Metal By Numbers 10/17: Sales are at their darkest

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

I’ve been looking forward to this particular edition of MBN for weeks now, namely because of new albums from Behemoth and High On Fire. I’ve had a hard time getting into new music lately but not because I think the stuff I’ve listened to is bad or anything. Actually, I’m usually annoyed because I recognize that what I’m listening to is technically good but it just doesn’t connect with me for whatever reason. But I’ve been loving both I Loved You At Your Darkest and Electric Messiah. Hopefully you have been too.

Notable Debuts:

Coheed And Cambria, Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (Roadrunner)
Debut #6
28,700 sold

This is the band’s ninth studio album and returns to the Amory Wars storyline (assuming you pay attention to that whole thing). Their debut album for Roadrunner is a big one.

Ice Nine Kills, The Silver Scream (Fearless)
Debut #7
16,150 sold

Ice Nine Kills’ horror movie inspired fifth album marks the band’s best debut by far, landing in the top 10 and selling more than double its predecessor.

Behemoth, I Loved You At Your Darkest (Metal Blade)
Debut #18

8,350 sold

At long last Behemoth’s eleventh studio album has arrived.

High On Fire, Electric Messiah (eOne)
Debut #23
6,525 sold

It’s the year of Matt Pike! High On Fire’s eighth album sold more in its first week than its predecessor.

Windhand, Eternal Return (Relapse)
Debut #63
2,650 sold

The band’s fourth album debuted with about the same sold as its predecessor.

Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams (Merge)
Debut #84
1,875 sold

This is the band’s fifth album.

Sylar, Seasons (Hopeless)
Debut #108

1,300 sold

This is the band’s third album.

Monuments, Phronesis (Century Media)
Debut #125
1,100 sold

This is the band’s third album and first in four years.

Author & Punisher, Beastland (Relapse)
Debut #142
930 sold

This is the sixth full-length from the one-man industrial doom metal project.

Notable Sales:

Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires EP (Lava)
#43 (from 48)
3,275 sold

A 7% boost. The band’s debut album will be out at the end of this week. You read that right: they’ve had mountainous success before even putting out a full-length.

Shinedown, Attention Attention (Atlantic)
#58 (from 100)
2,825 sold