August wasn't a bad month for rock and metal overall. While many bands saw a decrease in listeners, overall the listens grew by 2.49%, up from 0.79% last month.
The biggest gains in new listeners were:
Carcass: +131.06% (New single)
Primitive Man: +75.96%
Gojira: +44.89% (New single)
Equilibrium: +40.59%
Vein: +36.47%
And, while we did see an overall increase, some bands did see a drop in fans:
Hirax: -20.46%
Kaonashi: -20.28%
Arrival of Autumn: -18.79%
Baest: -18.44%
Ensiferum: -18.23%
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As always, this is not an exact science, the rankings should not be taken as fact, as these are just ranking relative to the other artists we chose for this study. Meaning, there could be artists that may not have been listed who have more listens. We try to keep the list as accurate as possible, so if you know an artist missing, please mention it in the comments and we'll add it for next month.
- Queen: 33,246,113 -88,478 -0.27%
- Linkin Park: 19,815,218 +890,579 +4.71%
- AC/DC: 19,541,900 +182,509 +0.94%
- Guns N’ Roses: 18,145,789 -62,758 -0.34%
- Bon Jovi: 16,933,891 -167,389 -0.98%
- Metallica: 16,090,635 +460,701 +2.95%
- Nirvana: 14,877,399 +329,342 +2.26%
- Aerosmith: 14,755,871 -139,640 -0.94%
- Led Zeppelin: 14,429,507 -51,424 -0.36%
- Pink Floyd: 13,648,155 -46,835 -0.34%
- Foo Fighters: 11,547,511 +54,572 +0.47%
- Pearl Jam: 10,022,122 -115,399 -1.14%
- Van Halen: 9,148,654 -3,461 -0.04%
- System of A Down: 8,785,720 +34,683 +0.40%
- Kiss: 8,742,533 +467,026 +5.64%
- Scorpions: 8,630,778 +215,097 +2.56%
- Disturbed: 8,070,631 +64,586 +0.81%
- Black Sabbath: 7,983,403 +132,125 +1.68%
- Papa Roach: 7,441,285 +11,498 +0.15%
- Ozzy Osbourne: 6,983,042 +11,910 +0.17%
- Slipknot: 6,936,992 +112,888 +1.65%
- Evanesence: 6,868,442 +21,784 +0.32%
- Rage Against The Machine: 6,861,449 -38,665 -0.56%
- Deep Purple: 6,695,490 +235,234 +3.64%
- Limp Bizkit: 6,525,390 +90,663 +1.41%
- Three Days Grace: 6,397,596 +199,716 +3.22%
- Rammstein: 5,983,128 +711 +0.01%
- Iron Maiden: 5,762,505 +66,209 +1.16%
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5,690,097 +83,434 +1.49%
- Korn: 5,522,428 +310,945 +5.97%
- Five Finger Death Punch: 5,486,021 +43,055 +0.79%
- Whitesnake: 5,454,874 -124,627 -2.23%
- Bring Me the Horizon: 5,442,857 -53,565 -0.97%
- Motley Crue: 5,379,623 -157,755 -2.85%
- Marilyn Manson: 5,273,188 +683,630 +14.90%
- Skillet: 5,263,394 +57,657 +1.11%
- Audioslave: 5,256,740 +53,006 +1.02%
- Def Leppard: 5,205,021 -45,659 -0.87%
- Rise Against: 5,026,565 -69,769 -1.37%
- Shinedown: 4,979,230 +95,682 +1.96%
