Metallica and Slipknot and were recently listed by YouTube as the top two streaming metal artists on their service. Metallica raked in 29 million views over the course of a week, while Slipknot pulled in 13.8 million views. Using YouTube's new search engine, we've now compiled a list of the most popular Metallica and Slipknot videos from the past 28 days.
Please note that YouTube lists "Nothing Else Matters" as both #1 and #6 for Metallica. It's the same video, but it looks like maybe it has something to do with the aspect ratio at which the video is shown.
Metallica
- Nothing Else Matters (22.7M views)
- Enter Sandman (10.3M views)
- The Unforgiven (8.38M views)
- One (6.34M views)
- Master Of Puppets (4.69M views)
- Nothing Else Matters (3.96M views)
- For Whom The Bell Tolls (2.98M views)
- Fade To Black (2.66M views)
- Whiskey in the Jar (2.64M views)
- Wherever I May Roam (2.53M views)
Slipknot
- Psychosocial (5.71M views)
- The Devil in I (5.15M views)
- Unsainted (4.73M views)
- Before I Forget (4.63M views)
- Duality (4.04M views)
- Nero Forte (3.52M views)
- Solway Firth (2.85M views)
- Snuff (2.69M views)
- All Out Life (1.75M views)
- Wait and Bleed (1.63M views)
For reference, the #1 artist on YouTube between February 7 and 13 was Indian playback singer Alka Yagnik. Yagnik had 326 million views in just one week, which is some absolutely insane perspective when you look at the above numbers and their time frames.
Metallica are keeping a relatively low profile in 2020, with five scheduled U.S. festival dates and a short South American tour, while Slipknot plan to keep very busy this summer with a massive tour.
