In 2007, Meshuggah returned to the studio to record their sixth album, obZen, which was released in March 2008.

A significant portion of the year was spent learning to perform the songs they wrote; the recording itself took six months.

[1] 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.