Metallica will maintain the number one spot in the USA this week and keep new albums from Ne-Yo and Nelly from number one despite a 35% drop ins sales for week two.
According to Hits Daily Double, 'Death Magnetic' will sell around 329,000 units this week in America.
Ne-Yo is looking good for 250,000 sales for 'Year of the Gentleman'. Nelly falls back considerably with 81,000 of 'Brass Knuckles'.
The top 10 should also welcome in the solo debut from Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker. 'Learn To Live' is good for a top 5 spot on around 65,000 sales.
DJ Khaled 'We Global' and Buckcherry 'Black Butterfly' are both top 10 contenders.
Elsewhere down the chart, expect to see debuts from All That Remain 'Overcome', Raphael Saadiq 'The Way I See It', Avenged Sevenfold 'Live in LBC/Diamonds In The Rough', Eli Young Band 'Jet Black & Jealous', Colby O'Donis 'Colby O', Kirsty Lee Cook 'Why Wait', JEM 'Down To Earth' and Taproot 'Our Long Road Home'.
Undercover.com.au