Metal By Numbers is back. We’re diving straight into the top metal sales and notable debuts, covering weekly releases from February 7 through June 13. From long-anticipated comebacks to rising underground favorites, we’re catching up on everything you may have missed in the first half of 2025, and then some. With such an aggressive return, Metal Insider takes a full analysis seeing how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. 

June 13, 2025:

Notable Debuts:

Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island (p(doom) Records)
Debut #: 4
Sold: 10780

Artist/Album: The Cure, Mixes Of A Lost World (Capitol)
Debut #: 13
Sold: 5775

Artist/Album: Van Morrison, Remembering Now (Virgin Music)
Debut #: 15
Sold: 4515

Artist/Album: Buckcherry, Roar Like Thunder (Round Hill Records)
Debut #: 29
Sold: 2615

Artist/Album: Fallujah, Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 58
Sold: 1500

Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, Alive In The Catacombs
Debut #: 135
Sold: 575

Artist/Album: War Of Ages, Eternal (15th Anniversary Rerecorded Version) (Facedown)
Debut #: 177
Sold: 430

Artist/Album: Byzantine, Harbingers (Metal Blade)
Debut #: 186
Sold: 415

Artist/Album: Saxon, Hell, Fire And Damnation – Eagles Over Hellfest (Militia Guard Music)
Sold: 285

Artist/Album: Archers, Temporary High (SBG Records)
Sold: 245

Artist/Album: Avkrvst, Waving At The Sky (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 109

Notable Sales:

Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 10
Sold: 6915

Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 26
Sold: 2700

Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 33
Sold: 2375

Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
#: 44
Sold: 1880

Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 64
Sold: 1275

Artist/Album: Garbage, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light (BMG)
#: 65
Sold: 1250

Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 70
Sold: 1145

Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 83
Sold: 950

Artist/Album: Green Day, Saviors (Reprise)
#: 102
Sold: 815

Artist/Album: Nickelback, Live From Nashville (BMG)
Debut #: 103
Sold: 805

Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 104
Sold: 755

Artist/Album: Halsey, The Great Impersonator (Columbia Records)
#: 151
Sold: 480

Artist/Album: The Cure, Songs Of A Lost World (Capitol)
#: 155
Sold: 475

Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
#: 159
Sold: 465

Artist/Album: Coldplay, Moon Music (Atlantic)
#: 168
Sold: 445

Artist/Album: Katatonia, Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State (Napalm Records)
#: 176
Sold: 435

Artist/Album: Counting Crows, Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (BMG)
#: 178
Sold: 425

Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
#: 185
Sold: 420

Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 192
Sold: 400

Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
#: 193
Sold: 395

Artist/Album: Rivers Of Nihil, Rivers Of Nihil (Metal Blade Records)
#: 197
Sold: 375

Artist/Album: Gruesome, Silent Echoes (Relapse)
#: 197
Sold: 375

Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 300

Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 275

Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 270

Artist/Album: Bloodywood, Nu Delhi (Fearless)
Sold: 265

Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 250

Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 235

Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 225

Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 195

Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 190

Artist/Album: Opeth, The Last Will And Testament (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 185

Artist/Album: Haunted, Songs Of Last Resort (Century Media)
Sold: 180

Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 175

Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 170

Artist/Album: Dead Daisies, Lookin For Trouble (Fame – Malaco)
Sold: 165

Artist/Album: Propagandhi, At Peace (Epitaph)
Sold: 160

Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 160

Artist/Album: Rush, Rush 50 (UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)
Sold: 155

Artist/Album: Rush, Complete Albums Box Vol. 2 (Atlantic)
Sold: 154

Artist/Album: Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 150

Artist/Album: Van Halen, Live In Dallas 1991 (Rhino)
Sold: 145

Artist/Album: Scowl, Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
Sold: 144

Artist/Album: Whitechapel, Hymns In Dissonance (Metal Blade)
Sold: 142

Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 140

Artist/Album: Nothing More, Carnal (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 140

Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 135

Artist/Album: Dorothy, The Way (Roc Nation)
Sold: 133

Artist/Album: Pearl Jam, Dark Matter (Monkeywrench Records)
Sold: 130

Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 125

Artist/Album: Ministry, The Squirrely Years Revisited (Cleopatra Records)
Sold: 125

Artist/Album: Lacuna Coil, Sleepless Empire (Century Media)
Sold: 122

Artist/Album: Killswitch Engage, This Consequence (Metal Blade Records)
Sold: 121

Artist/Album: Vildhjarta, + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (Century Media)
Sold: 120

Artist/Album: Arch Enemy, Blood Dynasty (Century Media)
Sold: 119

Artist/Album: KMFDM, Hau Ruck 2025 (Metropolis Records)
Sold: 116

Artist/Album: Machine Head, Unatoned (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 115

Artist/Album: Superheaven, Superheaven (Blue Grape Music)
Sold: 114

Artist/Album: Van Halen, Fair Warning (Rhino)
Sold: 108

Artist/Album: Behemoth, Shit Ov God (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 108

Artist/Album: Pelican, Flickering Resonance (Run for Cover)
Sold: 105

Artist/Album: Seether, The Surface Seems So Far (Fantasy)
Sold: 105