metal artists

51 artists ranked by Spotify popularity. Open one for albums by year, top songs and similar artists.

#	Artist	Followers	Popularity
1	Metallica	34.7M	83
2	System Of A Down	15.6M	82
3	Slipknot	15.4M	79
4	Bring Me The Horizon	7.1M	79
5	Rammstein	12.6M	78
6	Avenged Sevenfold	12.7M	77
7	Korn	10.7M	77
8	Black Sabbath	10.5M	77
9	Disturbed	8.0M	75
10	Iron Maiden	10.9M	74
11	Ozzy Osbourne	8.5M	74
12	Five Finger Death Punch	7.2M	73
13	Pantera	6.9M	73
14	TOOL	4.9M	73
15	Motionless In White	2.3M	73
16	Ghost	4.0M	72
17	Marilyn Manson	5.2M	71
18	Sabaton	2.6M	71
19	Megadeth	6.5M	70
20	Godsmack	3.9M	69
21	Rob Zombie	4.0M	68
22	Bullet For My Valentine	3.7M	68
23	I Prevail	2.0M	68
24	Architects	1.4M	67
25	Electric Callboy	1.2M	67
26	Spiritbox	1.2M	67
27	Judas Priest	4.7M	66
28	Slayer	4.7M	66
29	Gojira	1.9M	66
30	Ice Nine Kills	1.3M	66
31	Motörhead	4.7M	65
32	Drowning Pool	2.7M	65
33	Nightwish	2.5M	65
34	Killswitch Engage	2.3M	65
35	Lamb of God	2.4M	64
36	Black Label Society	2.0M	64
37	Asking Alexandria	2.5M	63
38	Sepultura	2.5M	63
39	Trivium	1.8M	63
40	Bad Wolves	971K	63
41	Within Temptation	1.5M	62
42	In Flames	1.3M	62
43	Dio	3.2M	61
44	Dream Theater	1.9M	61
45	In This Moment	1.5M	61
46	Parkway Drive	1.3M	61
47	Powerwolf	1.1M	61
48	We Came As Romans	991K	61
49	Wage War	674K	61
50	Slaughter to Prevail	1.1M	60
51	Lorna Shore	997K	60

Questions

Who are the most popular metal artists?

By Spotify popularity: Metallica, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, Rammstein, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Black Sabbath.

How many metal artists are listed?

51 artists above the popularity threshold carry the metal tag.