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Brutal Death Metal Artists

The 50 most-read brutal death metal artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

60

Readers October

80,038

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

60 artists are ranked in brutal death metal. The biggest move was Desecravity, up 12 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Dying FetusUpper Marlboro · United States
11,369
0
02
SuffocationNew York · United States
9,363
+1
03
NileGreenville · United States
9,085
+1
04
CryptopsyMontréal · Canada
8,351
-2
05
MorticianYonkers · United States
3,526
0
06
DevourmentDallas · United States
2,848
0
07
IngestedManchester · United Kingdom
2,175
+6
08
Defeated SanityDachsbach · Germany
1,956
-1
09
MonstrosityFort Lauderdale · United States
1,955
0
10
Waking the CadaverNew Jersey · United States
1,918
0
11
Impending DoomRiverside · United States
1,895
0
12
AngelMakerNorth Vancouver · Canada
1,780
-4
13
SmileyRomania
1,713
-1
14
OriginTopeka · United States
1,594
+1
15
I Declare WarSeattle · United States
1,383
+6
16
FulciCaserta · Italy
1,352
+2
17
Extermination DismembermentMinsk · Belarus
1,274
-3
18
KatalepsyMoscow · Russia
1,193
-1
19
Deeds of FleshCalifornia · United States
1,096
0
20
DisgorgeSan Diego · United States
1,017
0
21
Internal BleedingLong Island · United States
949
-5
22
Decrepit BirthSanta Cruz · United States
834
+1
23
CephalotripsySan Diego · United States
687
+4
24
EmbodymentUnited States
675
+5
25
BrodequinKnoxville · United States
658
0
26
BenightedSaint-Étienne · France
647
-2
27
MalignancyYonkers · United States
639
+1
28
WormedMadrid · Spain
613
-6
29
Annotations of an AutopsyLowestoft · United Kingdom
612
+1
30
Beneath the MassacreMontréal · Canada
574
+1
31
Abysmal DawnLos Angeles · United States
561
+2
32
Brain DrillCalifornia · United States
538
0
33
Circle of Dead ChildrenWashington · United States
494
+3
34
Abated Mass of FleshMurfreesboro · United States
445
+4
35
PathologyUnited States
383
0
36
Cerebral BoreGlasgow · United Kingdom
377
-2
37
VileConcord · United States
328
-11
38
AbnormalityMarlborough · United States
315
-1
39
MyrkskogNorway
298
+1
40
KronosThaon-les-Vosges · France
293
+3
41
JasadBandung · Indonesia
284
0
42
CenotaphAnkara · Türkiye
260
-3
43
DisentombBrisbane · Australia
182
+1
44
BeheadedFgura · Malta
161
+2
45
DerangedHjärup · Sweden
140
-3
46
Bent SeaWilrijk · Belgium
137
-1
47
DesecravityTokyo · Japan
113
+12
48
InhumeLimburg · Netherlands
111
-1
49
Visceral BleedingMalmö · Sweden
110
+1
50
RevulsedMelbourne · Australia
100
+3

Rising outside the top 50this month

51
Odious MortemSan Francisco · United States
90
+5
59
Mental HorrorPorto Alegre · Brazil
38
+1
57
HouwitserRotterdam · Netherlands
62
+1
54
MerlinMoscow · Russia
74
+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.