MESHUGGAH

Sol Niger Within - 1997

01. Antanca - The End (The Uncompounded Reality)
02. 00:00 The Beginning Of The End Of Extraction (Evolutional Slow Down)
03. 01:36 The Executive Furies Of The Robot Lord Of Death
04. 03:04 Descent To The Netherworld
05. 03:34 ...Och Stjärnans Namn Var Malört
06. 05:28 Dante's Wild Inferno

07. 06:27 I, Galactus
08. 07:56 Skeletonization
09. 08:11 Sickness And Demoniacal Dreaming
10. 09:17 UFOria
11. 09:56 Z1-Reticuli
12. 12:48 Transmigration Of Souls
13. 14:16 In Reality All Is Void
14. 14:46 Krapp's Last Tape
15. 16:02 Through Fear We Are Unconscious
16. 17:01 Death At Both Ends
17. 18:00 Bouncing In A Bottomless Pit
18. 19:14 The Sun Door
19. 20:46 Painful Disruption
20. 21:15 Vitamin K Experience (A Homage To The Scientist/John Lilly)
21. 22:12 Cosmic Vagina Dentata Organ
22. 26:55 Sensorium Dei
23. 30:37 Magickal Theatre .33.

24. 32:27 Z2-Reticuli
25. 35:19 De Profundis
26. 35:49 Existence Out Of Joint

27. 37:03 On A Crater's Verge
28. 38:17 Solarization
29. 40:07 The End Of The Beginning Of Contraction (Involutional Speed Up/Preparation For The Big Crunch)
30. 40:23 Tathagata

Line-up

Mats »Samsarga« Öberg:	Church organ, synthesizer (Parts 2, 20)
Jonas Knutsson:	Sax (Parts 20, 23, 27, 28)
Jerry Ericsson:	Bass (Parts 10, 23)
Kantor Magnus Larsson:	Church organ (Part 22)
Victor Alneng:	Yidaki (Part 14)
Morgan »Gandharva« Ågren:	Drums
Marcus Persson:	Primal screams
Tomas Haake:	Psychonaut's voice
Jennie Thordendal:	Gallskrik
Petter Marklund:	Psychedelic introspection, quotations and guidance
Fredrik Thordendal:	Sonic execution and psychotomimetic soundscapes
Stefan »Macman« Gillblad:	De-appearance and re-appearance of computer graphics
Nina Bergman:	Morphogenetic illustrations and art direction

Versions

	CD RR6417. Sol Niger Within version 3.33 (Ultimate Audio Entertainment & Relapse Records) - a new mix by Fredrik Thordendal and Daniel Bergstrand; no church organs, better sound quality, PQ-coding rather than index, and bonus songs, "Missing Time" and "Ooo Baby Baby". (Nuclear Blast Records)
	CD UAE 4. Original version. (Ultimate Audio Entertainment)
	CD NB 271. Original version. (Nuclear Blast Records)
	CD MICY-1091 (Avalon) Japanese release of original version.
	Fredrik has also edited a short version for Nuclear Blast. It's about six minutes and contains the most metalish parts from the original. Nuclear Blast has released it on some promo record. It features parts 11 (minus the end), 12, 13, 14 (minus the end), 17, 24, and 25 (first half).

Trivia

	Fredrik Thordendal has a Special Defects homepage.
	The ending is similar to the ending of "Sublevels".
	The Japanese version has a bonus track called "Missing Time". It's an old song by Fredrik Thordendal and Mattias Eklund. Here it features Morgan Ågren on drums, Mats Öberg on keyboard, Svante Henrysson on the bass, Mattias Eklund on guitar synth, and Fredrik did guitars and programming.
	Radio Station KFAI, Minnesota, USA, once played "Sol Niger Within" in its entirety! This happened on the good 'ol show The Root of All Evil which runs Saturday nights 0100-0600 am. In the beginning of this particular show, the host said he had "a special treat later for all of you Meshuggah fans". As it happened, Fredrik got to hear these news on IRC the same night we had the band invited for the grand opening of www.meshuggah.net, back in 1996.
	The part where Magnus Larsson plays the organ was sampled by Clawfinger and used in their song "Biggest & The Best".