Genre in a city
The 14 most-read thrash metal artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
Artists
Readers October
New entries
14 artists are tagged thrash metal in San Francisco. The biggest move was Heathen, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Kirk Hammettheavy metal, thrash metal | 53,941 | 0 |
02 | Metal Churchheavy metal, thrash metal | 11,674 | 0 |
03 | Death Angelthrash metal, heavy metal | 10,431 | 0 |
04 | Possesseddeath metal, thrash metal | 8,468 | 0 |
05 | Paul Bostaphmetal, thrash metal | 6,841 | 0 |
06 | Heathenthrash metal, speed metal | 3,063 | +1 |
07 | Paul Baloffspeed metal, thrash metal | 2,842 | -1 |
08 | Traumaspeed metal, heavy metal | 1,384 | 0 |
09 | Dragonlordsymphonic black metal, thrash metal | 946 | 0 |
10 | Skinlabgroove metal, metal | 757 | 0 |
11 | Light This Citymelodic death metal, thrash metal | 345 | 0 |
12 | Hatchetthrash metal | 290 | 0 |
13 | Ludicraavant-garde, black metal | 268 | 0 |
14 | Epidemicdeath metal, thrash metal | 185 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.