Meshuggah

[Si1v3RfaNg]

So ummm...... why does everyone hate this band? their like the most technical band on earth, and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize, so i dont understand why people hate them so much......

[Dimmu Burger]

Do we seriously not have a Meshuggah thread yet?

I love them BTW.

[bastard]

So ummm...... why does everyone hate this band? their like the most technical band on earth, and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize, so i dont understand why people hate them so much......

um..... yeah... they aren't the "most technical band on earth".

I like em though, they just don't go beyond technicality.

[Dimmu Burger]

Yeah Origin is the most technical band on earth duhh!!!!

[bastard]

lol

YEAHHHHHHHH

[Dimmu Burger]

45 minutes of sweeps FTW!

[beans]

catch 33 blows hard

I is amazing
So is the original issue of Nothing
and Obzen is damn good as well

[Dimmu Burger]

Catch 33 is neat IMO. I prefer Nothing over everything else, but DEI, ObZen, and Chaosphere and really good too.

[beans]

I has to be my favorite song/album from them.
anytime i have about a half hour free ill try to listen to the whole thing, i love every part of it

[Dimmu Burger]

I'll have to give it another listen, I haven't heard much of it.

[Dimmu Burger]

OK its 21 minutes, I think I can get through this.

[beans]

lol yeah its very tedious to sit down and listen to the enitre thing, but do it
i love that song

[Dimmu Burger]

I just got really bored and then it changed, lol!

[masscows]

So ummm...... why does everyone hate this band? their like the most technical band on earth, and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize, so i dont understand why people hate them so much......

chugging in weird time signatures isnt technical and complex beats dont make for good music

meshuggah is some of the most insipid music there is

[Dimmu Burger]

Insipid eh? Gotta look that one up.

Ok I looked it up, I can see your point of view.

[beans]

basically means stupid i think

[Dimmu Burger]

Bland

[beans]

oh there we go then, i think there is more bland music than meshuggah tbh, at least they have their own sound

[masscows]

probably but I don't really think too hard about stuff I don't like

[Dimmu Burger]

oh there we go then, i think there is more bland music than meshuggah tbh,

Yeah like Dave Matthews or OAR.

[beans]

lol thats the way to go man

[EightMilesHigh]

So ummm...... why does everyone hate this band? their like the most technical band on earth, and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize, so i dont understand why people hate them so much......

Technicality =/= good.

the most technical band on earth, and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize

so i dont understand why people hate them so

If you have to ask this question you're beyond saving.

[Si1v3RfaNg]

lol, whatever i think their awesome, but i can see how people would get bored of their music

[exredhouseresident]

I like it. Sometimes I wish it was a bit more melodic, but they're a good metal band. One of the few that doesn't write lyrics about bullshit just so that the vocalist can scream for the **** of it.

[willfellmarsy]

listen to textures if you want some meshuggah with slow passages/melody

Meshuggah is awesome...i never knew they were hated but whatevs...catch 33 rules, I rules, and Bleed might be the best song written this year...maybe not but top 10

[Correction]

:facepalm:

[TimJim]

Meshuggah is alright but it gets boring

[Correction]

they're too wanky like i like some wanking ever once and a while but not after i cum if you know what im getting at

[bastard]

they're too wanky like i like some wanking ever once and a while but not after i cum if you know what im getting at

:naughty:

[Dimmu Burger]

listen to textures if you want some meshuggah with slow passages/melody


Yeah they are Meshuggah with more variety.

[static]

straws pulled at random is their only good song.

[Shattered_Future]

Textures is really not as good. I love Meshuggah. Sure, they get boring after a while, but the rhythms are pretty nuts.

[Dimmu Burger]

Not as good, but a good listen.

[lionelhutz88]

While Catch 33 in particular is a pretty tedious listen, I've always really enjoyed Destroy Erase Improve and Chaosphere. Soul Burn is still a really awesome song as is pretty much all of Chaosphere.

[Dimmu Burger]

Yeah those were before they got the eight string guitars.

[Aaron]

Woo, I get to see them in a few weeks.

[Dimmu Burger]

Who are they touring with?

[neonskies]

I've heard a few songs, but none of them have stuck with me at all. Would the general consensus be that I should give them another try?

