The obZen World Tour was a
concert tour
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by Swedish
extreme metal
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band
Meshuggah
Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. Since 2004, the band's lineup consists of founding members Jens Kidman (lead vocals) and Fredrik Thordendal (lead guitar), alongside rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, drumm ...
, in support of the band's sixth studio album ''
obZen
''obZen'' is the sixth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released in Europe on 7 March 2008, and in North America on 11 March 2008 by Nuclear Blast. Tomas Haake made his return as a studio drummer for the record after ...
''.
It is the biggest tour the band has done to date; and the band travelled to places around the world they had previously not performed in. In 2009, Meshuggah returned to North America on a tour with
Cynic and The Faceless.
The ''
Alive'' concert film was produced during the tour.
History
In 2007, Meshuggah returned to the studio to record their sixth album, ''obZen'', which was released in March 2008.
The band spent almost a year on the album; their longest recording session yet. A significant portion of the year was spent learning to perform the songs they wrote; the recording itself took six months. ''obZen'' reached number 59 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 chart and sold 11,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and 50,000 copies after six months.
With this album Meshuggah got more media attention and new fans.
The release was followed by a world tour, which started in the US and proceeded to Europe, Asia and Australia.
Song debuts
In the first North American leg, three new songs from the new album were slated into the band's setlist: ''Electric Red'', ''Bleed'' and ''Pravus''.
In the 2009 North American leg, Meshuggah debuted a full live version of the song ''Bleed''. Up until then, live shows featured a shorter version, one similar to the video edit of the song. This leg also saw the debuts of the songs ''Combustion'' and ''Lethargica'', also from the ''obZen'' album.
Typical setlist
Taken from show at Club Tochka in
Moscow, Russia
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on October 4, 2008.
# "Perpetual Black Second"
# "Bleed"
# "Humiliative"
# "Stengah"
# "The Mouth Licking What You've Bled"
# "Electric Red"
# "Suffer in Truth"
# "Rational Gaze"
# "Pravus"
# "Straws Pulled at Random"
# "Future Breed Machine"
#;Encore
# "Soul Burn"
Tour dates
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* Meshuggah missed their date at the Whiskey Nightclub, with the official story that they did not have their paperwork in order and they were delayed trying to cross the border into Canada.
References
Meshuggah official tour datesarchive from January 12, 2009
link 1 archive from January 12, 2009
link 1link 2
External links
Official website
Meshuggah
at MySpace
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