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The 28 most-read bands based in Athens, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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28 bands are ranked in Athens. The biggest move was Astarte, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rotting Christmelodic black metal, black metal | 7,351 | 0 |
02 | Septicfleshdeath metal, symphonic metal | 3,875 | 0 |
03 | Nightstalkerstoner rock, hard rock | 1,122 | 0 |
04 | Suicidal Angelsthrash metal | 1,005 | 0 |
05 | Πυξ Λαξrock | 994 | 0 |
06 | Astarteblack metal, blackened death metal | 880 | +5 |
07 | Nightfallmelodic death metal, death metal | 764 | -1 |
08 | Mother of Millionsprogressive metal, metal | 738 | +2 |
09 | Necromantiablack metal | 568 | -2 |
10 | Socrates Drank the Coniumprogressive rock, blues rock | 538 | -1 |
11 | Dead Congregationdeath metal | 402 | -3 |
12 | On Thorns I Laygothic metal, doom metal | 366 | +2 |
13 | Thou Art Lordblack metal | 240 | -1 |
14 | The Last Drivealternative rock, garage rock | 211 | +2 |
15 | Στέρεο Νόβαtechno | 191 | -2 |
16 | In Trance 95electronic, minimal synth | 154 | +2 |
17 | Triumpherheavy metal, power metal | 130 | 0 |
18 | Memorainthrash metal | 116 | -3 |
18 | Divinerheavy metal | 116 | 0 |
20 | SadDoLLsgothic metal | 99 | +1 |
21 | Bio‐Cancerthrash metal | 80 | -1 |
22 | Battleroarheavy metal, power metal | 67 | 0 |
23 | Cyannaalternative rock | 66 | +1 |
24 | Dephosphorusgrindcore, black metal | 64 | -1 |
25 | Nexusgothic rock, industrial rock | 59 | 0 |
26 | Baby Gurukrautrock, neo-psychedelia | 36 | 0 |
27 | Wastefallprogressive metal | 26 | 0 |
28 | Επίκουροιlaiko | 21 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.