Meshuggah - new album

Meshuggah is pretty much the only metal band I will l isten to.. Consistently good!

I had never heard of Meshuggah before going to a Tool show, after Nothing was released.

Tool was fun I guess, but seeing Meshuggah open warped something in my mind at the time.

Metal music hasn't seemed the same since, and it's like I crave their sound and can't find anything

like it.

And shit like this, at ~2:40 ->

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Their musicianship is unreal.. so dark and mental. These dudes fucking slay live shows and are big scary swedes.

Thordendal is definitely the best guitarist in metal.

agreed.

this thread reminded me that they just played bonnaroo, so i looked it up on youtube and found this gem. what an insane show this must have been!

"ready?"

Arggh, they are so fucking good live

I have really enjoyed that more natural drums sound on Koloss. Drums sound and their dynamics is the main thing why I enjoy the original Nothing release so much and why I don't really care for ReNothing.

So after a bit of disappointment with Obzen's overproduction I was very glad to hear the band sounding more raw again.

Music-wise, it is very good, but not their best imo (I don't really enjoy their homage to the more classic metal genres (first moments of The Demon's Name Is Surveillance and parts of The Hurt That Finds You First) I prefer the groovy stuff).

Swarm is amazing and hypnotic. Love that track.

I still really appreciate this album because it's such minimalist, postmodern metal. I can't wait to hear what they come up with next. I love how they push the boundaries by stripping things back, rather than doing what other metal bands tend to do e.g. adding melodic vocals, more elaborate composition techniques etc.

  On 12/9/2015 at 9:52 AM, modey said:

 

I love how they push the boundaries by stripping things back, rather than doing what other metal bands tend to do e.g. adding melodic vocals, more elaborate composition techniques etc.

Nicely put. I agree.