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\n<\/a>\u201cIf you\u2019re uncomfortable when you\u2019re challenged by listening to something, if you want to listen to stuff that is something that your ear is always accustomed to hearing, you won\u2019t like Meshuggah, and that\u2019s the point, that\u2019s why we sound like we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

From tour release: Nothing feels safe when you\u2019re listening to Meshuggah. Meshuggah\u2019s <\/strong>dense, polyrhythmic roar elevates tech-metal artisanship to such insane heights; they often build new ceilings just to smash through them. They have forged their own path and are one of those rare bands you just have to hear to believe. This is nowhere more evident than on their latest album Koloss<\/p>\n

Ahead of their Australian tour which starts this week , we chatted to Marten from Meshuggah about the dates with Lamb of God, new music, many stringed guitars and their devoted fan base\u2026<\/p>\n

The last time you were in Australia was for Soundwave in 2012, now coming back with Lamb of God, what can fans expect at these upcoming shows?<\/strong>
\nI mean we\u2019ve been out now for a year and half supporting our latest album \u2018Koloss\u2019 and the things is that it\u2019s going to be the first time, even though we were there at the Soundwave, this is going to be the first time we are bringing the whole \u2018Koloss\u2019 production and the setlist that we have been doing for a while an it\u2019s just going to feel nice. We were thinking, we\u2019ve done two Soundwaves and it\u2019s been a while since we did a proper club tour down under and when the option came to go as a co headline with Lamb of God it was kind of a no brainer. So what you can expect is an hour and a half of the best we can bring to date *laughs*<\/p>\n

Although you were both on the Soundwave bill in 2012, have you toured with Lamb of God before?<\/strong>
\nNo, never. But the first time we played with them at the festivals was in \u201998 at the Milwaukee Metal Fest, so they\u2019ve been around for a lone time, we\u2019ve been around for a long time, we\u2019ve bumped into each other on the road, they\u2019re a good band and they\u2019re nice guys so it\u2019s going to be a great tour. The suggestion for us pairing up together for a real tour properly has come up before but it\u2019s either been bad timing for us or bad timing for them, so it\u2019s kind of nice to be going down now.<\/p>\n

Koloss has been out for 18 months or so now, it’ll be your first time after its release that you’ll be here playing it, are you still excited playing these songs?<\/strong>
\nYeah, the thing is, for every album when it comes out it takes a while to adjust playing the new stuff, then it settles in and you get comfortable with it. The feeling we have towards the material off the new album is that we were really happy with how it transmits over to the live environment, and we have tweaked our live show and we\u2019re stepping things up a notch and we\u2019re a better band than we used to be. The variety that the new songs that we put in the set list when we were putting the show together makes it for a more interesting show than ever before I guess. It\u2019s still fun.<\/p>\n

If you look back at Destroy Erase Improve,\u00a0What do you feel you’re able to do now that you weren’t able to do back then?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Well to be totally honest, that\u2019s too long ago *laughs* I don\u2019t even remember, that was in \u201995 *laughs* well there\u2019s a lot of things we can do now that we couldn\u2019t do back then, apart from being in a different stage in our careers, and apart from being more experienced in general and trying stuff out, there\u2019s more stuff accessible to us and we\u2019re more used to being in the studio. I think the biggest change is how we approach what we\u2019re doing, back then we were young guys and we were still chomping at the bit, there was all energy and the only thing we were really looking for was to get it out of our system, and I hate to say it but it\u2019s the truth *laughs* we\u2019re more mature now, we know more when we start writing an album, maybe what we\u2019ve been lacking before, and we didn\u2019t have that consciousness in our music back then when we did \u2018Destroy Erase Improve\u2019, back then it was still a search in finding our true identity, so now we may know more of what our identity is and we\u2019re focusing more on how to explore it in the best way possible.<\/p>\n

Obviously over time, technology has changed also, so do you feel that you can do musically now that you may not have been able to do back then that has helped shape the Meshuggah sound?<\/strong>
\nWell, we\u2019ve always been working this way, the thing is if you look at the way we write music, that\u2019s the biggest difference. Yes of course we\u2019ve got better guitars and cooler amps and we travel more lightly and all that, that\u2019s actually just something that brings quality to the production. What really helped us with technology through the years was that we had to deal with a drum machine and a 4 track back in the day and ping pong, pro-tools and so many steps and so much time to achieve so little you know? Now days with the computers and us writing music the way we do with Q Base and using programmed drums to send to each other to show our ideas, that\u2019s helped tremendously. We couldn\u2019t work at the pace we do now and with the precision we do now unless we portray our ideas to each other that way. Sometimes they are pretty close as to what it sounds like on the finished album, so now we are more representative of what we actually want, it\u2019s more true to the idea. Technology has made it easier for us to do that, especially computers and we work it through properly and have the time to do it to get your ideas across.<\/p>\n

I know your guitars have evolved and strings just seem to keep being added, are you currently using any new gear?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* yeah, well, we\u2019re still working away at those eight strings that we\u2019ve got. Me and Fredrik have released a signature series that was an exclusive and pretty limited run of replicas of our guitars, and now we are actually just about to launch what is called the M8M and it\u2019s still expensive but it\u2019s a more affordable version of our eight strings signature series. We\u2019ve been trying to develop those guitars as is, so we\u2019re not interested in adding any more strings *laughs* or anything like that. We\u2019re running through our Ibanez custom guitars and then we\u2019re running to the axes that we use for stage and that\u2019s it, we have a pretty light rig, and it\u2019s not like we\u2019re in the works of coming up with new stuff, stuff like that usually happens by chance, we\u2019re going to be sticking to what we\u2019ve got, for the next record at least.<\/p>\n

