Catch Thirtythree
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| Studio album by Meshuggah | |||||
| Released | May 16, 2005 (EUR) May 31, 2005 (US) |
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| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Extreme metal Progressive metal |
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| Length | 47:18 | ||||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | ||||
| Producer | Meshuggah | ||||
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Catch Thirtythree is the fifth full-length studio album by Swedish metal band, Meshuggah. It was released on May 16, 2005 in Europe and May 31, 2005 in the United States through Nuclear Blast.
Although it is printed as a full-length album with 13 songs, it is actually a single continuous thirteen-track suite. The band themselves have said that even though it is a full-length release, it is still considered to be an experimental piece and not quite a bona-fide album. The musical direction is consistent with the evolution carried on from Nothing and I, utilizing heavy and texturous grooves, leaving most of the thrash elements behind. The album does, however, contain elements of the band's previously utilized jazz fusion elements.
Lyrically this album is a concept album, revolving around different kinds of paradoxes; hence the title Catch Thirtythree (see catch-22).
This is also the first full Meshuggah album where the drums are programmed rather than performed by drummer Tomas Haake. They are created using "Drumkit from Hell"; a software synthesizer that actually uses Tomas' drums and cymbals as samples. The first Meshuggah song to feature programmed drums was "War" from Rare Trax.
[edit] Track listing
- "Autonomy Lost" – 1:40
- "Imprint of the Un-Saved" – 1:36
- "Disenchantment" – 1:45
- "The Paradoxical Spiral" – 3:13
- "Re-Inanimate" – 1:04
- "Entrapment" – 2:29
- "Mind's Mirrors" – 4:30
- "In Death - Is Life" – 2:02
- "In Death - Is Death" – 13:22
- "Shed" – 3:35
- "Personae Non Gratae" – 1:47
- "Dehumanization" – 2:57
- "Sum" – 7:17
[edit] Personnel
- Jens Kidman – vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming
- Fredrik Thordendal – guitar, bass, drum programming
- Mårten Hagström – guitar, bass, drum programming
- Tomas Haake – spoken vocals, drum programming, artwork
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