Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Hey, it’s September. This month means different things for different people. If you’re a student, it means you’re back at school. If you’re Billy Joe Armstrong, it means it’s time to go to sleep for a whole month. If you love fall, it means pumpkins and putting up Halloween decorations a month in advance. No judgement on that last one by the way: if people can get all Christmasy in November, you can certainly get all spooky in September. And if you’re me, it means you’re psyched because you’re getting new albums from Cult of Luna and Opeth very soon. Fall’s a pretty metal time of year anyway, right?
Notable Debuts:
Knocked Loose, A Different Shade Of Blue (Pure Noise)Debut #5
14,550 sold
The band’s second album lands in the top five and marks their best debut yet.
Sacred Reich, Awakening(Metal Blade)Debut #48
2,025 sold
Sacred Reich’s first album in 23 years makes a respectable debut.
Ceremony, This is the band’s sixth studio album.
Crobot, Motherbrain (Mascot)Debut #108
920 sold
The band’s highest charting album to date.
The Dead Daisies, Locked and Loaded: The Covers Album (Steamhammer)460 sold
This album includes covers of classic rock bands like CCR and Grand Funk Railroad.
Notable Sales:
Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)#9 (from #3)
9,225 sold
A 51% drop, but this is still in the top 10.
Killswitch Engage, 
Skillet, 
Disturbed, 
Volbeat, 
A second week drop of 80%.
Off With Their Heads, Be Good(Epitaph)#66 (from 108)
1,550 sold
This defies a second week drop and instead boosts by 55%.
Breaking Benjamin, 
Greta Van Fleet, 
Shinedown, This sold about the same as last week.
Godsmack, 
Chris Cornell, A 45% boost back onto the charts.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Greatest Hits(Sony Legacy)#150 (from 154)
710 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Sabaton, 
Soundgarden, Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den (UMe)#171 (re-entry)
620 sold
This dropped off last week but got a 63% boost back up.
Godsmack, 
Pathology, Reborn To Kill (Pavement)#175 (Debut)
610 sold
In week three, this got boosted high enough to crack the Current Albums chart.
I Prevail, 
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#187 (from 191)
560 sold
A 2% drop.
Def Leppard, The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard(UMC)#196 (from 199)
530 sold
This sold about the same as last week.
Shadow of Intent, 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, 
Cerebral Rot, 
Uniform & The Body, Only a 14% second week drop.
Russian Circles, 
Devourment, 
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, 
Rival Sons, 
Jinjer, Micro EP (Napalm)150 sold
A 60% boost back up.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Polygondwanaland (Blood Music)140 sold
A 42% boost back up.
