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Mushaggah's last U.S. tour -- which was documented for an upcoming DVD -- was bludgeoning and mindblowing, but considering how amazing the opening band Cynic were, it would be hard to say Meshuggah stole the show.

And that's just fine. Most concert packages deliver a killer headliner (if you're lucky) and a bunch of decent  opening acts (if you're also lucky). The Meshuggah tour with Cynic and The Faceless was a total face-shredder from soup to nuts (And Meshuggah have got some big nuts). But Cynic's performance was just as earth shattering as that of the closing act.

The tour is the group's first in 15 years, and during the show, frontman Paul Masvidal mentioned that the final Cynic show in 1994 before the members went their separate ways was at the Limelight in New York City, so it felt like they had come full circle. And when the lights dimmed and Cynic started to play it seemed as if they decade-and-a-half gap between the deathprog masterpiece Focus and the new Traced in Air never happened. (Click "more" watch our video interview with Masvidal). Read more...

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Shortly after finishing their tour with Meshuggah and Cynic, The Faceless hit the road with Arsis, Misery Index and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. As soon as they're done with that, they'll embark on a bill with Cannibal Corpse, Neuraxis and Obscura. Read more...

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Even if you didn't see our first video interview with Meshuggah guitarist Marten Hagstrom, in which he described how incredible the band's live shows with Cynic and The Faceless were, you can probably still get a sense of the intensity of last week's New York City concert from the above photo of singer Jens Kidman screaming his lungs out. The performance was one of several gigs filmed for Meshuggah's upcoming DVD, which will come out before the release of the band's next album.

While Meshuggah were incredible, Cynic were also great, performing a celestial, progressive and intoxicating set from their new album Traced in Air and their 1993 disc Focus. And The Faceless kicked ass as well, presenting a ferocious, technically complex batch of songs that belied their young age.

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In the second part of our video interview with Mårten Hagström, Meshuggah's guitarist talks about playing on Ministry's farewell tour, the rise of girlie-pop metal, pagan metal and deathcore and his eternal fondness for weird electronic music. Click "more" to watch the interview.
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