Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Compared to the last two months, this list of debuts looks rather small. But what it lacks in length it makes up for with Cattle Decapitation spearheading what will probably be the biggest debut of the month for metal. Is it any wonder that this is already cropping up on best of 2019 lists? Maybe you’ll even see it on a few of Metal Insider’s individual lists.
Notable Debuts:
Cattle Decapitation, Death Atlas (Metal Blade)Debut #9
8,100 sold
Cattle Decapitation’s eighth album score the band their best debut yet.
Ace Frehley, Frehley’s Comet Live… (eOne)Debut #93
1,575 sold
This Black Friday release features music from Frehley’s Comet’s 1988 VHS release Live+4.
Fu Manchu, Live at Roadburn 2003 (At The Dojo)770 sold
This is the band’s second live album.
BAND-MAID, Conquerer (Revolver)560 sold
This is the sixth album from this maid uniform clad Japanese band.
Prong, Age Of Defiance (Steamhammer/SPV)240 sold
This is the band’s first EP release since 1993.
Sentient Horror, Morbid Realms (Redefining Darkness)160 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Notable Sales:
Tool, 
Blood Incantation, Hidden History Of The Human Race (Dark Descent)#66 (from 36)
2,325 sold
This only dropped 26% in week two.
Slipknot, 
KoRn, 
Mötley Crüe, The Dirt Soundtrack (Eleven Seven)#158 (from 141)
1,025 sold
A 26% boost. Wow, who knew that a reunion tour would get people to buy your music?
Jinjer, Macro(Napalm)#160 (re-entry)
1000 sold
This got boosted way back up onto the Top Current charts by 215%.
Greta Van Fleet, 
Bad Wolves, 
Skillet, 
KISS, 
Def Leppard, The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard(UMC)#182 (from 132)
870 sold
A 91% boost back up the charts.
Alter Bridge, 
The Hu, 
Lindemann, 
Black Smoke Trigger, 
Rob Halford With Family & Friends, 
Mayhem, 
Blind Guardian’s Twilight Orchestra, Legacy Of The Lands (Nuclear Blast)230 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Gatecreeper, 
Fit For An Autopsy, 
Fire From The Gods, 
Nile, 
Daughters, You Won’t Get What You Want (Ipecac)190 sold
A big 104% boost back up the charts.
Obsequiae, 
Hideous Divinity, Simulacrum (Century Media)180 sold
This came out about month ago, but is popping up now because of the album’s physical release.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fishing For Fishies(ATO)160 sold
A 152% boost back up.
Leah, 
Greet Death, 
Chelsea Wolfe, Birth of Violence(Sargent House)140 sold
A big 114% boost back up.
