
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
This past 4th of July weekend I caught up with the rest of the world and watched Hamilton on Disney+. I now see what all the fuss is about. It’s really cool that a major Broadway show predominantly features R&B, rap, and hip-hop. Maybe one day we’ll see growling/screaming vocals in a major musical that utilizes death/black metal? A musical/metal fan can dream. Anyway Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin are the top debut and I couldn’t be happier about that.
Notable Debuts:

Debut #53
1,575 sold
This sold more than 2017’s Mirror Reaper did in its first week.

Debut #58
1,425 sold
As the title suggests, this is a live EP recorded at the Stanley Hotel a.k.a. the Overlook from The Shining.

Debut #106
790 sold
This is the band’s sixth studio album.

Debut #155
480 sold
This is the band’s fourth studio album.

Debut #177
400 sold
This is the band’s debut full length.

340 sold
This is the band’s ninth and final studio album.
210 sold
This is the band’s second EP.
A 85% second week drop, but still in the top 20.
A 12% drop.

#82 (re-entry)
1,000 sold
This gets a whopping 522% boost back up.

#91 (from 142)
930 sold
A hearty 79% boost with just under 40,000 sold.

#99 (from 96)
840 sold
A 2% boost with just under 40,000 sold.

#199 (re-entry)
370 sold
A 16% boost with just under 70,000 sold.

#199 (re-entry)
370 sold
A 3% boost with just under 20,000 sold.

330 sold
A 2% drop.

160 sold
This got boosted back up.

110 sold
A 94% drop in week two.

100 sold
A second week 78% drop.
Tags: Aerial Ruin, Alestorm, Asking Alexandria, Bell Witch, Beyond the Black, Breaking Benjamin, Carach Angren, Cro Mags, Emmure, Exocrine, Falconer, Fire From the Gods, Five Finger Death Punch, Havok, Hum, Ice Nine Kills, In This Moment, Inexorum, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Korn, Lamb of God, Make Them Suffer, Motley Crue, Mushroomhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Pyrrhon, Seventh Day Slumber, Skillet, Slipknot, The Hu, Thirty Nights of Violence, Tool, Trivium, Ulthar, VoidCeremony, Whitesnake
Categorised in: Metal By Numbers