Thrash metal veterans
Slayer released new album
Repentless last week, and the outing sold roughly 50,000 copies, good enough to debut at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. This is Slayer's highest charting album on said chart to date. While the band's 2006 effort
Christ Illusion sold more copies (62,000) in its first week, it debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Here are some other first-week results for recent Slayer albums.
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World Painted Blood (2009): 41,000, #12 Billboard 200
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God Hates Us All (2001): 51,000, #28 Billboard 200
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Diabolus in Musica (1998): 46,000, #31 Billboard 200
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Divine Intervention (1994): 93,000, #8 Billboard 200