Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Notable Debuts:
Avenged Sevenfold, The Best of 2005-2013 (Warner Bros.)
Debut #135
2,550 sold
The controversial compilation album released by Warner Bros doesn’t have quite the debut you’d expect from something with the Avenged Sevenfold moniker. I’m sure all those one star reviews on Amazon won’t help either.
Hollow Earth, Dead Planet (Good Fight)
330 sold
The latest LP from this Detroit band.
Crystal Lake, True North (Artery)
450 sold
This is the fourth album from this Japanese band.
The Anchor, A World Ahead (Self-Released)
250 sold
This is the debut album from this Denver metalcore act.
Notable Sales:
Metallica, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (Blackened)
#8 (from 3)
41,000 sold
Metallica are still in the top 10 and are closing in on the 400,000 mark.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (Rhino Atlantic)
#29 (from 34)
12,800 sold
A 13% boost with over 80,000 sold.
Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage (Capitol)
#59 (from 48)
6,450 sold
A 22% drop for the album A7X actually want you to buy.
Korn, The Serenity of Suffering (Roadrunner)
#123 (from 77)
3,025 sold
A 39% drop with just under 90,000 sold.
Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#124 (from 63)
3,025 sold
A 51% drop.
Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park)
#141 (from 139)
2,225 sold
Got your 6% boost. I actually haven’t gotten to use that pun much in the 66 weeks this has been on the charts.
Sixx:A.M., Prayers for the Blessed Vol. 2 (Eleven Seven)
#143 (from 104)
2,300 sold
A 31% drop
Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf (300 Entertainment)
#155 (from 138)
2,150
A tiny 5% drop with over 20,000 sold
I Prevail, Lifelines (Fearless)
#156 (from 146)
2,100 sold
The smallest 1% drop.
Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic)
#179 (from 195)
1,775 sold
A 15% boost.
The Pretty Reckless, Who You Selling For (Razor & Tie)
#195 (from 150)
1,625 sold
A 23% drop may reck everything.
Dark Tranquillity,
Gemini Syndrome, Memento Mori (Another Century)
350 sold
A huge 85% boost. Looks like this is going to play the long game just like its predecessor.
Invent, Animate,
Amaranthe, Maximalism (Spinefarm)
300 sold
A nice boost of 38%.
Epica, The Holographic Principle (Nuclear Blast)
280 sold
A 23% drop with nearly 9,000 sold after 10 weeks.
Glenn Hughes,
Ice Nine Kills, Every Trick In The Book (Fearless)
260 sold
A small 8% drop after last week’s surge.
Starkill, Shadow Sleep (Prosthetic)
230 sold
A 49% boost brings this up after dropping off last week.
Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie)
230 sold
Hammerfall, Built to Last (Napalm)
230 sold
A 10% drop.
Sonata Arctica, The Ninth Hour (Nuclear Blast)
200 sold
Touring boosts this back up.
