Koloss

by Meshuggah

Overview

Rather than trying to beat their ever-growing legion of imitators at their own game, Swedish prog metal destroyers Meshuggah look to prove that other bands not only aren't in the same league as them, but aren't even playing the same sport. On Koloss, their seventh album, they call upon all of their technical mastery as they take a slower, more groove-oriented approach to songwriting that's more about the perfect execution of precisely syncopated riffs than simply getting out there and proving that they've taken guitar lessons. While restraint isn't necessarily a word one would seem likely to use while describing a band as extreme as Meshuggah, it's exactly that quality that makes Koloss such a solid, even airtight, album. With so many years of experience as innovators under their belts, they have the kind of restraint and patience required to not overplay songs like the album-opening "I am Colossus" and the later track "Swarm." Rather than feel the constant need to dazzle the listener with guitar heroics, Meshuggah let everything just unfold in the most brutally heavy and effective way possible. With their status as the old guard on the more progressive end of the extreme music spectrum, Meshuggah have easily proven to listeners time and time again that they know their way around their instruments better than most, so even though Koloss isn't the band's most daring or experimental work to date, it's definitely worth any metal fan's time. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	04/07/2023
Label:	Atomic Fire
UPC:	4251981703381
Rank:	26722

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Am Colossus
2. The Demon's Name Is Surveillance
3. Do Not Look Down
4. Behind The Sun
5. The Hurt That Finds You First

Disc 2

6. Marrow
7. Break Those Bones Who Sinews Gave It Motion
8. Swarm
9. Demiurge
10. The Last Vigil

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Meshuggah   Primary Artist
Jens Kidman   Vocals
Fredrik Thordendal   Guitar
Anders Bjoerler   Director
Tomas Haake   Drums
Marten Hagstroem   Guitar
Dick Loevgren   Bass

Technical Credits

Jens Kidman   Composer,Group Member
Fredrik Thordendal   Composer,Engineer,Group Member
Meshuggah   Composer,Producer
Anders Bjoerler   Editing,Filmmaker
Tomas Haake   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
Marten Hagstroem   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
Dick Loevgren   Group Member
Danne Bergstrand   Mixing
Thordendal   Composer
Goeran Finnberg   Mastering
Owe Lingwall   Filmmaker