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January 2nd → January
8th, 2026
A curated descent into the tracks that shaped my week: the most vital, corrosive, forward‑leaning new metal, stitched together with a few choice relics from the vault. This rotation drags through the sounds that actually left a mark — the ones that scraped bone, rewired pulse, or refused to loosen their grip once they sank in.
This week’s choice cuts move from the bleak, melodic crush of PICT — blending Black, Death, Doom and Sludge into a uniquely miserable strain — into the old‑school brutality of Redivider, whose debut full‑length channels 90s Florida death metal with modern precision and narrative weight. b e s o t drag the rotation into industrialised dissonant sludge, while Force Carrier launch it outward with instrumental, sci‑fi‑infused progressive death metal. Semper Acerbus bring the serrated urgency of 00s metalcore, Denominate spiral into progressive death metal shaped by Opeth, Ne Obliviscaris, In Mourning and Black Crown Initiate, and Abysm scorch the edges with a blast of blackened thrash.
Rounding out the descent is the unmistakable heft of Will Haven — a band whose sound remains a singular force in post‑hardcore and noise‑laden heaviness. Their trademark blend of suffocating atmosphere, bruised‑knuckle groove, and emotional abrasion adds a different kind of gravity to the rotation: less cosmic, less technical, but raw, human, and punishing in a way only Will Haven can deliver.
A clean incision to open 2026 — and the flesh only gets stranger from here.
A curated descent into the tracks that shaped my week: the most vital, corrosive, forward‑leaning new metal, stitched together with a few choice relics from the vault. This rotation drags through the sounds that actually left a mark — the ones that scraped bone, rewired pulse, or refused to loosen their grip once they sank in.
This week’s choice cuts move from the bleak, melodic crush of PICT — blending Black, Death, Doom and Sludge into a uniquely miserable strain — into the old‑school brutality of Redivider, whose debut full‑length channels 90s Florida death metal with modern precision and narrative weight. b e s o t drag the rotation into industrialised dissonant sludge, while Force Carrier launch it outward with instrumental, sci‑fi‑infused progressive death metal. Semper Acerbus bring the serrated urgency of 00s metalcore, Denominate spiral into progressive death metal shaped by Opeth, Ne Obliviscaris, In Mourning and Black Crown Initiate, and Abysm scorch the edges with a blast of blackened thrash.
Rounding out the descent is the unmistakable heft of Will Haven — a band whose sound remains a singular force in post‑hardcore and noise‑laden heaviness. Their trademark blend of suffocating atmosphere, bruised‑knuckle groove, and emotional abrasion adds a different kind of gravity to the rotation: less cosmic, less technical, but raw, human, and punishing in a way only Will Haven can deliver.
A clean incision to open 2026 — and the flesh only gets stranger from here.
⚔️ Total streams: 350 ↑ 48% vs. last
week
🩸 Total
Artists streamed: 12 ↓ 8%
⚔️ Total Albums
streamed: 20 ↑ 18%
🩸 New Tracks streamed: 93 ↓ 12%
🩸 New Tracks streamed: 93 ↓ 12%
⚔️ Top Artist: Will Haven (158 streams)
🩸 Top Album: Will Haven – “Open the
Mind to Discomfort” (48 streams)
⚔️ Top
Track: Pict – “III.
Searching” (9 streams)
🩸 The New Flesh Index Playlist
#1 (January 2nd to January 8th, 2026)
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