The Violent Sleep of Reason

by Meshuggah

The Violent Sleep of Reason cover art

For their eighth studio album, Meshuggah opted for a live-in-the-studio recording approach, capturing a more organic and raw energy. 'The Violent Sleep of Reason' is a dense and dizzyingly complex work, even by their standards, filled with dissonant textures and a barrage of aggressive, technical polyrhythms. The album's title, a reference to a Goya painting, reflects its lyrical themes of terrorism, religious extremism, and dogmatism.

Genres

  • Djent
  • Progressive Metal

Tracklist

  1. Clockworks
  2. Born in Dissonance
  3. Monstrocity
  4. By the Ton
  5. Violent Sleep of Reason
  6. Ivory Tower
  7. Stifled
  8. Nostrum
  9. Our Rage Won't Die
  10. Into Decay