Meshuggah ‎- Immutable – VINYL 2LP

Description

I never bought the charade for a second; Meshuggah have always been metal music made by robots for robots. And what their new album, Immutable, is showing us is that these droids are actually developing souls. By dipping their bionic toes into atmospheric and emotional undercurrents, they’ve produced another rhythmically-diverse composition, but not one that’s completely characterized by 4-4s, ones, and zeros.

In the album’s opening track, “Broken Cog,” their experimental intent is immediately exposed when broad-yeller Jens Kidman whispers most of the song’s lyrics. Don’t panic, though, the Swedish tech giants’ signature instrumentation in their metallic dimension remains immutable–seven-string guitars tuned down to netherworld rubber band and polyrhythmic drumming by Tomas Haake that’s opaquely tribal. Haake’s technical sorcery is on full display during the intro riff’s transformation in “Light the Shortening Fuse,” where he makes the pace seem fast while keeping a slow beat. […]

Tracklist:

01. Broken Cog
02. The Abysmal Eye
03. Light The Shortening Fuse
04. Phantoms
05. Ligature Marks
06. God He Sees In Mirrors
07. They Move Below
08. Kaleidoscope
09. Black Cathedral
10. I Am That Thirst
11. The Faultless
12. Armies Of The Preposterous
13. Past Tense