Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
Halestorm, Vicious (Atlantic)
Debut #2
26,875 sold
Halestorm’s fourth album has a great debut, though it sold little more than half what their previous album started with in week one.
Rise Against, The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Virgin)
Debut #9
10,225 sold
This compilation album features reworked songs from Rise Against’s catalogue.
Dee Snider, For The Love Of Metal (Napalm)
Debut #20
4,625 sold
Dee Snider’s fourth solo album manages to outdo its 2016 predecessor.
Otep, Kult 45 (Napalm)
Debut #60
1,850 sold
Otep’s eighth album doesn’t quite do as well as its 2016 predecessor.
Michael Romeo, War Of The Words Pt. 1 (Music Theories)
Debut #110
1,050 sold
This is the second solo album from Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo.
Psychostick, Do (Self-Released)
Debut #165
740 sold
This is the comedy rock band’s fifth album.
Redemption, Long Night’s Journey Into Day (Metal Blade)
Debut #174
700 sold
This is the band’s seventh studio album.
Thou, Rhea Sylvia (Deathwish)
Debut #199
620 sold
This is the band’s third EP released this year.
Tarja, Act II (earMusic)
260 sold
This is Tarja’s latest live album.
Greta Van Fleet,
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#29 (from 15)
3,725 sold
A 21% drop with over 120,000 sold.
Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#50 (from 55)
2,400 sold
A 17% boost.
Godsmack, When Legends Rise (BMG)
#54 (from 53)
2,100 sold
A drop of 3%.
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction(Prospect Park)
#61 (from 70)
1,800 sold
This sold about the same as last week.
Ghost, Prequelle (Loma Vista)
#63 (from 54)
1,775 sold
A 14% drop.
Bad Wolves, Disobey (Eleven Seven)
#78 (from 82)
1,450 sold
A 4% drop.
Bullet For My Valentine, 
Nine Inch Nails, 
A Perfect Circle,
Judas Priest, Firepower (Columbia)
#157 (from 172)
770 sold
A 5% boost give this just a bit of firepower.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#168 (from 78)
730 sold
The push and pull of this album continues with a 53% drop.
Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold (RCA/Roswell)
#185 (from 136)
670 sold
A 30% dropped.
Mike Shinoda, Post Traumatic (Warner Bros.)
#185 (from 107)
670 sold
A 44% drop.
Deafheaven, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-)
#188 (from 99)
670 sold
A 48% drop.
Greta Van Fleet, Black Smoke Rising EP (Republic)
#197 (from 129)
630 sold
This is still hanging around after last week’s big boost despite a 38% drop.
Powerwolf, The Sacrament Of Sin (Napalm)
480 sold
A 79% drop in week two.
Like A Storm, Catacombs(Century Media)
440 sold
This stormed in and got a 31% boost
Hopesfall, Arbiter (Equal Vision)
380 sold
There’s hope after a 93% drop.
Jungle Rot, Jungle Rot (Victory)
310 sold
A 74% drop in week two.
Epica, Epica Vs Attack On Titan (Nuclear Blast)
230 sold
A second week 80% drop.
Immortal,
Obscura, Diluvium (Relapse)
210 sold
A 50% drop.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
200 sold
A 12% boost.
YOB, Our Raw Heart (Relapse)
150 sold
A 37% drop is a raw deal (did I make that joke already? Meh, whatever)
