Meshuggah: ObZen 12″

Description

One of the most prolific bands on Nuclear Blast, the majority of Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneersMeshuggah’scatalog has been unavailable on vinyl for years. A series ofnew colored editionsfrom the label boastnewly remastered audiofor spectacular sound andnewly designed gatefold jackets. The second installment of reissues being released in March 2019 include:Nothing(2002),IEP (2004),obZen(2008) andKoloss(2012). The re-designed album artwork was completed byKeerych Luminokaya. For the remastering, Meshuggah enlistedThomas Ebergerof Stockholm Mastering who worked onThe Violent Sleep of Reasonwhich secured the band their first Grammy nomination.

While the term “genre-defining” gets tossed around quite frequently these days in the music industry, and most especially the heavy metal industry, it is truly the only proper term to align with the head expanding sounds created byMeshuggah. The band began its formation in Ume, Sweden in 1987. With over 25 years and eight full length albums as masters in this realm, the band have been on an endless journey to outwardly reveal their uncommon sonic stamp. This greatly pertains to the musical precision required in order to create songs with such unique time signatures.

2008’sobZenfoundMeshuggahmixing influences from both their past and present (and future it seems). The dynamic affair offers up differing tempos and vibes from song to song and features one of the most extremeMeshuggahtracks to date with “Bleed.”obZenentered the U.S Billboard charts at No. 59 and led to the band’s first world tour.