Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back (again)! We’ve been busy following Metallica in select cities on the North American portion of their M72 World Tour, preparing for an upcoming feature at the end of the year. Now that the trek is on a break for a bit, we’re finally catching up and will be supplying Metal By Numbers every week! Here are the last number of weeks showing how Dying Fetus, Sevendust, Marduk, Mutoid Man, and many more debuted in charts. Remember to check out our New & Noteworthy column, sharing new releases and playlists for each month that has also returned!
September 8th, 2023 Releases:
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Dying Fetus, Make Them Beg For Death (Relapse Records)
Debut #: 18
Sold: 4650
Artist/Album: Conquer Divide, Slow Burn (Mascot)
Debut #: 59
Sold: 1275
Artist/Album: Cryptopsy, As Gomorrah Burns (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 60
Sold: 1265
Artist/Album: Kvelertak, Endling (Rise Records)
Debut #: 65
Sold: 1165
Artist/Album: Sylosis, A Sign Of Things To Come (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 74
Sold: 1050
Artist/Album: Art Of Shock, Shine Black Light (Century Media)
Debut #: 125
Sold: 595
Artist/Album: Saliva, Revelation (Megaforce)
Debut #: 145
Sold: 525
Artist/Album: Domkraft, Sonic Moons (Magnetic Eye)
Sold: 355
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Motionless In White, Scoring The End Of The World (Roadrunner)
#: 19
Sold: 4575
Artist/Album: Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2023) (Capitol)
#: 31
Sold: 2500
Artist/Album: Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher (Lava/Republic)
#: 40
Sold: 1875
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, Road (EarMusic)
#: 50
Sold: 1650
Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)
#: 54
Sold: 1550
Artist/Album: Sigur Ros, Átta (BMG)
#: 63
Sold: 1175
Artist/Album: Ghost, Phantomine (Loma Vista Recordings)
#: 95
Sold: 800
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)
#: 97
Sold: 775
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, But Here We Are (RCA)
#: 111
Sold: 700
Artist/Album: Mammoth WVH, Mammoth Ii (BMG)
#: 116
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Avenged Sevenfold, Life Is But A Dream… (Warner)
#: 123
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974
#: 131
Sold: 575
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, In Times New Roman… (Matador)
#: 133
Sold: 565
Artist/Album: Matchbox Twenty, Where The Light Goes (Atlantic)
#: 150
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)
#: 151
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Polaris, Fatalism (Sharptone)
#: 176
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Fall Out Boy, So Much (For) Stardust (WEA/Fueled by Ramen)
#: 187
Sold: 385
Artist/Album: Marduk, Memento Mori (Century Media)
#: 195
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Movements, RUCKUS! (Fearless Records)
Sold: 350
Artist/Album: Nita Strauss, The Call Of The Void (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Frankie And The Witch Fin, Data Doom (RAS / Greenway)
Sold: 280
Artist/Album: Incantation, Unholy Deification (Relapse Records)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Stitched Up Heart, To The Wolves
Sold: 260
Artist/Album: Primal Fear, Code Red (Atomic Fire)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Soen, Memorial (Silver Lining)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, Kings Of The Asylum (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: The Armed, Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: The Hu, Rumble Of Thunder (Better Noise Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Horrendous, Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Empire State Bastard, Rivers Of Heresy (Roadrunner)
Sold: 130
