It's quite good.
I just wanna talk about two tracks;
'Demon's Name...' is one of their worst songs - literally 4 minutes of chugging triplets with some random (well probably
not random, this IS Meshuggah) - guitar stabs overlaid on top of it. I honestly don't know what they saw in this track to
record it in the first place!!
'Marrow', however, is a stone cold classic. Encapsulates all the rhythmic innovation that makes Meshuggah one of the most
distinctive bands in the history of the genre, and the outro at 4:48 is as danceable and catchy as metal can ever get. I really
think it will be a staple of their live set and one of the handful of tracks people will remember them for.
Overall, to me this album has a highlight that ranks alongside 'Bleed' and the rest of the tracks are more solid than those
in Obzen. I rank Koloss higher than Obzen, Catch 33 and Chaosphere, and below Destroy Erase Improve and Nothing.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Album's very good.
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Album Rating: 4.0
demiurge & behind the sun have the most epic atmospheres imo.
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I like the new one. The production is "warmer" and more "human" instead of the usual cold and compressed digital production of their previous stuff. In short, it sounds less like a computer and more like a band. Bravo, Meshuggah
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The solo in Don't Look Down fucking bugs the shit out of me, though.
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How can you hate "The Demon's Name is Surveillance ," the song is just straight to the point and balls out? I have to admit, I am really liking this record alot because it sounds like a band playing with each other more so than the last few albums...as people been saying.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I heard I Am Colossus and Do Not Look Down. I got into these songs, I can't wait to hear the whole thing. I hope it's a lot like their ObZen album.
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the demon's name is fucking brutal, the only thing that's random in that song is the erection i get when that riff kicks in
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
"'Demon's Name...' is one of their worst songs - literally 4 minutes of chugging triplets with some random (well probably
not random, this IS Meshuggah) - guitar stabs overlaid on top of it. I honestly don't know what they saw in this track to
record it in the first place!!"
I bet most people are going to have a lot of different favorite tracks on this one. I personally wouldn't say that Demon's Name is my favorite but I do think it is pretty awesome. I especially think it is an interesting song for Meshuggah because it implies a 6/8 meter on the "verses". You can really hear that 6 beat swing on the high hat part. I can't think of another song of theirs that is in a triple meter like this. Even this late in their career, the masters of innovation continue to come up with new ideas.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Demon's Name is the third best on the album
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@phil: this song's about to rock my neighborhood. i also noticed about the meter you were talking about; although i know jack-shit about theory, i did notice the hats. keep the headbanging on the hats and just sway to the bass drum
dis shit be epic
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Your neighborhood has no idea how much awesomness it has comin'!
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good review but this band is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Meshuggah's vox feel reminiscent of nu-metal always to me kind of has a rapping thing going at some points.
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Uh oh. There's more 4s than 4.5s now =S
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Album Rating: 4.5
yea it's really damn good
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Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off
i still don't understand the appeal of this band
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Album Rating: 3.0
you never will
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Album Rating: 3.0
It's actually pretty good
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Album Rating: 4.0
Chugs done right.
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