{"id":46507,"date":"2016-10-07T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=46507"},"modified":"2018-01-26T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T18:41:17","slug":"news-meshuggah-release-eighth-studio-album-the-violent-sleep-of-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-meshuggah-release-eighth-studio-album-the-violent-sleep-of-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"MESHUGGAH Release Eighth Studio Album \u2018The Violent Sleep Of Reason\u2019 (October 7th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MESHUGGAH Release Eighth Studio Album \u2018The Violent Sleep Of Reason\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 7th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based experimental metal group Meshuggah issued eighth full-length studio album The Violent Sleep Of Reason<\/em> on October 7th, 2016 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

The Violent Sleep Of Reason<\/em> was produced by the band and engineered by Tue Madsen of Puk Studios in K\u00e6rby, Denmark.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties once again fell to Keerych Luminokaya.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Clockworks\u2019
\n02. \u2018Born In Dissonance\u2019
\n03. \u2018MonstroCity\u2019
\n04. \u2018By The Ton\u2019
\n05. \u2018Violent Sleep Of Reason\u2019
\n06. \u2018Ivory Tower\u2019
\n07. \u2018Stifled\u2019
\n08. \u2018Nostrum\u2019
\n09. \u2018Our Rage Won\u2019t Die\u2019
\n10. \u2018Into Decay\u2019<\/p>\n

Meshuggah\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Jens Kidman (vocals)
\nFredrik Thordendal (guitar)
\nM\u00e5rten Hagstr\u00f6m (guitar)
\nDick L\u00f6vgren (bass)
\nTomas Haake (drums)<\/p>\n

An animated music video was released for the track \u2018Clockworks\u2019, which can be viewed below. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Born In Dissonance\u2019, while a 360\u00b0 lyric video was released for the track \u2018Nostrum\u2019. All three clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Seventh studio record Koloss<\/em> was released in March 2012.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Olle Carlsson.<\/em><\/p>\n