Crustcake Reviews: Meshuggah - 'obZen'

by crustcake gerf (NYC)

Welcome back, Tomas Haake. It was quite impressive how natural (natural for extreme metal, anyway) the programmed drums sounded on 2005's Catch Thirtythree, but listening to Meshuggah's latest, obZen, it's clear that Haake brings something to the table that no drum machine-- programmed by the man himself or not-- can ever achieve. Haake's performance on obZen, the band's sixth full-length, is technically near-perfect, but it's also decidedly human. It's got that human feel and groove that no computer could ever faithfully recreate...

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Download: Meshuggah - "Bleed" [MP3]
Listen: obZen [Full Album Stream]
Buy: obZen [Amazon]