THE NEW FLESH INDEX: 🩸 Artists That Defined My Week #37 Sept 4th – Sep 10th, 2026

🎧 This week felt like a real blend of immersion and discovery. While Mastodon dominated my listening throughout the week, a handful of standout records from Fog Wall, Chat Pile and Nott kept finding their way back into my rotation. Despite fewer artists and albums than last week, my listening time increased dramatically, making this one of the busiest weeks of the year so far.

 

 🎧 Listening stats:

📊 735 plays (+55.4%)
🔱 12 artists (-20.0%)
💿 20 albums (-16.7%) (not full run-throughs)
🎧 173 tracks (+8.8%)
⏱ 57 hrs (+72.7%)
📈 105 plays/day (+54.4%)
🔥 Peak: Sep 7 — 153 plays (-14.5%)

 

 

🔱 Top Artists

🔱 Mastodon — 359 plays
🔱 Fog Wall — 101 plays
🔱 Chat Pile — 79 plays
 

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💿 Top Albums

💿 Fog Wall — Gloomweaver (2026) (101 plays)
💿 Chat Pile — Who Loves the Sun (2026) (79 plays)
💿 Nott — As All Is Undone (2026) (74 plays)

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🎧 Top Tracks

🎧 Fog Wall — Manor of Ensnarement (11 plays)
🎧 Nott — As All Is Undone (11 plays)
🎧 Nott — I Still Feel You Here (11 plays)

 

 

🎵 Top 30 Tracks Playlist

 

✅ Final verdict:
 
• This was my biggest listening week of the series so far
• Listening time surged to 57 hours
• Mastodon  dominated overall listening
• Fog Wall delivered the week's most-played album
• Artist and album counts fell, but total listening increased significantly
• A strong balance between repeat listening and new discoveries
 
⚔️ #37 was a week where Mastodon provided the backbone, while Fog Wall , Chat Pile and Nott ensured there was always something new to discover.
 

Band info: Mastodon | Fog Wall | Chat Pile | Nott