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 .
10-447: 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
20-595: A couple of songs together. Jens Kidman who retired from guitar playing since the album Contradictions Collapse composed "Behind the Sun". 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
30-612: A member of the Cynic spin-off band Portal which released a demo but eventually disbanded. Having relocated to Los Angeles, Reinert continued working with music by writing and performing for television shows and motion pictures. In 1999, Reinert helped form Æon Spoke alongside Masvidal, which is described as an "ethereal rock" band. The band saw releases in 2004 and 2007, receiving national and satellite airplay, performing, hosting radio appearances, and even appearing on television show and motion picture soundtracks. During this time in 2006, it
40-533: Is married to actress/musician Jessica Pimentel , beginning their romantic relationship in 2013. Meshuggah Sean Reinert Sean Landon Reinert (May 27, 1971 – January 24, 2020) was an American musician. He was the drummer for the rock band Æon Spoke and the drummer and cofounder of the progressive metal band Cynic along with Paul Masvidal until leaving the band in September 2015. In 1991, Reinert and Paul Masvidal (also of Cynic) joined
50-617: The album Contradictions Collapse , "Inside What's Within Behind", "Suffer in Truth", and "Sublevels" on the album Destroy Erase Improve , "Sane", "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture" on the album Chaosphere , "Spasm" on the album Nothing , as well as on several tracks on the album Catch Thirtythree and on the song "Dancers to a Discordant System" from obZen ). Haake also provides spoken vocals on Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal 's solo album Sol Niger Within and vocals on
60-641: 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 . Koloss received generally favorable reviews. Kory Grow of Spin Magazine called it "the first real contender for
70-571: The band Death to record the Human album. This album is seen by many as the start of the technical death metal genre. After touring with Death, he returned to Cynic. 1993 saw the release of Focus (regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/ progressive metal ) on the Roadrunner Records label. Roadrunner re-released it in 2005 as a special collector's edition due to high demand. After Cynic's disbandment Reinert had been
80-609: The fifth best "Modern Metal" drummer by MetalSucks .net in 2012. In the July 2008 edition of Modern Drummer magazine, Haake was named the number one drummer in the "Metal" category, as decided upon in the magazine's Readers' Poll. He was also included in 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time list by the Rolling Stone magazine (occupying the 93rd position). Haake writes the majority of Meshuggah lyrics and also contributes spoken vocals on several songs ("Choirs of Devastation" on
90-402: The genre's album of the year". "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 . Tomas Haake Tomas Nils Haake (born 13 July 1971) is a Swedish musician known for being the drummer of the extreme metal band Meshuggah . Known for his polymeters and technical ability, Haake was named
100-733: The song "Futile Bread Machine (Campfire Version)" from The True Human Design . Haake has cited musicians from heavy metal , jazz fusion and progressive rock as influences. He cites English bands such as Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath , American bands such as Metallica , Slayer , Megadeth , Anthrax , Testament and Metal Church , and Canadian band Rush . His favourite drummers include Phil Rudd ( AC/DC ), Bill Ward ( Black Sabbath ), Vinnie Appice , Lars Ulrich ( Metallica ), Dave Weckl , Sebastian Thomson (Trans AM), Sean Reinert ( Cynic ), Neil Peart (Rush), Ian Mosley ( Marillion ), Terry Bozzio ( Missing Persons and Frank Zappa ), Vinnie Colaiuta and Gary Husband . Haake
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