Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
I just got back from vacation and after having not done the charts for two weeks lets just say that the pace at which I completed this particular edition felt similar to playing a Neurosis song at half speed. But no matter, for its another round of debuts this week with two metal albums in the top ten and few other big releases with big numbers as well. And of course there’s the usual round of Warped Tour surges to bring albums back from the dead. And in case you were wondering, Metallica’s Black Album sold another 5,000 copies this week.
Notable Debuts:
Crown The Empire, Retrograde (Rise)
Debut #3
17,650 sold
The band third album lands, appropriately, at the number three spot on the charts, making it their highest charting album yet. Their previous album, however, sold a bit more.
Periphery, Periphery III: Select Difficulty (Sumerian)
Debut #6
14,850 sold
Periphery’s fifth album is their highest charting yet following last year’s Juggernaut double album, which sold 35,000 in total its first week.
Revocation, Great is Our Sin (Metal Blade)
Debut #54
3,800 sold
Revocation’s sixth album marks the band’s best debut yet.
Despised Icon, Beast (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #63
3,150 sold
The band’s first album in seven years is their best debut ever by a wide margin.
Capsize, A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me (Equal Vision)
Debut #64
3,125 sold
The band’s latest has a solid debut no doubt thanks to their stint on Warped Tour.
Black Crown Initiate, Selves We Cannot Forgive (eOne)
Debut #115
1,825 sold
The band avoids a sophomore slump (at least in terms of sales) with their best debut yet.
Forevermore, Integral (Solid State)
Debut #122
1,725 sold
The Christian metal band’s fourth album is their best debut so far.
Dio, A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993 (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
Debut #132
1,600 sold
This set featuring Dio’s first six solo albums makes its debut.
The New Low, Continuance (Razor & Tie)
Debut #160
1,300 sold
Another band off Warped Tour releases their debut album.
Riverside, Love, Fear And The Time Machine Special Edition (InsideOut)
350 sold
This edition of the band’s 2015 album is a new Hi-Res Stereo and Surround Sound Mix.
Dunsmuir, Dunsmuir (Hall of Records)
340 sold
Neil Fallon and Vinnie Appice release the debut album of their new group.
Hammers of Misfortune, Dead Revolution (Metal Blade)
330 sold
The band’s sixth album is their first in five years.
Witherscape, The Northern Sanctuary (Century Media)
310 sold
The duo’s second album sells exactly the same as their debut.
A Promise To Burn, This Knife (Self-Released)
230 sold
This self-released debut EP made it on here, so I have to give them credit for that.
Notable Sales:
Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise)
#26 (from 27)
6,275 sold
A slight boost of 2%.
Steven Tyler, We’re All Somebody from Somewhere (Dot Records)
#31 (from #7)
5,625 sold
A 66% drop doesn’t bring this too far down the charts.
Various Artists, 2016 Warped Tour Compilation (SideOne Dummy)
#37 (from 67)
4,750 sold
Must’ve been a good week for Warped Tour because this rose up by 60%.
Chevelle, The North Corridor (Epic)
#43 (from 24)
4,525 sold
A 36% drop, but this is still a pretty good third week.
Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood)
#65 (from 75)
3,100 sold
This gets another boost, this time of 13%.
Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park)
#74 (from 79)
2,875 sold
A boost of 11% puts this over 375,000 sold.
Volbeat, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie (Universal)
#82 (from 64)
2,650 sold
A drop of 19% is not a good deal.
Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic)
#86 (from 117)
2,350 sold
A big 48% boost ensures this album’s continued survival.
Pierce the Veil, Misadventures (Fearless)
#129 (from 126)
1,625 sold
A slight boost of 7%.
Rob Zombie, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (UMe)
#166 (from 153)
1,250 sold
Nearly 75,000 sold.
Gojira, Magma (Roadrunner)
#169 (from 109)
1,225 sold
After a boost last week, this takes a drop of 31%.
Deftones, Gore (Reprise)
#177 (from 199)
1,150 sold
This nearly dropped off the charts, but received a 13% boost instead.
Hellyeah, Unden!able (Eleven Seven)
#184 (from 149)
1,125 sold
A 16% drop.
Issues, Headspace (Rise)
#199 (from 188)
1,050 sold
This might not be on the charts next week. Is that an issue?
Ice Nine Kills, Every Trick In The Book (Fearless)
870 sold
A slight drop of 2%, but this is still having a good streak.
Cane Hill, Smile (Rise)
740 sold
An 80% drop in week two.
Nails, You Will Never Be One Of Us (Nuclear Blast)
580 sold
This nailed a 13% boost. In other news, we still don’t know if Nails is a band anymore.
Invent, Animate, Stillworld (Tragic Hero)
54o sold
This won’t sit still after a 56% drop
Vanna, All Hell (Pure Noise)
440 sold
A slight 5% drop. Aw, hell.
9electric, The Damaged Ones (Another Century)
430 sold
This only went down by 10% in week two.
Rival Sons, Hollow Bones (Earache)
430 sold
With a 13% boost, this is officially over 10,000 sold.
Scour, Scour (Housecore)
420 sold
A slight 8% boost in its second week. Maybe people figured out who’s actually in the band?
Wage War, Blueprints (Fearless)
410 sold
A 9% boost is good, I’ll wager.
Fates Warning, Theories of Flight (InsideOut Music)
390 sold
A 37% drop came without warning.
Stitched Up Heart, Never Alone (Another Century)
310 sold
A 30% drop will break your heart.
Gone Is Gone, Gone Is Gone (Rise)
300 sold
A 41% drop. And this is going, going…
Inter Arma, Paradise Gallows (Relapse)
290 sold
A 17% drop isn’t quite paradise.
Melvins, Basses Loaded (Ipecac)
225 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Red Sun Rising,
Through Fire, Breathe (Sumerian)
210 sold
A 51% drop is not so hot.
Whitford St. Holmes, Reunion (Mailboat)
220 sold
This drops by 28%.
Oceans Ate Alaska, Lost Isles (Fearless) #89, 3,700 sold
210 sold
This came out over a year ago, but Warped Tour gave this a 27% boost to sales.
Erra, Drift (Sumerian) 280 sold
210 sold
This album got a huge boost of 75% to ensure that you see two album covers depicting jellyfish in a row.
Old Wounds, The Suffering Spirit (Good Fight)
210 sold
A 33% drop after last week’s boost.
Spellcaster, Night Hides the World (Prosthetic)
210 sold
A 24% boost keeps this from being hidden.
