Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from August 8, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Babymetal, Halestorm, Blackbraid, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Debut #: 2
Sold: 33510
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
Debut #: 8
Sold: 8435
Artist/Album: Good Charlotte, Motel Du Cap (Atlantic)
Debut #: 27
Sold: 2750
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid Iii
Debut #: 44
Sold: 1850
Artist/Album: Thousand Below, Buried In Jade (Pale Chord Music)
Debut #: 112
Sold: 702
Artist/Album: Lord Of The Lost, Opvs Noir Vol. 1 (Napalm Records)
Debut #: 164
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Ashes Of Ares, New Messiahs (Roar)
Sold: 275
Artist/Album: Malthusian, The Summoning Bell (Relapse Records)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Crypt Sermon, Saturnian Appendices (Dark Descent)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Dreamwake, The Lost Years (UNFD)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Attack! Attack! UK, Attack Attack! Ii
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Sinsaenum, In Devastation (EAR)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Zepparella, Zeppelin Forever
Sold: 114
Artist/Album: Dropout Kings, Yokai
Sold: 105
Artist/Album: Firstborne, Lucky
Sold: 104
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 26
Sold: 2765
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 50
Sold: 1700
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 61
Sold: 1500
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 65
Sold: 1450
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 69
Sold: 1400
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 71
Sold: 1250
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 86
Sold: 975
Artist/Album: Styx, Circling From Above (UME)
#: 92
Sold: 885
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 110
Sold: 710
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island (p(doom) Records)
#: 119
Sold: 655
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
#: 134
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 157
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 164
Sold: 465
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Debut #: 168
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Daron Malakian & Scars On Broadway, Addicted To The Violence (Scarred For Life)
Debut #: 185
Sold: 400
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Debut #: 196
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
#: 198
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: The Armed, The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed (Sargent House)
Sold: 330
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 310
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State Records)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
Sold: 295
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 290
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 280
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Fair Warning (Rhino)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 240
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 170
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Xweaponx, xWeaponx – Demo 2
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Propagandhi, At Peace (Epitaph)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Paleface Swiss, Cursed (Blood Blast Distribution)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Republic)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System (Part One) (Big Machine)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Fox Lake, New World Heat (MNRK)
Sold: 110
