This has actually been out since October in the band’s native Canada. Priestess, Prior to the Fire (Tee Pee) 400 sold is actually touring with them, which might make for some confusion. The band’s third full-length is off to a pretty good start, but a former KISS guitarist outsold them by 200 records.ĭommin, Love is Gone (Roadrunner) 1,400 sold Through the Eyes of the Dead, Skepsis (Prosthetic) 1,500 sold Not to be confused with R&B sensation B2K. Howard Stern and Iced Earth fans combined to sell about 1,100 records each of this surprisingly good album.īruce Kulick, BK3 (Rocket Science) 1,700 sold Maybe if I got paid by the word.Ĭharred Walls of the Damned, Charred Walls of the Damned (Metal Blade) 2,200 sold This album’s subtitle is way too long for me to type. Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe 2: (Loud and Proud/Roadrunner) #8 49,000 sold Fear Factory and Mutiny Within top FMQB’s charts. There’s no home runs on the metal front, but some pretty decent increases on the chart. With the Grammys taking place last week, it looks like some people actually decided to buy music. And Wayne’s idea of rock seems to be a) look cool with a guitar and, um, that’s about it. A few things of note: that’s about 825,000 less than his last album sold in the first week. However, his “rock album” Rebirth is the #2 album this week, having sold 175,000 copies. If it wasn’t for Li’l Wayne, Rob Zombie would have the biggest rock debut of the week. Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB , whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.