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Topic: Top 10 Meshuggah songs
Posted: June 13 2013 at 06:42

Heres my selection

Future Breed Machine

Bleed

Obzen

Stengah

Combustion

Demiurge

Rational Gaze

In Death Is Death

Humiliative

Choiirs of Devestation

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Posted: June 13 2013 at 09:12

Chronological order:

Future Breed Machine

Concatenation

New Millennium Cyanide Christ

Stengah

Closed Eye Visuals

Bleed

Lethargica

ObZen

Do Not Look Down

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Posted: June 14 2013 at 21:35

Aw yes! This what I'm saying. I love, love Meshuggah, and it's about time one of these threads sprung up again. Just too many incredible tunes, it hard to skim it down. True innovation, master musicianship, these guys are monsters. Love 'em.

1. Future Breed Machine
2. Bleed
3. New Millennium Cyanide Christ
4. Straws Pulled At Random
5. Dancers To A Discordant System
6. In Death - Is Death
7. Demiurge
8. Rational Gaze
9. Combustion
10. Sum

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Posted: June 16 2013 at 04:53

Interesting - have not heard some of those choices!

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Posted: October 27 2014 at 15:53

Soul Burn
Neurotica
The Mouth Licking What You've Bled
Elastic
Stengah
Rational Gaze
Nebulous
In Death - Is Death
obZen
Pineal Gland Optics

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Posted: January 09 2016 at 20:49

Top 1 Meshuggah tune (from the handful I own / have heard) - possibly Dancers To A Discordant System, maybe the original version of Cadaverous Mastication ( the Psykisk Testbild version - which one day I'll own on 12"), or perhaps The Last Vigil..............
Haven't got enough to make a top-ten, but I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to compile a top-20 for this amazing band........
Really surprised there's not much admiration for these guys........

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Posted: January 09 2016 at 21:15

This is tough, but here's 10 of my favorites in no order:

Future Breed Machine

Beneath

Combustion

New Millennium Cyanide Christ

Paralyzing Ignorance

Greed

I am Colossus

Bleed

Spasm

Erroneous Manipulation

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Posted: January 09 2016 at 21:58

^ Not Dancers ???? Wow...........
Yes, I Am Colossus is insanely BRILLIANT. There's 1 or 2 lines that Jens belts out that could certainly take out the whole universe ................
....................I love great, fresh music.............I have never been a Death Growl person........... At least there's a handful of thoughtful musician/singers that have got it right.................

Edited by Tom Ozric - January 09 2016 at 22:02

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Posted: January 09 2016 at 22:39

^Dancers is great too, I've never heard a Meshuggah song I didn't like.

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Posted: January 09 2016 at 22:49

^ Yes indeed - they seem to be a cut above your 'regular' Extreme concoction.....
'I' is (or at least 'should be') an incredible Prog Masterpiece regardless of genre preference. I just don't get why I dig these guys so much - I hate 'Death' sh*t forever, but Meshuggah, at least to my questionable perception, have got it right - can't picture PhilCo or Jon Anderson (or Frank Bornemann or Aldo Tagliapietra.......) singing along to this ferocious music........... so be it - Jens is a total dude........
........maybe coz they're from Sweden ????

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Posted: January 10 2016 at 01:37

Future Breed Machine

In Death/Is Death

Straws Pulled At Random

Dancers To A Discordant System

Neutrotica

Bleed

Rational Gaze

ObZen

Sub Levels

There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...

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Posted: January 10 2016 at 02:25

^ The Last Vigil ?? ...................
Dancers -

What a behemoth of a track.............

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Posted: January 14 2016 at 04:22

.............seems not many Progheads are into these 'Extreme' guys........
I'm blown-out by this imaginary ' Djent' movement of Prog-metal artists.
Over the years, I've heard mindless Tech-Death bands crank out aggressive and furious music, but none measure up to Meshuggah. This mob have done it for me................

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Posted: January 14 2016 at 04:36

1. Soul Burn

2. In Death - Is Death

3. Bleed

5. Humuliative

6. Future Breed Machine

7. Sum

8. Gods of Rapture

9. The Last Vigil

10. Sublevels

I am particularly drawn toward the tracks with contrast and the avant garde undistorted parts. The closing section of In Death is particularly eerie and moving. I would love to hear an entire album of the 3 guitarists doing those sort of pieces.

Edited by Tapfret - January 14 2016 at 04:45

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Posted: January 14 2016 at 09:13

Tom Ozric wrote:

.............seems not many Progheads are into these 'Extreme' guys........
I'm blown-out by this imaginary ' Djent' movement of Prog-metal artists.
Over the years, I've heard mindless Tech-Death bands crank out aggressive and furious music, but none measure up to Meshuggah. This mob have done it for me................

Its perhaps the only major tech band that i haven't heard yet. Just heard a single song (don't remember the name) 3 years ago. Didn't like it at all. That was perhaps too much too soon. I was just starting to get into the extreme stuff back then. Im ready now..,wud mend it soon.

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Posted: January 16 2016 at 15:20

It takes time - it took me near-on a year to embrace the 'I' LP - instead of switching off to the growl and aggressiveness, I ended up kind of looking beyond that - the music is cleverly arranged and complex, the phrasing of the 'vocals' and placement of syllables etc. to fit with the music is quite difficult to achieve effectively. These guys really work hard and think it through. They still shatter the earth's core, no matter what, like no other. Each member brings an immense amount of personality and style to the music, Jens also being an accomplished Rhythm guitarist. The debut 1989 EP Psykisk Testbild shows them leagues ahead of what was around then - and they were barely out of their teens. Jens even had long hair !!

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