Mini Review
Century Media Records & Nuclear Blast USA present:
The Fury of the Fall Tour
October 8, 2005
Meshuggah
The Crowd was forming outside early.
Just before Meshuggah - some familiar faces up front!
Sweden manages to crank out an unbelievable amount of good bands for such a small country. Meshuggah gave a performance to remember.
Spectacular lighting.
Itinerary & Set List.
Jens Kidman of Meshuggah - photo courtesy of Edgar Ortiz - see more of Edgar's shots here.
Other Meshuggah shots from Patrick Larson at :http://photobucket.com/albums/b276/Zeta9966/?action=view¤t=Mesh1.jpg
change the 1 in the JPEG name to any number from 1-8 to see the rest.
God Forbid
The Haunted
Another great band from Sweden and one of my favorites.
If you don't own their album Revolver, you should.
The Haunted finished with the incredible "My Shadow" from 2004's Revolver.
The Haunted - MP3
Mnemic
Denmark's Mnemic make their 2nd appearance at Jaxx this year. They are due back November 27th with Arch Enemy.
Promo Stuff
"One of the ten most important hard and heavy bands“ that’s how the prestigious
Rolling Stone Magazine describes Swedish sonic extremists MESHUGGAH. It is
impossible to talk about experimental or avant-garde metal without mentioning
this truly groundbreaking act: MESHUGGAH mix ultra-complicated rhythmic patterns
with massive riffs and aggressive growls, combining Death Metal, Grindcore,
Mathcore, Thrash and Progressive Metal to create their unique style. Trying to
categorize MESHUGGAH? Think again…
Manic low-tuned riffs repeated in seemingly endless loops, desperate and
aggressive growls and screams, and drum fills and patterns from another
dimension – these are some of the traits of character of „Catch Thirty-Three“,
MESHUGGAH`S latest attack on the central nervous system.
Nobody could ever compare MESHUGGAH`S music to a walk in the park – a slaughter
in the park is more of a fitting comparison! A perfect example for this fine
piece of Swedish madness is the opening track “Autonomy Lost“: without caring
for things like intros, a slow start or other niceties, MESHUGGAH immediately
deliver exactly their full-tilt blaze of brutality and insanity! Using
programmed drums for the first time in their career, MESHUGGAH`S sound hasn’t
weakened a single bit – if possible, it has even gained more aggression while
coming across with an harsher and colder edge. Combining sinister and disturbing
interludes with the sheer riff-massacre of tracks like „Shed“, „Catch
Thirty-Three“ and its bitter lyrical concept is food for seriously disturbing
pictures in your head. „Like the way you would watch a movie“, MESHUGGAH
recommend to perceive their new body of work. It has been a long,
long way for MESHUGGAH from their first steps into the world of all things
audibly sick and twisted with their 1989 vinyl-only release "Psykisk Testbild“
(now a highly sought-after gem for MESHUGGAH fans) up to their latest
bone-crushing release, "Catch Thirty-Three“. In 1991, a broader audience took
notice of a monster called MESHUGGAH when the self-titled debut mini-LP was
released, shortly after followed by debut album "Contradictions Collapse“.
"None“ and the classic EP "Selfcaged“ were next, but it wasn`t until 1995 and
MESHUGGAH`S masterpiece album "Destroy Erase Improve“ that almost the whole
metal scene stood up in amazement and faced this incredible new force coming
from Sweden. "Chaosphere“ saw the band touring with Thrash Metal gods SLAYER in
America and further established MESHUGGAH`S status as „next big thing“. After
the release of the rarities and demo collection "Rare Trax“, the band returned
to America in support of their album "Nothing“ this time playing in front of
stunned "Ozzfest“ crowds. Needless to say – MESHUGGAH had conquered the U.S.,
just like they had conquered Europe before.
Sweden's Masters of Melodic Death Thrash are opening eyes and dropping jaws around the world!
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