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{{For|the symbol created by Michael Moorcock|Symbol of Chaos}}
{{About|the album|the symbol|Symbol of Chaos}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2012}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Chaosphere
| name = Chaosphere
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[Meshuggah]]
| artist = [[Meshuggah]]
| cover = Meshuggah-Chaosphere.jpg
| cover = Meshuggah-Chaosphere.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = 9 November 1998<ref>[http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/label/music/band/diskographie/uebersicht/70927.meshuggah.html Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Chaosphere] Retrieved 11 November 2017</ref>
| released = 9 November 1998<ref>[http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/label/music/band/diskographie/uebersicht/70927.meshuggah.html Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Chaosphere] Retrieved 11 November 2017</ref>
| recorded = May–July 1998<ref>{{cite web |author1=Espn |title=A short biography |url=http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |website=Meshuggah.com |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513083515/http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |archive-date=13 May 2007}}</ref>
| recorded =
| studio = Dug-Out, [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]]<br>Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden
| studio = Dug-Out, [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]]<br>Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden
| genre = [[Progressive metal]],<ref>[https://revolvermag.com/music/meshuggahs-chaosphere-6-things-you-didnt-know NMESHUGGAH'S 'CHAOSPHERE': 6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW] Retrieved 11 December 2018</ref> [[groove metal]],<ref>[https://www.metalsucks.net/2018/12/11/meshuggahs-chaosphere-turns-20-years-old/ Meshuggah’s Chaosphere Turns 20 Years Old!] Retrieved 11 December 2018</ref> [[avant-garde metal]], [[extreme metal]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Progressive metal]]<ref>[https://revolvermag.com/music/meshuggahs-chaosphere-6-things-you-didnt-know NMESHUGGAH'S 'CHAOSPHERE': 6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW] Retrieved 11 December 2018</ref>|[[groove metal]]<ref>[https://www.metalsucks.net/2018/12/11/meshuggahs-chaosphere-turns-20-years-old/ Meshuggah’s Chaosphere Turns 20 Years Old!] Retrieved 11 December 2018</ref>|[[avant-garde metal]]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=27}}
| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=20}}
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| producer = Daniel Bergstrand, [[Fredrik Thordendal]]
| producer = Daniel Bergstrand, [[Fredrik Thordendal]]
| prev_title = [[The True Human Design]]
| prev_title = [[The True Human Design]]
| prev_year = 1997
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = [[Rare Trax]]
| next_title = [[Rare Trax]]
| next_year = 2001
| next_year = 2001
}}
}}


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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=chaosphere-mw0000045351|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=chaosphere-mw0000045351|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=275}}</ref>
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| rev2Score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web|first= Saby |last=Reyes-Kulkarni |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22142-25-years-of-musical-deviance/ |title=Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance |publisher=Pitchfork.com |date= August 1, 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="EOPM">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=[[MUZE]] |volume=5 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0005unse_l6k3/page/722 722] |chapter=Meshuggah}}</ref>
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
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| rev4Score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web|first= Saby |last=Reyes-Kulkarni |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22142-25-years-of-musical-deviance/ |title=Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance |publisher=Pitchfork.com |date= August 1, 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''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 metal|thrash]] style of their previous releases in favor of the technical, [[polyrhythm]]ic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to explore on subsequent albums. A video was made for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".
'''''Chaosphere''''' is the third studio album by Swedish [[extreme 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 metal|thrash]] style of their previous releases in favor of the technical, [[polyrhythm]]ic, groove-oriented sound they would continue to 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.
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, four of the album's songs are played at once.
On both this and the standard album release, after "Elastic" there is a period of silence then an unlisted and unindexed track where four of the album's songs are played at once, with volume changes making each song somewhat dominant and recognisable in the mix at different times.


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


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = [[Tomas Haake]], except "Neurotica" by [[Mårten Hagström]]
| title1 = Concatenation
| title1 = Concatenation
| lyrics1 = Haake
| music1 = Thordendal
| music1 = Thordendal
| length1 = 4:17
| length1 = 4:14


| title2 = New Millennium Cyanide Christ
| title2 = New Millennium Cyanide Christ
| lyrics2 = Haake
| music2 = Thordendal, Hagström
| music2 = Thordendal, Hagström
| length2 = 5:36
| length2 = 5:35


| title3 = Corridor of Chameleons
| title3 = Corridor of Chameleons
| lyrics3 = Haake
| music3 = Thordendal
| music3 = Thordendal
| length3 = 5:02
| length3 = 5:02


| title4 = Neurotica
| title4 = Neurotica
| lyrics4 = Hagström
| music4 = Hagström
| music4 = Hagström
| length4 = 5:20
| length4 = 5:19


| title5 = The Mouth Licking What You've Bled
| title5 = The Mouth Licking What You've Bled
| lyrics5 = Haake
| music5 = Thordendal
| music5 = Thordendal
| length5 = 3:57
| length5 = 3:57


| title6 = Sane
| title6 = Sane
| lyrics6 = Haake
| music6 = Kidman, Hagström
| music6 = Kidman, Hagström
| length6 = 3:49
| length6 = 3:48


| title7 = The Exquisite Machinery of Torture
| title7 = The Exquisite Machinery of Torture
| lyrics7 = Haake
| music7 = Haake, Thordendal
| music7 = Haake, Thordendal
| length7 = 3:56
| length7 = 3:55


| title8 = Elastic
| title8 = Elastic
| lyrics8 = Haake
| music8 = Hagström
| music8 = Hagström
| length8 = 15:30
| length8 = 15:30
| total_length = 47:20


