Chaosphere
| Chaosphere | ||||
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| Studio album by Meshuggah | ||||
| Released | 10 November 1998 | |||
| Recorded |
Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal | |||
| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal | |||
| Meshuggah chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[2] |
Chaosphere is the third album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 10 November 1998, by Nuclear Blast. Chaosphere's sound is an almost complete departure from the thrash style of the band's previous releases, instead focusing on the technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".
The Japanese version of the album contains a bonus song, titled "Unanything", as track 9. This song was also included on the promotional card-sleeve CD as track 6. At the end of the track 8, all the songs from the album are played at once.
The "Reloaded" re-release features four of the five tracks from The True Human Design EP.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Concatenation" | Haake | Thordendal | 4:17 |
| 2. | "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" | Haake | Thordendal, Hagström | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Corridor of Chameleons" | Haake | Thordendal | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Neurotica" | Hagström | Hagström | 5:20 |
| 5. | "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled" | Haake | Thordendal | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Sane" | Haake | Kidman, Hagström | 3:49 |
| 7. | "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture" | Haake | Haake, Thordendal | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Elastic" | Haake | Hagström | 15:30 |
| 9. | "Unanything" (Japanese bonus track) | (Instrumental) | 3:01 |
| Re-release bonus tracks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 10. | "Sane" (demo version) | Haake | Kidman, Hagström | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version) | Haake | Meshuggah | 8:11 |
| 12. | "Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version) | Haake | Meshuggah | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm) | Haake | Meshuggah | 7:30 |
| 14. | "Future Breed Machine" (Remix) | Haake | Meshuggah | 6:46 |
Personnel
Meshuggah
- Jens Kidman – vocals
- Gustaf Hielm – bass
- Tomas Haake – drums, vocals (on "Sane" and "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture")
- Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
- Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, synthesizers
Production
- Daniel Bergstrand – recording, mixdown
- Fredrik Thordendal – recording, mixdown
- Peter in de Betou – mastering (at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Tomas Haake – artwork, design
- Meshuggah – art direction
- John Norhager – band photo
References
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r382654
- ↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
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