The eight studio album from Swedish extreme tech-metal messiah's Meshuggah was released on October 7th. The band not only saw its highest first weeks sales in the US, the album debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, #3 on the Hard Music chart, and  #7 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart. It also occupies the #3 position on the Billboard Hard Music chart and #5 position on the Rock chart.

In Canada, the album debuted at #2 on the Hard Music chart and #9 on the Top Current Albums chart.

The Violent Sleep Of Reason took the worldwide charts by storm with the following entries:

#2 - Sweden Rock/Metal
#9 - Australia
#11 - Finland
#17 - Sweden
#18 - Germany
#19 - World Top 50
#21 - Switzerland
#31 - Austria
#32 - Belgium Wallonie
#32 - UK
#34 - Hungary
#46 - Belgium
#47 - Belgium Vlanderen
#56 - France
#57 - Italy
#60 - Netherlands

"A huge thanks to all our fans for the support and for buying the album," comments Meshuggah.

The Violent Sleep Of Reason was produced by the band and was engineered by Tue Madsen of Puk Studios in Kaerby, Denmark. For the cover, the band once again enlisted Keerych Luminokaya who created the artwork for Koloss and The Ophidian Trek as well as the new images for each of the seven albums and three EP's featured in the recently released 25 Years Of Musical Deviance box set.

Tracklisting:

“Clockworks”
“Born In Dissonance”
“MonstroCity”
“By The Ton”
“Violent Sleep Of Reason”
“Ivory Tower”
“Stifled”
“Nostrum”
“Our Rage Won’t Die”
“Into Decay”

“Clockworks” video:

“Clockworks” drum playthrough:

“Nostrum” 360° lyric video:

“Nostrum” drum playthrough:

“Born In Dissonance” lyric video:

The Violent Sleep Of Reason is available in the following formats:

- CD Digipak
- Black Double LP
- Blue/Brown Splatter Double LP
- T-shirt Bundle (Includes digipak & poster; available in sizes: S-XXL) *
- Mail-Order Exclusive Box Set*
* Limited to 1,000 worldwide
* Includes: Latex face mask, (2) stickers, (2) 1.25” buttons, poster flag, certificate of authenticity

Order your copy of The Violent Sleep Of Reason here. Digital copies here.

Meshuggah’s epic North American Fall 2016 tour is now underway. Joining the band as special guests is none other than US metallers High On Fire. Watch a tour teaser video below.

Tour dates:

October
26 - Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
28 - House Of Blues - Chicago, IL
29 - The Majestic - Detroit, MI
30 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
31 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC

November
2 - House Of Blues - Boston, MA
3 - Playstation Theater - New York, NY
4 - The Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
5 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
6 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD

* Meshuggah only