Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
So I’m only just finding out that Bad Wolves is made up of a number of musicians from other bands, most notably guitarist Doc Coyle from God Forbid. And finding that out just made me miss God Forbid. Anyway, it’s another fat stack of debuts this week with additional heavy hitters like Fit For An Autopsy, Jinjer, and the two bands I was particularly excited to see: Leprous and Alcest. November looks like it’ll still be piling on debuts, but once December rolls around that list starts to thin out and by the end of the year/beginning of the new year we won’t see much new blood. Good lord, is it really almost the end of the decade?
Notable Debuts:
Bad Wolves, N.A.T.I.O.N. (Eleven Seven)Debut #17
6,475 sold
The band’s second album is our top debut this week, although it sold less than half what its predecessor sold in its first week.
Saint Asonia, Flawed Design (Spinefarm)Debut #21
5,250 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Rings Of Saturn, Gidim (Nuclear Blast)Debut #22
4,850 sold
The band’s fifth studio album didn’t have quite as good a debut as its predecessor.
Jinjer, Macro (Napalm)Debut #24
4,400 sold
The band’s debut full-length makes it into the top 25.
Norma Jean, All Hail (Solid State)Debut #29
3,925 sold
The band’s eighth album charted the same as its predecessor, but sold lower.
Fit For An Autopsy, The Sea Of Tragic Beasts (Nuclear Blast)Debut #30
3,925 sold
The band’s fifth album marks its best debut yet.
Airbourne, Airbourne’s fifth album didn’t sell as much as its predecessor.
Alcest, Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast)Debut #74
1,525 sold
The is Alcest’s sixth studio album.
Leprous, Pitfalls (InsideOut)Debut #129
860 sold
The band’s six album sold about the same in its first week as its predecessor.
Sunn O))), Pyroclasts (Southern Lord)Debut #146
770 sold
Sunn O)))’s ninth studio album is the second album the band has released this year.
Vastum, Orificial Purge (20 Buck Spin)590 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
Mayhem, Daemon (Century Media)490 sold
Mayhem its back with its sixth album five years after Esoteric Warfare.
Cloak, The Burning Dawn (Season Of Mist)400 sold
This is the band’s second album.
The Great Old Ones, Cosmicism (Season Of Mist)360 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
Hour Of Penance, Misotheism (Agonia)280 sold
This is the band’s eighth album.
Dayshell, Mr. Pain (Self-Released)280 sold
This is the band’s third album and first to be self-released.
Exmortus, Legions Of The Undead EP (M-Theory Audio)220 sold
This is the band’s third EP.
Phil Campbell, Old Lions Still Roar (Nuclear Blast)210 sold
This is Phil Campbell’s first solo album under his name alone. He previously released an album under the moniker Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.
Dawn Ray’d, Behold Sedition Plainsong (Prosthetic)190 sold
This is the band’s second studio album.
Thornhill, The Dark Pool (UNFD)170 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Notable Sales:
Tool, 
Alter Bridge, 
Ice Nine Kills, #55 (re-entry)
1,825 sold
This gets boosted back up after the release of a new deluxe edition.
Slipknot, 
KoRn, 
Skillet, 
BABYMETAL, Metal Galaxy (BABYMETAL Records)#111 (from 64)
960 sold
A 40% drop.
The Hu, 
Lacuna Coil, Black Anima (Century Media)#137 (from 68)
820 sold
A 47% drop.
Volbeat, Rewind, Replay, Rebound(Republic)#140 (re-entry)
800 sold
This nabs a whopping 100% boost.
I Prevail, Trauma (Fearless)Debut #151
740 sold
This gets boosted back up by 72%.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 
Disturbed, Evolution (Warner Bros.)#171 (re-entry)
650 sold
A 28% boost back up.
Greta Van Fleet, A 9% drop.
Godsmack, 
Rob Halford With Family & Friends, 
Gatecreeper, 
1349, 
Refused,War Music(Spinefarm)320 sold
A second week drop of 84%.
Battle Beast, No More Hollywood Endings (Nuclear Blast)310 sold
This got boosted back up.
Jinjer, Micro EP (Napalm)230 sold
Sales have spiked 152% following the release of the band’s debut album.
Signs Of The Swarm, Vital Deprivation (Unique Leader)200 sold
This got a boost of 62%.
Awake At Last, The Change (Outlerloop)190 sold
This gets boosted back up during the bands current tour with Ice Nine Kills.
Toxic Holocaust, 
Chelsea Wolfe, 
Enterprise Earth, Luciferous (eOne)160 sold
This got boosted back up by 14%.
Exhumed, 
Municipal Waste, The Last Rager EP n(Nuclear Blast)160 sold
A 64% drop.
