Genre in a city
The 14 most-read thrash metal artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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14 artists are tagged thrash metal in San Francisco. The biggest move was Ludicra, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Kirk Hammettheavy metal, thrash metal | 46,365 | 0 |
02 | Metal Churchheavy metal, thrash metal | 12,681 | 0 |
03 | Possesseddeath metal, thrash metal | 9,632 | 0 |
04 | Death Angelthrash metal, heavy metal | 9,209 | 0 |
05 | Paul Bostaphmetal, thrash metal | 5,389 | 0 |
06 | Paul Baloffspeed metal, thrash metal | 2,754 | +1 |
07 | Heathenthrash metal, speed metal | 1,986 | -1 |
08 | Traumaspeed metal, heavy metal | 1,113 | 0 |
09 | Dragonlordsymphonic black metal, thrash metal | 886 | 0 |
10 | Skinlabgroove metal, metal | 795 | 0 |
11 | Light This Citymelodic death metal, thrash metal | 358 | 0 |
12 | Ludicraavant-garde, black metal | 276 | +2 |
13 | Hatchetthrash metal | 272 | -1 |
14 | Epidemicdeath metal, thrash metal | 183 | -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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.