On Tuesday, January 24th @ 12:30 p.m. PACIFIC / 3:30 p.m. EASTERN / 9:30 p.m. CET, MESHUGGAH members Tomas Haake and Jens Kidman will host a live Q&A video session via uStream.com in the Nuclear Blast Streaming Room to answer fan-submitted questions about the band’s new album KOLOSS, due out in North America on March 27th.
Nuclear Blast Records held a listening party for KOLOSS at The Slidebar Rock’N'Roll Kitchen last Thursday. Present to hear the ten new tracks that comprise MESHUGGAH’s eighth studio album were members of ZAPPA, FEAR FACTORY, FORBIDDEN, SERJ TANKIAN/JULIETTE LEWIS, ALL SHALL PERISH, HAMMERFALL, MALEVOLENT CREATION, WORLD UNDER BLOOD, ARSIS, and SYMPHONY X plus representatives from DRUM! and Bass Player magazines, Ibanez Guitars, Warwick Basses, Vic Firth, Sabian, Sonor, Evans, Trick Drums, Shure Microphones, Toon Track, Line 6, and Scion.
View photos from the listening party on Nuclear Blast’s Flickr page here. View the slideshow version here.
KOLOSS is scheduled for North American release on March 27th and features 3-D artwork created by Luminokaya.com. The track listing for the jewel-case version of KOLOSS is as follows:
01 – I Am Colossus
02 – The Demon’s Name Is Surveillance
03 – Do Not Look Down
04 – Behind The Sun
05 – The Hurt That Finds You First
06 – Marrow
07 – Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion
08 – Swarm
09 – Demiurge
10 – The Last Vigil
The North American deluxe digi-pak version of KOLOSS will include a bonus DVD.
KOLOSS can be pre-ordered now from Amazon.com.
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2008’s obZen has sold over 82,000 copies in the U.S. and debuted at #59 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, clinched the #14 spot on the iTunes Top Rock Albums chart, was the #1 Most Added metal album on the CMJ Loud Rock and FMQB radio charts
Alive, MESHUGGAH’s 2010 live DVD, debuted at #8 on the Nielsen SoundScan Top Music DVD Video chart.
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