Michelle Meldrum, songwriter/guitarist and leader of the L.A. based band Meldrum, formerly also in bands Wargod and Phantom Blue among others - sadly passed away May 21 at age 39.

A cystic growth on her brain is what caused this sad and untimely death! Our thoughts go out to the other band members and of course to her family, friends and to her son.

/Meshuggah

You guys are the reason we are able to do this, and therefor you rule!!

The routing/distances for this tour was insane for the first couple shows and us being stuck at the U.S/Canada border for a few hours meant we didn´t make it in time for the Calgary show!

For the first Vancouver show at the Croatian culture center - same thing! Too far a drive to actually make it in time, so everything was way delayed which in turn meant that we had to cut the set real short! 3 songs!! How´s that for a Meshuggah set!!? Kinda embarrasing, but things were out of our hands!! We were there in time but the semi with all the stage gear was very late and with a 11 p.m curfew....

Basically, the start of this tour was just routed insanely and as for the rest of the tour, we shouldn´t run into these issues.

So again, we apologize to those of you who came out to the shows to see us, only to find we didn´t play or as for the Vancouver show - only played for 15 minutes!

Sincerely

Meshuggah

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Meshuggah will support Ministry on their U.S and Canadian tour, starting late march! Check tour section for more updates on dates etc.
 

Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, Drummer for polish band Decapitated died yesterday from the injuries sustained when their bus collided with a truck, while on tour in Russia.

I remember when I first heard Decapitated's "organic Hallucinosis" and it just blew me away! What a band and WHAT A DRUMMER!!! Vitek was a true talent and drummer genious and his passing is just so very very wrong!

The future will be a sadder place without your drumming!!!

Our thoughts go out to the band and to their families in this sad, sad moment.

Rest in Peace Vitek

/Tomas Haake

As an effect of that - NB has moved the album release to Jan/Feb of 2008.

In light of this we choose to not do a tour that could compromise the outcome of the album as well as possibly delaying the release even more.

Our intention was to have the album out in November and then do this as the first tour in direct support of the release. With this “album-promotional” aspect of the tour gone, we feel that we should instead focus on the most important thing at hand - the album!

We realize that this is a big disappointment to everyone who didn't have the opportunity to catch us on the European tour last summer but we will be back in 2008 touring the new album. Tourdates will be posted shortly!

Our apologies to the other bands on the bill and to all who already bought their tickets as well as those who were about to do so. The tickets are, of course, refundable.

/Meshuggah

The Meshuggah beings have transmitted to me their intent to have a new website up and running at the latest by the time of the new album release!

Whether this is a joke those humans use to further instigate frustration and possibly even resentment among their followers - I cannot interpret in the vague signals emitting from the neuro-transmitter-devices they most commonly call brains!

After all, what am I - God!??

Another little something for you drummers out there!

Vic Firth has released a Tomas Haake signature stick! It should be readily available in stores, at least in the U.S! If it's not available at your local store in Europe yet, it will be within the next few weeks/months!

It’s fairly big stick, but really well balanced! So all you guys who play like 5B/2B or bigger size sticks should check these babies out!!

Yup, it’s us again already!! (Oh, that soon!? -you think) We know you guys think we update this site way too often and that our continous “super-flux” of information is a bit too much for all y’all to handle!!

Well, here’s yet another little tidbit for your over-full mouths and minds to nibble on:

As you’ve already read and/or heard from other places than the source from where, in a perfect world, you should have heard it (i.e this site) that we’re writing for coming album and we’re just about to start recording!

This album will rock your flee-ridden socks off! (that is - if you let it) We’re aiming at a fall release, hopefully september!

Doing some Euro/Scandinavian festivals this summer, starting late june through august, so check the tour schedule over the next few weeks as dates will be posted there!

13/11 Eskilstuna Balsta musikslott, Balstavägen 2

14/11 Katrineholm Gamla Palladium, Drottninggatan 4

15/11 Örebro B-salen, Folkets hus, Gamla gatan 27

16/11 Karlskoga Musikhuset Vallmovägen.9

22/11 Göteborg Sticky Fingers

24/11 Borlänge

25/11 Gävle 15.00, Musikhuset/Sjömanskyrkan, St Esplanadgatan 1

27/11 Falköping Lilla Teatern, Dotorpsgatan 13

28/11 Motala

30/11 Stockholm 20.00, Street, Hornstulls Strand 9

Link: http://www.grammis.se

The single will be released October 7 2005!

