Author Archives: Chris Annunziata

Metal By Numbers 10/29: Welcome to Horrorwood

Posted by on October 29, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Welcome to Horrorwood! The hype for Ice Nine Kills is real as they hit #4 for their debut week. The internet is loving them and their witty horror-themed concept albums. Most of the debuts […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/20: The Kings of Streaming

Posted by on October 20, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Topping the charts was the great effort by Trivium, the Kings of Streaming! Not only did they sell 8,800 physicals this week but they also sold 4,000 digital albums and had roughly 194,000 video […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/29: Notable Debuts Everywhere

Posted by on October 19, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. These are the chart rankings from 9/29! A lot of notable debuts! Enjoy!   Notable Debuts: Spiritbox, Eternal Blue (Rise Records) Debut #3 19,100 sold An incredible debut for such a fairly new band. One of […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/22: Unlikely Vile Partying

Posted by on October 19, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. These are the chart rankings from 9/22! Enjoy!   Notable Debuts:   Twiztid, Unlikely Prescription(Majik Ninja Entertainment) Debut #14 4,150 sold The 15th album from the Detroit based hip hop duo.         […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/19: Sermons of the Burning Apparitions

Posted by on October 18, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another chart! This week features Judas Priest co-founder and former guitarist KK Downing at the top of our debut list. As for the notables, Metallica unsurprisingly remains on top with their Blacklist. Unfortunately, […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/10: Marching in Charts

Posted by on October 10, 2021

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! My apologies for my absence but I recently got married and went ahead and explored Spain! I saw all of Gaudí’s glory but I wasn’t able to catch a […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/17: Iron Maiden crushes the charts

Posted by on September 17, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. My apologies with the late Metal By Numbers! Life got the best of me but here we are! With no surprised, Iron Maiden absolutely crushed the charts with their seventeenth studio album. We here […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/9: Glow On Wallflowers

Posted by on September 9, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What a week! The end of August (queue 36Crazy Fists) had many notable debuts from all over the metal spectrum. Topping the charts was Turnstile with their impactful debut, crushing the metal competition. This […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/3: Colors and Infinite charts

Posted by on September 3, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another chart! This was an eye-opening week as we saw many last week debuts fall off this week, including heavyweight legends, Sepultura. Only Slaughter to Prevail and Destruction charted this week after […]

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Metal By Numbers 8/26: Slaughter to Chart!

Posted by on August 26, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Even though Frontiers Records raided the charts last week, only one of their albums remained — Night Ranger! Taking the throne this week was none other than Russia’s own Slaughter To Prevail. Shout out […]

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