nita Strauss has been kicking around a couple years now, playing alongside the likes of The Iron Maidens, Femme Fatale, and most notably Alice Cooper. Landing a gig with a legend like Cooper is already a pretty good deal for a guitarist, but to then release a debut solo album and have it land in the top 20 of the Current Albums chart? That’s pretty damn good.
Notable Debuts:
8,375 sold
This is a debut album for the Alice Cooper guitarist and it’s a off to a pretty solid start.
Debut #27
6,725 sold
This 4 disc release spans the entirety of Chris Cornell’s career.
Debut #63
3,325 sold
P.O.D.’s tenth studio album debuted with about half the numbers of
its predecessor.
Memphis May Fire,
Broken (Rise)
Debut #77
2,675 sold
The band’s sixth album is its lowest debut since before 2012’s The Challenger.
1,525 sold
Failure’s latest album is actually their previous four EP releases from this year combined into one album.
This is the Japanese band’s eleventh album.
290 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
240 sold
This is the band’s third album.
Warkings,
Reborn (Napalm)
180 sold
If you woke up this morning wishing for an album cover with two women showing some butt and sideboob, apparently Warkings have you covered
160 sold
This is a reissue of Eluveitie’s second album.
Notable Sales:
I saw this a few days ago and it was…okay. It’s worth it to watch the recreation of the band’s 1985 Live Aid performance.
#29 (from 22)
6,625 old
A 4% drop.
Disturbed,
Evolution(Warner Bros.)
#36 (from 19)
5,550 sold
A 37% drop.
This got a huge boost back onto the charts.
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#109 (from 92)
1,700 sold
A tiny 1% drop.
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#116 (from 106)
1,575 sold
A 14% drop with just under 220,000 sold.
A 42% boost is killer.
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#154 (from 129)
1,100 sold
A 2% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#160 (from 149)
1,025 sold
A tiny 1% boost.
Ghost, Prequelle (Loma Vista)
#163 (re-entry)
980 sold
A 54% boost back onto the charts.
Godsmack, Icon (Republic)
#168 (from 189)
940 sold
A 19% boost.
Breaking Benjamin,
Ember (Hollywood)
#176 (from 161)
900 sold
This sold the same amount as last week and has sold over 150,000 copies.
An 83% drop in week two.
Ace Frehley,
Spaceman (eOne)
#179 (from 139)
880 sold
A 8% drop.
Architects,
Holy Hell (Epitaph)
#182 (from 21)
860 sold
A drop of 88% in week two.
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#184 (from 179)
840 sold
A 3% boost at week 30.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#196 (re-entry)
800 sold
A 20% boost brings this back up on the charts.
460 sold
A 39% drop.
A second week drop of 83%.
Warrel Dane, Shadow Work (Century Media)
220 sold
A drop of 65%.
Amaranthe,
Helix (Spinefarm)
180 sold
A 23% drop.
170 sold
A 41% boost back up.
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats,
Wasteland (Rise Above)
170 sold
A 27% drop.
160 sold
A boost of 69%.
160 sold
A 78% drop in week two.
Haken,
Vector (InsideOut)
160 sold
A 25% drop.
A 4% drop.
Nita Strauss, 
Chris Cornell, Chris Cornell (UMe)
P.O.D., Circles (Mascot)
Failure, In The Future Your Body Will Be The Furthest Thing From Your Mind (Self-Released)
Sigh, 
King Nine, Death Rattle (Closed Casket)
All Hail The Yeti, Highway Crosses (Minus Head)
Eluveitie, Slania (10 Years) (Nuclear Blast)
Greta Van Fleet, 
Clutch, 
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
Ice Nine Kills, 
All That Remains, 
Daughters, You Won’t Get What You Want (Ipecac)
Stephen Pearcy, 
Cult Leader, 
Tom Morello, 
Fight The Fury, 
Hate Eternal, 
Windhand, Eternal Return (Relapse)
Vein, Errorzone (Closed Casket)
Powerwolf, The Sacrament Of Sin (Napalm)
Psycroptic, 