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4,943,489 +40,267 +0.82%
- Seether: 4,934,492 +164,179 +3.44%
- Soundgarden: 4,788,052 +39,082 +0.82%
- Breaking Benjamin: 4,767,951 -9,003 -0.19%
- Alice in Chains: 4,674,836 +124,339 +2.73%
- Thin Lizzy: 4,214,944 -28,390 -0.67%
- Blue Oyster Cult: 4,130,666 -31,504 -0.76%
- A Day to Remember: 4,123,855 +58,815 +1.45%
- Motorhead: 3,901,081 +45,401 +1.18%
- Stone Sour: 3,865,530 +5,612 +0.15%
- Volbeat: 3,730,762 -50,131 -1.33%
- Rush: 3,659,218 -50,251 -1.35%
- Godsmack: 3,587,154 +91,399 +2.61%
- Pantera: 3,511,892 +18,630 +0.53%
- Theory of a Deadman: 3,449,077 +40,671 +1.19%
- I Prevail: 3,367,937 +111,374 +3.42%
- Twisted Sister: 3,344,735 -68,456 -2.01%
- Poison: 3,296,656 -31,145 -0.94%
- Falling In Reverse: 3,255,447 +75,825 +2.38%
- Judas Priest: 3,183,322 -8,528 -0.27%
- Megadeth: 3,016,476 +71 +0.00%
- Faith No More: 3,014,755 +59,039 +2.00%
- Puddle Of Mudd: 3,012,807 +64,488 +2.19%
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3,002,069 +5,346 +0.18%
- Bad Wolves: 2,922,175 +42,491 +1.48%
- Quiet Riot: 2,920,991 -27,045 -0.92%
- Deftones: 2,747,727 +494,348 +21.94%
- Asking Alexandria: 2,732,286 -26,062 -0.94%
- Skid Row: 2,649,770 -85,377 -3.12%
- Tool: 2,618,573 +35,523 +1.38%
- Rob Zombie: 2,252,059 +64,970 +2.97%
- Drowning Pool: 2,231,373 +86,223 +4.02%
- Starset: 2,198,291 +130,133 +6.29%
- Greta Van Fleet: 2,157,685 -83,035 -3.71%
- Killswitch Engage: 2,133,389 +24,860 +1.18%
- Halestorm: 2,045,055 +206,079 +11.21%
- Dio: 2,022,175 -2,286 -0.11%
- Sabaton: 1,965,782 -5,622 -0.29%
- Our Last Night: 1,915,594 +108,382 +6.00%
- Slayer: 1,893,269 +8,633 +0.46%
- Trivium: 1,877,571 -56,726 -2.93%
- Pop Evil: 1,840,571 -3,640 -0.20%
- Warrant: 1,837,175 -7,210 -0.39%
- Nightwish: 1,731,885 -11,749 -0.67%
- Lamb of God: 1,681,716 -70,269 -4.01%
- Ghost: 1,669,113 -35,320 -2.07%
- Alter Bridge: 1,666,106 +1,747 +0.10%
- The Pretty Reckless: 1,628,346 +140,863 +9.47%
- The Cult: 1,609,711 +10,889 +0.68%
- In Flames: 1,547,021 +21,137 +1.39%
- In This Moment: 1,536,665 +80,030 +5.49%
- Mudvayne: 1,524,454 +38,424 +2.59%
- Atreyu: 1,517,191 +5,202 +0.34%
- Motionless in White: 1,515,280 +42,797 +2.91%
- Gojira: 1,500,482 +464,848 +44.89%
- Dragonforce: 1,496,353 +27,188 +1.85%
- Silverstein: 1,485,032 +1,260 +0.08%
- Within Temptation: 1,466,226 +348 +0.02%
- Poppy: 1,462,851 +230,051 +18.66%
- Parkway Drive: 1,406,609 -3,487 -0.25%
- All That Remains: 1,365,074 +21,856 +1.63%
- Slash: 1,353,075 +9,554 +0.71%
- Static-X: 1,335,992 +24,305 +1.85%
- Machine Head: 1,334,188 -23,491 -1.73%
