Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Do I have any Iron & Wine fans in the house who caught my reference in the article title? No? Ah, oh well then. There’s a handful of new albums on the charts and, if you’re anything like me, you’re logging each and every band that even remotely interests you onto a big ol’ list for later listening. And, if you’re like me, for every one album you finish listening to, three more get added to the list, pretty much guaranteeing you’ll never get to hear everything by year’s end. Unless, of course, we end up in a major quarantine situation again. That’ll free up some listening time.
Notable Debuts:
Fake Names, Fake Names (Epitatph)Debut #103
640 sold
This is the debut album from a new band featuring members of Refused and Bad Religion.
Sojourner, 
Axel Rudi Pell, 
Green Carnation, Leaves Of Yesteryear (Season Of Mist)170 sold
This is the band’s first album in 14 years.
…And Oceans, Cosmic World Mother (Season Of Mist)150 sold
This is the band’s fifth studio album and first in 18 years.
Notable Sales:
Killswitch Engage, Atonement II: B-Sides for Charity (Metal Blade)#27 (from 31)
2,115 sold
This only dropped 9% in week two and actually went up a few spots.
Five Finger Death Punch, This sold about the same as last week and has sold over 75,000 sold in total.
Ozzy Osbourne, 
Pearl Jam, 
Trivium, 
Tool, 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 
Various Artists, The Many Faces of Metallica(Music Brokers Arg)#86 (from 98)
810 sold
A 6% drop with over 10,000 sold.
Danzig, 
Testament, 
The Black Dahlia Murder, 
Breaking Benjamin, Aurora (Hollywood)#114 (from 87)
600 sold
A 15% drop with the same position as last week.
Def Leppard, 
The Hu, 
Slipknot, 
Bad Wolves, 
Havok, 
Nightwish, Human. :II: Nature. (Nuclear Blast)#150 (from 125)
470 sold
A 21% drop with over 10,000 sold.
Joe Satriani, 
KoRn, 
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#160 (from 159)
450 sold
A 6% drop.
Skillet, 
Various Artists, The Many Faces of Mötley Crüe (Music Brokers Arg)#178 (re-entry)
410 sold
Like The Many Faces of Metallica, this is another compilation that 1) came out some time ago that I’ve only just noticed and 2) I have no idea what exactly it is or who it’s for. It’s got members of Mötley Crüe playing covers, other bands covering Mötley Crüe, and other bands covering random songs.
Mötley Crüe, 
Skid Row, 
Cirith Ungol, 
Ulcerate, 
Warbringer, 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fishing For Fishies(ATO)130 sold
A 108% boost brings this back up.
Jinjer, 
Rival Sons, Feral Roots(Atlantic)110 sold
A 5% drop.
Oranssi Pazuzu, 
Sons of Apollo, 
Fire From The Gods, A 39% boost.
Tags: ...And Oceans, Axel Rudi Pell, Bad Wolves, Breaking Benjamin, Cirith Ungol, Danzig, Def Leppard, Fake Names, Fire From the Gods, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Green Carnation, Havok, Heilung, In This Moment, Jinjer, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Joe Satriani, Katatonia, Killswitch Engage, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Korn, Metallica, Motley Crue, Myrkur, Naglfar, Nightwish, Oranssi Pazuzu, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Rival Sons, Skid Row, Skillet, Slipknot, Sojourner, Sons of Apollo, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Hu, The Used, Tool, Trivium, Ulcerate, Vader, Warbringer, Winterfylleth
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