The ObZen World Tour was a

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by Swedish metal band

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, in support of the band's sixth studio album ''

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''. It is the biggest tour the band has done to date; and the band travelled to places around the world they had previously not performed in. In 2009, Meshuggah returned to North America on a tour with Cynic and The Faceless. The ''

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'' concert film was produced during the tour.

History

In 2007,

returned to the studio to record their latest album, ''

'', which was released in March 2008. The band spent almost a year on the album; their longest recording session yet. A significant portion of the year was spent learning to perform the songs they wrote; the recording itself took six months. ''obZen'' reached number 59 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 chart and sold 11,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and 50,000 copies after six months. With this album Meshuggah got more media attention and new fans. The release was followed by a world tour, which started in the US and proceeded to

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Song debuts

In the first North American leg, three new songs from the new album were slated into the band's setlist: ''Electric Red'', ''Bleed'' and ''Pravus''. In the 2009 North American leg, Meshuggah debuted a full live version of the song ''Bleed''. Up until then, live shows featured a shorter version, one similar to the video edit of the song. This leg also saw the debuts of the songs ''Combustion'' and ''Lethargica'', also from the ''obZen'' album.

Typical setlist

Taken from show at ''Club Tochka'' in

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on October 4, 2008. *Perpetual Black Second *Bleed *Humiliative *Stengah *The Mouth Licking What You've Bled *Electric Red *Suffer In Truth *Rational Gaze *Pravus *Straws Pulled At Random *Future Breed Machine *Soul Burn (Encore)

Tour dates

* * Meshuggah missed their date at the Whiskey Nightclub, with the official story that they did not have their paperwork in order and they were delayed trying to cross the border into Canada.

References

Meshuggah official tour dates
archive from January 12, 2009
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archive from January 12, 2009
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External links

Official website

Meshuggah
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