Just called Thomas on the phone, he was in the studio together with Mårten... apparently they've done all the drumstuff and guitarstuff on the demo, with just adding/mixing the vocals on it.
We were mostly discussing the new homepage, but I managed to squeeze some information out of him, I'll list it here:
* For those who are worried shit is going simplistic, lay our chin down to the floor, because things are the very opposite. Apparently Thomas sat and wondered WHETHER HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL SOME MATERIAL OFF. Now, if a rhythmic god is doubtful, then this ought to be some fucked up material. He said that this is some of the most psyched out material they've ever produced.
* Things are NOT as fast and stressed as Chaosphere, apparently they're working more with the rhythmical complexity and alot more eerie dark mood with the material. Whereas they wanted a more ... structured song... so structured dark chaos matter is what we're expecting.
* I actually managed to hear some of it in the background; Mårten was tuning his guitar and somewhere in the background (I think) I heard something really really wierd. It felt a little like some parts on Thordendals "Sol Niger", but with a more meshuggian aspect to it all. Can't tell details, but I will review it as soon as they send me the demos (which I would be getting in the near future)
Apparently there is a huge pile of material that they've put together... and Thomas was a bit sceptic over whether some would ever appear on the final album, just because it was "Too wierd" ... I also asked whether they were going a bit commercial... then he said: "Fuck no, we're NEVER going nu-metal, we won't sell our balls to Satan, no matter if we're selling 2 records/year" ... Well, I already knew that anyway... but it's a message to you SOAD/POD/Limp/Slipknot/Machinehead fans, that Meshuggah are straying as far away from that as they possibly can.
Also, we WON'T be expecting any hitsong aimed towards the masses on the album. We won't see Meshuggah on the UK/US/Europe topcharts beside Christina Aguilera or whatever.
