Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from August 22, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Deftones, Burning Witches, We Came As Romans, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
Debut #: 3
Sold: 65900
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
Debut #: 5
Sold: 10855
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Debut #: 6
Sold: 10050
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Debut #: 7
Sold: 7880
Artist/Album: Signs Of The Swarm, To Rid Myself Of Truth (Century Media)
Debut #: 73
Sold: 1375
Artist/Album: Burning Witches, Inquisition (Napalm Records)
Debut #: 93
Sold: 1105
Artist/Album: We Came As Romans, All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed (Sharptone)
Debut #: 104
Sold: 925
Artist/Album: Oasis, Complete Studio Album Collection (Big Brother Recordings Limited)
Debut #: 122
Sold: 750
Artist/Album: Arcadea, The Exodus Of Gravity (Relapse)
Debut #: 133
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Dinosaur Pile-up, I’Ve Felt Better (Mascot)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Innumerable Forms, Pain Effulgence (Profound Lore)
Sold: 285
Artist/Album: Desaster, Kill All Idols (Metal Blade Records)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Feuerschwanz, Knightclub (Napalm Records)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Bask, The Turning (Season of Mist)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Crowne, Wonderland (Frontiers)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Wreck & Reference, Stay Calm
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Dreams Of Being Dust (Epitaph)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Iron Savior, Reforged – Machine World (Perception)
Sold: 123
Artist/Album: Gridlink, Perfect Amber (Willowtip)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Woe Is Me, Daybreak (SBG Records)
Sold: 104
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 31
Sold: 3525
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, Alive In The Catacombs (Matador Records)
#: 44
Sold: 2245
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
#: 49
Sold: 2005
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 56
Sold: 1805
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 64
Sold: 1580
Artist/Album: Styx, Circling From Above (UME)
#: 82
Sold: 1245
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 83
Sold: 1175
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
#: 98
Sold: 1015
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 100
Sold: 1000
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 110
Sold: 865
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
#: 119
Sold: 760
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, Papercuts (Warner Records)
#: 134
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 138
Sold: 655
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 156
Sold: 565
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
#: 177
Sold: 485
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd At Pompeii – Mcmlxxii (Legacy Recordings)
#: 182
Sold: 455
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
#: 197
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 305
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid Iii
Sold: 280
Artist/Album: Ghost aka Ghost B.C., Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista)
Sold: 255
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 245
Artist/Album: Bush, I Beat Loneliness (earMUSIC)
Sold: 240
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Split Chain, Motionblur (Epitaph)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Converge & Coalesce, Live At Cbgbs
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Fit For A King, Lonely God (Solid State Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Architects, Sky The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
Sold: 170
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Skillet, Revolution (Hear It Loud)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Van Halen, Live In Dallas 1991 (Rhino)
Sold: 143
Artist/Album: Psycho-Frame, Salvation Laughs In The Face Of A Grieving Mother (Sharptone)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: HARDY, Quit!! (Big Loud Records)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Bruce Dickinson, More Balls To Picasso (BMG)
Sold: 122
Artist/Album: The Armed, The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed (Sargent House)
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Chat Pile, Cool World (Flenser)
Sold: 118
Artist/Album: Coheed And Cambria, The Father Of Make Believe (Coheed And Cambria)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: Arch Enemy, Blood Dynasty (Century Media)
Sold: 113
Artist/Album: Unleashed, Fire Upon Your Lands (Napalm Records)
Sold: 112
Artist/Album: Superheaven, Superheaven (Blue Grape Music)
Sold: 105
Artist/Album: Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 105
Artist/Album: Funeral Portrait, Greetings From Suffocate City (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 104
