Meshuggah - Violent Sleep Of Reason Grey/Black Splatter (Vinyl)

Meshuggah are simultaneously credited and maligned for the creation of "djent," a sound that has spawned countless -- and mostly bad -- imitators. But these Swedes have never tried to sound like anyone but themselves, each album carving that track further into metal history. A year shy of their 30th anniversary, the quintet offers another set of intensely syncopated, technical, hard-grooving metal that is not remarkably different than anything they've done before. That said, it's still intricate as hell, meticulously composed, ridiculously complex, and executed with a manic precision beyond the imagination of most metal mortals. The Violent Sleep of Reason doesn't try to reinvent the wheel but to reaffirm its purpose.That said, this date marks the first time since 1994's None EP that the Swedes have recorded organically -- i.e., absolutely live -- in the studio without overdubs or error correction in post-production. As a result, this recording captures their monstrous agility and adre