Tuesday Aug 25 · 2026
Heavier than your average day · a short one · 5 artists returning.
Themes
The ReadoutEvidence by the numbers · mood read by machine
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heaviness over time →
METAL SAMPLER
BLUT AUS NORD
10
tracks
5
artists
6
albums
16h 22m
span
Heaviest rotation — Blut Aus Nord ×6 · Busiest hour — 02:00 (4 plays) · Longest gap — 11:01 → 02:09 (15h 08m)
Weight
7
lightheavy
Brightness
3
darkbright
Restlessness
4
settledrestless
Record of the DayThe album that owned the day
The Stargate [Tablet I]
Blood Incantation · Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation's 6th day in the record.
10:42
The Ordeal
Blut Aus Nord · Ethereal Horizons
First Blut Aus Nord since Aug 06.
† Liner note
Blut Aus Nord, the French one-man project known for microtonal, vertiginous black metal that sounds like nothing else.
10:49
Crystal Mountain
Death · Symbolic (Remastered Version)
Death's 6th day in the record.
† Liner note
Death's Crystal Mountain, from Symbolic (1995), Chuck Schuldiner's melodic, near-progressive peak.
11:00
Where Strides the Behemoth
Mastodon · Remission
First Mastodon since Jul 24.
† Liner note
Mastodon's Remission (2002), the Atlanta band's brawny early sludge, years before the prog.
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