Chaosphere
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| Chaosphere | ||||
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| Studio album by Meshuggah | ||||
| Released | November 10, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Genre | Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal | |||
| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal | |||
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Chaosphere is the third album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on November 10, 1998, by Nuclear Blast. Chaosphere's sound is largely a combination of the thrash style of the band's previous releases and the technicality that they would further explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".
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. At the end of the track 8, all the songs from the album are played at once.
The "Reloaded" re-release features four of the five tracks from The True Human Design EP.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Concatenation" | Haake | Thordendal | 4:17 |
| 2. | "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" | Haake | Thordendal, Hagström | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Corridor of Chameleons" | Haake | Thordendal | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Neurotica" | Hagström | Hagström | 5:20 |
| 5. | "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled" | Haake | Thordendal | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Sane" | Haake | Kidman, Hagström | 3:49 |
| 7. | "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture" | Haake | Haake, Thordendal | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Elastic" | Haake | Hagström | 15:30 |
| 9. | "Unanything" (Japanese bonus track) | (Instrumental) | 3:01 |
| Re-release bonus tracks | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 9. | "Sane" (demo version) | Haake | Kidman, Hagström | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version) | Haake | Meshuggah | 8:11 |
| 11. | "Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version) | Haake | Meshuggah | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm) | Haake | Meshuggah | 7:30 |
| 13. | "Future Breed Machine" (Remix) | Haake | Meshuggah | 6:46 |
Personnel
Meshuggah
- Jens Kidman – vocals
- Gustaf Hielm – bass
- Tomas Haake – drums, vocals ("The Exquisite Machinery of Torture")
- Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
- Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, synthesizers
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