So the 14 string will come on the following albums?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* exactly\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Have you already been working on new material?<\/strong>
\nNope, the way things have been working, well always, especially the last couple of albums, we never write on tour, well aside from the odd riff here and there, we basically never write on the road. We\u2019ll finish the touring cycle and in this case that\u2019ll be in India at the end of November which will be the last show for this album as far as we know, then we\u2019re going to go into writing mode as far as I know. There are a couple of left over riffs here and there from the Koloss making, and that\u2019s always the case that there are some left over here and there, but we use those more to get our asses going again, you look at them more of where you left off and then you start anew. Most of the time those leftovers never make it to the new album, but are a good way to build and start something new, hopefully come December \/ January, we\u2019re going to start writing.<\/p>\n

Do you have a plan or idea of when you\u2019d want to release something or has that not even been thought of as such?<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a long way of, but knowing how we usually go about things, say we start writing in January, it\u2019s going to be at least two years before the album hits and that\u2019s in a perfect world, so in a little more than two years time I would say.<\/p>\n

In the band for over twenty years now, has there been a moment that stands out for you as unbeatable?<\/strong>
\nNo, if I had been asked that question a long time again then maybe, but as you said, we\u2019ve been around for a fucking long time and it\u2019d be old news now. We know that there\u2019s been a lot of peaks and a lot of downs too you know *laughs* like you said, it\u2019s like twenty years. I\u2019ll always say, and this is a boring answer, but I hope that the peak is still to come in the future. I don\u2019t know, there\u2019s been a lot of cool moments, not a single one stands out right now.<\/p>\n

Well that\u2019s good though that there\u2019s more than one\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, it would be a shame if there was only one over twenty years *laughs* that\u2019d be a pretty lousy pay off\u2026<\/p>\n

As far as a fan base goes, what do you think it is about the music of Meshuggah that sets people off?<\/strong>
\nI have no clue. What I hope or what we hope is that there a number of things that set people off, the combination of giving something to them, in twenty ears talking to a lot of fans, and maybe this is the way that it is for most bands, I don\u2019t know, but what amazes me is that one day a guy can come up and talk technical, musical aspects of our music for hours and that\u2019s what is intriguing to him, the mechanics of what we do and how it plays out in musical theory. Then the day after you\u2019re meeting a guy that the only thing he loves is to get into the pit and get bloody and to bleed which is kind of a different approach, I would say we attract a fairly wide variety of personalities but the only common denominator they have I think is a genuine passion for music. If you\u2019re uncomfortable when you\u2019re challenged by listening to something, if you want to listen to stuff that is something that your ear is always accustomed to hearing, you won\u2019t like Meshuggah, and that\u2019s the point, that\u2019s why we sound like we do. It\u2019s kind of demanding something out of the listener, and people who like that experience, like to be dumbfounded and maybe sit and have to figure out what this thing they\u2019re hearing is all about, those are the people we attract, regardless of what genre they come from also.<\/p>\n

What about the Australian fans, how do they compare to those around the world?<\/strong>
\nWell, the thing is that we\u2019ve been doing really good down under, the first time we came down and headlined a club tour we were blown away as we had no idea that people were into us in that way down in Australia, so for us, Australia is a good market. I would say that Australian crowds are really appreciative, and we like playing in Australia because it\u2019s always really intense, and the crowds, they are really knowledgeable about our stuff, they know our music and you can tell when you\u2019re playing in front of a crowd who maybe goes to shows for going to the show. Not always going to see their favourite band, the go to metal shows, that\u2019s what they do, and a lot of people for instance do that in the states. It feels like when we play to a crowd in Australia that they really know our stuff, know what I\u2019m saying? So, it\u2019s an appreciative crowd and we love that.<\/p>\n

So do you have a great memory of a previous Australian visit that you can share with us?<\/strong>
\nI think, even though we haven\u2019t been a lot to Australia, there\u2019s been quite a few good moments, but I\u2019ll say that for us, the first tour we did, because playing the festivals on soundwaves are excellent, it\u2019s great, apart from the heat but it\u2019s great fun and just like a giant party. But the first time we came down there and I think the first show was in Brisbane and I think it was sold out, or maybe it was Sydney and we thought, ok this is weird, we\u2019re not supposed to be selling out this type of club down here, and going on stage for the first time and getting the reception that we did, that kind of set the standard for Australia for us, so we always kind of have really high expectations for Australia *laughs*<\/p>\n

Well, you are coming with Lamb of God, so I think we\u2019ll get one hell of a show\u2026<\/strong>
\n*laughs* yeah, I think it\u2019s going to be pretty intense\u2026<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>\u00a0Jens Kidman \u2013 Vocals, Fredrik Thordendal \u2013 Guitars, M\u00e5rten Hagstr\u00f6m \u2013 Guitars, Tomas Haake \u2013 Drums, Dick L\u00f6vgren – Bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.meshuggah.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> Koloss (Nuclear Blast)<\/p>\n

Catch Meshuggah and Lamb of God on tour in Australia this September at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER<\/strong>
\nBRISBANE, THE TIVOLI \u2013 18+<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSYDNEY, UNSW ROUNDHOUSE \u2013 Lic A\/A<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMELBOURNE, FESTIVAL HALL \u2013 Licensed and Unlicensed areas available<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nADELAIDE, THEBARTON THEATRE \u2013 Lic A\/A<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.venuetix.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nPERTH, METRO CITY \u2013 18+<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.oztix.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Presented by Soundwave Touring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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