CHARTS: Top rock & metal albums – Week of October 17

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Discover the official charts of Rock & Metal albums in France SNEP/SCPP/OCC for week 43 (from October 17 to 23, 2025).

An avalanche of new releases shakes up the top six places in the charts. So, Tame Impala and his Deadbeat comes first, followed by a double of David Gilmour with its box The Luck and Strange Concerts and his Live At The Circus Maximus. Fans of Scorpios also responded by placing From The First Stinga compilation celebrating the group's 60-year career, in fourth position.

Comes next From the Pyrethe new album from the English The Last Dinner Partyfollowed by the great return of Coronerwith Dissonance Theory which comes out 30 years after its predecessor. The top 10 is closed by Legendsthe new album from the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton.

Further down the rankings, the Finns of Battle Beast place their Steelbound in 16th place, ahead of Sunlight In The Shadows of Miles Kanewhich is placed in 22nd position. Biohazard strengthen this top with Divided We Fallwhich comes in 29th place.

Discover the complete ranking on the SNEP website.

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THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS OFFICIAL RANKING

Are eligible for Top Rock & Metal the albums of novelties (marketed for less than three years) rock directories and metal, informed as such by the distributor. This ranking holds sales account of supports as well that farms digital audio and video, according to defined parameters by profession and transcribed in thethe rules of the top developed by the SNEP. The stated aim is to “show the richness and diversity of musical successes that adopted these aesthetics,” explains Alexandre Lasch, general director of SNEP, to the editorial staff. A new classification which fits into a perspective already put in place by the organization: “We had already set up classifications with classical and jazz. We therefore wanted to show more of the successes of rock and metal in France. »

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