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Obzen  | 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Nuclear Blast America Catalog: Music Release date: 2008-03-11 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0727361193720 Upc: 727361193720  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (9) |
 Combustion Electric Red Bleed - Meshuggah, Thordendal, Fredrik | Lethargica Obzen This Spiteful Snake | Pineal Gland Optics Pravus Dancers to a Discordant System |
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 Written on April 30, 2008 Summary: "Clarity so brightly shining" Like many Meshuggah fans I felt they peaked with their fantastic EP "I" which epitomized everything they were working towards with their polyrhythmic Math Metal approach; and with their highly experimental follow-up album "Catch Thirty Three" I was sure their glory days were behind them. I was mistaken. With "Obzen" there is an amazing infusion of groove added to each and every track, seemlessly infusing this new direction with their already jaw-dropping, calculated Progressive Metal time signatures. Influences from bands like Tool and Mastodon come to mind frequently throughout this recording, the albums "Lateralus" and "Leviathan" most notably. The result is Meshuggah's best and certainly most memorable album yet. Each song sticks with power and precision all the while feeling like parts of brilliant machinery put together into one dynamic creation. Highly recommended. Written on April 26, 2008 Summary: Won ME over...One of the VERY BEST Metal CDs of 2008 I never was a Meshuggah listener until I heard a sample track off of this CD. The track was "Bleed". I ordered the CD and found that all nine tracks are consistently as great as that track (though a bit similar - but that does not matter, because it is a terrific metal sound). My only complaint is I wish the vocals were just slightly more-haha!-clearly annunciated - I know, that's a laugh regarding death metal! But it's possible! I can clearly understand In Flames' vocalist, and he screams...but this CD really is a lot harder than In Flames' latest in all ways, as much as I enjoy the new In Flames CD. Surely, Meshuggah's "Obzen" is already one of the Top Five metal CDs of 2008, and will continue to be at year's end. I'm looking forward to what Opeth has up their sleeves in June, though... Written on April 20, 2008 Summary: Frustrating metal.... 4.5 stars, in my mind it's the Swede's best effort to date. Obzen is the signature Meshuggah start stop, up down, side to side, off-beat tempo-changing headache of an album.....But I love it. "Bleed" is my favorite track because of the rolling drum work through out the song. The overall sound and feel of the album are very similar to their past works, but very much unique as well. I guess its just the Meshuggah way to do it. In my mind the group doesn't get the pub they deserve, in todays watered down deathgrind metalcore crap, Meshuggah is one of the beams of hope. Very solid work here....Get it. Written on April 11, 2008 Summary: Meshuggah Tasting Course Meshuggah have come a long way. From humble metal roots they have progressed through a miriad of sounds and styles, all the time pushing the borderline of metal, and becoming the most innovative and original band in the genre. So here is their sixth LP "Obzen" - a grand concept album on man's struggle in the modern day world of supposed religious and spiritual wellbeing (hence fusing the words obscene and zen). It's importantly the end of an experimental stage that produced the daring one-song-epics "I" and "Catch Thirty Three". According to the band themselves "Obzen" is their attempt to draw together their sound and various styles from past albums in order to create a balanced and eclectic new direction. This is certainly the case, as "Obzen" effortlessly merges the brutal thrash of "Destroy Erase Improve", the visceral riff-orientated "Chaosphere" and later downtempo grooves of "Nothing" and "Catch Thirty Three". It also sees drummer Tomas Haake back on the kit after his "drumkit from hell" programming on "Catch 33" and the "Nothing" re-release. I've read reviews arguing "Obzen" is simply a re-run of "Chaosphere", or that it owes most heavily to that album. I have to disagree with this, as I feel "Obzen" borrows equally from past releases. For one thing there's a deal more melody to the riffs here. Take for example the opening two riffs of "Combustion", the lead being extremely melodic for Meshuggah, sounding more similar to Tool at their heaviest. Compare this to the utter abrasive opening riff to "Concatenation" that lacks any hint of melody. "Bleed" and the title track would be the most "Chaosphere" sounding tracks for me, with the later fashioning the kind of riff breakdown that sprawled throughout "Chaosphere". "Obzen" is noticeably faster as a whole when compared to recent albums, being more on par with the energetic thrash of "Destroy Erase Improve". Moments of punishing speed are employed through most of the tracks, such as "Pineal Gland Optics" which opens with a flurry of intense drumming and machine-gun riffing. Vocals wise I would also draw parallels to "DEI" over other albums. They are slightly more forward in the mix when compared to "Nothing" or "Catch Thirty Three", and with these albums they are used more as rhythmic accents, often sacrificed for instrumental grooves. Like "DEI" the vocal sections are more extended, possibly as there are more lyrics per song. Where "Obzen" sounds best is when Meshuggah play with dynamics. Thordendal has always enjoyed his eerie atmospheric sections, but they have never sounded so perfectly quiet and brooding as here. "Lethargica" is downtempo Meshuggah at their most lethal, instantly recalling the best of "Nothing", it cuts to a sublime ambient breakdown that gives way to an absolute monolith of a riff. One of the heaviest breakdowns Meshuggah has ever carved out, and a highlight to the album. The epic closer "Dancers to a Discordant System" is my favorite track on "Obzen", opening with quiet guitar ambience it builds to a progressive metal run-through of all stages in Meshuggah's career. The song has it all - eerie atmospheres, pummeling thrash, breakdowns and a face-melting final riff that lumbers with immense groove. Utter perfection for the Meshuggah fan. It was a risk to attempt an album that can capture all various sounds and styles, but I feel "Obzen" does it with sophistication. The album never sounds jumbled or confused despite switching through such extreme dynamics and tempos. Meshuggah fans should certainly enjoy this, and those new to the band will get a concise taste of what Meshuggah is about. Written on April 10, 2008 Summary: They're Back! A return to crazy time changes finally........ Finally the band return to form and release probably their most consistant CD, ever. I love this CD and don't see it coming out of my CD changer for quite some time, or at least until the live Skinlab CD comes out at the end of the month! |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2008-03-11 | 2008-03-25 | 2008-04-29 | 2008-04-01 | 2008-09-12 | 2008-06-03 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Format | - | Explicit Lyrics | - | Explicit Lyrics | - | Enhanced, Special Edition |
| Ean | 0727361193720 | 0016861795528 | 0727361200527 | 0099923449829 | 0093624986188 | 0016861793654 |
| Upc | 727361193720 | 016861795528 | 727361200527 | 099923449829 | 093624986188 | 016861793654 |
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