Wednesday Sep 16 · 2026
Heavier than your average day · 19 artists returning · 1 new to the record.
Themes
The ReadoutEvidence by the numbers · mood read by machine
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heaviness over time →
two Xasthur tracks at dawn
the black metal canon by daylight
a wider death metal sweep at night
23
tracks
20
artists
22
albums
15h 12m
span
Heaviest rotation — Xasthur ×2 · Busiest hour — 22:00 (9 plays) · Longest gap — 08:09 → 15:38 (7h 29m)
Weight
7
lightheavy
Brightness
2
darkbright
Restlessness
7
settledrestless
Record of the DayThe album that owned the day
Running From Silence
Xasthur · Running From Silence
First Xasthur since Jul 06.
† Liner note
Xasthur was the one-man depressive black metal project of Scott Conner, its lo-fi murk built for isolation more than aggression.
07:51
Thorns Of Crimson Death
Dissection · Storm Of The Light's Bane
First Dissection since Sep 01.
† Liner note
From Storm of the Light's Bane (1995), the high-water mark of melodic Swedish black metal.
16:06
Exercises in Futility I
Mgła · Exercises in Futility
First Mgła since Aug 20.
† Liner note
Mgla, the Polish duo whose Exercises in Futility is a numbered sequence arguing that nothing anyone does will matter.
17:33
The Message [Tablet III]
Blood Incantation · Absolute Elsewhere
First Blood Incantation since Sep 01.
† Liner note
Blood Incantation are the Colorado band who fold cosmic and science-fiction themes into old-school death metal.
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