Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

We have twenty debuts listed here, making it the biggest week so far for metal in 2017. Spearheading it is Suicide Silence, and though they’re still the top metal debut of the week, you’ve likely heard by now that it wasn’t the best showing of their career. I guess not all press is good press considering reports of clean singing on the album were enough to throw fans into a rage leading up to the album’s release. I’m not saying that all publications meant to spin the band’s new direction as a bad thing, but I think everyone in this business knows that no two words are more in incendiary than “clean vocals.” Except for maybe “Nickleback rocks,” but I’m not sure there’s anyone brave enough to try that yet. Now, full disclosure, I’m not a big Suicide Silence fan but I just went and listened to “Doris” for reference and…it’s not that bad? It reminded me a bit of Deftones and the only weird part was really the chorus. But, hey, like I said, I’m not a huge fan anyway, so maybe the die-hards know better than me. That petition was still dumb, though.