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01 An Infinite Regression

02 Odessa

03 Somnarium

04 Earth Departure

From the MESHUGGAH album, KOLOSS. Out on March 23rd (EU) and March 26, 2012 (NA) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Break Those Bones Who Sinews Gave It Motion

MESHUGGAH - Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion

From the album, KOLOSS. Out March 23rd (Europe) and March 26, 2012 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Do Not Look Down

MESHUGGAH - Do Not Look Down

Concrete Schoolyard

Dead Letters is the first track taken from new album Dead End Kings, go to the album site to sign up to the mailing list and download the track for FREE: deadendkings.com. A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed Night is the New Day, Dead End Kings sees Katatonia conjure yet another milestone in audial melancholy & angst.

The Katatonia of 2012 is more potent, focused and creatively impactful than ever before. Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström - alongside guitarist Per Eriksson, bassist Niklas Sandin and drummer Daniel Liljekvist – are at the peak of their powers right now, and their brand new studio album Dead End Kings provides incontrovertible evidence of their unstoppable artistic momentum. A rich, adventurous and endlessly evocative masterwork that exhibits all the Swedish quintet’s established traits while absorbing countless fresh ideas into that monumental sonic brew, this is plainly the strongest and most beguiling album in the Katatonia catalogue to date. It also proves that sadness comes in many shades and that no one is safe from its cold allure.

“Dead End Kings represents progression and taking things to the next level,” says Renkse. ”The writing was a little more intense and spontaneous for this one. I think that’s the biggest difference. But it was made with the same mindset as the last few albums. It just had a little more fire involved. We don’t want to repeat ourselves. We are still hungry for new music.”
Dead End Kings was recorded at Ghost Ward Studios & The City Of Glass. The album was produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse, & mixed by David Castillo. Additionally, Katatonia is joined once again by Frank Default on sampling & atmospherics, plus a special guest appearance by Norwegian vocalist Silje Wergeland of Dutch legends The Gathering/ex-Octavia Sperati.

Artwork is supplied by long-time visual collaborator Travis Smith.

Tracklist*
1. The Parting 
2. The One You Are Looking for is Not Here (with Silje Wergeland) 
3. Hypnone 
4. The Racing Heart 
5. Buildings 
6. Leech 
7. Ambitions 
8. Undo You 
9. Lethean 
10. First Prayer 
11. Dead Letters 
* Deluxe edition includes two extra bonus tracks

Released August 27th 2012

For more information on Dead End Kings, go to the album site at: deadendkings.com

Katatonia - Dead Letters (from Dead End Kings)

Bleed

MESHUGGAH - Bleed

Pravus

MESHUGGAH - Pravus (Live)

Straws Pulled at Random

MESHUGGAH - Straws Pulled At Random

Dying for Pigs

Here's the same MIDI as the Metal Foundry test, this time using Metal Machine so people can hear the differences between the kits. Metal Machine is a lot more polished to my ears, and is of course partly processed to begin with.
I used the Ludwig kit, with the Black Beauty snare and default cymbals.

Metal Machine Test (Meshuggah-Electric Red)

The debut single from London 3-piece Teleman.

Released on limited edition 7" vinyl and download on 14th January 2013 through the Moshi Moshi Singles Club.

www.telemanmusic.com / @telemanmusic 
www.moshimoshimusic.com / @moshimoshimusic

Buy Here

Teleman - Cristina

War/Meshuggah

Gone Sovereign / Absolute Zero

Stone Sour - Gone Sovereign

Stone Sour - Absolute Zero

House of Gold & Bones Part 1

Stone Sour - Taciturn

House of Gold & Bones Part 2

Stone Sour - Black John

Stone Sour - Gravesend

Why? Because I love this album and I love this song, and sometimes it's fun to do stuff like this!

Also a good excuse to use the Attack setting on my Protone Signature Overdrive Pedal in front of the Axefx II.
Guitar is my Daemoness 7, Bass is Trillian, Drums are Toontrack Metal Machine.

Work in progress, I am going to try to figure out that damn solo if at all possible haha.

Cover of "Elastic" by Meshuggah (WIP)

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MESHUGGAH - Straws Pulled At Random

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