''Alive'' is a

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by Swedish

extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tra ...

band

Meshuggah Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1985. Originally, the band's name was Metallien. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Jens Kidman, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, drummer To ...

. The film was released as a

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(DVD with CD in

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) through

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on 5 February 2010 in Europe and 9 February 2010 in North America. Half of the film consists of the band performing songs on their obZen Tour during 2008–2009. This is intertwined with documentary-style clips of the members talking about their experiences in the band. Also on the DVD is "The Making of Bleed", a documentary on how the music video for "Bleed" was shot, along with the music video itself; and a "Drum Tour" and "Guitar Tour". The cover is made to imitate the film poster for ''

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''.

Track listing

DVD

# "Begin" # "Perpetual Black Second" # "Twenty Two Hours" # "Pravus" # "Dissemination" # "Bleed" # "Ritual" # "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" # "Cleanse" # "Stengah" # "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled" # "Machine" # "Electric Red" # "Solidarius" # "Rational Gaze" # "Moment" # "Lethargica" # "Communicate" # "Combustion" # "Humiliative" # "Infinitum" # "Straws Pulled at Random" # "End"

Bonus material

# "'Bleed'

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" # "The Making of 'Bleed'" # "Micha Guitar Tour" # "Tomas Drum Tour"

Live audio CD

Personnel

*Jens Kidman – vocals *

Fredrik Thordendal Fredrik Thordendal (born 11 February 1970) is a Swedish musician, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the extreme metal band Meshuggah, of which he is a founding member. Along with Meshuggah's rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagst ...

– lead guitar *

Mårten Hagström Mårten Hagström, (born 27 April 1971) is the rhythm guitarist for the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. He joined the band after the release of their first album, which allowed Jens Kidman to focus on his vocal performances and give up rhy ...

– rhythm guitar *

Tomas Haake Tomas Haake (born 13 July 1971) is a Swedish musician and the drummer of the extreme metal band Meshuggah. Known for his polymeters and technical ability, Haake was named the fifth best "Modern Metal" drummer by MetalSucks.net in 2012. In the J ...

– drums *

Dick Lövgren Dick Lövgren (born 11 November 1980) is a Swedish musician. He is the bass guitarist for extreme metal band Meshuggah, which he joined in 2004. Biography In his early days, Lövgren was particularly impressed with the Metallica bass guitarist ...

– bass * Ian McFarland – direction, production * Markus Staiger – executive production * Chris O'Coin – assistant editing * Joey Korenman – animation, design * Daniel Bergstrand – mixing * Nathan Bice – mixing

Charts

;Album charts ;DVD charts

References

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