Metal By Numbers 8/21: Slipknot are your No. 1

by | Aug 21, 2019 | Metal By Numbers | 0 comments

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
 
There really only a handful of hard rock/metal bands that are sure to take the #1 spot on the charts. Sure, many make it into the top 10, maybe 5. Hell, last week we had two albums in the top 5. But Slipknot hitting #1 was kind of a sure thing, and now they’ve scored 3 #1 albums in a row. And this won’t be the last August release to hit #1; Tool’s new album is a surefire chart-topper as well.
 
 
Notable Debuts:
 
Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)
Debut #1
102,175 sold
 
Surprising no one, Slipknot’s sixth album has topped the charts making it their third #1 album in a row.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strung Out, Songs of Armor and Devotion(Fat Wreck Chords)
Debut #44
2,025 sold
 
The band’s ninth studio album marks their highest charting to date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Contortionist, Our Bones – EP(eOne)
Debut #53
1,700 sold
 
This EP includes a cover of “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Destruction, Born To Perish (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #135
740 sold
 
This is the band’s fourteenth studio album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sparrows, Failed Gods (Sound Anxiety)
480 sold
 
This is the band’s third LP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Suicidal Angels, Years Of Aggression (NoiseArt)
330 sold
 
This is the band’s seventh album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spread Eagle, Subway to the Stars (Frontiers)
270 sold
 
This is the band’s third album and first since 1993.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pathology, Reborn To Kill (Pavement)
260 sold
 
This is the band’s tenth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Zombie Apocalypse, Life Without Pain Is A Fucking Fantasy (Innerstrength)
180 sold

This band, featuring members of Shai Hulud, has been around since 1998 but this is their debut studio album.

 

 

 

Unprocessed, Artificial Void (Long Branch)
140 sold

This is the band’s fourth album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notable Sales:
 
Skillet, Victorious(Atlantic)
#10 (from 3)
6,050 sold
 
Still in the top 10 after a second week 73% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volbeat, Rewind, Replay, Rebound(Republic)
#5 (from #16)
4,525 sold
 
A 73% drop in week two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody(Hollywood)
#23 (from 18)
4,175 sold
 
This sold about the same as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Breaking Benjamin, Ember (Hollywood)
#56 (from 52)
1,675 sold
 
This also sold about the same as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greta Van Fleet, Anthem of the Peaceful Army (Lava/Republic)
#94 (from 87)
1,100 sold
 
Yet another album that sold the same as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Greatest Hits (Sony Legacy)
#108 (re-entry)
940 sold
 
This gets a big boost back up by 116%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Soundgarden, Live From The Artists Den (UMe)
#121 (from 103)
820 sold
 
A 9% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#126 (from 127)
770 sold
 
A slight 1% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sabaton, The Great War (Nuclear Blast)
#127 (from 94)
770 sold
 
A 25% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I Prevail, Trauma (Fearless)
#130 (from 110)
770 sold
 
A drop of 11%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disturbed, Evolution(Warner Bros.)
#138 (fr0m 138)
740 sold
 
A 2%, but in the same chart position as last week.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rammstein, Rammstein (Universal)
#145 (from 159)
700 sold
 
A 9% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russian Circles, Blood Year(Sargent House)
#149 (from 24)
690 sold
 
A 78% second week drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carnifex, World War X (Nuclear Blast)
#150 (from 41)
690 sold
 
A 67% drop in week two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Godsmack, Icon(Republic)
#162 (from 140)
640 sold
 
A 10% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#164 (from 145)
630 sold
 
A 11% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#168 (from 166)
610 sold

Nearly at the 200,000 sold mark.

 

 

 

 

Mötley Crüe, The Dirt Soundtrack(Eleven Seven)
#173 (from 143)
600 sold
 
A 16% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baroness, Gold & Grey (Abraxan Hymns)
#198 (re-entry)
510 sold
 
A 23% boost back up the charts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#200 (from 189)
510 sold
 
A 9% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tomb Mold, Planetary Clairvoyance (20 Buck Spin)
490 sold
 
A 63% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sleep Signals, At the End of the World(Self-Released)
400 sold
 
A 19% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Torche, Admission (Relapse)
280 sold
 
A drop of 11%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heilung, Futha (Season Of Mist)
220 sold
 
A boost of 18%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Northlane, Alien (UNFD)
220 sold
 
A drop of 85% in week two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Ellefson, Sleeping Giants(EMP)
210 sold
 
A 22% boost.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark Morton, Anesthetic (Spinefarm)
210 sold
 
A big boost bring this back up after a few months off.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fishing For Fishies(ATO)
200 sold
 
A boost of 11%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Falls Of Rauros, Patterns In Mythology (Gilead)
190 sold
 
The physical version of the album just released.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bad Omens, Finding God Before God Finds Me (Sumerian)
180 sold
 
A second week drop of 89%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
170 sold
 
A 58% boost back onto the charts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
False, Portent (Gilead)
150 sold
 
This got boosted back up after dropping off the week after its debut.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abbath, Outstrider (Season Of Mist)
150 sold
 
A 38% drop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Through Fire, All Animal (Sumerian)
140 sold
 
Boosted back up by 67%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jinjer, Micro EP (Napalm)
130 sold
 
Boosted up by 76%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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