- Dope: 1,288,743 +42,868 +3.44%
- Of Mice & Men: 1,276,189 +29,674 +2.38%
- Danzig: 1,252,656 +12,781 +1.03%
- Dream Theater: 1,213,097 +19,056 +1.60%
- Amaranthe: 1,204,798 +56,272 +4.90%
- Mastodon: 1,198,049 +262,876 +28.11%
- Primus: 1,197,109 +67,013 +5.93%
- Anthrax: 1,148,655 -10,320 -0.89%
- RATT: 1,123,667 -9,734 -0.86%
- Coheed and Cambria: 1,116,346 +123,100 +12.39%
- Black Stone Cherry: 1,070,750 +117,761 +12.36%
- White Zombie: 1,070,000 +23,492 +2.24%
- Adelitas Way: 1,068,445 +50,135 +4.92%
- Amon Amarth: 1,062,762 -24,072 -2.21%
- Helloween: 1,049,168 -9,425 -0.89%
- Misfits: 1,045,849 +11,226 +1.09%
- The Amity Affliction: 1,032,118 +12,955 +1.27%
- Nonpoint: 1,031,714 +39,089 +3.94%
- Underoath: 1,017,381 +85,269 +9.15%
- Nothing More: 1,010,220 +9,122 +0.91%
- Sevendust: 965,098 +75,713 +8.51%
- Airbourne: 963,843 +14,591 +1.54%
- As I Lay Dying: 943,348 -17,116 -1.78%
- Sepultura: 937,014 -14,737 -1.55%
- Accept: 904,993 -11,572 -1.26%
- Ice Nine Kills: 890,491 -877 -0.10%
- Fit For a King: 886,714 +96,606 +12.23%
- A.S.P: 871,791 -10,241 -1.16%
- Wage War: 842,851 +21,663 +2.64%
- Queensryche: 837,370 +10,961 +1.33%
- Tesla: 834,184 +8,449 +1.02%
- Alestorm: 821,029 +47,371 +6.12%
- Hammerfall: 794,099 +16,155 +2.08%
- Uriah Heep: 789,418 +8,630 +1.11%
- HELLYEAH: 785,130 -6,383 -0.81%
- Living Colour: 767,597 +6,980 +0.92%
- Architects: 748,716 -12,587 -1.65%
- Bury Tomorrow: 734,200 -106,932 -12.71%
- Manowar: 708,265 -4,946 -0.69%
- Slaves: 695,926 +117,903 +20.40%
- Opeth: 689,815 +16,236 +2.41%
- Riot: 676,599 +22,402 +3.42%
- Children of Bodom: 663,128 +12,386 +1.90%
- Soil: 662,287 +10,901 +1.67%
- Suicidal Tendencies: 659,011 +8,016 +1.23%
- Babymetal: 656,130 +58,767 +9.84%
- Fever 333: 654,733 -10,676 -1.60%
- Arch Enemy: 653,825 +807 +0.12%
- Hatebreed: 653,460 -12,605 -1.89%
- August Burns Red: 640,687 -14,717 -2.25%
- Fear Factory: 639,319 +10,820 +1.72%
- Type O Negative: 616,700 +24,445 +4.13%
- Testament: 607,518 -15,458 -2.48%
- Avatar: 605,202 +78,637 +14.93%
- Fozzy: 596,306 -196 -0.03%
- Lacuna Coil: 589,998 +9,848 +1.70%
- Clutch: 587,350 -12,949 -2.16%
- Bad Omens: 575,980 +14,242 +2.54%
- Insane Clown Posse: 571,613 +9,585 +1.71%
- Saxon: 539,153 -4,901 -0.90%
- Skindred: 535,087 +35,784 +7.17%
- Eluveitie: 534,119 +73 +0.01%
- Korpiklaani: 533,503 +6,136 +1.16%
- Porcupine Tree: 533,476 +16,233 +3.14%
- Meshuggah: 523,975 +19,806 +3.93%
- Cold: 521,956 +27,085 +5.47%
- Fire From The Gods: 521,139 +18,471 +3.67%
- Blind Guardian: 508,325 +13,313 +2.69%
- Polyphia: 501,635 +41,976 +9.13%
- Death: 501,154 +16,508 +3.41%
