Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Ghost, 
Kataklysm, Meditations (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #52
2,725 sold
Kataklysm’s thirteenth album is the band’s best US debut yet, charting far higher and selling more than its 2015 predecessor.
Gruesome, Twisted Prayers (Relapse)
Debut #72
2,100 sold
The band’s second album gets a solid debut.
Def Leppard, The Collection: Volume One (Mercury)
Debut #110
1,375 sold
Def Leppard diehards picked up this box set featuring the band’s first four albums.
Convictions, Hope For The Broken (InVogue)
Debut #166
860 sold
This is the third album from this Christian metalcore band.
Alien Weaponry, Tū (Napalm Records)
590 sold
This is the debut album from this New Zealand teenage thrash trio.
Slapshot, Make America Hate Again (Bridge Nine)
580 sold
This is the latest studio album from the Boston hardcore act.
Nervosa, Downfall Of Mankind(Napalm Records)
420 sold
This is the third album from this trio.
Tomb Mold, Manor of Infinite Forms (20 Buck Spin)
270 sold
This is the band’s second album.
Notable Sales:
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#10 (form 60)
11,200 sold
This rocketed back up to the top ten with a massive boost, as has been the trend for this album.
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#13 (from 7)
9,600 sold
A 27% drop, but this is still raking it in.
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#30 (from 38)
4,075 sold
A 32% boost makes this album rise.
Shinedown,
Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#45 (from 26)
3,175 sold
A 22% drop, but still going strong after 30 weeks.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#54 (from 45)
2,625 sold
A 2% drop with just under 125,000 sold.
Breaking Benjamin, Ember (Hollywood)
#62 (from 49)
2,400 sold
A tiny 1% drop.
A Perfect Circle, Eat The Elephant (BMG)
#68 (from 59)
2,200 sold
This sold the same as last week. Also, don’t expect the new Tool album until next year.
Jonathan Davis, Black Labyrinth (Sumerian)
#78 (from 12)
1,950 sold
A 78% second week drop.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#81 (from 64)
1,875 sold
A 9% drop.
Judas Priest, Firepower (Columbia)
#131 (from 110)
1,150 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Burn The Priest, Legion: XX (Epic)
#143 (from 90)
1,025 sold
A 29% drop.
Sevendust, All I See Is War (Rise)
#146 (from
1,000 sold
A 30% drop with over 20,000 sold.
Sleep, The Sciences (Third Man)
#155 (from 107)
930 sold
A small boost of 9%.
Underoath, Erase Me (Fearless)
#183 (Re-entry)
790 sold
This got a 67% boost with just under 30,000 sold.
Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Temple Pilots (Rhino)
#189 (from 109)
780 sold
A 35% drop.
Circle of Dust, Machine of Our Disgrace(FiXT)
#196 (Re-entry)
740 sold
This managed to climb its way up the charts after releasing in 2016.
Amorphis, Queen Of Time (Nuclear Blast)
390 sold
A 43% drop.
Power Trip, Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)
330 sold
A small 3% drop.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Gumboot Soup (ATO)
170 sold
A 21% drop.
