Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
No, there isn’t actually any Christmas music on here nor do I think there is a war on Christmas. Anyway, it’s a pretty sizable list of debuts this week including the surprise live album from Ghost. It’s obviously perfect for your holiday listening and I’m sure if Baby Jesus was born today it would make a wonderful birthday gift. Well, better than myrrh anyway. Enjoy your holidays everybody.
Also, I was asked for Korn numbers. The Serenity of Suffering sold 300 copies this week and has sold over 133,000 copies to date.
Notable Debuts:
War Of Ages, Alpha (Facedown)
2,900 sold
The band’s eighth album doesn’t debut as much its predecessor, but it’s still a solid debut.
Ghost, Ceremony and Devotion (Loma Vista)
2,100 sold
Ghost’s first live album may by a surprise, but that means first week sales are lower than what they could have been. For reference, here’s how last year’s Popestar EP did in week one.
Avenged Sevenfold, Live at the Grammy Museum (Capitol)
1,800 sold
This is also Avenged Sevenfold’s first live album, and like Ghost’s, was sort of a surprise. They’re really leaning into the surprise release thing, eh?
Diablo Swing Orchestra, Pascifisticuffs (Spinefarm)
500 sold
This is the band’s fourth studio album.
A Night in Texas, The Global Slaughter (Self-Released)
200 sold
This is the second album from this Australian (where else?) deathcore band.
Feared, Svart (Self-Released)
200 sold
This is the band’s eighth album.
Red Death, Formidable Darkness (Triple B)
200 sold
This is the second album from the DC crossover thrash band.
Notable Sales:
Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade Of Destruction (Prospect Park)
7,000 sold
This dropped by almost half in week two.
Greta Van Fleet,
Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold (RCA/Roswell)
4,300 sold
A 6% boost with over 200,000 sold.
Evanescence, Synthesis (BMG)
2,900 sold
A 4% boost.
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
2,500 sold
A 32% boost.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
2,100 sold
A 24% boost.
Linkin Park, A 31% drop. Also, Mike Shinoda is up to something.
Theory of a Deadman,
Iron Maiden, The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter (BMG)
1,600 sold
A 20% drop.
Queens Of The Stone Age, Villains (Matador Records)
1650 sold
A 3% drop with over 120,000 sold.
Marilyn Manson, Heaven Upside Down (Loma Vista)
1,200 sold
A 14% drop.
Black Sabbath, The End (Eagle Rock)
1,100 sold
Sabbath’s final performance has sold over 9,000 so far.
Project 86, Sheep Among Wolves (Team Black)
1,100 sold
A second week 62% drop.
Morbid Angel, Kingdoms Disdained (Silver Lining)
900 sold
A 63% drop in week two.
Trivium, The Sin And The Sentence (Roadrunner)
1,200 sold
A 25% drop.
Hollywood Undead, Five (BMG)
1,300 sold
A 38% drop.
Glassjaw, Material Control (Century Media)
700 sold
An 82% drop in week two.
Prophets of Rage, Prophets of Rage (Caroline)
600 sold
This sold the same as last week.
Power Trip,
The Faceless, In Becoming A Ghost (Sumerian Records)
600 sold
A second week drop of 85%.
Cannibal Corpse,
August Burns Red, Phantom Anthem (Fearless)
400 sold
Drops back down by 64%.
Cavalera Conspiracy, Psychosis (Napalm Records)
400 sold
A 33% drop.
Electric Wizard, Wizard Bloody Wizard (Spinefarm)
400 sold
Also also sold the same as last week.
Entheos,
Converge, The Dusk In Us (Epitaph/Deathwish)
300 sold
A 25% drop
Phinehas, Dark Flag (Artery)
300 sold
A 50% boost.
Operation: Mindcrime, A New Reality (Frontiers)
250 sold
A 69% *snort* drop.
Sweet & Lynch, Unified (Frontiers)
200 sold
A 33% drop.
