Your favorite Meshuggah album
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Topic: Your favorite Meshuggah album
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Subject: Your favorite Meshuggah album
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 00:39
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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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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 03:23
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Chaosphere, with Catch 33 a respectable second. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: farebi_jalebi
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 05:17
| 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 |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 10:47
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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. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:20
| Catch-33 is too monster to vote against |
Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: December 13 2012 at 18:27
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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. If ever there was a one-trick-pony... ------------- http://sumdeus.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 13:09
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ObZen.
Always fun to try and air drum to some of their stuff. Tricky.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 13:29
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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. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 16:40
| Chaosphere followed by Catch 33 |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: December 17 2012 at 15:23
Meshuggah!  Doesn't get much heavier than those guys, I'll tell you thatOooh, 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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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: December 17 2012 at 15:26
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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.  What do you think?-------------
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: February 06 2013 at 22:23
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How could I miss this? http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87113&KW=album" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87113&KW=album
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 07 2013 at 02:55
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  . 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. |
UMUR wrote:Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 07 2013 at 14:36
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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. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 21 2015 at 18:37
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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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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: November 21 2015 at 21:25
| Probably Destroy Erase Improve, although I love most of their albums. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 21 2015 at 22:03
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: February 28 2016 at 17:01
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Chaosphere and then Nothing (both versions)!
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 29 2016 at 14:44
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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. Be interesting for Jens to pick up a guitar again. MESHUGGAH have officially taken over Maiden as my ultimate Metal band. And that's saying something. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 17:51
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DEI ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |