CHAOSPHERE

To fully understanding Meshuggah's musical revolution more than two decades ago, simply listen to Chaosphere immediately following a spin of a 90's era Pantera record or even an older Meshuggah record. As your bobbing head fades in and out of rhythm with Tomas Haake's drums, you will likely begin to ask yourself, "how do I head bang to this?"

On Chaosphere, any traces of the band's thrash metal roots have been complete exorcised. What remains is a heavily syncopated riffing assault responsible for the spasms your headbanging muscles are currently experiencing. It is in recognition of this dizzying display that lead Loudwire to list Chaosphere as the 8th most important progressive metal album of all time. The albums weakness is its shunning of melodicism. Later Meshuggah releases would not only continue to innovate on the rhythmic front but would continue to invest more importance in melodic composition.