Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
Good Tiger, We Will All Be Gone (Metal Blade)
Debut #50
2,750 sold
The band’s second album makes a solid debut.
Fu Manchu, Clone Of The Universe (At The Dojo)
Debut #76
1,775 sold
This is the band’s 12th album and features Rush’s very own Alex Lifeson on the final track.
Harm’s Way, Posthuman (Metal Blade)
Debut #123
1,175 sold
The band’s fourth album doesn’t sell quite as much as its predecessor.
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue (Housecore)
Debut #142
1,000 sold
This has been out a few weeks now, but this its first appearance on the charts.
Legend Of The Seagullmen, Legend Of The Seagullmen (Dine Alone)
Debut #155
940 sold
The supergroup featuring Danny Carey (Tool) and Brent Hinds (Mastodon) makes its debut.
Visigoth, Conquerer’s Oath (Metal Blade)
Debut #171
840 sold
This is the band’s second album.
The Atlas Moth, Coma Noir (Prosthetic)
620 sold
This is the band’s fourth studio album.
Therion, Beloved Antichrist (Nuclear Blast)
160 sold
The band’s fifteenth album is three hours long.
Greta Van Fleet,
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction (Prospect Park)
#38 (from 29)
4,125 sold
A 10% drop.
Asking Alexandria,
Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold (RCA/Roswell)
#95 (from 88)
1,450 sold
A 5% boost.
Black Label Society, Grimmest Hits (eOne)
#98 (from 65)
1,425 sold
A 24% drop with over 20,000 sold.
Black Veil Brides, Vale (Lava/Republic)
#102 (from 134)
1,400 sold
A 44% boost with just under 30,000 sold.
Machine Head, Catharsis (Nuclear Blast)
#117 (from 68)
1,200 sold
A 33% drop. Also, things aren’t looking great for the band’s current tour.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#130 (from 125)
1,100 sold
A 7% boost.
Linkin Park,
Joe Satriani, What Happens Next (Sony)
#144 (from 124)
1,000 sold
A slight 2% drop.
Theory of a Deadman, Wake Up Call (Atlantic)
#153 (from 166)
970 sold
A 16% boost with over 40,000 sold.
Corrosion Of Conformity,
Saxon, Thunderbolt (Militia Guard)
#180 (from 58)
810 sold
A 63% second week drop.
Tribulation, 
Power Trip, A 41% boost a year after release.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
210 sold
A 9% boost.
Watain, Trident Wolf Eclipse (Century Media)
190 sold
A 5% boost.
Mammoth Grinder, Cosmic Crypt (Relapse)
180 sold
A 48% drop.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Sketches of Brunswick East (ATO)
180 sold
A 24% boost brings this back up.
Ded, Mis•an•thrope (Surestone)
170 sold
A 3% drop.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Murder Of The Universe (ATO)
160 sold
A 36% drop, but hey the other two albums got boosts.
