MESHUGGAH Drummer Explains European Tour Cancellation

January 10, 2008

Drummer Tomas Haake of the Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH recently spoke to Rock Sound magazine about the reasons for the cancellation of the band's planned November 2007 tour with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN.

"We really rushed the 'Nothing' album because we had to leave to go to Ozzfest, and in our eyes the production on that album really suffered," Haake admitted. "This time around, we really did not want anything like that to happen again. If it was three or four years ago, we probably would have done the DILLINGER tour then come back and continued with the album, but this time we felt we needed to remain focused and not disturb the evolution of the album so we could get the best results."

MESHUGGAH's new CD, "obZen", is scheduled for release in North American on March 11, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Catch Thirty Three" will contain nine songs and will have a running time of around 55 minutes.

In a recent interview with Decibel magazine, Haake stated about the new record, "The album is much more dense, while still being very clear and audible as far as drumparts and guitar riffs. Lyrically it's quite different from 'Catch Thirty Three', more diverse. There is, however, somewhat of a 'red line' or concept running through all of them."

"obZen" (cover artwork) track listing:

01. Combustion
02. Electric Red
03. Bleed
04. Lethargica
05. ObZen
06. This Spiteful Snake
07. Pineal Gland Optics
08. Pravus
09. Dancers To A Discordant System

MESHUGGAH will support MINISTRY on the North American leg of "C U LaTouR" beginning on March 26 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Also appearing on the bill is HEMLOCK.

Watch fan-filmed video footage of MESHUGGAH performing at the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia in July 2007:

(Thanks: Andy Kelham / Rock Sound)

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