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Ultimate Meshuggah Album

I just recently got into 'Shuggs, but they've quickly become one of my favorite metal bands. In light of this, I've put together a compilation that aggregates songs in a list while maintaining sequencing from each album's respective tracklisting. This list does not include Catch 33 and I, given that they're tough to fit into a standard 10 track LP.
1Meshuggah
Destroy Erase Improve

Future Breed Machine - Industrial thrash is how I like to describe this song. An iconic Meshuggah track that helped define their sound for the next 20+ years, this track goes hard. The quiet, jazzy solo that pops up halfway through adds nice flavor to an otherwise excellent opening track.
2Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)

Rational Gaze - The most iconic groove on one of the grooviest albums ever, Rational Gaze is as addicting as anything. There are great melodies sprinkled in tandem with excellent drumming and an unrelenting groove. The re-release version of this is SO much better than the original, given that it's 10000x heavier.
3Meshuggah
Koloss

Do Not Look Down - I know I'll probably get a lot of shit for this, given that it's not Bleed (it was really fucking close), but this track is so much fucking fun. The opening groove is super energetic, and it also features some pretty neat spastic soloing and excellent background atmosphere.
4Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)

Closed Eye Visuals - The best track off of Nothing, this song has everything you could want from Meshuggah. The groove on this song is pummeling, and the solo that pops up in the second half is addicting as fuck. The solo transitions into an incredible ambient passage in tandem with a crushing groove.
5Meshuggah
obZen

obZen - The t/t to their 2008 album, this song is an absolute banger. obZen makes this list for Haake's drum performance alone; he is relentless throughout the entire 4+ minute duration. The song peaks at the 3:11 mark when Haake unleashes possibly his best drum fill ever. The guitar lick to conclude the song is pretty rad too.
6Meshuggah
Chaosphere

Sane - Heavy, fast, and unrelenting. Jens absolutely goes off on this track, with some of his most powerful roars ever recorded. The interplay between quiet and heavy passages works well, concluding with an excellent groovy outro.
7Meshuggah
The Violent Sleep of Reason

Stifled - A diverse track that begins heavy before transitioning into a creative solo. Following the solo, Haake takes over before concluding with a 2+ minute long atmospheric passage. The transitions on this song are flawless; also worth mentioning how well the transition into the next song on the album, Nostrum, works.
8Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)

Spasm - Creepy spoken word parts by Haake, catchy melodic guitars, and the usual unparalled groove make this a Shug classic. The solo is incredible as well, it's impressive how well they fit the solo into that bizarre groove. Short but sweet.
9Meshuggah
Koloss

Demiurge - Quite possibly the heaviest song Meshuggah has ever done. The erie intro give way to a heavy groove riff, with various riff changes through to keep things interesting. The song climaxes perfectly with the last lyric "Just trust this nemesis to sign and seal extinction," subsequently featuring an incredible heavy riff syncopated with Haake's signature drumming. Not to mention the creepy ambient guitar line that filters in and out of the song, this is Meshuggah at it's finest.
10Meshuggah
Destroy Erase Improve

Sublevels - Slow and burning to start, this song evolves excellently as the closing track on DEI. The transitions between slow, spoken word parts to grooving, heavy passages work well. Also, the jazzy influences on this are crazy good, especially the closing fadeout jazz improv drumming and guitar interplay.
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