- The Devil Wears Prada: 492,685 +7,859 +1.62%
- Soilwork: 488,448 -19,886 -3.91%
- Suicide Silence: 484,939 +5,435 +1.13%
- The Veer Union: 483,502 +63,608 +15.15%
- Whitechapel: 480,510 +33,925 +7.60%
- Sonata Arctica: 480,510 +5,552 +1.17%
- The Ghost Inside: 477,934 -39,260 -7.59%
- Attila: 466,945 -11,210 -2.34%
- Epica: 465,681 +1,566 +0.34%
- Northlane: 460,864 +25,741 +5.92%
- Steel Panther: 451,335 -2,028 -0.45%
- Soulfly: 448,616 +15,745 +3.64%
- The Plot In You: 436,073 +1,510 +0.35%
- Dethklok: 435,422 +16,696 +3.99%
- After The Burial: 426,401 +143 +0.03%
- (Hed) P.E.: 425,402 +56,669 +15.37%
- Chelsea Grin: 406,567 +41,992 +11.52%
- Turisas: 402,870 +12,126 +3.10%
- Exodus: 396,517 -15,018 -3.65%
- Jinjer: 392,240 +17,265 +4.60%
- Kreator: 387,585 -29,103 -6.98%
- Avantasia: 384,131 +1,586 +0.41%
- Demon Hunter: 383,164 +14,327 +3.88%
- Thy Art is Murder: 378,449 -3,632 -0.95%
- Power Trip 376,471 +12,790 +3.52%
- Periphery: 375,380 +3,900 +1.05%
- Cannibal Corpse: 365,445 +5,402 +1.50%
- Monster Magnet: 363,219 +15,470 +4.45%
- Bad Brains: 358,467 +5,402 +1.53%
- Cradle of Filth: 356,850 +2,410 +0.68%
- Equilibrium: 353,458 +102,049 +40.59%
- Emmure: 351,604 -37,814 -9.71%
- Behemoth: 342,942 -20,581 -5.66%
- Refused: 342,084 -5,337 -1.54%
- Corrosion of Conformity: 341,959 +624 +0.18%
- Heaven Shall Burn: 340,880 +10,214 +3.09%
- Chon: 329,069 +1,016 +0.31%
- Kamelot: 321,806 -8,788 -2.66%
- Body Count: 320,556 -10,505 -3.17%
- Veil of Maya: 318,866 -6,470 -1.99%
- Poets of the Fall: 317,600 +6,255 +2.01%
- Code Orange: 317,058 +12,922 +4.25%
- Spineshank: 308,656 +31,751 +11.47%
- Amorphus: 304,146 -4,002 -1.30%
- Krokus: 298,255 +3,309 +1.12%
- New Years Day: 297,365 +5,992 +2.06%
- Dimmu Borgir: 296,939 +453 +0.15%
- Dirty Honey: 295,340 -10,336 -3.38%
- KMFDM: 294,286 +25,501 +9.49%
- Animals As Leaders: 293,895 +15,841 +5.70%
- Ensiferum: 291,609 -65,027 -18.23%
- Crobot: 289,008 -7,249 -2.45%
- Delain: 286,990 +657 +0.23%
- Light the Torch: 286,785 +6,326 +2.26%
- Anathema: 281,160 +5,914 +2.15%
- Diamond Head: 270,669 -7,864 -2.82%
- Secrets: 269,861 +39,882 +17.34%
- Overkill: 260,055 -10,604 -3.92%
- Pain: 259,016 +16,985 +7.02%
- Volumes: 249,620 +688 +0.28%
- Born of Osiris: 246,708 +5,982 +2.48%
- The Acacia Strain: 245,325 -11,684 -4.55%
- Sonic Syndicate: 241,786 +4,527 +1.91%
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 238,395 +1,087 +0.46%
- Red Fang: 233,718 +29,669 +14.54%
- Turmion Kätilöt: 231,285 -7,925 -3.31%
- Knocked Loose: 229,905 -836 -0.36%
- Mercyful Fate: 226,202 -9,508 -4.03%
