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New Meshuggah Track Available Online For Streaming

posted Feb 9, 2012 at 7:16 PM by xFiruath.  (29 Comments)

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A new Meshuggah track off the band's upcoming album "Koloss" has been posted online via the website Iamaleak, apparently "leaked" by the band's management. Check out the song in the player below.

"Koloss" will be released March 23rd, 2012 and has the following track listing:

1. I Am Colossus
2. The Demon’s Name Is Surveillance
3. Do Not Look Down
4. Behind The Sun
5. The Hurt That Finds You First
6. Marrow
7. Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion
8. Swarm
9. Demiurge
10. The Last Vigil

What's Next?

29 Comments on "New Meshuggah Track Available Online"

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1. Drum_Junkie writes:

Kolossal!!!!
This will sound CRUSHING live!

Bears some similarity to 'Nothing'.

# Feb 9, 2012 @ 7:33 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. GTR writes:

f***ing sweet.

# Feb 9, 2012 @ 10:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. ZONTAR writes:

Metalunderground is so azz-backward, they're using a MESHUGGAH pic that is nearly 20 years old!!!

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 12:28 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Progressivity_In_All writes:

I like where this is headed. Jens is thankfully not on full-thrust the entire song and the sound really is colossal.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 12:43 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Jonh writes:

AHHHHH! I CAN'T WAIT! lml

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 8:00 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. DoomedLung writes:

Meshuggah, as crushing as ever.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 8:59 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. WOLF7 writes:

Oh yes! That sounded brilliant, in full sense of the expression.

That's what I love about Meshuggah; they're never stuck with any kind of formula of doing things, they do what they please. If one chord movement sounds right, one it is, if five sounds right, five it is. There's just nothing pretentious about this band.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 9:13 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. KREDD writes:

eh, so repetitive and boring, 7 minutes of the same riff over and over and over and over...i've tried getting into these guys in the past but just can't

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 9:44 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. gaspoweredrobot writes:

Gotta love posts 7 & 8, easily my favorite thing about Meshuggah is how polarizing they are.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 12:01 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Zontar writes:

"...polarizing..." - very well observed. But the qualifier here is that dude who has continuously tried to "...get into these guys..." is obviously on the IDIOT side of the divide.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 1:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. KREDD writes:

Yeah Zontar and you're an IDIOT for not liking a band that i like. it makes total sense.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 2:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. hellrat writes:

I do like it, but I also found myself looking forward to a progression/dynamic that never really happened.

So I guess this puts me in the middle, somewhere between the poles...is this allowed??? Or does it make me an ignorant and moronic tasteless fvcking ashhole? :)

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 2:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. WOLF7 writes:

I can fully understand that some people are not into this band at all. They're not for everybody. I'm a huge fan and there are some Meshuggah tracks I can't get into.

But, I liked this one. It's not the best Meshuggah track ever or even close, but I still like it. And what I like about it is precisely it's simplicity.

Hellrat, that's perfectly fine in my books, but better check with DB to be 100% sure ;)

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 2:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. Drum_Junkie writes:

^ Nope, it just means you got high centered and stuck in the middle.

If you could get a little "higher" and listen again, maybe you'll find direction and get off center. ;)

And BTW, I'm not going to taste your fvcking ashhole. I don't care how many morons you can fit in there. lol

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 3:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. RememberMetal? writes:

Ponderous, and beautiful. The bass is so dense... This track is definitely in the same family as "Nebulous" (a personal favorite) from 'Nothing'.

Because I was a 'Destroy Erase Improve' inductee, I''ve always had a soft spot for when these guys play in fast-forward mode but this track is a beast. Can't wait to hear the whole album.

Any guesses as to which track this is?

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 3:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. xulbehemoth509 writes:

Middle of the road? It's called having options and there's nothing wrong with that, hellrat

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 3:20 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. hellrat writes:

Damn yoo DJ! Not even a small little nibble? What if I had MORMONS in there? Could you resist a tasty little sample then? :)

Well smartypants, I say yoo can kish my ash anyway! Not on zis side (, and not on zis side ), but right in zee middle *!! Butt be careful, don't get bottomed out down there ;)

And yes, thank you X Behemoth, but I'm just waitin here for Zuntar the Munificent to grant me passage ;)

NP---1866---Hellrat at the Helm! \m/

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 3:47 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. Drum_Junkie writes:

LMAO! Depends on if its Romney or Huntsman. :D

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 3:55 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. BrianMN writes:

I like it but I’m relatively new to Djent.
Started with Osiris' “Discovery”.
I’m also really liking Vildhjarta.
People seem to calling them Meshuggah clones but I disagree.
Check out the song Dagger if you haven’t heard them.
I have to get Shuggy’s back catalog………sigh……..so little time……so little money.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 4:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. Blindgreed1 writes:

Blocked... Damn.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 5:09 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. Blindgreed1 writes:

FVCKIN SWEET!!!

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 7:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. RememberMetal? writes:

KREDD

Try listening to the tracks "Future Breed Machine" and "Combustion". They're standard issue Meshuggah and slightly catchy to boot. If those tracks don't do it for ya after a few spins then don't waste your time.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 7:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. RememberMetal? writes:

KREDD

Try listening to the tracks "Future Breed Machine" and "Combustion". They're standard issue Meshuggah and slightly catchy to boot. If those tracks don't do it for ya after a few spins then don't waste your time.

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 7:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. funk36 writes:

It's all about atmosphere and filling those gaps with MESHUGGAH. Also, they're not gonna throw out their most punishing song on the album right out the gate. Let's wait till the drop till we go one way or the other. The sound is a bit different then expected. But isn't that what MESHUGGAH is all about?

# Feb 10, 2012 @ 9:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. Robcragg writes:

So dam heavy! Love it! Can't wait to hear the album

# Feb 11, 2012 @ 1:46 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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26. WOLF7 writes:

KREDD, I'd throw "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" in there as well, but RememberMetal is right: "Future Breed Machine" and "Combustion" should do the trick. If not, then they're not for you.

# Feb 11, 2012 @ 7:30 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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27. Progressivity_In_All writes:

FUTILE BREAD MACHINE!

# Feb 11, 2012 @ 1:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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28. Demoncleaner23 writes:

I read somewhere that this track may be "Break those bones whose sinews gave it motion". We shall see I guess. Hypnotizing pummeling power!!

# Feb 12, 2012 @ 12:23 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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29. KREDD writes:

@RememberMetal?, thanks for the suggestions, i'll check em out.

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