Genre in a city
The 32 most-read metal artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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32 artists are tagged metal in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Angel Rot, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal | 191,555 | 0 |
02 | Paul Graymetal, rock | 24,723 | +1 |
03 | Fear Factoryindustrial metal, death metal | 21,316 | -1 |
04 | Kerry Kingheavy metal, metal | 17,684 | +1 |
05 | Ron McGovneyheavy metal, metal | 17,043 | +1 |
06 | Body Countmetal, crossover thrash | 14,755 | -2 |
07 | Tracii Gunsmetal, rock | 13,523 | +1 |
08 | Mammothrock, hard rock | 8,752 | +1 |
09 | Don Dokkenhard rock, metal | 7,097 | +1 |
10 | Lizzy Bordenheavy metal, glam metal | 5,989 | -3 |
11 | Light the Torchmetalcore, alternative metal | 4,274 | 0 |
12 | As Blood Runs Blackdeathcore, metalcore | 2,304 | +2 |
13 | Excelcrossover thrash, alternative metal | 2,204 | 0 |
14 | Divine Heresymetal | 2,166 | -2 |
15 | Wasted Youthmetal, pigfuck | 1,860 | +1 |
16 | Dry Cellhard rock, metal | 1,530 | -1 |
17 | Odinheavy metal, hard rock | 1,471 | 0 |
18 | The Human Abstractmetalcore, metal | 1,350 | 0 |
19 | Agent Steelspeed metal, metal | 1,320 | 0 |
20 | Bitchheavy metal, hard rock | 979 | +1 |
21 | Evildeadthrash metal, metal | 936 | +1 |
22 | My Ruinheavy metal, metal | 876 | -2 |
23 | Wakratalternative rock, alternative metal | 621 | 0 |
24 | Holy Terrormetal, speed metal | 374 | +1 |
25 | Abattoirmetal, speed metal | 372 | -1 |
26 | Teenage Time Killersheavy metal, hard rock | 337 | 0 |
27 | Angel Rotdoom metal, metal | 320 | +5 |
28 | Prototypeprogressive metal, metal | 217 | -1 |
29 | Stormerhard rock, glam metal | 207 | -1 |
30 | Mind Over Fourchristian hardcore, alternative metal | 169 | +1 |
31 | Socionicprogressive, metal | 142 | -1 |
32 | Precious Deathmetal | 89 | -3 |
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.