PLAYLIST: 🩸 THE NEW FLESH INDEX #1 - MONTHLY ROTATION - January 2026

 

My Top January 2026 compiled by Deezer
 
⚔️ Total minutes streamed: 6147
🩸  Total Artists streamed: 54
⚔️ Total Tracks streamed: 352
 
🩸  Top 10 Artists (minutes streamed): 
 
1). Will Haven (916 minutes)
2). The Ruins of Beverast (361 minutes)
3). Megadeth (330 minutes)
4). Vesseles (290 Minutes)
5). Null Existence (265 minutes)
6). Death Cult (251 minutes)
7). Ov Sulfur (227 minutes)
8). Pict (205 minutes)
9). Kreator (196 minutes)
10). Vermocracy (190 minutes)
 
⚔️ Top Tracks (most streamed)
 
1). Gravity Chasm – “Decompiled” (25 times)
2). Pict – “III.Searching” (11 times)
3). Pict – IV. The Nomad (10 times)
4). Pict – “II. Condemned” (10 times)
5). Redivider – “Bask in the Rot” (10 times”
6). Redivider – “Quartred & Devoured” (10 times)
7). Deadwood – “Tales of Massacre” (10 times)
8). Vesseles – “Perpetual Chasm of Black Mirrors” (9 times”
9). Semper Acerbus – “One Day At A Time” (9 times”
10. B e s o t – “feral escalation” (9 times”
 
🩸  The New Flesh Index Monthly (Jan 2026) 49 tracks, 3hrs 31mins of music featuring, Pict, Redivider, Semper Acerbus, b e s o t, Lionheart, Deadwood, Death Cult, Will Haven, Denominate, Kreator, Force Carrier, Viserion, Bite Down, Megadeth, Aendsnigh, The Ruins of Beverast, Vesseles, Null Existence, Carrion Vael, Blanket.

PLAYLIST: 🩸 THE NEW FLESH INDEX — WEEKLY ROTATION #5 Friday, January 23rd to Thursday, January 29th, 2026

 

January 23rd → January 29th, 2026

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A curated descent into the tracks that defined January 23rd – January 29th: the most vital, corrosive, forward‑leaning new metal of the week. This rotation drags through the sounds that actually left a mark — the ones that scraped bone, rewired pulse, or refused to let go once they sank in.

This week’s choice cuts pull from across the spectrum: the final, self‑titled statement from Megadeth, a closing chapter delivered with cold precision; the first full‑length from hateful hardcore metal unit DEATH CULT, featuring ex‑Purgatory (FR) members — a debut that swings like a rust‑pitted blade and leaves the wound open; Vesseles – “Home”, a symphonic black metal odyssey built on piano‑driven motifs, towering orchestral surges, jagged dissonance, and wounded melodic turns carved straight from personal upheaval; Soen – “Reliance”, a progressive metal offering that tightens their melodic discipline while sinking deeper into shadowed emotional terrain, each movement shaped by shifting dynamics and a relentless sense of control; the fire‑and‑fury assault of Viserion – “Fire and Blood”; and the surgical brutality of Carrion Vael – “Slay Utterly”. Every entry earned its place by force, not familiarity.

What remains is a leaner, more volatile rotation — built on impact rather than excess, every cut chosen for the way it bruised, rattled, or refused to loosen its grip throughout the week. A clean incision to open 2026 — and the flesh only gets stranger from here.

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⚔️ Total streams: 387 ↑ 29% vs. last week
🩸  Total Artists streamed: 19 ↑ 27%
⚔️ New Albums: 21 ↑ 45%
🩸  New Tracks streamed: 112 ↑ 18%
⚔️ Total Listening Time: 1 day, 6 hours ↑ 31%
🩸  Average Streams: 55 per day ↑ 28%
⚔️ Most Active Streaming Day: 79 on January 23rd, 2026 ↑ 5%

⚔️ Top Artist: Megadeth (85 streams)

🩸  Top Album: Soen – “Reliance” (73 streams)

⚔️ Top Track: Vesseles– “Perpetual Chasm of Black Mirrors” (9 streams)

🩸  The New Flesh Index Playlist #5