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Poll Question: Well, ... what is your favorite Meshuggah album?
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    Posted: December 13 2012 at 00:39
I swear I don't know anything about this band. From what I've read in some of the reviews, they don't sound like they are for me, and yet I'm willing to take the risk of getting some of their action. The only thing I've heard from the tech/extreme prog metal scene was Crimson by Edge of Sanity.

I see several of Meshuggah's albums being in a kind of a tie in terms of rating. So, let's break that biatch! What's your favorite Meshuggah album?
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Chaosphere, with Catch 33 a respectable second.
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I've always been a big Meshuggah fan..Destroy erase improve and Nothing would be good to start with, Chaosphere is another very good album that shows the raw aggression and uncompromising attitude this band has and will do well to please the hardcore fans, However the music on chaosphere sounds the same through-out making it a little too tedious. IMO
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2012 at 10:47
It's between Chaosphere and ObZen for me, voted ObZen. 

Meshuggah is definitely not a band for everyone, they're absolutely relentless. I'd say for a newbie to go for Destroy Erase Improve first as it has a bit more melody and even a few nice jazzy breaks. 
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Catch-33 is too monster to vote against
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Catch 33 was always my favorite. Haven't listened ot this band in ages though, not sure if i could sit through a whole album anymore.

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ObZen.
 
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Points: 3082 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2012 at 13:29
I´d recommend starting with Koloss or Destory Erase Improve. It´s their most accessible albums, and if you are a bit unsure if you´ll like Meshuggah, it would probably be unwise to start with some of their more inaccessible stuff like Catch 33, Nothing or Chaosphere.
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Chaosphere followed by Catch 33
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Meshuggah! Big smile Doesn't get much heavier than those guys, I'll tell you that

Oooh, brace yourself Andrey. If you're legitimately thinking about picking up an album by these guys, tread lightly. Believe me, if you're not already immersed and familiar in Prog Metal, these guys might be a challenge. I mean they really are just brutal riff, after brutal riff; great odd grooves as well, which makes the music very cerebral. I've just recently been getting back into them, go through album by album, and I'd say Future Breed Machine would be a good starter, even a really a good introduction to Prog Metal. Love those guys - one of my favourite bands ever.
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Points: 5012 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2012 at 15:26
Also, check this out:

Absolutely inspirational. In B Lydian as well, which is safe to say isn't used to often in Rock music - very surreal and alien sounding. Approve What do you think?
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2013 at 02:55
Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

I´d recommend starting with Koloss or Destory Erase Improve. It´s their most accessible albums, and if you are a bit unsure if you´ll like Meshuggah, it would probably be unwise to start with some of their more inaccessible stuff like Catch 33, Nothing or Chaosphere.

 
UMUR has hit the nail on the head here.  I challenge someone who's never heard Meshuggah to listen to Koloss and then consider that is their most accessible album LOL.  These guys are seriously heavy.

The cover of Alive just sums it up for me.  Their music makes me think of chaotic frightening scenes on a distant planet, just like a soundtrack to the movie that the album cover lends from.  Their music is insane, fantastically insanely heavy.
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In order:
DEI
Chaosphere
Nothing
Catch 33
obZen
Contradictions Collapse
 
I don't know where to place Koloss yet, it's absolutely on the same level as the others. DEI remains my personal favorite though.
 
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Currently only own the 'I' Special Version LP which has been slowly creeping up on me since the start of the year.
Really digging it lately - watched a lot of stuff on YouTube, live and interviews, making of Koloss etc. and there is this amazingly atmospheric guitar thing Fredrik does on this album, it's just mind-blowing, I gotta get my hands on the LP edition real soon. These guys are sucking me in to their void of robbery, assault and battery ( ) of the soul. I really don't think there's a more brutally heavy sonic onslaught than what Meshuggah brings to the table, they leave most other Extreme Metal acts that I've heard (not much, tbh) in the dust. And Haake's top drummer is Neil Peart - gotta love that !!

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Probably Destroy Erase Improve, although I love most of their albums.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 21 2015 at 22:03
Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Also, check this out:

Absolutely inspirational. In B Lydian as well, which is safe to say isn't used to often in Rock music - very surreal and alien sounding. Approve What do you think?


This solo is out of this f**king world !!! Beyond virtuosic..........
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Chaosphere and then Nothing (both versions)!
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I'm currently obsessed with the youthful, aggressive playfulness displayed throughout Contradictions Collapse.
Pure, erratic, thrashy fun, especially with those 'riot gang' yelps. And Thordendal's soloing is beyond reproach.
Peter Nordin is no Dick Lovgren on the bass, but his more 'conventional' thrashy style and crystalline tone suits my taste perfectly. Every song is a winner.   
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