Metal By Numbers: War Against Charts

Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 8, 2023

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’re back! The best way to return is with Metal By Numbers! Here are the notable debuts and sales from April 21st through May 26th.

May 26, 2023 Releases:

Notable Debuts:

Artist/Album: Metal Church, Congregation Of Annihilation (Rat Pak Records)

Debut #: 19

Sold: 4625

Artist/Album: Immortal, War Against All (Nuclear Blast)

Debut #: 31

Sold: 2300

Artist/Album: Incendiary, Change The Way You Think About Pain (Closed Casket Activities)

Debut #: 32

Sold: 2250

Artist/Album: Cloak, Black Flame Eternal (Season of Mist)

Debut #: 115

Sold: 530

Artist/Album: Vomitory, All Heads Are Gonna Roll (Metal Blade)

Debut #: 130

Sold: 475

Artist/Album: Sirenia, 1977 (Napalm Records)

Debut #: 184

Sold: 350

Artist/Album: Arrival Of Autumn, Kingdom Undone (Nuclear Blast)

Sold: 100

Notable Sales:

Artist/Album: Ghost, Phantomine (Loma Vista Recordings)

#: 14

Sold: 5175

Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)

#: 20

Sold: 4600

Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)

#: 22

Sold: 4,000

Artist/Album: Fall Out Boy, So Much (For) Stardust (WEA/Fueled by Ramen)

#: 60

Sold: 1175

Artist/Album: Ghost, Impera (Loma Vista)

#: 82

Sold: 775

Artist/Album: Depeche Mode, Memento Mori (Columbia)

#: 90

Sold: 675

Artist/Album: Cattle Decapitation, Terrasite (Metal Blade)

#: 94

Sold: 650

Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, The Essential Foo Fighters (RCA)

#: 99

Sold: 615

Artist/Album: Pierce The Veil, The Jaws Of Life (Fearless Records)

#: 101

Sold: 600

Artist/Album: Smashing Pumpkins, Atum (Martha's Music)

#: 110

Sold: 550

Artist/Album: Godsmack, Lighting Up The Sky (BMG)

#: 120

Sold: 525

Artist/Album: Ozzy Osbourne, Patient Number 9 (Epic)

#: 130

Sold: 475

Artist/Album: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Return Of The Dream Canteen (Warner)

#:136

Sold: 450

Artist/Album: Disturbed, Divisive (Warner)

#: 159

Sold: 400

Artist/Album: Overkill, Scorched (Nuclear Blast)

#: 165

Sold: 380

Artist/Album: Bad Omens, The Death Of Peace Of Mind (Sumerian)

#: 168

Sold: 375

Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)

#: 175

Sold: 355

Artist/Album: Amity Affliction, Not Without My Ghosts (Pure Noise Records)

#: 193

Sold: 325

Artist/Album: Currents, Death We Seek (Sharptone)

Sold: 205

Artist/Album: VNV Nation, Electric Sun (Metropolis Records)

Sold: 200

Artist/Album: The Damned, Darkadelic (earMusic)

Sold: 175

Artist/Album: Enforced, War Remains (Century Media)

Sold: 150

Artist/Album: Dave Lombardo, Rites Of Percussion (Ipecac Recordings)

Sold: 145

Artist/Album: Thulcandra, Hail The Abyss (Napalm Records)

Sold: 125

Artist/Album: Archetypes Collide, Archetypes Collide (Fearless Records)

Sold: 115

Artist/Album: Burning Witches, The Dark Tower (Napalm Records)

Sold: 110

Artist/Album: Knocked Loose, A Tear In The Fabric Of Life (Pure Noise)

Sold: 110

Tags: 69 Eyes, Amity Affliction, Archetypes Collide, Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution, Arrival of Autumn, Avatar, Bad Omens, Bell Witch, Burning Witches, Cattle Decapitation, Cloak, Cradle of Filth, Crosses, Crown the Empire, Currents, Dave Lombardo, Dayseeker, Deathstars, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Devildriver, Dio, Disturbed, Dorothy, Dropkick Murphys, Electric Callboy, Elvenking, Enforced, Enforcer, Enter Shikari, Fall Out Boy, Fires In The Distance, Five Finger Death Punch, Foo Fighters, Ghost, Godsmack, Haken, Hollywood Undead, Ignea, Immortal, Incendiary, Jethro Tull, Knocked Loose, Lorna Shore, Mars Volta, Metal Church, Metallica, Motörhead, Overkill, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Pierce The Veil, Pink Floyd, Powerwolf, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sanguisugabogg, Shinedown, Sirenia, Sleep Token, Smashing Pumpkins, Spite, Spotlights, The Acacia Strain, The Damned, The Dark Side Of The Moon, The Hu, Thulcandra, Undeath, Underoath, Unearth, Veil Of Maya, VNV Nation, Vomitory, VV, Whitesnake, Winger, Yes

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