Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Foo Fighter’s last album came out September 2017, so about three and a half years ago. That’s not a super long gap between albums; two to three is usually the sweet spot and a band as big as Foo Fighters can afford to have longer gaps between releases. But when I started writing MBN I could have sworn their last album was five or six years ago. 2017 just feels waaaaaay too long ago. Also, Morgan Wallen and Marilyn Manson experienced more album boosts this week. Take note folks: dying gives you the biggest boost to sales, but if you can’t manage that, dropping a racial slur or being accused of sexual assault is also enough to get fans flocking back to your music. Yay?
Notable Debuts:
Foo Fighters, Medicine At Midnight (Roswell)Debut #1
63,675 sold
Foo Fighter’s tenth album is this week’s top debut. It sold a little more than half what their 2017 album debuted with.
Todd La Torre, Rejoice in the Suffering (RatPak)Debut #15
4,325 sold
This is the Queensrÿche vocalist’s debut solo album.
Transatlantic, The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Inside Out)Debut #45
1,625 sold
This is the extended version of the prog supergroup’s fifth studio album.
Transatlantic, The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Inside Out)Debut #61
1,400 sold
This is the abridged version of the above album.
Cult Of Luna, The Raging River (Red Creek)
Debut #123
620 sold
Cult of Luna’s new EP is the band’s first release on their own label Red Creek Recordings.
Korpiklaani, Jylhä (Nuclear Blast)Debut #200
380 sold
This is the band’s eleventh album.
Transatlantic, The Absolute Universe: The Ultimate Edit (Inside Out)190 sold
The third version of the band’s latest album includes both of the aforementioned versions in one package.
Walking Papers, This is the band’s third album.
Notable Sales:
AC/DC, 
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, K.G.(Flightless)#32 (re-entry)
2,125 sold
This gets a big boost after dropping off last week.
Steven Wilson,
Beastie Boys, A 19% boost.
Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, A 17% boost.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction, Volume 2 (Prospect Park)#104 (from 92)
710 sold
A 6% drop.
The Dead Daisies, 
Marilyn Manson, We Are Chaos (Loma Vista)#122 (from 177)
630 sold
A 61% boost. So, if you ever need a boost to album sales, you can either yell a racial slur or get accused of sexual abuse.
Ozzy Osbourne, 
Deftones, 
Tribulation, When The Gloom Becomes Sound (Century Media)#139 (from 54)
550 sold
A 59% drop in week two.
Wardruna, 
Sammy Hagar & The Circle, 
Puscifer, Existential Reckoning (BMG)#183 (re-entry)
440 sold
A 57% drop.
The Body,I’ve Seen All I Need To See(Thrill Jockey)280 sold
A 72% drop in week two.
Soen, Imperial(Silver Lining Music)280 sold
A 70% second week drop.
Gatecreeper, 
Hum, 
The Hu, 
Poppy, 
Portrayal of Guilt, 
Nervosa, 
Asphyx, 
Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle, 
Armored Saint, 
