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meshuggah, at this point in their career, has lost the element of surprise. However, they continue to impress as they remain the world's greatest math-metal champions. I suspect that if anyone even attempted to challenge them, they'd be written off as mere imitators no matter how good they are because, let's face it, meshuggah has the market cornered for hyper-syncopated metal. They wrote the damn book. So taking this into consideration, it's hard to give a fair assessment of the band's new album "obZen". It sounds like meshuggah as only meshuggah does. Personally, I find that it hearkens back a bit towards "Chaosphere" in that there's a fairly consistent mid-tempo 4/4 beat in the drum pulse. They mix it up a bit of course, but it's those deceptively simple riffs that are often their heaviest and most memorable and that's why I've chosen "Pravus" as today's mp3 selection. All the meshuggah trademarks are present, including Fredrik Thorendal's signature discordant leads, though the best part though comes after the solo section in what I guess you could call the breakdown. When they settle into a groove like that, they're unstoppable. And the subtle melodic counterpoint is absolutely killer as well. It's great, but it's also exactly what you'd expect, so it's a bit tougher to get excited about it.
Meshuggah - Pravus
German label Adagio830 will be releasing a split LP featuring Tar...Feathers and related band Happiness later on this year. Seeing as how both bands share members, you can expect some sort of collaboration tracks as well.
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It seems silly to call this "Volume 2" when disc one is essentially a reprise of the original "Svenska punkklassiker" comp with a slightly different tracklist and an extended timeframe. Sure, a few quality acts got culled in the process (or resigned to the excellent "Svensk postpunk klassiker" collection), but the heavy hitters (Ebba Grön, KSmB, etc.) remain. As for extending the date range to cover the entire 80s, well we can argue endlessly about who was unfairly left off and so on, but overall I think it allows for more variety, thus a better sampling of what early Swedish punk has to offer.
Disc two however, is where things become problematic. Swedish punk in the 90s was a mixed bag, to say the least, and I'm sure there's all sorts of folks out there who bristle at the inclusion of many bands here. C'mon, I love Fireside, but to call them classic Swedish punk is stretching things. Sure, they evolved from the right place, but to hear them followed by Skitsystem is quite a transition.
Anyhow, all issues of personal taste set aside, this collection does deliver a decent overview of the Swedish punk scene for novice listeners. The intro essay by mikael Sörling gives the music historical context and the extra notes for each track (all på Svenska 'natch) are a most welcome touch, especially considering that they are sorely lacking from other collections in the Klassiker series. Of course, in an ideal world, we'd have a double-disc collection for each decade, but it still succeeds well enough as-is to earn a reserved recommendation.
- Avi Roig
Swedish alt-country artist Thomas Denver Jonsson will be heading to the UK in may. So far, he's only got one gig booked at What's Cooking in London on may 7, but more dates should be confirmed shortly.
Swedish roots/reggae/hip-hop community Skawars is back with a new website: https://www.skawars.nu/
Long-running Swedish death-metal act Grave will support Nile on tour in Europe in September: m/viewItem.php?id=222" target="_blank">https://www.regainrecords.com/viewItem.php?id=222
Swedish goth/postpunk act Pen Expers has announced that their sophomore album "Baby's gone straight" will be released on April 2 via I-Ration Records. Download the first single "Switch" right here or stream it at myspace: myspace.com/penexpersband" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/penexpersband
Sahara Hotnights will play the Knitting Factory in NYC on march 20.
The video for the new Robert Svensson (mixtapes & Cellmates) solo single "1987" (ft. guest vocals from Shout Out Louds frontman Adam Olenius) is now online: m/watch?v=v12g3qBTuTQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12g3qBTuTQ
The clip was directed by Victor Claesson of the band Aerial.
Soundvenue reports that Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife is contributing guest vocals to Deus album. Read more: m/news.asp?id=6821" target="_blank">https://www.soundvenue.com/news.asp?id=6821 (in Danish)
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