For 20 years, Meshuggah has been working to continually explore, define, develop, and play the music they feel in their minds. Even on their now seventh studio album "Koloss," which was released this March, the metal cosmos is further opened up. Nomen est omen: The latest work is a giant and provides eloquent testimony as to why the Swedes are among the fathers, role models, and very special representatives of mathcore. The style may have changed over the years – at the beginning of their career, Meshuggah was still quite influenced by thrash colleagues like Metallica – but the attitude has remained: Soundscapes are constantly explored, new rhythmic figures are introduced, and the sound is worked on until it is polished. If it should sound threatening, then it must be threatening to the very end. If aggression needs to be expressed, then the song must snap like a pitbull. Most importantly, it doesn't have to be fast just for the sake of speed to be lethal. It must be truly precise what two guitars, bass, and drums bring to the stage. Only then is it truly the music from the head that the guys from Umeå are implementing. In their cosmos, a surprise awaits behind every riff, and after every break, a new musical danger threatens to tangle the listener's ear canals and brain folds. Especially live, this develops an incredible power and continually brings the band and the audience to the limits of metal and beyond. But that's what makes it so special: Meshuggah are extreme and extremely great. At the beginning of winter, the band from Sweden will be on tour with us, accompanied by high-profile colleagues: Decapitated from Poland have reformed after a tragic accident and released the fabulous album "Carnival Is Forever" last year. C.B Murdoc, on the other hand, also come from Sweden and have made quite a name for themselves with their technically demanding death metal.
22.11.2012 | Hamburg | Markthalle
06.12.2012 | Munich | Backstage Halle
08.12.2012 | Berlin | C-Halle
11.12.2012 | Frankfurt | Batschkapp
13.12.2012 | Cologne | Essigfabrik
Meshuggah Online: meshuggah.net
YouTube: youtu.be/d1J00l_BEts
