Chaosphere

Chaosphere
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	10 November 1998
Recorded	Dug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde 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
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Allmusic	[1]

Chaosphere is the third album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 10 November 1998, by Nuclear Blast. Chaosphere's sound is largely a combination of the thrash style of the band's previous releases and the technicality that they would further explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".

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. At the end of the track 8, all the songs from the album 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)		3:01

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

Personnel

Meshuggah

• Jens Kidman – vocals
• Gustaf Hielm – bass
• Tomas Haake – drums, vocals ("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. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r382654