Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
I can’t pretend that I care much about Whitesnake, but I gotta say they’ve found an impressive excuse to release three consecutive compilations. Last year saw the release of The Rock Album and Love Songs. Now we’ve got The Blues Album. I didn’t even know Whitesnake ever played anything close to the blues. I had them pegged in your standard hard rock/glam realm but I guess you learn something new every day.
Notable Debuts:
Whitesnake, The Blues Album(Rhino)Debut #38
1,875 sold
As the name implies, this is a compilation of remixes of Whitesnakes bluesier tracks.
Stick To Your Guns, The Meaning Remains EP (Pure Noise)Debut #54
1,200 sold
This is the bands first release since 2017.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, L.W. (KGLW)Debut #57
1,175 sold
The band’s seventeenth album comes only three months after its predecessor.
Icon For Hire, Amorphous (Self-Released)Debut #70
970 sold
This is the band’s fourth studio album.
Suffering Hour, The Cyclic Reckoning (Profound Lore)Debut #107
670 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Gravesend, Methods Of Human Disposal (20 Buck Spin)Debut #112
630 sold
This is the band’s debut album.
Harakiri for the Sky, Mære (Art of Propaganda)Debut #160
430 sold
This is the band’s fifth studio album.
Fallstar, 
Crystal Viper, The Cult (Listenable)100 sold
This is the band’s eighth ablum.
Notable Sales:
Foo Fighters, Medicine At Midnight(Roswell)#2 (from 2)
7,400 sold
This holds the #2 spot despite a 49% drop.
The Pretty Reckless, A 71% drop in week two.
AC/DC, 
Transatlantic, 
Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, A 12% drop.
Beastie Boys, 
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction, Volume 2 (Prospect Park)#130 (from 137)
530 sold
A 3% boost.
Ozzy Osbourne, 
Deftones, 
Gatecreeper, An Unexpected Reality(Closed Casket Activities)#153 (re-entry)
440 sold
A whopping 752% boost back up.
Steven Wilson,
Nothing, The Great Dismal (Relapse)#170 (re-entry)
400 sold
This is back on the charts after a few weeks off.
Five Finger Death Punch, F8(Better Noise)#189 (re-entry)
340 sold
A 5% boost was enough to bring this back up.
Transatlantic, 
The Dead Daisies, 
Asphyx, 
The Hu, 
Wardruna, 
Therion, 
Loathe, I Let It In And It Took Everything (SharpTone)180 sold
A 264% boost over a year after debuted.
Heretical Sect, Rapturous Flesh Consumed (Gilead)170 sold
This came out last December.
Poppy, 
Inglorious, 
The Body, 
Sirenia, 
Nervosa, 
Durbin, The Beast Awakens(Frontiers)120 sold
A 69% drop in week two.
Hum, Inlet(Earth Analog)120 sold
A 28% boost back up.
Deeds Of Flesh, Nucleus (Unique Leader)120 sold
A 59% boost.
Armored Saint, 
Humanity’s Last Breath, 
God Is An Astronaut, Ghost Tapes #10100 sold
A 79% second week drop.
Tags: AC/DC, Accept, Armored Saint, Asphyx, Beastie Boys, Bring Me the Horizon, Crystal Viper, Deeds of Flesh, Deftones, Durbin, Five Finger Death Punch, Foo Fighters, Gatecreeper, God Is An Astronaut, Gravesend, Harakiri For The Sky, Hum, Humanity's Last Breath, Icon For Hire, John Petrucci, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Loathe, Metallica, Nervosa, Nothing, Ozzy Osbourne, POPPY, Sirenia, Steven Wilson, Stick To Your Guns, Suffering Hour, The Body, The Dead Daisies, The Hu, The Pretty Reckless, Therion, Todd La Torre, Transatlantic, Tribulation, Wardruna, Whitesnake
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