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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
This week was dominated by Frontiers Records as they had six albums hitting the charts. Everywhere I look, Frontiers Records. I will forever be haunted. Anyway, we saw some notable albums fall off the charts, including Rise Against, AFI, Fear Factory, and my personal favorite, Light The Torch. Hopefully, they shall return next week. As a fun addition, I included The Suicide Squad’s soundtrack due to it’s impressive chart debut. Stay tuned for next week as we have Anaal Nathrakh, Sepultura, and Slaughter To Prevail joining the show!
Notable Debuts:
Night Ranger, ATBPO (Frontiers)
Debut #22
3,000 sold
The first Night Ranger album in four years.
Various Artists, The Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Mondo Music)
Debut #43
1,650 sold
An interesting addition to the charts. It exceeded my expectations.
Circus Of Rock, Come One, Come All (Frontiers)
200 sold
Another Frontiers Records release!
Spektra, Overload (Frontiers)
160 sold
A debut album from the Brazilian hard rock scene.
Blood Red Saints, Undisputed (Frontiers)
140 sold
Frontiers music is all over these charts.
Nytt Land, Ritual (Napalm Records)
130 sold
Originally formed as a husband and wife duo, the now three-piece Nordic folk/ambient band drop their first album with Napalm.
Notable Sales:
Greta Van Fleet, The Battle At Garden’s Gate (Lava/Republic Records)
#23 (from 24)
2,675 sold
The Michigan natives sold the same amount as last week and even rose a chart position.
Paul McCartney,
Darkthrone, Eternal Hails (Peaceville)
#70
1,100 sold
An awesome 615% increase for the Norwegian duo.
Dee Snider, Leave A Scar (Napalm Records)
#74 (from 19)
1,050 sold
72% drop. Is Dee Snider gonna take it?
Foo Fighters, Dee Gees/Hail Satin – Foo Fighters/Live (RCA)
#85 (from 99)
950 sold
The Foo covers get a 12% increase!
Foo Fighters, Medicine At Midnight(Roswell)
#86 (from 83)
925 sold
Back to back chart positions for the veterans. However, this dropped 7%.
Staind, Live: It’s Been Awhile (Yap’em/Alchemy Recordings)
#99 (re-entry)
825 sold
Staind’s live album from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Seether, Wasteland – The Purgatory Ep (Fantasy Records)
104 (from 21)
775 sold
Only approriate for Seether to follow Staind. This EP features three new songs and two revisited versions of their single, “Wasteland.”
Various Artists, Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack (Loma Vista)
#121 (from 82)
675 sold
The comic book crossover soundtrack drops again by 31% in week five.
AC/DC, Power Up(Columbia)
#125 (from 109)
650 sold
AC/DC did not power up this week.
Descendents, 9th and Walnut (Epitaph)
#140 (from 107)
615 sold
24% drop for the Descendents. Songs on this record were originally written between 1977 and 1980 but never were released before.
Geezer Butler, The Very Best Of Geezer Butler (BMG)
#141
600 sold
A nice jump for Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler and his 4 disc set of greatest hits compilations.
King Woman, Celestial Blues (Relapse)
#144 (from #35)
575 sold
Iranian producer and vocalist Kris Esfandiari tells a story about a near death experience she had as a child.
Helloween, Helloween(Nuclear Blast)
#155 (from 95)
550 sold
37% drop but considering their strong performance last week, they’ll be fine.
Gojira, Fortitude (Roadrunner)
#163 (from 127)
525 sold
17% drop for Gojira’s cultural awareness record.
Evanescence, The Bitter Truth (BMG)
#188 (from 171)
450 sold
10% drop in week 19.
Cerebral Rot, Excretion Of Mortality (20 Buck Spin)
#188 (from 102)
450 sold
Ceberal Rot ties with Evanescence. Oh boy!
Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, S&M2(Blackened)
#192 (from 199)
435 sold
I’m gonna ask again, who’s ready for the remastered Black Album and podcast!?
Paul McCartney, McCartney III(Capitol)
#195 (from 185)
425 sold
Sir James Paul McCartney is about to fall off with his hard 2% drop!
Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Music (Capitol)
#196 (re-entry)
425 sold
The October 2020 compilation resurfaces!
Powerwolf, Call Of The Wild(Napalm Records)
275 sold
20% drop! Where’s the love for a story of a man-eating half-wolf, half-dog hybrid!?
Vader, De Profundis(Nuclear Blast)
200 sold
55% drop. I guess no one longed for the physical 1995 sophomore album.
Hardline, Heart, Mind And Soul(Frontiers)
Ingested, The Surreption II (Unique Leader Records)
149 sold
Ingested’s new album falls 71% in week two.
Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (Inside Out)
140 sold
A 17% increase very small 3% jump for LTE3.
Mayhem, Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando – Ep(Century Media)
140 sold
81% increase for the Nordic black metal cover EP!
Smith/Kotzen, Smith/Kotzen(BMG)
125 sold (re-entry)
They’re back! And with sales too!
Lantlôs, Wildhund(Prophecy)
Debut #118
115 sold
83% drop for their fifth studio album.
Fiddlehead, Between The Richness (Run For Cover)
115 sold
A 29% decrease.
Long Shadows Dawn, Isle Of Wrath (Frontiers)
115 sold
Annnnd guess what? Another Frontiers release. The final tally on the chart.