Link: http://www.rammstein.de/benzin/

Check the tour section frequently for any updates!

Still, please keep in mind that these dates may change. Check the tour section frequently for updates!

We´re coming back for the only North American tour for the album Catch ThirtyThree.

Support acts are: God Forbid (US), The Haunted (S) and Mnemic (DK).

Please keep in mind that these dates may change. More will be added. Check the tour section frequently for updates!

Link: http://www.scarve.net/

Link: http://www.meshuggah.net/popup/popup.htm

As most of you have probably figured out, Catch 33 is not really a “live material” album, but more of an experiment of sorts! So, if we’d come over to the U.S now, we’d be playing pretty much the same set as last time and we’d much rather be coming over with a fresh new set after completion of coming full length! (no working title yet). Still, as I said – it may very well happen for Catch as well!

We understand that the album or at least parts of it has leaked out! Not really a big surprise! It always seems to happen to us! Still, we’re trusting and hoping that you guys will all still buy it once it’s released!

We have a company working on a video for the title “Shed”, but the progress is a bit slow at the moment so we don’t really know how it’s turning out! We’ll keep you updated on the progress of it!

Now.......End

Nah.. we´re not sorry actually, you should know us by now... and we got more important things to do than write useless information on the news..hehe, we´ve been doing the same fucking thing all this time - workingwithcatchthirtythree - so we don´t wanna repeat ourselfs right?!

Anyway, we just wanna tell you guys that we are on the l.a.s.t. couple of weeks work, "just" some pieces in the puzzle that needs to be forced to fit with some help from the crowbar of love... some mixing and then we should be done. We said "should" didn´t we..??

The song is of course a smashing radio hit and should be in the top 3 most aired songs ever within 2 weeks time.

A Happy 2005 and Lotsa Love,

Meshuggah

We were asked about doing this clinic/show, but unfortunately had to decline due to us writing and recording "Catch 33" at the moment!

Cheers!

/Meshuggah

It seems my name oozed its way into the Modern Drummer/and Drum! readers polls – metal category.

This is not so much due to recorded efforts, but more an indication of how strong and dedicated your fans are! Getting your name in the top five of that poll is more commonly something exclusive to top-selling, chart music acts. So the reason my name is in there, is simply because you guys are greater than all else!

We thank you sincerely for being the most dedicated, die-hard, persistent fans a band could possibly ask for!!!

Cheers!

/Tomas – Meshuggah

5/9 ProgDay /Chapel Hill NC

7/9 Attic Bar/Detroit MI

8/9 Wilbert´s/Cleveland OH

9/9 The Montage Grille-Prog 90 /Rochester NY

10/9 Berklee College Of Music & Ryles Jazz Club/Boston MA

11/9 Old Franklin Schoolhouse / Metuchen NJ

12/9 Tribeca Rock Club / New York NY

Link: http://www.morganagren.com

5/9 Progday Festival / Chappel Hill NC

7/9 The Attic Bar / Detroit MI

8/9 Wilbert´s / Cleveland OH

9/9 Montage Grill - Prog 90 / Rochester NY

10/9 Berklee College Of Music / Boston MA

11/9 NJ Prog House - Metlar Bodine / Piscataway NJ

12/9 Tribeca Rock Club / New York NY

Also we´d like to inform you guys that the release of "I" in Europe is set to July 14th.

Right now we´ll go back into the studio working with the fullength album, then do the Arvika and Gates of Metal festivals in Sweden, then continue the work on the fullength.

All rumours about release dates for "Catch 33" and "I" are bull.

Dragons & castles & princesses to all y'all!

Link: http://www.trustkill.com

Last year we tried out a few bassplayers and as you might understand – this style of playing is not something a lot of musicians are familiar with. We got lucky though and found our “new bassman” in Dick Lövgren. We haven’t been able to thoroughly rehearse all songs yet (due to recording), but we’re very confident it will work out great!

So, dear fans and followers of fucked up sounds & rhythms, please welcome DICK!