}}
{{tracklist
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| headline = Japanese bonus track
| title9 = Unanything
| title9 = Unanything
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| note9 = Japanese bonus track
| lyrics9 = (Instrumental)
| music9 = Meshuggah
| music9 = Meshuggah
| length9 = 3:01
| length9 = 3:01
| total_length = 50:21

}}
}}
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
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| title10 = Sane
| title10 = Sane
| note10 = demo version
| note10 = demo version
| lyrics10 = Haake
| music10 = Kidman, Hagström
| music10 = Kidman, Hagström
| length10 = 4:07
| length10 = 4:07
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| title11 = Future Breed Machine
| title11 = Future Breed Machine
| note11 = Mayhem version
| note11 = Mayhem version
| lyrics11 = Haake
| music11 = Meshuggah
| music11 = Meshuggah
| length11 = 8:11
| length11 = 8:12


| title12 = Futile Bread Machine
| title12 = Futile Bread Machine
| note12 = Campfire version
| note12 = Campfire version
| lyrics12 = Haake
| music12 = Meshuggah
| music12 = Meshuggah
| length12 = 3:29
| length12 = 3:30


| title13 = Future Breed Machine
| title13 = Future Breed Machine
| note13 = Quant's Quantastical Quantasm
| note13 = Quant's Quantastical Quantasm
| lyrics13 = Haake
| music13 = Meshuggah
| music13 = Meshuggah
| length13 = 7:30
| length13 = 7:31


| title14 = Future Breed Machine
| title14 = Future Breed Machine
| note14 = Remix
| note14 = Remix
| lyrics14 = Haake
| music14 = Meshuggah
| music14 = Meshuggah
| length14 = 6:46
| length14 = 6:48
| total_length = 80:29
}}
}}


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===Meshuggah===
===Meshuggah===
* [[Jens Kidman]] – [[vocals]]
* Jens Kidman – [[Death growl|vocals]]
* Gustaf Hielm – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Fredrik Thordendal]] – [[lead guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s
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* [[Tomas Haake]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals (on "Sane" and "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture")
* [[Mårten Hagström]] – [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Mårten Hagström]] – [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Fredrik Thordendal]] – [[lead guitar]], [[synthesizer]]s
* Gustaf Hielm – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
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* [[Tomas Haake]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals (on "Sane", "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture", and "Futile Bread Machine (Campfire Version)")


===Production===
===Production===
* Daniel Bergstrand – recording, [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixdown]]
* Daniel Bergstrand – recording, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixdown]]
* Fredrik Thordendal – recording, mixdown
* Fredrik Thordendal – recording, mixdown
* Peter in de Betou – [[audio mastering|mastering]] (at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden)
* Peter in de Betou – [[Audio mastering|mastering]] (at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden)
* Tomas Haake – artwork, design
* Tomas Haake – artwork, design
* Meshuggah – art direction
* Meshuggah – art direction
* John Norhager – [[photography|band photo]]
* John Norhager – [[Photography|band photo]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 16:59, 14 October 2024

This article is about the album. For the symbol, see Symbol of Chaos.
Chaosphere
Studio album by
Meshuggah
Released9 November 1998[1]
RecordedMay–July 1998[2]
StudioDug-Out, Uppsala, Sweden
Area 51 and Uae-Function studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length47:20
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerDaniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal
Meshuggah chronology
The True Human Design
(1997) 		Chaosphere
(1998) 		Rare Trax
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Pitchfork8.6/10[8]

Chaosphere is the third studio album by Swedish extreme 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".

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. On both this and the standard album release, after "Elastic" there is a period of silence then an unlisted and unindexed track where four of the album's songs are played at once, with volume changes making each song somewhat dominant and recognisable in the mix at different times.

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

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Tomas Haake, except "Neurotica" by Mårten Hagström

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Concatenation"Thordendal4:14
2."New Millennium Cyanide Christ"Thordendal, Hagström5:35
3."Corridor of Chameleons"Thordendal5:02
4."Neurotica"Hagström5:19
5."The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"Thordendal3:57
6."Sane"Kidman, Hagström3:48
7."The Exquisite Machinery of Torture"Haake, Thordendal3:55
8."Elastic"Hagström15:30
Total length:47:20
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
9."Unanything"Meshuggah3:01
Total length:50:21
Re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
10."Sane" (demo version)Kidman, Hagström4:07
11."Future Breed Machine" (Mayhem version)Meshuggah8:12
12."Futile Bread Machine" (Campfire version)Meshuggah3:30
13."Future Breed Machine" (Quant's Quantastical Quantasm)Meshuggah7:31
14."Future Breed Machine" (Remix)Meshuggah6:48
Total length:80:29

Personnel

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Meshuggah

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Production

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Chaosphere Retrieved 11 November 2017
  2. ^ Espn. "A short biography". Meshuggah.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ NMESHUGGAH'S 'CHAOSPHERE': 6 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW Retrieved 11 December 2018
  4. ^ Meshuggah’s Chaosphere Turns 20 Years Old! Retrieved 11 December 2018
  5. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/chaosphere-mw0000045351
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Meshuggah". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 722. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  8. ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
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