The new Metallica album `Death Magnetic` has debuted at number 6 in Australia with just one day on sale.
`Death Magnetic` broke tradition with the usual Australian release day of Saturday when it was released everywhere in the world on Friday, September 12.As the ARIA chart is based on sales from Saturday to Friday, the Metallica album earned the number 6 position from sales for September 12 alone.
`Death Magnetic` sold 4849 units nationally. There were no digital sales.
Victoria was the biggest state for the band with 2324 units sold. Next was New South Wales with 1137 sales. Then it went Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. (Tasmania is included in Victorian sales, ACT is included in NSW sales and the Northern Territory is included in Western Australian sales).
Elsewhere in the chart, the 17-year old `Black` album was at number 43; `Master of Puppets` is at 66, `Ride The Lightning` is at 73 and `And Justice For All` is at 77.
In the DVD chart, `S&M` is at 25 and `The Videos 1989-2004` is at number 29.
