Chaosphere - Reloaded

When the likes of Cannibal Corpse and Obituary came about and pleased every butt-rocking wannabe Satanist out there, a term such as intellectual death metal was only thought of as an oxymoron. That was before Meshuggah came about and outsmarted all these suburban burnouts. Sure Chaosphere flaunts the flaming guitar solo every now and then, and don't forget their tendency of trying to come across as all dark and evil. But what Meshuggah have over all the carbon copy death metal acts out there is that they focus primarily on knowing how to play their instruments and segue tempo changes, rather than trying to outspeed and outgrowl everybody. Seriously, each song will have one guessing which direction the band is going to take next. Who would have thought that there would be a band that could re-spark a genre that was long thought overdone after the second Napalm Death record? [This edition contains one bonus track.]