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Meshuggah: Bleed (Video)

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Here's the video for "Bleed," the standout track from Meshuggah's recent album obZen. Okay, so maybe the metaphor is a little heavy-handed. The peaceful, bearded and plaid flannel-wearing everyman, both repulsed and intrigued by his own primal tendencies, is eventually transformed by them. But on a purely visual level, this clip is spectacular, with some freaky human/corpse hybrids worthy of a Tool video. Dig the multi-limbed figure that appears towards the end. So serene. So brutal. The perfect incarnation of the obZen ("obscene" + "Zen") concept. He looks just like Ben Kingsley, yeah? This edit is a couple minutes shorter than the album version, but that's ample time to appreciate the genius of Meshuggah. Listen to Tomas Haake's drumming especially. His feet could be in Mensa. 
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This video is great! Too many bands just do a video of the band playing, which really gets tedious. It may not be the most sophisticated concept, but at least it's a concept.

Is chained up and bloodied the natural state of man?

Tikhon Gilson

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