Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 10, 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 Testament, Sanguisugabogg, Greyhaven, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Testament, Para Bellum (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 9
Sold: 7022
Artist/Album: Sammy Hagar, Sammy Hagar & The Best Of All Worlds Band – The Residency (Big Machine Rock)
Debut #: 17
Sold: 4738
Artist/Album: Dropkick Murphys, For The People (Play It Again Sam)
Debut #: 31
Sold: 3102
Note: Physical Debut Release
Artist/Album: Sanguisugabogg, Hideous Aftermath (Century Media)
Debut #: 49
Sold: 2024
Artist/Album: Mother Love Bone, Apple + Shine (Universal)
Debut #: 144
Sold: 602
Artist/Album: Soul Blind, Red Sky Mourning (Closed Casket Activities)
Debut #: 150
Sold: 585
Artist/Album: Stavesacre, (stavz’a’ker) (XS Records)
Debut #: 180
Sold: 489
Artist/Album: Dead Heat, Process Of Elimination (Metal Blade)
Sold: 395
Artist/Album: Frayle, Heretics & Lullabies (Napalm)
Sold: 269
Artist/Album: John 5, Ghost
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Friendship Commanders, Bear (Magnetic Eye)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Greyhaven, Keep It Quiet (Solid State)
Sold: 111
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares Soundtrack (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
#: 12
Sold: 6497
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 16
Sold: 5133
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 28
Sold: 3873
Artist/Album: AFI, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… (Run for Cover)
#: 40
Sold: 2321
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 42
Sold: 2259
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 44
Sold: 2148
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 65
Sold: 1506
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 76
Sold: 1298
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 82
Sold: 1253
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
#: 86
Sold: 1188
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
#: 112
Sold: 841
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 118
Sold: 780
Artist/Album: Thrice, Horizons/West (Epitaph)
#: 122
Sold: 750
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 127
Sold: 712
Artist/Album: Nevertel, Start Again (Epitaph)
Debut #: 130
Sold: 687
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
#: 148
Sold: 589
Artist/Album: Orbit Culture, Death Above Life (Century Media)
#: 184
Sold: 484
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
Debut #: 195
Sold: 444
Artist/Album: Acres, The Host (Solid State Records)
Sold: 420
Artist/Album: I Prevail, Violent Nature (Fearless Records)
Sold: 350
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 326
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
Sold: 318
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Sold: 289
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
Sold: 278
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Sold: 278
Artist/Album: Between The Buried And Me, Blue Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 268
Artist/Album: Agriculture, The Spiritual Sound (Flenser)
Sold: 259
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 257
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
Sold: 254
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 248
Artist/Album: Peeling Flesh, Pf Radio 2 (Unique Leader)
Sold: 244
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 243
Artist/Album: Hooded Menace, Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration (Season of Mist)
Sold: 236
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
Sold: 236
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
Sold: 234
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
Sold: 229
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 219
Artist/Album: Paradise Lost, Ascension (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 218
Artist/Album: Revocation, New Gods, New Masters (Metal Blade)
Sold: 217
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Sold: 217
Artist/Album: Igorrr, Amen (Metal Blade)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Michael Schenker Group, Don’t Sell Your Soul (earMusic)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Hinder, Back To Life (Evil Teen Records)
Sold: 209
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 203
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
Sold: 203
Artist/Album: Amorphis, Borderland (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 197
Artist/Album: Chiodos, All’s Well That Ends Well (20th Anniversary) (Sumerian)
Sold: 197
Artist/Album: Dying Wish, Flesh Stays Together (Sharptone)
Sold: 193
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 189
Artist/Album: Rush, Rush 50 (UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)
Sold: 186
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
Sold: 186
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 183
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 183
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 173
Artist/Album: Mirador, Mirador (Universal)
Sold: 168
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 168
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 167
Artist/Album: Bilmuri, American Motor Sports (Columbia Records)
Sold: 161
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 155
Artist/Album: Speed, Only One Mode (Flatspot Records)
Sold: 152
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 147
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 147
Artist/Album: grandson, Inertia (XX Records)
Sold: 144
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 136
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 134
Artist/Album: Supersuckers, Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing (Blue Elan)
Sold: 122
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 121
Artist/Album: Author & Punisher, Nocturnal Birding (Relapse)
Sold: 118
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Sold: 114
Artist/Album: Funeral Portrait, Greetings From Suffocate City (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Black Dahlia Murder, Servitude (Metal Blade)
Sold: 109
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 109
Artist/Album: Arch Enemy, Blood Dynasty (Century Media)
Sold: 103
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMusic)
Sold: 103
Artist/Album: Face Yourself, Fury (Sumerian)
Sold: 101
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 100
