Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 12, 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 Lorna Shore, Dance Gavin Dance, Between The Buried And Me, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
Debut #: 1
Sold: 168725
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
Debut #: 8
Sold: 9500
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
Debut #: 10
Sold: 7700
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
Debut #: 15
Sold: 5885
Artist/Album: Between The Buried And Me, Blue Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
Debut #: 17
Sold: 5250
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
Debut #: 21
Sold: 3775
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
Debut #: 24
Sold: 3345
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
Debut #: 28
Sold: 3275
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
Debut #: 32
Sold: 2650
Artist/Album: Silverstein, Pink Moon (UNFD)
Debut #: 38
Sold: 2035
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
Debut #: 60
Sold: 1450
Artist/Album: I See Stars, The Wheel (Sumerian Records)
Debut #: 75
Sold: 1210
Artist/Album: Starset, Silos (Fearless Records)
Debut #: 95
Sold: 1000
Artist/Album: Not Enough Space, Weaponize Your Rage (Invogue Records)
Debut #: 92
Sold: 1045
Artist/Album: Nevertel, Start Again (Epitaph)
Debut #: 192
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Songs No One Will Hear (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Innern (Season of Mist)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Spite House, Desertion (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Rasmus, Weirdo (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 145
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 14
Sold: 6225
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 51
Sold: 1615
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 64
Sold: 1350
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 67
Sold: 1320
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 69
Sold: 1300
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 74
Sold: 1215
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 81
Sold: 1145
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
#: 86
Sold: 1075
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 87
Sold: 1065
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 89
Sold: 1050
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
#: 119
Sold: 700
Artist/Album: The Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
#: 146
Sold: 565
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
#: 152
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
#: 180
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
#: 184
Sold: 415
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 186
Sold: 410
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
#: 193
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 194
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 199
Sold: 385
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 350
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Sold: 340
Artist/Album: Glenn Hughes, Chosen (Frontiers)
Sold: 335
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 310
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Primal Fear, Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Faetooth, Labyrinthine (Flenser)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part One EP (Big Machine)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Blessthefall, Gallows (Rise Records)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Apocalyptica, Plays Metallica, Vol. 2 (BMG)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Superheaven, Superheaven (Blue Grape Music)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: We Came As Romans, All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed (Sharptone)
Sold: 115
