Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back! After a delay with summer vacations, the column has returned, which includes seeing how albums from Cavalera, Queens of the Stone Age, Extreme, and more debuted in charts in June and July 2023.
July 14th, 2023 Releases:
Artist/Album: Cavalera, Morbid Visions (Nuclear Blast)
Debut#: 34
Sold: 2500
Artist/Album: Cavalera, Bestial Devastation (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 38
Sold: 2225
Artist/Album: Foreigner, Farewell – The Very Best Of Foreigner
Debut #: 51
Sold: 1575
Note: Limited edition only available at Foreigner tour stops and independent retailers. Only 5,000 numbered copies available.
Artist/Album: Evile, The Unknown (Napalm Records)
Debut #: 166
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: End Reign, The Way Of All Flesh Is Decay (Relapse Records)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Voyager, Fearless In Love (Season of Mist)
Sold: 315
Artist/Album: Edge Of Paradise, Hologram (Frontiers)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Eleine, We Shall Remain (Atomic Fire)
Sold: 115
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, But Here We Are (RCA)
#: 37
Sold: 2250
Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)
#: 40
Sold: 2000
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, In Times New Roman… (Matador)
#: 53
Sold: 1550
Artist/Album: Ghost, Phantomine (Loma Vista Recordings)
#: 59
Sold: 1275
Artist/Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
#: 65
Sold: 1125
Artist/Album: Nita Strauss, The Call Of The Void (Sumerian Records)
#: 74
Sold: 1025
Artist/Album: Fall Out Boy, So Much (For) Stardust (WEA/Fueled by Ramen)
#: 79
Sold: 1000
Artist/Album: Dirty Heads, Midnight Control (Better Noise Records)
#: 80
Sold: 975
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)
#: 85
Sold: 900
Artist/Album: Avenged Sevenfold, Life Is But A Dream… (Warner)
#: 87
Sold: 875
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, The Essential Foo Fighters (RCA)
#: 101
Sold: 725
Artist/Album: Extreme, Six (earMUSIC)
#: 112
Sold: 650
Artist/Album: Drain, Living Proof (Epitaph)
#: 123
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Pierce The Veil, The Jaws Of Life (Fearless Records)
#: 127
Sold: 575
Artist/Album: Bad Omens, The Death Of Peace Of Mind (Sumerian)
#: 133
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Iggy Pop, Every Loser (Atlantic)
#: 136
Sold: 545
Artist/Album: Ghost, Impera (Loma Vista)
#: 144
Sold: 525
Artist/Album: Disturbed, Divisive (Warner)
#: 173
Sold: 435
Artist/Album: Depeche Mode, Memento Mori (Columbia)
#: 181
Sold: 425
Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)
#: 199
Sold: 375
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid Ii
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: The Hu, Rumble Of Thunder (Better Noise Records)
Sold: 300
Artist/Album: Power Trip, Live In Seattle (Southern Lord)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Rival Sons, Darkfighter (Atlantic)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Enforced, War Remains (Century Media)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Pupil Slicer, Blossom (Prosthetic Records)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Electric Callboy, Tekkno (Century Media)
Sold: 130
Artist/Album: Cynic, Refocus (Season of Mist)
Sold: 125
Artist/Album: Blackbraid, Blackbraid I
Sold: 120
Artist/Album: Immortal, War Against All (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 110
