
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Hey, it’s September. This month means different things for different people. If you’re a student, it means you’re back at school. If you’re Billy Joe Armstrong, it means it’s time to go to sleep for a whole month. If you love fall, it means pumpkins and putting up Halloween decorations a month in advance. No judgement on that last one by the way: if people can get all Christmasy in November, you can certainly get all spooky in September. And if you’re me, it means you’re psyched because you’re getting new albums from Cult of Luna and Opeth very soon. Fall’s a pretty metal time of year anyway, right?
Notable Debuts:

Debut #5
14,550 sold
The band’s second album lands in the top five and marks their best debut yet.

Debut #48
2,025 sold
Sacred Reich’s first album in 23 years makes a respectable debut.
This is the band’s sixth studio album.

Debut #108
920 sold
The band’s highest charting album to date.

460 sold
This album includes covers of classic rock bands like CCR and Grand Funk Railroad.
Notable Sales:

#9 (from #3)
9,225 sold
A 51% drop, but this is still in the top 10.
A second week drop of 80%.

#66 (from 108)
1,550 sold
This defies a second week drop and instead boosts by 55%.
This sold about the same as last week.
A 45% boost back onto the charts.

#150 (from 154)
710 sold
This sold the same as last week.

#171 (re-entry)
620 sold
This dropped off last week but got a 63% boost back up.

#175 (Debut)
610 sold
In week three, this got boosted high enough to crack the Current Albums chart.
Five Finger Death Punch, And Justice For None (Prospect Park)
#187 (from 191)
560 sold
A 2% drop.

#196 (from 199)
530 sold
This sold about the same as last week.
Only a 14% second week drop.

150 sold
A 60% boost back up.

140 sold
A 42% boost back up.
Tags: Breaking Benjamin, Cerebral Rot, Ceremony, Chris Cornell, Crobot, Def Leppard, Devourment, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Freedom Call, Godsmack, Greta Van Fleet, Hammerfall, Heilung, I Prevail, Jinjer, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Killswitch Engage, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Knocked Loose, Off With Their Heads, Pathology, Queen, Rival Sons, Russian Circles, Sabaton, Sacred Reich, Shadow of Intent, Shinedown, Skillet, Slipknot, Soundgarden, The Body, The Dead Daisies, Uniform, Volbeat
Categorised in: Metal By Numbers