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Meshuggah - ObZen (2008) [15th Anniversary Edition 2023]
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Meshuggah - ObZen (2008) [15th Anniversary Edition 2023]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 400 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 123 MB | Covers - 156 MB
Genre: Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Progressive Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ward Records (GQCS-91299)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 400 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 123 MB | Covers - 156 MB
Genre: Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Progressive Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ward Records (GQCS-91299)
On first listen, the sound on Obzen, Meshuggah's sixth full-length, is startling, not for its trademark rapid-fire key and tempo changes, or for the intricate, insanely knotty riffs that careened over 2002's Nothing or 2005's Catch Thirty-Three. Instead, it is the rampaging charge that leads off the set on "Combustion," a balls-out sprint that recalls the band's earlier catalog albums like Contradictions Collapse, Destroy Erase Improve, and even Chaosphere. Power, focus and attention to the bone-crushing power are at the center of Obzen. That said, it loses nothing in terms of the band's keen focus of musical or technical innovation or drummer Tomas Haake's songwriting. What it does leave behind is some of the mathy quick-change-for-the-sake-of-it annoyances that were more a show-off of athletic prowess than actual compositional tropes. The melodic orchestration of Catch Thirty-Three has all but disappeared, and in its place is a direct, almost machine-like sense of communication. What's most remarkable is the live drum kit work by Haake. He's constant and startling - the completely crazy bass pedal work on "Bleed" would leave most drummers in the dust. You have to wonder, since the last album featured so many triggered laptop tooled drums. Again: power, compositional ethics, and musical acumen are all tied to one thing, building a foundation that just gets wider, deeper, and more intense as the album wears on. Check the frenetic slash and burn ethos in "Pineal Gland Optics," where both guitars stagger their rhythmic attack keeping vocalist Jens Kidman on the money the whole time. It gives way to the unwound pummeling drum and guitar solo riff that introduces "Pravus," with its sense of taut dynamics, hair-trigger tensions, and an explosiveness that is literally unequaled. This is sheer attack metal, played by a band that has run from simplicity to excess and incorporated them both into a record that is on a level with anything else they've done, even if not all the elements marry perfectly yet. Just get it.
Tracklist:
01. Combustion
02. Electric Red
03. Bleed
04. Lethargica
05. ObZen
06. This Spiteful Snake
07. Pineal Gland Optics
08. Pravus
09. Dancers To A Discordant System
Total time: 52:25
Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020
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Meshuggah / obZen
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EAC extraction logfile from 10. May 2024, 12:26
Meshuggah / obZen
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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
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Thanks to zhen01
See also:
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) [Japanese Edition 2020]