- Baroness: 220,496 +16,324 +8.00%
- Devin Townsend: 219,094 +10,439 +5.00%
- King Diamond: 215,631 -6,504 -2.93%
- Dark Tranquility: 214,110 +6,471 +3.12%
- 3Teeth: 212,296 +13,555 +6.82%
- Venom: 209,443 -6,063 -2.81%
- Every Time I Die: 207,723 -6,962 -3.24%
- Finntroll: 207,497 +21,933 +11.82%
- Plini: 203,900 +4,701 +2.36%
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 203,822 +18,826 +10.18%
- Between the Buried and Me: 201,151 +22,591 +12.65%
- Protest The Hero: 200,942 +4,230 +2.15%
- TesseracT: 197,803 +182 +0.09%
- Sleep: 196,885 +3,761 +1.95%
- Carcass: 188,290 +106,800 +131.06%
- Fit For An Autopsy: 187,665 -15,546 -7.65%
- Otep: 186,543 +6,390 +3.55%
- The Birthday Massacre: 183,801 +6,319 +3.56%
- Stick To Your Guns: 183,536 -582 -0.32%
- Hyro the Hero: 182,928 +6,519 +3.70%
- Strapping Young Lad: 179,025 +9,550 +5.64%
- Myrkur: 177,288 +3,753 +2.16%
- The Contortionist: 177,001 +7,115 +4.19%
- Riverside: 174,163 +2,468 +1.44%
- Insomnium: 173,775 +4,431 +2.62%
- Ho99o9: 168,616 +4,565 +2.78%
- Mayhem: 166,544 +3,908 +2.40%
- The Unguided: 165,559 +34,184 +26.02%
- Death Angel: 163,224 -6,469 -3.81%
- Rhapsody of Fire: 160,111 +1,737 +1.10%
- Burzum: 159,363 +4,156 +2.68%
- The Browning: 159,319 +8,062 +5.33%
- Kvelertak: 159,037 +247 +0.16%
- Chimaira: 158,932 +5,852 +3.82%
- At the Gates: 157,589 -3,046 -1.90%
- Karnivool: 155,171 +13,106 +9.23%
- Caliban: 152,019 -2,848 -1.84%
- Counterparts: 150,795 -26,142 -14.77%
- Rotting Christ: 149,758 +7,083 +4.96%
- Lord Of The Lost: 148,771 +13,016 +9.59%
- Alien Weaponry: 147,025 +209 +0.14%
- Metal Church: 145,467 +3,344 +2.35%
- Gamma Ray: 145,203 +2,671 +1.87%
- Biohazard: 143,232 +7,382 +5.43%
- Deicide: 142,270 +2,377 +1.70%
- Satyricon: 142,202 +3,679 +2.66%
- Elvenking: 140,029 -4,589 -3.17%
- Dying Fetus: 133,640 +2,779 +2.12%
- Carnifex: 132,548 -360 -0.27%
- Shadows Fall: 129,875 +3,823 +3.03%
- Cattle Decapitation: 127,160 +4,610 +3.76%
- Kobra & the Lotus 126,850 +93 +0.07%
- Municipal Waste: 126,610 -1,962 -1.53%
- Deafheaven: 125,221 +15,609 +14.24%
- Zeal & Ardor: 124,488 +2,392 +1.96%
- The Ocean: 124,478 +856 +0.69%
- Dropout Kings: 123,760 +3,411 +2.83%
- High on Fire: 121,731 -2,745 -2.21%
- Celtic Frost: 121,260 -5,704 -4.49%
- Darkthrone: 118,261 +2,365 +2.04%
- Heidevolk: 117,467 -2,054 -1.72%
- Converge: 114,750 +49 +0.04%
- For Today: 114,682 +4,338 +3.93%
- Havok: 114,323 -02 -0.00%
- Unearth: 111,977 -3,136 -2.72%
- Gwar: 111,036 +4,223 +3.95%
- Bolt Thrower: 103,256 -6,615 -6.02%
- Bloodbath: 102,298 +2,503 +2.51%
- Darkest Hour: 101,360 +1,728 +1.73%
