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Meshuggah Guitarist Talks About New Album

posted Jan 18, 2008 at 7:12 PM by Diamond Oz.  (26 Comments)

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MTV.com has issued the following report from Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn

It's been three long years since we've heard anything new from MESHUGGAH, but on March 11th, the Swedish experimental-metallers return with what's maybe the first metal album of 2008 that deserves a solid listen. The follow-up to 2005's Catch Thirty-Three, obZen is the product of a year's worth of writing and marks something of a regression for the band, according to guitarist Mårten Hagström.

"We had this vision to make a dense album that was going back to the old songwriting structure we'd been using, where it'd have songs that were linked to each other by a common thread but still had a different identity," he explained.

"Now, listening back to the album, that's something I think is the best part of the album, that we pulled that off and managed to get the diversity in there - if you can call what we're doing 'diverse,' with the kind of aggression that's involved. But we aimed to make an album that had that severe, aggressive quality to it. We wanted to get back to the sheer intensity of what we do, but really, it was all a semiconscious thing for us.

"I think this album's a little more direct than the previous ones," he continued. "It's more back to the in-your-face brutality of our older records and has a lot of qualities of what we've done over our career."

Read the full article at MTV.com.

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26 Comments on "Meshuggah Guitarist Talks About New Album"

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1. EVAD... writes:

Hell yeah i can't wait to here this album!!!
MESHUGGAH ARE BRUTAL!!!
I've said it before and i'm sayin it again MESHUGGAH MOTHERf***ERS BRING YOUR SONIC DESTRUCTION OF TERROR DOWN TO AUSTRALIA!
Play the f***in gigantour? My life will not be worth living if i dont get to see and here this sh** live!
ObZen cant f***in wait!!! BEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!

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2. Arrhythmia writes:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uzt7TaCjnhs

enjoy...i suck as f**k did

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 3:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Kalis_wrath writes:

I get to see these guys live in 2 months... f*** me running its so close and yet so far away!

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 4:06 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Red_Chord writes:

Hail Meshuggah, one of my favourite band of all time. They are so brutal and intense I am pissing my pants right now...good thing that I was wearing an adult diaper...

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 5:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Red_Chord writes:

sh** f*** motherf***er. Just listened to the song bleed for the new album. INf***INSANE. The drummer is so f***ing good. I think my ears will quit this life when the album comes out. f***ing p***y ears...Can't wait !!!

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 6:02 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Kalis_wrath writes:

*LMAO* Red, you should be d metal comedian and go on tour with Vortex of Dimmu Borgir. I am watching my ISD DVD (for the millionth time) and he is a crack up!

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 6:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Kalis_wrath writes:

Holy crap! ITS SNOWING IN MY AREA! WOOHOO! I hope it sticks! I want to make a metal snow man! Sorry for the side note, but am excited and wanted to share it. Its comming down pretty good too. :)

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 6:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Red_Chord writes:

Yeah well where I live there is so much snow I could probably give you 30000000000000000 tons for free. And it's NOT a 1 time limited offer and you just have to cover the shipping and handling. By the way, I was thinking about it and I think that Meshuggah's drummer is not human. Interpol should check him out.

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 7:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. cruor writes:

^You French Canadians have all the luck (with snow anyway) here in VA it snowed last week and Richmond (where I happen to live) was the only place where it didnt stick

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 7:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Kalis_wrath writes:

Its not sticking here either sadly. Curor is right though you Canadians do get lucky with the snow. Even if you sent me snow the rain we get in Washigton would melt it faster than Meshuggah's drum lines! I am sure you are right about him though. He is probably from Mars or Jupiter.

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 8:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Red_Chord writes:

Yeah we get so much snow it's great. My snowboard loves it. But we don't really have snow that behaves, it doesn't shovel itself. Baaaaaaaad snow.
The drummer is from farther than those planets, even another dimension like lalaland but more evil and nastier...

# Jan 26, 2008 @ 10:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. OBZEN writes:

f*** talkin about snow d***S!!!
MESHUGGAH is what its about, not f***in SNOWMEN!!!
Sonic terror thats what label this band should be under!!!
By far the most inventive band on this entire planet! Thats because Meshuggah are from another planet all together and ToMos Haake is a f***in alien this drummer sh**s all over the Slipknot drummer and he should be on the front cover of every drumming magazine in the world!!!
HAIL MESHUGGAH

# Jan 27, 2008 @ 10:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. Red_Chord writes:

Meshuggah'S drummer is certainly one of the all time best

# Jan 27, 2008 @ 10:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. Kalis_wrath writes:

*LOL* Maybe its time to ground the snow Red? Thats my soulution for misbehaveing snow. *nods* I cant wait for the Ministry/Meshuggah show! Its going to f***ing rock my world more ways than one! Already have my ticket too.

# Jan 27, 2008 @ 10:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. iEATbabies writes:

cant wait for this

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 12:35 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. Red_Chord writes:

Well the snow is grounded Kalis. you're lucky to see them, in concert, the won't come to my city, they only go to Montreal usually.

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 7:42 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. Red_Chord writes:

By the way, for those who haven't seen it check this out...it's freaking great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YEqmIIdj8

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 7:50 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. FocusShift writes:

The cd is amazing. I'm not the biggest Meshuggah fan but I love the new disk.

Sorry, not trying to gloat that I have it but rather to inform all of you guys you will not be disappointed one bit.

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:12 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. Red_Chord writes:

Well you should gloat about it cause I would.

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 5:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. Red_Chord writes:

Alright let me just start to gloat cause I kinda unofficially found it...if you get what I am saying...and if I would have it it could sound so f***ing heavy that my pants are or could be on fire.

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 5:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. Red_Chord writes:

Ah sorry I kinda heard the first riff of the song Obzen and I am currently trying to peel my face off the wall...help please ?!

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 5:47 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. SlugEmperor writes:

of course ive seen that video but i want to that new song!

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 7:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. Kalis_wrath writes:

*peels Reds face off the wall while laughing my a$$ off* Dude! What is that smell?! I think you did something in your pants man! Go take care of that laundry brother!

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 7:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. Red_Chord writes:

Can't ! Too busy listening to metal mayhem. Thanks for peeling my face off the wall though. A by the way if you want to know how I could have obtain the whole album (I am not saying I did) I would surely use Soulseek to do it, but I wouldn't...

# Jan 28, 2008 @ 7:39 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. Kalis_wrath writes:

*LMAO* Red you are too much fun and never allowed to leave this site! *ties you to your chair and duck tapes the ropes* Muhahahaha! My phone sucks and cant do that thing that we dont know if you did or not.
Now playing- Rob Zombie "Past, present and future" on full blast baby I going home to drink and party it the f*** up!

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26. Red_Chord writes:

Did what ? I am just saying that if I did it, which I didn't, or did but really didn't I wouldn't tell that I did, if I did but I didn't but I would use Soulseek but I really don't know what that is, but if I did, it doesn't matter because I would still buy the album anyways, but I might have been the kid that found all his Christmas gifts before Christmas...don't tell my Mom. But really I didn't find my gifts before Christmas but if I did I would put it back right where it was...

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