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| Meshuggah ranked
Omage to one of my favourite bands, that i also credit for really getting me into music.
*Including I* | | 9 |  | Meshuggah
Contradictions Collapse
Contradictions Collapse is by no means a terrible or even a bad album, it just pales in comparison to all their other work. The heavy thrash influences, Jens's Hetfield like vocals and the complex jazz inspired rhythms are both a trademark for this LP, both of which get executed much more properly in future releases. Still an important album though.
5/10 | | 8 |  | Meshuggah
The Violent Sleep of Reason
It is clear that this LP is the newest in their discography. The style that they have been founding for just under 30 years at this point, has been uterly perfected. The riffs are so heavy they'll make your ears bleed, the drums and riffs alone are enough to confuse a pack of mathmaticians and Jens's vocals sound better than ever. But it still feels like the album fluctuates way too much in quality, songs like clockworks and nostrum are f'ing bangers and some of their best material ever, while others such as monstrocity seems like Meshuggah just going through the motions.
6-7/10 | | 7 |  | Meshuggah
Koloss
Catchy, heavy and just about as poppy as this band will ever get. I do prefer the slower tracks on this, like behind the sun and demiurge, as some of the faster songs get a bit too noisy in the mix (not always in the best way). Still a great album, that just suffers from a lack of experimentation with their sound.
7/10 | | 6 |  | Meshuggah
Nothing
This is almost single-handedly the album that started the djent revolution that has gone on to influence countless other bands, in other words, it's the album that put Meshuggah on the map for good. Of course all other djent bands miss what makes this album so darn good, the riffs. My god the riffs. The years before this album saw meshuggah closing in on this style, but this LP is what finally cemented what djent sounded like.
8/10 | | 5 |  | Meshuggah
Destroy Erase Improve
This album has a ton of similarities to Contradictions Collapse, but does everything in a better way. Every riff is more memorable, they embrace the jazz a lot more (ex. Future Breed Machine), and Jens's vocals are finally living free of the tyranny that was Hetfield imitations.
9/10 | | 4 |  | Meshuggah
obZen
Nothing saw Meshuggah finally find their own sound. Obzen saw them make that sound even heavier. Some of the most iconic songs this band has ever put out land on here, Bleed is an obvious one, but there's also Lethargica, Combustion, Dancers and so on. This album features on killer track after another, which is what makes it a favourite of mine.
9/10 | | 3 |  | Meshuggah
Catch Thirtythree
This album proves that musical experiments are great, and at least always in some ways interesting. Even though it's designed as one forty-seven minute long song spread out across diffrent tracks, it never feels like there is any repetition. Plenty of originality and great spacing make for a very enjoyable experience.
9/10 | | 2 |  | Meshuggah
Chaosphere
The best Meshuggah album, and in some ways, the best of the best. This LP came out before Meshuggah had settled into their current djent style, so there were still plenty of thrash influences directly leading into this album. And yet it manages to be more chaotic than any thrash metal, and any other metal album in general. Need i say more than just the opening track. The solo alone makes me want to puke, in the best way you can phrase that.
9-10/10 | | 1 |  | Meshuggah
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It's good, check it out.
10/10 | |
bgillesp
05.30.19 | Pretty darn close to what I’d put them at. I’d maybe swap 4-5 but but good list | Bobshat
05.30.19 | I also thought about swapping them, mostly changes form day to day | Relinquished
05.30.19 | 8 over 7 and list is aight, also 5 over 1 and beyond
DEI or DIE | Casavir
05.30.19 | 9 is 2, 5 is 1 and 4 is 3. | advancedwarfighter
05.30.19 | 6 is 1 | WretchedCacophony
05.30.19 | DEI is overrated. I'm assuming Nothing/Nothing RE are interchangeable here.
I have not been able to enjoy Chaosphere at all, strangely enough. Catch 33 is really good until the robo voice comes in.
I is amazing but damn it sounds a little too polished | Relinquished
05.30.19 | I like how people think Nothing was what set the sound but it was Soul Burn and friends, the literal blueprints to the whole thing | Bobshat
05.30.19 | I mean, they did play around with the sound before nothing, but like i said, it then that album is when they really found the style. You cant really say soul burn sounds like djent in comparison to nebulous for example | Casavir
05.30.19 | Nothing was when their sound became comical and tiresome. | StrikeOfTheBeast
05.30.19 | [2] somewhat | rellik009
12.18.19 | casavir not true. |
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