Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day Weekend. I live in Massachusetts, and it finally feels like someone flipped a switch and made it summertime outside. In turn, I had to flip a switch to turn my fan on when only a scant few weeks ago I still had my heat turned on because, well, that’s New England for you. I’m still delving through my backlog of albums to listen to, including some of the band’s on this weeks Notable Debuts, specifically Paradise Lost.
Notable Debuts:
Asking Alexandria, Like A House On Fire (Sumerian)Debut #6
6,825 sold
The band’s sixth studio album didn’t sell nearly as much as its predecessor.
Paradise Lost, Obsidian (Nuclear Blast)Debut #48
1,500 sold
Paradise Lost’s sixteenth studio album sold about the same as 2017’s Medusa.
Off With Their Heads, Character (Anxious and Angry)Debut #63
1,150 sold
This album includes stripped down versions of songs from the band’s previous album which came out last year.
Triptykon with the Metropole Orkest, Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019) (Century Media)Debut #98
790 sold
This is a live performance of the “Requiem Trilogy.”
ACxDC, Satan Is King (Prosthetic)290 sold
Firewind, This is the band’s ninth studio album.
Devangelic, This is the band’s third studio album.
Kruelty, A Dying Truth (Profound Lore)100 sold
This is the Japanese band’s debut full-length.
Notable Sales:
Five Finger Death Punch, A 4% drop.
Ozzy Osbourne, 
Pearl Jam, 
Tool, Fear Inoculum (Tool Dissectional LLC/Volcano)#67 (from 66)
1,025 sold
A 2% drop with just under 425,000 sold.
Trivium, 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 
Various Artists, 
Breaking Benjamin, 
Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)#136 (from 136)
550 sold
A 8% boost with over 190,000 sold.
Testament, 
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#146 (from 160)
490 sold
A 8% boost.
Bad Wolves, 
I Am Abomination, Passion Of The Heist II(Self-Released)#149 (first entry)
480 sold
This came out a few weeks ago, but got boosted up to the Top Current Albums.
Killswitch Engage, Atonement II: B-Sides for Charity (Metal Blade)#151 (from 27)
460 sold
A 78% drop.
Danzig, 
The Hu, 
Mötley Crüe, The Dirt Soundtrack(Eleven Seven)#164 (from 182)
440 sold
A 9% boost with over 70,000 sold.
Skid Row, 
KoRn, 
Nightwish, 
Joe Satriani, 
Skillet, 
Fake Names, 
Havok, 
Warbringer, 
Jinjer, 
Cirith Ungol, 
Axel Rudi Pell, 
Ulcerate, 
Oranssi Pazuzu, 
Rival Sons, Feral Roots(Atlantic)100 sold
A 10% drop.
Tags: ACxDC, Asking Alexandria, Axel Rudi Pell, Bad Wolves, Breaking Benjamin, Cirith Ungol, Danzig, Devangelic, Fake Names, Firewind, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Havok, Heilung, I Am Abomination, In This Moment, Jinjer, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Joe Satriani, Katatonia, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Kruelty, Metallica, Motley Crue, Naglfar, Nightwish, Off With Their Heads, Oranssi Pazuzu, Ozzy Osbourne, Paradise Lost, Pearl Jam, Rival Sons, Skid Row, Skillet, Slipknot, Testament, The Hu, Tool, Triptykon, Trivium, Ulcerate, Vader, Warbringer
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