Meshuggah find obZen-ity
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Paul
Meshuggah are well known among extreme metal circles for their innovative use of jarring rhythms and atonal chord changes. They are very definitely not a band for everyone, but if you have any appreciation for the experimental jazz influenced style known as technical or math metal, Meshuggah are a definite must have. Meshuggah released their 6th full length studio album a few months back entitled obZen, which has gone on to become fairly succesfull in both their native Sweden and the greater Nordic circle as a whole. It has also been receiving exceptionally good critical reviews. For those familiar with the band’s older work, it might be a bit different from expectations, but overall it is worth checking out.
obZen (released March 07, 2008)
- “Combustion” – 4:11
- “Electric Red” – 5:53
- “Bleed” – 7:22
- “Lethargica” – 5:49
- “obZen” – 4:27
- “This Spiteful Snake” – 4:55
- “Pineal Gland Optics” – 5:14
- “Pravus” – 5:13
- “Dancers to a Discordant System” – 9:36
Tags: math metal, Meshuggah, Sweden
July 1st, 2008 at 3:03 am
Two things, 1. Despite trying very hard, I’ve never really gotten into Meshuggah (too abrasive) but I have found myself actually playing this album occasionally, so I’d say that’s a pretty good recommendation right there. 2. For some reason it’s not letting me add media to the post, so I’ll come back tomorrow and try to put some photos in to liven the post up
July 1st, 2008 at 3:36 am
Paul, it might not have been letting you upload the picture because I have been uploading a lot of stuff (hundreds of MBs) onto the server tonight. I don’t know if there’s a limit per day or anything like that, but try again tomorrow.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Honestly I assumed it was something of the sort, and now that the photos are up all is good.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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