Koloss

Meshuggah  Producer ,  Meshuggah  Main Performer

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1 I Am Colossus Hagstrom/Thordendal 4:43
2 The Demon's Name Is Surveillance Thordendal 4:40
3 Do Not Look Down Hagstrom/Thordendal 4:43
4 Behind the Sun Kidman 6:14
5 The Hurt That Finds You First Hagstrom 5:33
6 Marrow Hagstrom/Thordendal 5:36
7 Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion Hagstrom 6:57
8 Swarm Hagstrom/Thordendal 5:27
9 Demiurge Hagstrom 6:16
10 The Last Vigil Hagstrom 4:32
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Koloss

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Nuclear Blast

Category: Pop/Rock

Koloss

UPC: 727361238827

Release Date: 03/26/2012

Original Release Date: 03/26/2012

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [I Am Colossus, The Demon's Name Is Surveillance, Do Not Look Down, Behind the Sun, The Hurt That Finds You First, Marrow, Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion, Swarm, Demiurge, The Last Vigil]
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Gregory Heaney

Rather than trying to beat their ever-growing legion of imitators at their own game, Swedish prog metal destroyers Meshuggah look to prove that other bands not only aren't in the same league as them, but aren't even playing the same sport. On Koloss, their seventh album, they call upon all of their technical mastery as they take a slower, more groove-oriented approach to songwriting that's more about the perfect execution of precisely syncopated riffs than simply getting out there and proving that they've taken guitar lessons. While restraint isn't necessarily a word one would seem likely to use while describing a band as extreme as Meshuggah, it's exactly that quality that makes Koloss such a solid, even airtight, album. With so many years of experience as innovators under their belts, they have the kind of restraint and patience required to not overplay songs like the album-opening "I am Colossus" and the later track "Swarm." Rather than feel the constant need to dazzle the listener with guitar heroics, Meshuggah let everything just unfold in the most brutally heavy and effective way possible. With their status as the old guard on the more progressive end of the extreme music spectrum, Meshuggah have easily proven to listeners time and time again that they know their way around their instruments better than most, so even though Koloss isn't the band's most daring or experimental work to date, it's definitely worth any metal fan's time. ~ Gregory Heaney, Rovi