Genre in a city
The 32 most-read metal artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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32 artists are tagged metal in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Odin, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal | 154,684 | 0 |
02 | Paul Graymetal, rock | 71,675 | 0 |
03 | Fear Factoryindustrial metal, death metal | 30,953 | 0 |
04 | Body Countmetal, crossover thrash | 23,643 | +2 |
05 | Tracii Gunsmetal, rock | 14,813 | +2 |
06 | Ron McGovneyheavy metal, metal | 14,232 | -2 |
07 | Kerry Kingheavy metal, metal | 14,085 | -2 |
08 | Mammothrock, hard rock | 10,431 | 0 |
09 | Don Dokkenhard rock, metal | 7,475 | 0 |
10 | Light the Torchmetalcore, alternative metal | 4,475 | 0 |
11 | Lizzy Bordenheavy metal, glam metal | 4,208 | 0 |
12 | Divine Heresymetal | 3,739 | 0 |
13 | As Blood Runs Blackdeathcore, metalcore | 2,358 | 0 |
14 | Odinheavy metal, hard rock | 1,946 | +4 |
15 | Excelcrossover thrash, alternative metal | 1,925 | +4 |
16 | Wasted Youthmetal, pigfuck | 1,841 | -1 |
17 | The Human Abstractmetalcore, metal | 1,828 | -3 |
18 | Dry Cellhard rock, metal | 1,573 | -1 |
19 | Agent Steelspeed metal, metal | 1,311 | -3 |
20 | Bitchheavy metal, hard rock | 987 | +2 |
21 | My Ruinheavy metal, metal | 974 | 0 |
22 | Evildeadthrash metal, metal | 918 | -2 |
23 | Wakratalternative rock, alternative metal | 860 | 0 |
24 | Teenage Time Killersheavy metal, hard rock | 840 | +1 |
25 | Abattoirmetal, speed metal | 415 | -1 |
26 | Holy Terrormetal, speed metal | 282 | 0 |
27 | Prototypeprogressive metal, metal | 279 | 0 |
28 | Stormerhard rock, glam metal | 165 | 0 |
29 | Mind Over Fourchristian hardcore, alternative metal | 142 | 0 |
30 | Socionicprogressive, metal | 138 | +1 |
31 | Precious Deathmetal | 121 | -1 |
32 | Angel Rotdoom metal, metal | 92 | 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.