Check out the tour section for further info.

Link: http://www.rockparty.se/

We also have plans on doing a totally new website with more info, media stuff, merchandise and more frequent updates.

Also, check the tour section for the upcoming festivals this summer.

Link: http://www.interplay.com/fbos/

40 bands, 40 songs. The first ever MTV2 Headbangers Ball album. Hits streets October 7th.

Link: http://www.headbangersballtour.com
Link: http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/headbangers_ball/index.jhtml

We’re releasing a "one off" thing on a small label called Fractured transmitter records.

The label is owned by Jason Mann of Mushroomhead – we’re good friends with the guys and this release is just a fun thing that we’re doing for the hell of it! In other words – this is in NO way any kind of pointer as to where we’ll be going for the next fullength! We’re currently discussing with a few different labels, but no decision has been made as to where we’ll end up!

The basic idea of this "one off" thing is an EP, probably containing just one song, some 20 minutes long!!! So...keep your ears peeled for that release, due for release sometime next spring!

As for next fullength release, as soon as we know what label it will be released under – you’ll know it too!

Link: http://www.fracturedtransmitter.com/main.htm

Release date, 14th of October

Link: http://www.mushroomhead-music.com

The Meshuggah website has also been moved to a "professional" server instead of a friends basement, which lead to some disturbances but now should be ok.

We have also been working with the studio trying to get it ready for future recordings of Meshuggah. We have been trying out a whole bunch of different microphones for the drums, because this time we are planning to record the whole album in the studio, not just guitars and vocals.

Tomas and Fredrik is right now in Umea recording the Drumkit From Hell II, which is set to be released in the beginning of next year.

Sorry for this delay in updating you guys, but sometimes the summer "vacation" just grabs you by the balls and make you paralyzed and numb.

And yes, we have started writing songs for the new album!

Link: http://www.toontrack.com/index_samples.shtml

Link: http://www.matthieu-metzger.fr.st/

The deconstruction is nearly complete. There are no amps on the exclusively backlit stage, and no guitar cables. What nice order. The pauses in the bridge section of the opener Stengah are like grenade holes in the walls of your home. The sound is so clear that the microscopic offset between the fully panned rhythm guitars only enhances the insanely tight and heavy riffs. Gustaf pounds and bends his strings with impressive precision, while Jens twists around the stage like a hung up fighter bot with an overcharged voice box. And behind them all is Tomas, keeping it all together and never missing an offbeat. All the touring Meshuggah have done during the 4+ years since they last played in Norway must have done them good. I can't remember them ever sounding better, but strangely enough I can't remember them sounding worse either...

The set seems to be the same as reported from Stockholm and Gothenburg, with the focus on the new album and some greatest hits thrown in here and there: Stengah - Perpetual Black Second - Rational Gaze - Sickening - Sane - Closed Eye Visuals - Nebulous - Glints Collide - a few minutes of noise - New Millennium Cyanide Christ - Elastic - Concatenation, and finally Soul Burn and Future Breed Machine as encores.

The live sound wonderfully reproduces the production of Nothing, crisp, clear and brutal. Songs are performed pretty straight forward, with the exception of the occasional drum fill from Tomas. Some interesting variations in Soul Burn; The build-up to the solo of is slightly edited, and the "I never tell the truth from lies" phrase is drastically punctuated. Still waiting for the eight string guitars, the Nothing songs are played on Nevborn detuned seven strings, while the previous material is played with the good old Ibanez Universes.

Nice seeing Meshuggah headline for the first time, which means the set is a lot longer. Make sure you catch them this month if you're in Scandinavia, or next month if you're in America.

As always being on the road with Tool is just insanely fun. Nice guys, great crew! Plus they're an incredible band. The Ozzfest was FUCKING hot. Being from freezing Sweden the heat was probably the only thing we had a hard time dealing with on that tour. The whole tour is just a big party and something quite unique to have been a part of. As for the future we're looking at a small Scandinavian tour in March followed by a US Headline tour as soon as we can get around to it. After that we're planning to tour Europe at long last! It's been a while so we're really looking forward to that.

Anyway we're going to get off our asses and give you guys more frequent updates in the future! Hope to see you guys on tour! Later!