Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from August 1, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Fit For a King, Kayo Dot, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State Records)
Debut #: 27
Sold: 2500
Artist/Album: The Armed, The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed (Sargent House)
Debut #: 69
Sold: 1230
Artist/Album: Kayo Dot (And The Music Of Toby Driver), Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason (Prophecy)
Debut #: 157
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Fox Lake, New World Heat (MNRK)
Debut #: 176
Sold: 395
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Republic)
Sold: 310
Artist/Album: Atreyu, The Curse 2025
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Magdalene Rose, The Heart That Bloomed After Death
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Wisp, If Not Winter (Music Soup/Interscope)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Fu Manchu, FU MANCHU THE RETURN OF…LIVE (At The Dojo Records)
Sold: 105
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 18
Sold: 3250
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 30
Sold: 2355
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 35
Sold: 2150
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 42
Sold: 1875
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 61
Sold: 1400
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 77
Sold: 1100
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island (p(doom) Records)
#: 97
Sold: 750
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 107
Sold: 705
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
#: 112
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
#: 124
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 135
Sold: 525
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 137
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
#: 140
Sold: 490
Artist/Album: Styx, Circling From Above (UME)
#: 145
Sold: 485
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 150
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
#: 166
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
#: 172
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 320
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Dirty Nil, The Lash (Dine Alone)
Sold: 265
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Daron Malakian & Scars On Broadway, Addicted To The Violence (Scarred For Life)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Honeymoon Suite, Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down (Frontiers)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 138
Artist/Album: Boundaries, Death Is Little More (3Dot Recordings)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System (Part One) (Big Machine)
Sold: 134
Artist/Album: Cold Slither, Cold Slither (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Live In Dallas 1991 (Rhino)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Scalp, Not Worthy Of Human Compassion (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Deadguy, Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Shadow Of Intent, Imperium Delirium
Sold: 112
Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Fallujah, Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 109
Artist/Album: Bloodywood, Nu Delhi (Fearless)
Sold: 108
Artist/Album: Whitechapel, Hymns In Dissonance (Metal Blade)
Sold: 108
Artist/Album: Propagandhi, At Peace (Epitaph)
Sold: 105
Artist/Album: Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 104
