THE NEW FLESH INDEX: 🩸 Artists That Defined My Week #41 Oct 2nd – Oct 8th, 2026

 

This week marked a shift away from the tightly contested three-way battle of week #40. The overall listening numbers barely moved, but the records occupying most of my listening time certainly did. Dissimulator, The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake and God Mother took over the week, with Artifice Dissolves, Euphoric Dread and Köttvärld accounting for the bulk of the listening.
 
As always, I would definitely recommend checking out all of these three bands, along with ambretta, who also featured in this week’s curated playlist.
 
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📊 Weekly Breakdown
 
🎧 486 plays (+1.3%)
 👤 9 artists (-10.0%)
 💿 12 albums (+20.0%)
 🎵 90 tracks (+83.7%)
 ⏱️ 28 hrs (-15.2%)
 📅 69 plays/day (0.0%)
 🔥 Peak: Oct 6 — 173 plays (-13.9%)
 
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👑 Top Artists
 
🥇 Dissimulator — 106 plays
🥈 The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake — 99 plays
🥉 God Mother — 83 plays
 
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💿 Top Albums
 
🥇 Dissimulator — Artifice Dissolves (2026) — 106 plays
 ↳ Approx. 11.8 album listens
🥈 The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake — Euphoric Dread (2026) — 99 plays
 ↳ Approx. 14.1 album listens
🥉 God Mother — Köttvärld (2026) — 83 plays
 ↳ Approx. 6.9 album listens
 
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🎵 Top Tracks
 
🥇 The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake — “Threshold Dweller” — 15 plays
🥈 The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake — “Black Tar” — 14 plays
🥉 The Great Ox in the Belly of a Snake — “Lavish Torment” — 14 plays
 
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🎧 THE NEW FLESH INDEX #41

🎧 What's taken over your listening this week?

"Load the chamber, spin the cylinder, and pull the trigger": THE SLUDGELORD PREMIERE of "The Black Kaleidoscope" by Vorvan

Over the last 12 months I couldn’t fail to be impressed by fast emerging German DIY label WOOAAARGH, an imprint that first came to my attention with the release of the crushing album “Grim Love” by Grim Von Doom, they are label specialising in hardcore punk/metal.  Over the last few months we have featured three of their most recent releases, the excellent God  Mother/Artemis split, While Sun End’s new full length and only last week, we debuted the misanthropic maelstrom of Implore and their 5 track scarifying EP, “Thanatos”. 

With those releases in the bank, the momentum of WOOAAARGH shows not sign of wavering, indeed on October 14th 2016 the label will co-release “Once Love Was Lost” , the new album from Vorvaň.   Formed in Moscow, Russia in 2009 by guitarist Eugene Cherevkov, the band went through several line-up changes before settling into its current line up.  Since their inception it wasn’t long before Vorvaň began to build up a solid buzz in their native country and as a result they have shared the stage with heavyweights such as Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Walls of Jericho.

Despite the fact they have unleashing their brand of anarchic punk since 2012, Vorvaň remain relatively unknown outside of their native Russia, until now that is.  Musicians most notably from Converge and From Ashes Rise, took part in making “Once Love Was Lost” become a reality and as a result the album will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the best albums of 2016, as ‘Once Love Was Lost’ represents a new era for the band.

So if you’re fan of Converge, Trap Them, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon, Disfear, load the chamber, spin the cylinder, and pull the trigger, as we unleash the album track “The Black Kaleidoscope”

'Once Love Was Lost' will be released on Gatefold 2LP, accompanied by a mammoth 32-page Booklet and available in the following colours,  200 silver & black mixed,  200 solid white and 100 doom black .  It can be pre ordered here

 

Band info: facebook

The Sludgelord Exclusive Premiere: GOD MOTHER | ARTEMIS Split 7"

By: Aaron Pickford

Fans of Black Flag, Converge, The Melvins, Gaza, Rotten Sound rejoice, because on the 16 June, a blistering new release will hit the streets.  Coming at you like a disgruntled vigilante, God Mother, strive to create the heaviest and best noise possible, unleashing 3 lacerating cuts on this new release, leaving listeners broken, following their sudden and instanteous assault to your senses. 

The second perpetrator, on this tag team assault, come armed, brandishing grinding axes. grimy bass lines, pummelling drum beats. Artemis trade in chaotic hardcore, an unrefined and energetic cacophony underpinned with off-kilter fury, showcasing a counter attack the likes of which Converge, The Chariot, The Dillinger Escape Plan, are known for.   Released on limited edition vinyl, this seven inch is resolutely and ashamedly furious.  So sit back and check out this fanastic split in full below. Order your copy via Wooaaargh Records  here

GOD MOTHER | ARTEMIS Split 7" track listing:

1). GOD MOTHER - Between Voids (02:13)

2). GOD MOTHER - Loss (02:34)

3). GOD MOTHER - Passa Dig (01:37)

4). ARTEMIS - Nonentity (02:33)

5). ARTEMIS - Absentees (02:17)