Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 19, 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, the Tron Ares soundtrack, Paradise Lost, I Prevail, Igorrr, and more.
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares Soundtrack (The Null Corporation/Interscope)
Debut #: 2
Sold: 38910
Artist/Album: I Prevail, Violent Nature (Fearless Records)
Debut #: 17
Sold: 5510
Artist/Album: Mirador, Mirador (Universal)
Debut #: 26
Sold: 3115
Artist/Album: Chiodos, All’s Well That Ends Well (20th Anniversary) (Sumerian)
Debut #: 29
Sold: 2865
Artist/Album: Igorrr, Amen (Metal Blade)
Debut #: 42
Sold: 2010
Artist/Album: Paradise Lost, Ascension (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 44
Sold: 1850
Artist/Album: A Killer’s Confession, Victim 2 (Mnrk Heavy)
Debut #: 157
Sold: 535
Artist/Album: Mike Tramp, Songs Of White Lion Vol. III (Frontiers)
Debut #: 180
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Kittie, Spit Xxv – Ep (Sumerian)
Debut #: 198
Sold: 415
Artist/Album: Novembers Doom, Major Arcana (Prophecy)
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: Soulkeeper, Join Us In Creating Excellence (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Kamelot, Ascension (1995 1998) (BMG)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Stoned Jesus, Songs To Sun (Season of Mist)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Krigsgrav, Stormcaller (Willowtip)
Sold: 135
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Breach (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 4
Sold: 14000
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA)
#: 8
Sold: 8775
Artist/Album: Deftones, Private Music (Reprise)
#: 18
Sold: 5100
Artist/Album: Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic)
#: 34
Sold: 2550
Artist/Album: Turnstile, Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)
#: 48
Sold: 1785
Artist/Album: Yungblud, Idols (Locomotion Recordings)
#: 49
Sold: 1700
Artist/Album: Motley Crue, From The Beginning (BMG)
#: 56
Sold: 1485
Artist/Album: Lorna Shore, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
#: 72
Sold: 1200
Artist/Album: Three Days Grace, Alienation (RCA)
#: 77
Sold: 1160
Artist/Album: Castle Rat, The Bestiary (King Volume Records)
#: 78
Sold: 1155
Artist/Album: Ghost, Skeletá (Loma Vista)
#: 82
Sold: 1105
Artist/Album: Twenty One Pilots, Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
#: 98
Sold: 875
Artist/Album: Die Spitz, Something To Consume (Third Man Records)
#: 107
Sold: 805
Artist/Album: Demon Hunter, There Was A Light Here (Weapons Mfg)
#: 108
Sold: 800
Artist/Album: Linkin Park, From Zero (Warner Records)
#: 112
Sold: 765
Artist/Album: Chevelle, Bright As Blasphemy (BMG)
#: 117
Sold: 705
Artist/Album: Between The Buried And Me, Blue Nowhere (Inside Out Music)
#: 125
Sold: 675
Artist/Album: Dance Gavin Dance, Pantheon (Rise Records)
#: 134
Sold: 625
Artist/Album: Spinal Tap, The End Continues (Interscope)
#: 139
Sold: 605
Artist/Album: The Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam)
#: 165
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: Glenn Hughes, Chosen (Frontiers)
Debut #: 166
Sold: 505
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part Two EP (Big Machine Rock)
#: 172
Sold: 485
Artist/Album: Fontaines D.C., Romance (XL Recordings)
#: 183
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Halestorm, Everest (Atlantic)
#: 188
Sold: 430
Artist/Album: Orianthi, Some Kind Of Feeling (Woodward Avenue Records)
#: 189
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Lumineers, Automatic (Dualtone Music Group)
#: 192
Sold: 420
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (earMUSIC)
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Slaughter To Prevail, Grizzly (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 385
Artist/Album: Fleshwater, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky (Closed Casket Activities)
Sold: 355
Artist/Album: The Who, Live At The Oval 1971 (UMe)
Sold: 350
Artist/Album: Falling In Reverse, Popular Monster (Epitaph)
Sold: 345
Artist/Album: Royale Lynn, Black Magic (Epitaph)
Sold: 340
Artist/Album: Bring Me The Horizon, Post Human: Nex Gen (Columbia)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Poppy, Negative Spaces (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Helloween, Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Def Leppard, Greatest Hits (Walmart Exclusive Release)
Sold: 255
Artist/Album: Warning, Live From Auditorio Nacional, CDMX (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 250
Artist/Album: Babymetal, Metal Forth (Capitol)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Rise Against, Ricochet (Loma Vista Recordings)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Callous Daoboys, I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: A Day To Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled By Ramen)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Dream Theater, Parasomnia (Inside Out Music)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Five Finger Death Punch, Best Of – Volume 1 (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Sleep Theory, Afterglow (Epitaph)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea (Rise Records)
Sold: 190
Artist/Album: Silverstein, Pink Moon (UNFD)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: Blood Incantation, Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Volbeat, God Of Angels Trust (Republic Records)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Primal Fear, Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Gwar, The Return Of Gor Gor (Pit Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Warning, Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Daughtry, Shock To The System – Part One EP (Big Machine)
Sold: 145
Artist/Album: Faetooth, Labyrinthine (Flenser)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Starset, Silos (Fearless Records)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Deafheaven, Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Speed, Only One Mode (Flatspot Records)
Sold: 115
Artist/Album: I See Stars, The Wheel (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Return To Dust, Speak Like The Dead (Lava/Republic Records)
Sold: 110
Artist/Album: Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Innern (Season of Mist)
Sold: 105
