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The 42 most-read bands based in Richmond, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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42 bands are ranked in Richmond. The biggest move was Shy, Low, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | GWARmetal, hardcore punk | 37,156 | 0 |
02 | Lamb of Godmetalcore, groove metal | 25,638 | 0 |
03 | Bad Omensmetalcore, alternative metal | 21,210 | 0 |
04 | FireHouseglam metal, hard rock | 7,794 | 0 |
05 | Sparklehorseindie rock, alternative rock | 5,985 | 0 |
06 | Municipal Wastethrash metal, crossover thrash | 3,746 | 0 |
07 | Windhanddoom metal, stoner metal | 3,231 | 0 |
08 | Carbon Leafbluegrass, alternative country | 2,102 | +1 |
09 | Iron Reagancrossover thrash, hardcore punk | 1,683 | +2 |
10 | Butcher Brownfunk, hip hop | 1,154 | 0 |
11 | Cannabis Corpsedeath metal | 1,111 | +1 |
12 | Strike Anywherepunk, melodic hardcore | 1,110 | -4 |
13 | Broadsidepop punk, alternative rock | 899 | +1 |
14 | City of Caterpillarpost-hardcore, screamo | 830 | +1 |
15 | Labradfordpost-rock, ambient | 795 | -2 |
16 | House of Freaksalternative rock | 540 | +1 |
17 | Engine Downpost-hardcore | 435 | -1 |
18 | Down to Nothingpunk rock | 431 | 0 |
19 | Shy, Lowpost-rock, instrumental | 409 | +5 |
20 | Inter Armablack metal, post-metal | 371 | -1 |
21 | Denaliindie rock | 328 | +4 |
22 | Gregor Samsapost-rock | 315 | -2 |
23 | Men’s Recovery Projectexperimental rock, noise rock | 289 | +3 |
24 | Conditionsemo, pop punk | 285 | -3 |
25 | Smoke or Firepunk | 252 | +5 |
26 | Keponeindie rock, post-hardcore | 249 | -4 |
27 | The Erniesalternative rock, hard rock | 236 | -4 |
28 | Peltavant-folk, drone | 228 | -1 |
29 | The Rock-A-Teensrockabilly | 219 | +3 |
30 | Inquisitionpunk rock | 204 | -2 |
31 | Ann Berettapunk rock | 201 | -2 |
32 | Breadwinneralternative metal, math rock | 188 | -1 |
33 | (Young) Pioneersfolk punk, punk rock | 170 | +1 |
34 | VCRpunk rock | 130 | -1 |
34 | River City Highhard rock | 130 | +2 |
36 | Wrinkle Neck Mulesalternative country | 93 | +1 |
37 | Single Bullet Theorynew wave | 92 | +1 |
38 | Eggsindie rock | 87 | -3 |
39 | Bats & Micenoise pop | 69 | +1 |
40 | Rah Braselectropunk | 37 | -1 |
41 | The Technical Jedindie rock | 36 | +1 |
42 | Tree Fort Angstindie pop | 25 | -1 |
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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.