2026: New Metal
An always-updated, catch-all mix of 2026’s best new metal, spanning all subgenres and adjacent scenes.
Doomgaze
A handpicked selection of the finest doomgaze. Heavy and intense doom drones wrapped up in shoegaze layers.
Post-Metal Essentials
A collection of the best post-metal tracks, with touches of atmospheric sludge, doom, and progressive metal, blending new releases with enduring classics.
Post-Black Metal & Blackgaze
A handpicked selection from atmospheric post-black metal and blackgaze.
Atmospheric Metal [Doom, Drone, Sludge, Post]
A handpicked selection of doom, drone, sludge and post-metal with a heavy focus on atmosphere.
Slow / Heavy Stoner Metal & Rock
Slow-to-midtempo stoner doom / stoner rock and heavy psych.
Atmospheric Black Metal
A handpicked selection of atmospheric and ambient black metal [with elements of cosmic black, post-black and more].
Instrumental Progressive Metal [Djent, Math Metal, Metalcore]
A handpicked selection of instrumental progressive metal, djent, math metal and metalcore. With a fine balance between the rhythmic and atmospheric side of things.
Progressive Metal [w/ heavy atmospherics]
A handpicked selection of progressive metal tempered with thick, heavy atmospherics.
Blackened Doom & Sludge Metal
A handpicked selection of doom and sludge laced with abrasive black metal elements.
Melodic / Technical Death Metal
Always updated. A handpicked selection of melodic and technical death metal [with elements of black, prog and more].
Blackened Death Metal
An always-updated collection built around the overlap between death metal and black metal.
Blackened Hardcore, Sludgecore & Crust
A handpicked selection of dark, blackened hardcore and sludgecore [with elements of crust punk, grindcore and more].
Metalcore & Metallic Post-Hardcore
A handpicked selection of progressive metalcore and post-hardcore metal.
Deathcore & Heavy Metalcore
A handpicked selection of deathcore and heavy metalcore [with elements of nu metal, math metal, djent and more].
Chaotic Hardcore & Mathcore
A handpicked selection of chaotic hardcore, mathcore, and noisecore, featuring a predominantly heavy, abrasive, and technical sound.
Post-Death Metal & Deathgaze
A handpicked selection blending death metal’s intensity and technical complexity with atmospheric elements from shoegaze, post-rock/metal, prog, doom, and beyond.
Metal with Saxophone
A metal-meets-sax collection spanning all metal subgenres, with each track featuring saxophone to varying degrees.
Instrumental Post-Metal
A handpicked selection of instrumental post-metal [with elements of sludge, doom, prog and post-black metal].
Upbeat Progressive Metal & Rock [Instrumental]
A handpicked selection of upbeat, uplifting, happy prog metal and rock instrumentals.
Upbeat Progressive Metal & Rock
A handpicked selection of melodically upbeat, uplifting, happy prog metal and rock.
Upbeat Black & Post-Black Metal
Melodically uplifting, summery, happy cuts from black metal, post-black metal, blackgaze and more.
Electronic Metal
Metal meets electronica. FFO synth-metal, electronicore, metalwave, industrial metal and everything in between.
Dreamy Alternative Metal
Alternative metal and rock with dreamy, ethereal atmospherics.
Noise & Industrial Metal
A handpicked selection of noise and industrial metal. Mostly dark, abrasive, slow and mid-tempo.
Avant-Garde Metal
Boundary-pushing metal with unorthodox textures, arrangements, and instrumentation.
Post-Metal: Best-kept Secrets
A collection of post-metal tracks, with touches of atmospheric sludge, doom, and progressive metal, deserving more attention.
