Metal By Numbers 9/28: I want to be a Popestar

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

Not every band can hit the top 10 with just an EP, especially one that is more or less on par with an LP released last year. But Ghost have come quite a long way three albums into their career and, if I may gush, it makes me so damn happy to see a band that many viewed as a mere novelty reach such great heights not only in the metal scene, but in today’s music scene in general. Also, Ghost covering Eurythmics is one of the best covers to happy this year in my humble opinion. The biggest-selling album this week in terms of physical albums belongs to Staind frontman Aaron Lewis, whose Sinner wold an amazing 42,000 copies. Also, in weekly Metallica, the Black Album sold another 4,500 copies

Notable Debuts:

Ghost, Popestar (Lorna Vista)
Debut #6
20,950 sold

Ghost’s new EP reached the same chart position as last year’s Meliora and is the band’s second-best debut. Not bad for a release with only one original track (but damn is it good).

Led Zeppelin, Complete BBC Sessions (Rhino)
Debut #10
13,850 sold

A top ten debut for another Led Zep compilation.

Knocked Loose, Laugh Tracks (Pure Noise)
Debut #47
4,150 sold

This is a solid top 50 debut for the band’s first LP.

Touché Amoré, Stage Four (Epitaph)
Debut #51
4,050 sold

The band’s fourth album and its first on Epitaph and is the the band’s highest debut yet.

King 810, La Petit Mort or A Conversation with God (Roadrunner)
Debut #90
2,500 sold

The band’s sophomore LP manages to outdo its predecessor.

Turnstile, Move Thru Me (Roadrunner)
Debut #183
1,100 sold

This is the hardcore punk act’s debut album.

Brujeria, Pocho Aztlan (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #187
1,075 sold

The band’s fourth album is their first LP in sixteen years.

Heaven Shall Burn, Wanderer (Century Media)
930 sold

This is the German band’s eighth album.

To Speak of Wolves, New Bones (Cardigan)
620 sold

This new EP from the Christian metalcore act is their first release since 2012.

Warzone, Don’t Forget The Struggle, Don’t Forget The Streets (Revelation)
540 sold

This is a reissue of the band’s formerly out of print album from 1987.

Sumerlands, Sumerlands (Relapse)
430 sold

This is the debut album from this Philly metal band.

Inanimate Existence, Calling from a Dream (Unique Leader)
250 sold

This is the band’s third LP.

Shokran, Exodus (Self-Released)
220 sold

This is the second album from the Russian metal band.

Notable Sales:

A Day To Remember, Bad Vibrations (ADTR)
#32 (from 15)
4,800 sold

A 60% drop with nearly 80,000 sold.

Skillet, Unleashed (Atlantic)
#50 (from 44)
4,075 sold

Just under 100,000 sold.

Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise)
#75 (from 70 )
2,850 sold

Though it’s technically a few weeks off according to Soundscan, Immortalized has become yet another gold record for Disturbed.

Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista)
#95 (re-entry)
2,325 sold

Ghost’s LP re-entered the charts thanks to the release of Popestar, which is being bundled with Meliora as a deluxe edition. It has sold over 96,000 copies.

Devin Townsend Project, Transcendence (InsideOut)
#96 (from 38)
2,325 sold