Weekly Album Chart - Week 172

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks on chart	Artist / Album	Release date	Peak position
1	1	1	9	Avantasia Moonglow 6 weeks at No. 1	Feb 15, 2019	1 (6 wks)
2	2	─	2	Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan	Apr 5, 2019	2
3	4	11	3	Devin Townsend Empath	Mar 29, 2019	3
4	NEW ▶		1	Valley of the Headless Of Madness Spawned	Mar 22, 2019	4
5	3	2	8	Dream Theater Distance Over Time	Feb 22, 2019	1 (3 wks)
6	7	3	10	Beast in Black From Hell with Love	Feb 8, 2019	1 (1 wk)
7	5	10	7	In Flames I, the Mask	Mar 1, 2019	4
8	6	5	13	Syu Vorvados	Jan 23, 2019	2
9	9	8	14	Soilwork Verkligheten	Jan 11, 2019	1 (4 wks)
10	11	9	4	Battle Beast No More Hollywood Endings	Mar 22, 2019	3
11	10	6	4	Lacrimosa Zeitreise [Compilation]	Mar 18, 2019	4
12	─	─	2	Samchung Way of Men - 남도 (男道)	Oct 25, 2005	7
13	8	7	3	Anthem Nucleus	Mar 29, 2019	7
14	─	─	3	Metallica Garage Inc.	Nov 24, 1998	14
15	NEW ▶		1	Therion Of Darkness...	Feb 1991	15
16	NEW ▶		1	Dauþuz Monvmentvm	Apr 13, 2019	16
17	12	14	29	Dark Mirror ov Tragedy The Lord ov Shadows	Aug 20, 2018	1 (3 wks)
18	NEW ▶		1	Exumer Hostile Defiance	Apr 5, 2019	18
19	15	12	8	Rhapsody of Fire The Eighth Mountain	Feb 22, 2019	3
20	37	─	12	Edguy Mandrake	Sep 24, 2001	10
21	16	4	3	Yngwie Malmsteen Blue Lightning	Mar 29, 2019	4
22	14	─	2	Merciless The Awakening	Feb 1990	14
23	─	─	115	Vektor Terminal Redux	May 6, 2016	1 (19 wks)
24	─	─	6	Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill	May 3, 1996	6
25	13	─	2	Aephanemer Prokopton	Mar 22, 2019	13
26	NEW ▶		1	Inferi The End of an Era \| Rebirth	Apr 12, 2019	26
27	─	─	8	Converge Jane Doe	Sep 4, 2001	3
28	─	─	52	Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine	Nov 10, 1992	2
29	47	34	10	N.EX.T The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World	Sep 1995	16
30	18	13	6	Equipoise Demiurgus	Mar 8, 2019	8
31	─	─	6	Noizegarden Noizegarden	Aug 1996	13
32	17	─	2	A New Revenge Enemies & Lovers	Mar 29, 2019	17
33	─	─	39	Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse	Feb 21, 1994	9
34	─	─	100	Megadeth Rust in Peace	Aug 21, 1990	1 (2 wks)
35	─	─	86	Slayer Reign in Blood	Oct 7, 1986	7
36	21	15	33	Deep Purple Machine Head	Mar 25, 1972	12
37	NEW ▶		1	閃靈 (Chthonic) 高砂軍 (Takasago Army)	Jul 6, 2011	37
38	NEW ▶		1	Zeal & Ardor Live in London [Live]	Mar 22, 2019	38
39	25	20	8	Candlemass The Door to Doom	Feb 22, 2019	9
40	─	─	10	Sigh Imaginary Sonicscape	Jul 23, 2001	14
41	19	16	13	Sonata Arctica Ecliptica	Sep 4, 1999	16
42	35	22	13	Sulphur Aeon The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos	Dec 21, 2018	7
43	23	17	15	Chapel of Disease ...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye	Nov 23, 2018	3
44	20	─	2	Triumvir Foul Urine of Abomination [EP]	Feb 7, 2019	20
45	24	─	20	Mgła Exercises in Futility	Sep 4, 2015	1 (1 wk)
46	22	─	47	Dream Theater Images and Words	Jul 7, 1992	3
47	33	─	8	Rainbow Rising	May 17, 1976	10
48	31	18	7	Overkill The Wings of War	Feb 22, 2019	7
49	NEW ▶		1	Crystal Lake Helix	Nov 28, 2018	49
50	26	23	17	In Flames The Jester Race	Feb 20, 1996	11