Chaosphere

Studio album by Meshuggah

Released

10 November 1998

Recorded

Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden
Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal

Length

47:27

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal

Meshuggah chronology

The True Human Design
(1997)

Chaosphere
(1998)

Rare Trax
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	8.6/10^[2]

Chaosphere is the third album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 10 November 1998, by Nuclear Blast, and is the only studio album to feature bassist Gustaf Hielm. Chaosphere's sound is an almost complete departure from the thrash style of the band's previous releases, instead focusing on the technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to 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
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
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Sane" (demo version)	Haake	Kidman, Hagström	4:07
11.	"Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version)	Haake	Meshuggah	8:11
12.	"Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version)	Haake	Meshuggah	3:29
13.	"Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm)	Haake	Meshuggah	7:30
14.	"Future Breed Machine" (Remix)	Haake	Meshuggah	6:46

Personnel

Meshuggah

Jens Kidman – vocals
Gustaf Hielm – bass
Tomas Haake – drums, vocals (on "Sane" and "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

References

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r382654
↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

Meshuggah
Tomas Haake Mårten Hagström Jens Kidman Dick Lövgren Fredrik Thordendal Niklas Lundgren Peter Nordin Gustaf Hielm
Studio albums	Contradictions Collapse Destroy Erase Improve Chaosphere Nothing Catch Thirtythree obZen Koloss The Violent Sleep of Reason
Extended plays	Meshuggah None Selfcaged The True Human Design I Pitch Black
Live albums	Alive The Ophidian Trek
Compilation albums	Rare Trax
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