Alive (Meshuggah video)

Alive
Video by Meshuggah
Released	February 5, 2010
Recorded	2008–2009 on the obZen Tour
Genre	Extreme metal, progressive metal, experimental metal
Label	Nuclear Blast
Director	Ian McFarland
Producer	Ian McFarland
Meshuggah chronology
Alive (2010) The Ophidian Trek (2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Exclaim!	favorable[2]
PopMatters	8/10[3]

Alive is a concert film by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The film was released as a double album (DVD with CD in digipak) through Nuclear Blast on February 5, 2010, in Europe and February 9, 2010, in North America.^[4]

Half of the film consists of the band performing songs on their obZen Tour during 2008–2009. This is intertwined with documentary-style clips of the members talking about their experiences in the band. Also on the DVD is "The Making of Bleed", a documentary on how the music video for "Bleed" was shot, along with the music video itself; and a "Drum Tour" and "Guitar Tour".^[5]

The cover is made to imitate the film poster for Alien.

Track listing

DVD

1. "Begin"
2. "Perpetual Black Second"
3. "Twenty Two Hours"
4. "Pravus"
5. "Dissemination"
6. "Bleed"
7. "Ritual"
8. "New Millennium Cyanide Christ"
9. "Cleanse"
10. "Stengah"
11. "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"
12. "Machine"
13. "Electric Red"
14. "Solidarius"
15. "Rational Gaze"
16. "Moment"
17. "Lethargica"
18. "Communicate"
19. "Combustion"
20. "Humiliative"
21. "Infinitum"
22. "Straws Pulled at Random"
23. "End"

Bonus material

1. "'Bleed' music video"
2. "The Making of 'Bleed'"
3. "Micha Guitar Tour"
4. "Tomas Drum Tour"

Live audio CD

No.	Title	City	Length
1.	"Perpetual Black Second"	Tokyo	4:32
2.	"Electric Red"	Tokyo	6:02
3.	"Rational Gaze"	Tokyo	5:35
4.	"Pravus"	Tokyo	5:21
5.	"Lethargica"	Toronto	5:52
6.	"Combustion"	Toronto	4:16
7.	"Straws Pulled at Random"	Toronto	5:05
8.	"New Millennium Cyanide Christ"	Montreal	4:57
9.	"Stengah"	Montreal	5:56
10.	"The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"	Montreal	3:25
11.	"Humiliative"	Montreal	5:21
12.	"Bleed"	Montreal	7:55

Personnel

• Jens Kidman – vocals
• Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar
• Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
• Tomas Haake – drums
• Dick Lövgren – bass
• Ian McFarland – direction, production
• Markus Staiger – executive production
• Chris O'Coin – assistant editing
• Joey Korenman – animation, design
• Daniel Bergstrand – mixing
• Nathan Bice – mixing

References

1. Bowar, Chad. "Alive review". About.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
2. Falzon, Denise (March 2010). "Alive review". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
3. Begrand, Adrien (February 12, 2010). "Meshuggah: Alive". PopMatters. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
4. "Meshuggah's Alive details revealed". Bravewords.com. December 8, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
5. "Alive (DVD + CD): Meshuggah, Ian McFarland: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 22, 2011.