Chaosphere

Chaosphere is the third album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 9 November 1998 by Nuclear Blast, and is the only studio album to feature bassist Gustaf Hielm. Chaosphere's sound shows the band toning down some of the thrash style of their previous releases in favor of the technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".

Chaosphere
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	9 November 1998[1]
Studio	Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Progressive metal,[2] groove metal,[3] avant-garde metal, extreme metal
Length	47:27
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal
Meshuggah chronology
The True Human Design (1997) Chaosphere (1998) Rare Trax (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[5]

The Japanese version of the album contains a bonus song, titled "Unanything", as track 9. This song was also included on the promotional card-sleeve CD as track 6. Towards the end of "Elastic," four of the album's songs are played at once.

The "Reloaded" re-release features four of the five tracks from The True Human Design EP.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Concatenation"	Haake	Thordendal	4:17
2.	"New Millennium Cyanide Christ"	Haake	Thordendal, Hagström	5:36
3.	"Corridor of Chameleons"	Haake	Thordendal	5:02
4.	"Neurotica"	Hagström	Hagström	5:20
5.	"The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"	Haake	Thordendal	3:57
6.	"Sane"	Haake	Kidman, Hagström	3:49
7.	"The Exquisite Machinery of Torture"	Haake	Haake, Thordendal	3:56
8.	"Elastic"	Haake	Hagström	15:30
9.	"Unanything" (Japanese bonus track)	(Instrumental)	Meshuggah	3:01

Re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Sane" (demo version)	Haake	Kidman, Hagström	4:07
11.	"Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version)	Haake	Meshuggah	8:11
12.	"Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version)	Haake	Meshuggah	3:29
13.	"Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm)	Haake	Meshuggah	7:30
14.	"Future Breed Machine" (Remix)	Haake	Meshuggah	6:46

Personnel

Meshuggah

• Jens Kidman – vocals
• Gustaf Hielm – bass
• Tomas Haake – drums, vocals (on "Sane" and "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture")
• Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
• Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, synthesizers

Production

• Daniel Bergstrand – recording, mixdown
• Fredrik Thordendal – recording, mixdown
• Peter in de Betou – mastering (at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Tomas Haake – artwork, design
• Meshuggah – art direction
• John Norhager – band photo

References

1. Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Chaosphere Retrieved 11 November 2017
2. NMESHUGGAH'S 'CHAOSPHERE': 6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW Retrieved 11 December 2018
3. Meshuggah’s Chaosphere Turns 20 Years Old! Retrieved 11 December 2018
4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/chaosphere-mw0000045351
5. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.