[masscows]

no.

[HNLzero]

^^^
black metal is beyond gay.

[masscows]

um who are you and I dont listen to much black metal so

[Aaron]

Who are they touring with?
Maroon 5 & Alchemist.

[bastard]

^^^
black metal is beyond gay.

Gay people like Hawks10pec who think they are into black metal would be offended.

Also, real black metal fans would be too.

[beans]

black metal is either hit or miss for myself
its either really good
or just really bad

[lionelhutz88]

There are good BM bands but for every 1 Emperor or Immortal there are hundreds of really gay bands that make BM a little embarrassing to admit liking.

[bastard]

black metal is either hit or miss for myself
its either really good
or just really bad

There are a few black metal bands that are cool, and then the rest... no.

[lak89]

I don't see why people dislike them, I really like obZen, Chaosphere and Catch 33

[McP3000]

Catch 33 is cool to play every once and awhile. I still need to listen to Chaosphere and Obzen

[rid]

I like them, but they're somewhat overrated and a lot of their stuff sounds the same.

[lionelhutz88]

On Catch 33 every song sounds almost identical. They sound more like some sort of rhythm exercise than actual songs. Except the In life/in death songs, which I remember being pretty good.

[pate]

Catch 33 is one long song.

[Dimmu Burger]

lol

[Det_Nosnip]

So ummm...... why does everyone hate this band?
Like who?

their like the most technical band on earth,
Well, no...although rhythmically they're perhaps the most inventive.

and their drummer plays some of the most complex rhythms and beats to memorize, so i dont understand why people hate them so much......

Answer to your question: probably because they are tired of hearing exaggerated claims like these. :rolleyes:

[Refl]

They absolutely slay live.

[bastard]

They absolutely slay live.

fo sho

:chug:

[EightMilesHigh]

Gay people like Hawks10pec who think they are into black metal would be offended.

Him and Stevie.

[Benzum]

Catch 33 is one long song.

Yeah I think that was the idea...

[Dimmu Burger]

Yeah but people don't get that and think it's a lot of similar songs.

[Benzum]

Well those people are idiots...

They made an album based around a single riff with 3 or 4 variations on that riff. I really like it, hardly a snorefest like most people make it out to be. Also they are without a live drummer and still manage to bring out an album of that standard, that's fantastic...I know the drums are programmed but that makes it even more interesting, I think...

[jrowa001]

Catch 33 is actually my fav of theirs. its somewhat of a chore to listen to all the way, but im always glad i do.

[Det_Nosnip]

Well those people are idiots...

They made an album based around a single riff with 3 or 4 variations on that riff. I really like it, hardly a snorefest like most people make it out to be. Also they are without a live drummer and still manage to bring out an album of that standard, that's fantastic...I know the drums are programmed but that makes it even more interesting, I think...

No...not at all.

TBH I think it's sort of unprofessional for an established band to program their drums.

[Si1v3RfaNg]

they did it as an experiment, thats what meshuggah does well, experiment.

oh and TBH i think destroy erase improve is their best album, and ObZen is their second best

[Dimmu Burger]

Well those people are idiots...

They made an album based around a single riff with 3 or 4 variations on that riff. I really like it, hardly a snorefest like most people make it out to be. Also they are without a live drummer and still manage to bring out an album of that standard, that's fantastic...I know the drums are programmed but that makes it even more interesting, I think...

I don't like they are without a live drummer, they just didn't find it practical to record a 40 or so minute long song all the way through with a real drummer.

[pate]

They didn't have the studio time to record drums. That was why.

[repcak]

Meshuggah are going to play in vienna next week or two, but I don't have the money for all the good concerts this autumn.

[Benzum]

They didn't have the studio time to record drums. That was why.

Really? I heard that Tomas Haake broke his ankle or something?

TBH I think it's sort of unprofessional for an established band to program their drums.

If what pate said is true then it's not really unprofessional at all.

I don't like they are without a live drummer, they just didn't find it practical to record a 40 or so minute long song all the way through with a real drummer.

That makes no sense, they did it on I...and most albums are longer than 40 minutes anyway?
I'm getting mixed opinions here to be honest...