According to Blabbermouth, Meshuggah have confirmed details of their forthcoming Live DVD:

Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH will release their long-awaited concert DVD+CD digipack, “Alive”, on February 5 in Europe and February 9 in the U.S. Recorded during the band’s 2008-2009 tours of USA, Canada and Japan, the set contains 105 minutes of footage on DVD and more than 60 minutes of music on CD.

The track listing is as follows:

CD:

01. Perpetual Black Second (Tokyo)
02. Electric Red
03. Rational Gaze
04. Pravus
05. Lethargica
06. Combustion
07. Straws Pulled At Random
08. New Millenium Cyanide Christ
09. Stengah
10. The Mouth Licking What You’ve Bled
11. Humiliative
12. Bleed

DVD:

01. Begin
02. Perpetual Black Second (Tokyo)
03. Twenty Two Hours
04. Pravus (Tokyo)
05. Dissemination
06. Bleed (NYC)
07. Ritual
08. New Millenium Cyanide Christ (Montreal)
09. Cleanse
10. Stengah (Montreal)
11. The Mouth Licking What You’ve Bled (Montreal)
12. Machine
13. Electric Red (Tokyo)
14. Solidarius
15. Rational Gaze (Tokyo)
16. Moment
17. Lethargica (Toronto)
18. Communicate
19. Combustion (Toronto)
20. Humiliative (Montreal)
21. Infinitum
22. Straws Pulled At Random (Toronto)
23. End

Bonus:

01. “Bleed” Music Video
02. The Making Of “Bleed”
03. Micha Guitar Tour
04. Tomas Drum Tour

A trailer for the DVD can be viewed here:

Lined up for 20 minutes to get in via metal detector.  Opening band Alchemist were ok.  HQ is a pretty good venue for live bands, everytime I’ve been there the sound has been excellent and the layout of the venue makes you feel quite close to the band.

I though the size of the crowd last night was a little small.  Those that were there seemed pretty into the show though.

Seems as though Meshuggah use all rack gear straight into the PA live.  No amps to be seen.  Who says you need big valve amps to sound good.

Drumming sounded pretty good.  The position I had on the barricade at the front was great, but I couldn’t see much of the drumming cause the guitarist was directly in front.  Not that i’m complaining.

Setlist was good, they played all the songs I hoped to hear (except maybe I).  The set was perhaps a little short though.  1 hour and 15 minutes is possibly not quite long enough for a headline act.

Came extremely close to catching a drum stick.  Better luck next time I guess.

Overall, a great show!  Check them out this tour if you haven’t already!

Hope they tour again soon!

According to fasterlouder.com.au, Meshuggah will finally tour Australia for the first time in October. They’ll be playing dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide (yes!), Melbourne and Perth. Tickets go on sale on the 23rd of May.

Dates:

• 12th Oct Arena Brisbane 18+
• 13th Oct Roundhouse Sydney All Ages
• 14th Oct HQ Adelaide 18+
• 15th Oct Palace Theatre (formerly Metro) Melbourne 18+
• 16th Oct Capitol Perth 18+