Chaosphere
Chaosphere is the third studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 9 November 1998 by Nuclear Blast, and is the only studio album to feature bassist Gustaf Hielm. Chaosphere's sound shows the band toning down some of the thrash style of their previous releases in favor of the technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".
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| Released | 9 November 1998[1] | |||
| Recorded | May-July 1998[2] | |||
| Studio | Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
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| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[6] |
The Japanese version of the album contains a bonus song, titled "Unanything", as track 9. This song was also included on the promotional card-sleeve CD as track 6. On both this and the standard album release, after "Elastic" there is a period of silence then an unlisted and unindexed track where four of the album's songs are played at once, with volume changes making each song somewhat dominant and recognisable in the mix at different times.
The "Reloaded" re-release features five of the six tracks from The True Human Design EP.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Tomas Haake, except "Neurotica" by Mårten Hagström
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Concatenation" | Thordendal | 4:17 |
| 2. | "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" | Thordendal, Hagström | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Corridor of Chameleons" | Thordendal | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Neurotica" | Hagström | 5:20 |
| 5. | "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled" | Thordendal | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Sane" | Kidman, Hagström | 3:49 |
| 7. | "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture" | Haake, Thordendal | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Elastic" | Hagström | 15:30 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Unanything" | Meshuggah | 3:01 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Sane" (demo version) | Kidman, Hagström | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version) | Meshuggah | 8:11 |
| 12. | "Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version) | Meshuggah | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm) | Meshuggah | 7:30 |
| 14. | "Future Breed Machine" (Remix) | Meshuggah | 6:46 |
Personnel
Meshuggah
- Jens Kidman – vocals
- Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, keyboards
- Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
- Gustaf Hielm – bass
- Tomas Haake – drums, vocals (on "Sane" and "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture")
Production
- Daniel Bergstrand – recording, mixdown
- Fredrik Thordendal – recording, mixdown
- Peter in de Betou – mastering (at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Tomas Haake – artwork, design
- Meshuggah – art direction
- John Norhager – band photo
References
- Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Chaosphere Retrieved 11 November 2017
- Espn. "A short biography". Meshuggah.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- NMESHUGGAH'S 'CHAOSPHERE': 6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW Retrieved 11 December 2018
- Meshuggah’s Chaosphere Turns 20 Years Old! Retrieved 11 December 2018
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/chaosphere-mw0000045351
- Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.