Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
So did Five Finger Death Punch decide on the title of the new album before or after the release of the film The Fate of the Furious a.k.a. F8? Either way, the band is back, and if you’ve been following this column for awhile, you know FFDP albums tend to stick around for a very, very long time. Their 2018 album And Justice For None stuck around until last September. And while 44,750 might not be their highest opening number, it’s pretty damn big for pure album sales in 2020.
Notable Debuts:
Five Finger Death Punch, F8 (Better Noise)Debut #3
44,750 sold
The band’s eighth album sold about the same as 2009’s War Is the Answer.
Intronaut, Fluid Existential Inversions (Metal Blade)Debut #59
1,675 sold
Intronaut’s sixth album charted higher, sold lower than its 2015 predecessor.
Wishbone Ash, Coat of Arms (Steamhammer)
Debut #97
950 sold
This is Wishbone Ash’s 23rd studio album releasing a year after the band’s 50th anniversary.
The Night Flight Orchestra, Aeromantic (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #136
740 sold
This is the band’s best debut yet.
Today Is The Day, No Good to Anyone (BMG)
460 sold
The band’s eleventh album is its first in six years.
Tombs, Monarchy Of Shadows (Season Of Mist)
400 sold
This is the band’s fifth album.
Beneath The Massacre, Fearmonger (Century Media)300 sold
The band’s fourth album is its first in eight years.
Insect Ark, This is the instrumental doom duo’s third studio album.
Be//gotten, < love/loathe/lust 3 (Stay Sick)230 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Notable Sales:
Ozzy Osbourne, Ordinary Man (Epic)#5 (from 2)
15,825 sold
A 76% drop in week two, but this is still in the top 5.
Tool, 
Breaking Benjamin, 
The Amity Affliction, Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them (Pure Noise)
#75 (from 6)
1,300 sold
A drop of 86% in week two.
Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)#98 (from 86)
950 sold
A 8% drop.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 
Theory Of A Deadman, 
The Hu, 
KoRn, 
Skillet, 
Hollywood Undead, 
Disturbed, Evolution (Warner Bros.)#166 (re-entry)
610 sold
A 36% boost back up.
Def Leppard, 
Bad Wolves, N.A.T.I.O.N. (Eleven Seven)#187 (re-entry)
540 sold
A 25% boost back onto the charts.
Mötley Crüe, The Dirt Soundtrack(Eleven Seven)#198 (from 193)
510 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Black Swan, 
Polaris, 
Sons of Apollo, 
The Word Alive, 
Bodysnatcher, 
Jinjer, A 11% boost.
Blood Incantation, 
Biff Byford, 
Rival Sons, 
Fire From The Gods, 
Anvil, 
Revolution Saints, 
Annihilator, Ballistic, Sadistic (Silver Lining)160 sold
A 29% boost back up.
Mayhem, This gets a 46% boost ahead of the Decibel Tour.
Municipal Waste, This gets a whopping 157% boost
