Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 31, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Avatar, Primitive Man, Despised Icon, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Avatar, Don’t Go In The Forest (Black Waltz)
Debut #: 18
Sold: 3990
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Diver Down (Mobile Fidelity)
Debut #: 47
Sold: 1755
Artist/Album: Primitive Man, Observance (Relapse Records)
Debut #: 48
Sold: 1655
Artist/Album: Various Artists, Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead (BMG)
Debut #: 91
Sold: 945
Artist/Album: Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas (Fearless Records)
Debut #: 92
Sold: 905
Artist/Album: Despised Icon, Shadow Work (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 96
Sold: 880
Artist/Album: Chat Pile & Pedigo,Hayden, In The Earth Again (Computer Students)
Debut #: 100
Sold: 865
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Songline (Dualtone Music Group)
Debut #: 124
Sold: 705
Artist/Album: One Of Nine, Dawn Of The Iron Shadow (Profound Lore)
Debut #: 127
Sold: 695
Artist/Album: Spite, New World Killer (Rise Records)
Debut #: 149
Sold: 605
Artist/Album: Seether, Acoustic Hits (Walmart Exclusive)
Debut #: 159
Sold: 585
Artist/Album: Howling Giant, Crucible & Ruin (Magnetic Eye)
Debut #: 167
Sold: 555
Artist/Album: Set It Off, Set It Off
Debut #: 188
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Creeper, Sanguivore Ii: Mistress Of Death (Spinefarm)
Debut #: 197
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Currents, All That Follows – EP (Sharptone)
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Bloom, The Light We Chase (Pure Noise)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Unprocessed, Angel
Sold: 295
Artist/Album: Rock Orchestra, Classics, Vol. 1
Sold: 290
Artist/Album: Barren Path, Grieving (Willowtip)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Yellow Eyes, Confusion Gate
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Solence, Angels Calling (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Smash Into Pieces, Armaheaven
Sold: 109
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 21
Sold: 3510
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 25
Sold: 3080
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 38
Sold: 2165
Artist/Album: Mammoth, The End (BMG)
#: 39
Sold: 2100
Artist/Album: Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares Soundtrack (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
#: 41
Sold: 1930
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 56
Sold: 1490
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 89
Sold: 985
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Debut #: 91
Sold: 945
Artist/Album: David Gilmour, The Luck And Strange Concerts (Legacy Recordings)
#: 108
Sold: 780
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 2 (Better Noise Music)
#: 110
Sold: 765
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Fair Warning (Mobile Fidelity)
#: 122
Sold: 715
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 126
Sold: 690
Artist/Album: Bon Jovi, Forever – Legendary Edition (Island)
#: 128
Sold: 685
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 132
Sold: 670
Artist/Album: Testament, Para Bellum (Nuclear Blast)
#: 137
Sold: 650
Artist/Album: Dayseeker, Creature In The Black Night (Spinefarm)
#: 144
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 148
Sold: 615
Artist/Album: Sammy Hagar, Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency (Big Machine Rock)
#: 152
Sold: 605
Artist/Album: AFI, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… (Run for Cover)
#: 156
Sold: 590
Artist/Album: Sabaton, Legends (Better Noise Music)
#: 160
Sold: 580
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 170
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
#: 172
Sold: 545
Artist/Album: Scorpions, From The First Sting (BMG)
#: 193
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
#: 198
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
Sold: 395
Artist/Album: Peeling Flesh, Pf Radio 2 (Unique Leader)
Sold: 395
Artist/Album: Soulfly, Chama (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 380
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Women & Children First (Rhino)
Sold: 360
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
Sold: 335
Artist/Album: The Acacia Strain, You Are Safe From God Here (Rise Records)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Thrice, Horizons/West (Epitaph)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Sanguisugabogg, Hideous Aftermath (Century Media)
Sold: 270
Artist/Album: Coroner, Dissonance Theory (Century Media)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Biohazard, Divided We Fall (BLKIIBLK)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Hail The Sun, Cut. Turn. Fade. Back. (Equal Vision Records)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
Sold: 174
Artist/Album: I Prevail, Violent Nature (Fearless Records)
Sold: 173
Artist/Album: Orbit Culture, Death Above Life (Century Media)
Sold: 172
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 170
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Sold: 168
Artist/Album: Battle Beast, Steelbound (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Rush, The Albums 2002 – 2012 (Atlantic)
Sold: 164
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 159
Artist/Album: Zakk Sabbath, Greatest Riffs (Magnetic Eye)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
Sold: 149
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: 156/Silence, People Watching (Sharptone)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
Sold: 141
Artist/Album: Agriculture, The Spiritual Sound (Flenser)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State)
Sold: 139
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 136
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
Sold: 136
Artist/Album: Between The Buried And Me, Blue Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 136
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Chiodos, All’s Well That Ends Well (20th Anniversary) (Sumerian)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Evoken, Mendacium (Profound Lore Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 121
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Blind Equation, A Funeral In Purgatory (Prosthetic Records)
Sold: 116
Artist/Album: Jinjer, Duel (Napalm Records)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Igorrr, Amen (Metal Blade)
Sold: 114
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 113
Artist/Album: Downswing, And Everything Was Dark (MNRK Heavy)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Y & T, Live at Sherwood Hall, Salinas, California – October 1, 1983 (Renaissance)
Sold: 109
