LABEL: Atomic Fire
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 1/19/2024
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1998
VARIANT: Colored Vinyl 2LP

Meshuggah fully embraced chaos with their third release, a percussive and progressively mind-warping juggernaut that toned down the thrashiest aspects of the Swedish outfits earliest efforts in favor of the kind of djent-judded extremity that would go on to inspire a billion bands in the years to come. But in 1998, the irregular, jazz-fractured brutality behind songs like New Millenium Cyanide Christ was completely alien to most. Meshuggah were writing their own rhythmic language one song at a time, ultimately redefining how metal fans grooved to music forevermore.