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| The Top 10 Meshuggah Songs
Well, it's finally here... My first Meshuggah list. I held out as long as I could, but the love had to come out somehow... Get some tissues out, folks. Honourable mentions are... well... all the other songs. Some brutal cuts included New Millennium Cyanide Christ, Pineal Gland Optics, The Mouth Licking What You've Bled, Organic Shadows, Dehumanization, Shed, Suffer In Truth, Bleed, I, Do Not Look Down etc... | | 10 |  | Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)
Nebulous
This one is special because it’s possibly their heaviest, nastiest song ever. The band feels like they’re playing through molasses and everything is so impossibly heavy that it feels like time is slowing down and a massive black hole is opening up. I’m not sure how human ear-drums can behold this and not immediately implode… | | 9 |  | Meshuggah
Koloss
Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion
I think this is one of their most underrated songs. The main groove in this song just feels like Godzilla stomping through a city, steel beams and concrete raining down and everything. The whole thing is just so fucking heavy, groovy, and cold, in a way that only Meshuggah does it. This is one I would kill to experience live. | | 8 |  | Meshuggah
Destroy Erase Improve
Future Breed Machines
Though I’m not the biggest fan of Destroy Erase Improve, I have to tip my cap to this track. It’s such a meticulous assault on the senses that countless lesser bands have tried to ape for over a decade which is kind of mind boggling to think about. And that air-raid siren riff is classic. | | 7 |  | Meshuggah
Chaosphere
Corridor Of Chameleons
This one holds a special place in my heart because for years I tried and failed to get into Meshuggah until one dark and stormy night when I happened to listen to this song and everything finally clicked, leaving me a hopeless Shuggah addict ever since. This is one of the few songs I’m glad they don’t play live because merely the studio recording is a total sensory overload with filthy grooves and obscene breakdowns. But the absolute highlight of the song is the hypnotic, alien melody that weaves in and out of the track and practically makes me float out of my body every time. | | 6 |  | Meshuggah
obZen
Pravus
This song is just pure insanity. It’s like they tried to challenge themselves to fit in as many head-crushing riffs into 5 minutes as they could. The last breakdown is so goddamn visceral, the way the guitar ‘catches' it with that little palm-muted riff at the end is sheer mastery. | | 5 | | Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)
Spasm
I think this is maybe their most unique song. Although the band often evokes an uncanny alien feeling, this song is not just from another planet, it’s from a whole other galaxy. You can’t help but listen and wonder how humans came up with this shit. Also lyrically this is top-tier. | | 4 | | Meshuggah
Koloss
Demiurge
6 years later I’m still at a loss for words for this track. What can I even say? The fucking TRANSITIONS in this song are just unheard of. Literally every time the riff changes my spine slips a disc. It’s kind of bittersweet how much joy this song has brought me when I weigh it against the pain to my physical body. | | 3 | | Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)
Straws Pulled At Random
I was completely obsessed with this song for a while, and you can see why. This band is very unique in their ability to achieve transcendence through repeatedly bludgeoning you with sonic anvils, but on this track they achieve that in a way that’s quite foreign for this band… actual melody. The whole outro to this and the accompanying solo are pure ecstasy, and I dearly wish that they would tap this vein again in the future. I definitely don’t want/expect Meshuggah to ever go melodic or anything, but what they did here is too special to not explore again. | | 2 | | Meshuggah
obZen
Dancers To A Discordant System
The epic closer to Obzen, this is top 3 Meshuggah. The hypnotic repetition of riffs and their slow progression to the climax of perhaps the best solo they’ve ever done is jaw-dropping and unforgettable. The experience of listening to this is like trying to solve a complex mathematical equation before being abducted by a UFO just as you’re about to crack it. | | 1 |  | Meshuggah
Catch Thirtythree
In Death - Is Death
The main chromatic riff in this song is absolutely mindbending, but if that weren’t enough, the transition at 2:17 basically makes me shit myself to this day and the riff at 2:55 is LITERALLY the greatest thing that’s ever happened in the world, ever. Fact. There’s so much to say about this song, from the face-melting sequences to the long dreamy floating-in-space interlude that eventually crashes back down to earth violently. But really words can’t ever do it justice. This is the best song ever made by a long stretch and I highly recommend listening to it on mushrooms. | |
Get Low
03.06.18 | Where's "I"? 0/10 | Dewinged
03.06.18 | No Cyanide Christ? Ummm... | Get Low
03.06.18 | Yeah, I actually quite like this list, but Cyanide Christ should be on here. | JeetJeet
03.06.18 | So glad Spasm made the list. One of their most interesting songs. Meshuggah is the best when they get weird like that song. | artiswar
03.06.18 | Cyanide's just not in my top 10. If it makes you feel better... it's like 11. "I" would be 12-15 somewhere. | artiswar
03.06.18 | Spasm is godly | Dewinged
03.06.18 | Yeah, I feel better, tx Art. | Sinternet
03.06.18 | no I no list | Koris
03.06.18 | Nice list. It's awesome to see more love for Corridor of Chameleons these days... that main riff kills | artiswar
03.06.18 | dun be that way sin. I is awesome it just got a bit overshadowed by other stuff. And as I said, Corridor literally got me into the band single-handedly after years of trying so yeah I have a bit of a love affair with that song. | CalculatingInfinity
03.06.18 | 1 is a Catch 33 song and Bones is in the top 10 so gud list. |
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