Koloss

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Field	Value
name	Koloss
type	studio
artist	Meshuggah
cover	Meshuggah Koloss.jpg
released
studio	Fear and Loathing Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
genre
length
label	Nuclear Blast
producer	Daniel Bergstrand, Meshuggah
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prev_year	2008
next_title	Pitch Black
next_year	2013
misc	{{Singles
name	Koloss
type	studio
single1	I Am Colossus
single1date	21 March 2012
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Koloss is the seventh studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, released on 23 March 2012 in Germany, on 26 March in the rest of Europe, and on March 27 in North America, by Nuclear Blast.

Background

Tomas Haake stated, "As always, we try to take our music in a slightly different direction with each album and with Koloss, we feel that we really nailed what we were going for. Organic brutality, viscera and groove all crammed into a 54-minute metalicious treat, best avoided by the faint of heart!!"

The Koloss album was different from others in terms of cooperation and making music together. Fredrik and Mårten worked together in creating a couple of songs together. Jens Kidman who retired from guitar playing since the album Contradictions Collapse composed "Behind the Sun".

Release

The album was released on 23 March 2012 in Germany, 26 March in the rest of Europe and on March 27 in North America. It was released as a standard compact disc, as a digipak version featuring a bonus DVD, as a limited edition boxed set "magic cube" (a mock-Rubik's Cube featuring the album artwork, available only through Nuclear Blast mail-order), and a double-LP pressed on brown vinyl.

The album debuted at number 17 in the United States, with first week sales of 18,342 copies, the band's and record label's highest position on the charts. Koloss also debuted at number 27 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Reception

Track listing

|title1 = I Am Colossus | length1 = 4:43 | lyrics1 = Tomas Haake | music1 = Mårten Hagström, Fredrik Thordendal | title2 = The Demon's Name Is Surveillance | length2 = 4:39 | lyrics2 = Haake | music2 = Thordendal | title3 = Do Not Look Down | length3 = 4:43 | lyrics3 = Haake | music3 = Haake, Hagström, Thordendal | title4 = Behind the Sun | length4 = 6:14 | lyrics4 = Haake | music4 = Kidman | title5 = The Hurt That Finds You First | length5 = 5:33 | lyrics5 = Hagström | music5 = Hagström | title6 = Marrow | length6 = 5:35 | lyrics6 = Haake | music6 = Haake, Hagström, Thordendal | title7 = Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion | length7 = 6:55 | lyrics7 = Haake | music7 = Hagström | title8 = Swarm | length8 = 5:26 | lyrics8 = Haake | music8 = Haake, Hagström, Thordendal | title9 = Demiurge | length9 = 6:12 | lyrics9 = Hagström | music9 = Hagström | title10 = The Last Vigil | lyrics10 = (instrumental) | music10 = Hagström | length10 = 4:32 | total_length = 54:32}}

I Am Colossus EP

"I Am Colossus" was released as a two-track EP. The stop-motion video for the song was compared to similar videos created by the band Tool. | title1 = I Am Colossus | length1 = 4:43 | title2 = I Am Colossus | note2 = Engine-EarZ & Foreign Beggars Remix | length2 = 4:44

Personnel

Jens Kidman – vocals
Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar
Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
Dick Lövgren – bass
Tomas Haake – drums
Luminokaya – artwork

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2012) | Peak position | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | UK Albums (OCC) | |---|---|---|---| | 88 | | | | | 93 | | | | ::

References

"Metal Storm Awards 2012".
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(January 17, 2012). "Meshuggah: New Album Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
(April 4, 2012). "Meshuggah's new album, Koloss, has given Nuclear Blast USA their highest sales and Billboard 200 debuts ever".
"CANOE -- JAM! Music SoundScan Charts".
"''Koloss'' by Meshuggah". [[Metacritic]].
Heaney, Gregory. "Koloss - Meshuggah – Allmusic".
Schreurs, Jason. (March 26, 2012). "Alternative Press – Reviews – Meshuggah – Koloss". [[Alternative Press (music magazine).
Heller, Jason. (March 27, 2012). "Meshuggah: Koloss – Music – Music Review – The A.V. Club". [[The A.V. Club]].
Stewart-Panko, Kevin. (April 2012). "Towering Achievement". Decibel Magazine.
Smith, Patrick. (March 23, 2012). "Meshuggah Koloss".
Falzon, Denise. (March 25, 2012). "Meshuggah – Koloss – Metal Reviews – exclaim.ca". [[Exclaim!]].
Grow, Kory. (March 26, 2012). "Meshuggah, 'Koloss' (Nuclear Blast) – SPIN".
Thomas, Adam. (March 20, 2012). "Meshuggah Koloss".
Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby. (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com.
Rosenberg, Axl. (April 4, 2013). "'I Am Colossus': Meshuggah Release Toolish New Video". Metal Sucks.
"伏魔殿 {{!}} メシュガー". [[Oricon]].
"Meshuggah {{!}} full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.

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