- If These Trees Could Talk: 100,839 +1,032 +1.03%
- Loathe: 97,345 +2,506 +2.64%
- Scar Symmetry: 96,466 +1,887 +2.00%
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 95,177 +3,902 +4.27%
- Nevermore: 93,525 +125 +0.13%
- Wintersun: 93,072 +1,646 +1.80%
- Nuclear Assault: 93,066 -3,732 -3.86%
- Antimatter: 85,187 +5,735 +7.22%
- Emperor: 85,176 +1,178 +1.40%
- Death: 83,079 +3,602 +4.53%
- Bloodywood: 82,516 -1,159 -1.39%
- Decapitated: 81,446 -75 -0.09%
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 81,016 -1,645 -1.99%
- The Agonist: 78,053 +1,541 +2.01%
- Cult of Luna: 77,932 +2,883 +3.84%
- Within the Ruins: 74,733 +1,505 +2.06%
- Devilskin: 74,247 +891 +1.21%
- Isis: 72,957 +3,499 +5.04%
- Toxic Holocaust: 72,807 -10,877 -13.00%
- Allegaeon: 71,427 +2,335 +3.38%
- Cellar Darling: 70,879 -106 -0.15%
- Marduk: 70,327 -36 -0.05%
- Rivers of Nihil: 69,681 +7,029 +11.22%
- Vein: 68,276 +18,245 +36.47%
- Warbringer: 68,260 +1,098 +1.63%
- King's X: 67,803 +471 +0.70%
- Armored Saint: 67,803 +184 +0.27%
- Oceano: 66,340 -523 -0.78%
- Crowbar: 65,732 +2,431 +3.84%
- Oh, Sleeper: 65,154 +1,621 +2.55%
- Dark Funeral: 64,678 +774 +1.21%
- Oceans of Slumber: 62,650 +6,849 +12.27%
- The Faceless: 62,068 +1,214 +1.99%
- VARG: 61,027 +5,029 +8.98%
- Revocation: 57,479 +659 +1.16%
- Suffocation: 57,431 -1,045 -1.79%
- Neurosis: 56,260 +264 +0.47%
- Torche: 50,606 -931 -1.81%
- Infected Rain: 48,435 +1,280 +2.71%
- Nachtblut: 47,026 +10,501 +28.75%
- The Warning: 46,286 +4,378 +10.45%
- Primitive Man: 42,414 +18,309 +75.96%
- Aborted: 42,275 -448 -1.05%
- Wednesday 13: 41,201 -151 -0.37%
- Iron Reagan: 40,922 +4,179 +11.37%
- BackWordz: 40,847 -6,502 -13.73%
- Yob: 38,064 +956 +2.58%
- Rage Of Light: 32,804 +1,667 +5.35%
- Uneven Structure: 28,180 +4,626 +19.64%
- God Forbid: 27,832 +04 +0.01%
- Kaonashi: 27,536 -7,007 -20.28%
- Green Lung: 26,829 +2,177 +8.83%
- Bloodbather: 23,358 -1,761 -7.01%
- Employed To Serve: 22,819 -248 -1.08%
- Rolo Tomassi: 20,469 -215 -1.04%
- Sanctuary: 20,108 +827 +4.29%
- Lovebites: 18,937 +1,348 +7.66%
- Beneath the Massacre: 18,924 -226 -1.18%
- Straight Line Stitch: 17,619 -82 -0.46%
- Takatak: 16,583 -257 -1.53%
- Hirax: 16,446 -4,230 -20.46%
- Mortality Rate: 16,072 -2,895 -15.26%
- Forget Tomorrow: 13,610 +173 +1.29%
- Imonolith: 10,987 -221 -1.97%
- Lords of the Trident: 10,488 -304 -2.82%
- Inferious: 10,268 -606 -5.57%
- Arrival of Autumn: 9,813 -2,271 -18.79%
- Evil Scarecrow: 9,690 +766 +8.58%
- Brutality Will Prevail: 8,989 -50 -0.55%
- A Dark Halo: 8,914 -1,006 -10.14%
- Baest: 6,488 -1,467 -18.44%
- Spirit Breaker: 5,007 +50 +1.01%
