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The 42 most-read bands based in Richmond, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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42 bands are ranked in Richmond. The biggest move was Pelt, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Lamb of Godmetalcore, groove metal | 31,307 | +1 |
02 | GWARmetal, hardcore punk | 27,116 | -1 |
03 | Bad Omensmetalcore, alternative metal | 23,820 | 0 |
04 | FireHouseglam metal, hard rock | 9,299 | 0 |
05 | Sparklehorseindie rock, alternative rock | 6,477 | 0 |
06 | Municipal Wastethrash metal, crossover thrash | 4,891 | 0 |
07 | Windhanddoom metal, stoner metal | 2,546 | 0 |
08 | Butcher Brownfunk, hip hop | 2,510 | +1 |
09 | Iron Reagancrossover thrash, hardcore punk | 1,382 | -1 |
10 | Strike Anywherepunk, melodic hardcore | 1,336 | +1 |
11 | Carbon Leafbluegrass, alternative country | 1,306 | -1 |
12 | Cannabis Corpsedeath metal | 1,142 | -1 |
13 | Broadsidepop punk, alternative rock | 829 | 0 |
14 | City of Caterpillarpost-hardcore, screamo | 815 | 0 |
15 | Down to Nothingpunk rock | 683 | +2 |
16 | Labradfordpost-rock, ambient | 671 | -1 |
17 | House of Freaksalternative rock | 524 | -1 |
18 | Inter Armablack metal, post-metal | 392 | +1 |
19 | Engine Downpost-hardcore | 387 | +1 |
20 | Gregor Samsapost-rock | 355 | +1 |
21 | The Erniesalternative rock, hard rock | 296 | -3 |
22 | Peltavant-folk, drone | 270 | +6 |
23 | The Rock-A-Teensrockabilly | 266 | 0 |
23 | Denaliindie rock | 266 | +2 |
25 | Conditionsemo, pop punk | 259 | -1 |
25 | Breadwinneralternative metal, math rock | 259 | +1 |
27 | Smoke or Firepunk | 247 | 0 |
28 | (Young) Pioneersfolk punk, punk rock | 203 | +2 |
29 | Men’s Recovery Projectexperimental rock, noise rock | 198 | -7 |
30 | Shy, Lowpost-rock, instrumental | 195 | +5 |
31 | Ann Berettapunk rock | 188 | -2 |
32 | Inquisitionpunk rock | 179 | 0 |
33 | Keponeindie rock, post-hardcore | 163 | -2 |
34 | Eggsindie rock | 137 | +2 |
35 | VCRpunk rock | 131 | -2 |
36 | River City Highhard rock | 130 | -2 |
37 | Wrinkle Neck Mulesalternative country | 126 | 0 |
38 | Single Bullet Theorynew wave | 89 | 0 |
39 | Rah Braselectropunk | 33 | 0 |
40 | Bats & Micenoise pop | 24 | +2 |
41 | The Technical Jedindie rock | 22 | 0 |
42 | Tree Fort Angstindie pop | 17 | -2 |
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.