That’s mainly because this album is nowhere near as well known as their others, and doesn’t have the polymetric style that they are known for. The vocals are also very different than later stuff. Still a great album nonetheless, as is the totality of their discography.
Meshuggah isn't exactly my #1 favorite band, but they're in my top 5 or 10. But I've never been as impressed and astounded by another band as I have by Meshuggah. So innovative
I think this is one of the best progressive-metal bands of all times. Each member of the band is talented and very skilled at their instrument and they create a perfect harmony with all their different influences. I like this song a lot.
And right there at 1min, machine-like riffage in unison with the bass drums, before Fear Factory were doing it. Of course this is extending on their thrash predecessors, but that precise, machine-like picked attack - they definitely extended on it first. FF were still grinding Napalm Death style in '91 (see Concrete).
@Aivopiirakka It's definately in their top10. Amazing song, the intro is really awesome. First song i heard with them, and i was hooked. Don't like what they've done after chaosphere tho.
Idk if I'd compare it to Opeth but that's definitely my favorite chord progression In the song If you like Meshuggah and Opeth I'd definitely recommend Means End yo Listen to their song Omega Barrier
@JSPAG518 Yes, there are less commercial things. A band can't continue to play exactly the same forever. It doesn't work like that. What they have done now is better and more important than this. Just because it's more underground doesn't mean it's better.
Jimmy Van Cleaf I'd say it's mostly post tonal with a bit of Lydian rather than Mixolydian.. since it starts off on the acoustic with an Ab sus2 moving into D and D# and A and A# (idk what you'd call that but it only exists in the chromatic scale and maybe a few others). Then when the electric guitar comes in the second chord on the acoustic becomes the exact same tones as the first but a tritone apart, and since the electric guitar is playing in parallel thirds on D and F and C and Eb (if you think of the Ab as being a temporary tonic that definitely means it's briefly giving a Lydian feel) over the Ab sus2 before the contrary motion to the upper F# and lower A on the D sus2, you get that REALLY pretty major tritone cadence. Meshuggah clearly had a knack for soul meltingly powerful harmony progressions that they almost entirely abandoned when they became one dimensional lyrically metaphorical polymetric rage. Which is fine. They were my favorite band for years on just that alone. But if they'd managed to keep this kind of dramatic Harmony and balance it in song structures with atonal chaos. We can only imagine... Haha. Thankfully there's tons of projects that manage to succeed in that partially following the mold they established within metal :)
Loved them back around this era when they still had tons of melody in their music... the interesting time signatures are fine, but when that's all there is... along with extremely detuned guitars... it just gets boring as fuck to me. They essentially became a different band once "Nothing" was released... I wish they could get thrashy and more diverse at least one more time before they retire.
Forsete Chaosphere was sort of a fringe album for me, it's got mostly good songs on it, imo, but was definitely showing a style transition between DEI and Nothing. With that said, I still think that Chaosphere had way more thrashy elements than it did "djent"... whereas their new album sounds much more like the rest of what they've done *since Chaosphere... than it sounds like Chaosphere itself. That's in terms of everything from the way he screams, the guitar tunings, the song structures, etc.
Used to listen to this all the time as a 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 year old girl with no destination and nothing but a discman.
When I search Meshuggah from RUclips, why this isn't among the first results? This is like the best song I've ever heard from them.
That’s mainly because this album is nowhere near as well known as their others, and doesn’t have the polymetric style that they are known for. The vocals are also very different than later stuff. Still a great album nonetheless, as is the totality of their discography.
@@nickmacrae5976In my opinion It's definitely one of those albums that doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Meshuggah isn't exactly my #1 favorite band, but they're in my top 5 or 10. But I've never been as impressed and astounded by another band as I have by Meshuggah. So innovative
Do you like Opeth
The drums before and during the guitar solo. Excellent and fun song.
Awesome song. I love all of Meshuggah, even their old days here are amazing, and still very complex and technical
Man, this takes me back! I still have this on cassette somewhere! the early nineties were the years for thrash!
this album was far ahead of its time as MESHUGGAH will always be........
One of the best songs!! mtf what a power!!!!
Mesh-alli-guh.
wayyy ahead of its time
I think this is one of the best progressive-metal bands of all times.
Each member of the band is talented and very skilled at their instrument and they create a perfect harmony with all their different influences. I like this song a lot.
For years I've wondered what that voice says in the beginning. "shut off" ? Great song.
I'm pretty sure he says "Kör du", or "tjöru" transcribed, meaning "Go ahead".
In English I always imagined they were saying "can you tell I was showin' off", lol...
This has bugged me for a while. Kind of sounds like “Turn that shit off” but I can’t tell if I’m only hearing it cause I’m already thinking it.
I always thought it was "Shut up" twice lmao
Ive always thought it was a very deadpan "okay now shut up".
I appreciate how the band is not even of the USA yet their first album's cover is an image of New York City.
They were given three images by the record label and forced to pick one. The album cover has nothing to do with the album basically.
Meshuggah - Being ingenious and epic since.. ever :DD
Damn this is awesome
1991...
Good man. Need more like you.
Tell me why this is absolutely excellent
I'm covering this. like right now
And right there at 1min, machine-like riffage in unison with the bass drums, before Fear Factory were doing it. Of course this is extending on their thrash predecessors, but that precise, machine-like picked attack - they definitely extended on it first. FF were still grinding Napalm Death style in '91 (see Concrete).
yeah this whole cd reminds me of a heavier metallica
A better Metallica *
@Aivopiirakka
It's definately in their top10.
Amazing song, the intro is really awesome.
First song i heard with them, and i was hooked.
Don't like what they've done after chaosphere tho.
symphony of destruction from megadeth and choirs of devastation from meshuggah lol
symphony is from 1992 this is from 1991
A perfect mashup would be choirs of destruction - megaggah
Still reminds me of last entertainment by Coroner, same sort of spoken word instrumental type song and technical sounding
@13guitard00d
Tomas Haake does the speech parts in the tracks.
However Jens is still awesome, haha.
@Thermingt0n yea YEAAAAAAAA so good. Man I adore tool.
gee, i think you answered your own question there, son!
Thatd be annoyingly awesome...
The album cover reminds me of Red Alert 2 for some reason.
00:24 -:00:28 Opeth :)
Idk if I'd compare it to Opeth but that's definitely my favorite chord progression In the song
If you like Meshuggah and Opeth I'd definitely recommend Means End yo
Listen to their song Omega Barrier
@Reaper1984 Not this one. He does his first vocal appearance in Spasm.
2019?
2020!
1:52 best
this is still pretty technical man...
you should be very proud of that :)
@JSPAG518 Yes, there are less commercial things. A band can't continue to play exactly the same forever. It doesn't work like that. What they have done now is better and more important than this. Just because it's more underground doesn't mean it's better.
I really am...
Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm guessing that intro was in the Mixolydian mode.
Jimmy Van Cleaf I'd say it's mostly post tonal with a bit of Lydian rather than Mixolydian.. since it starts off on the acoustic with an Ab sus2 moving into D and D# and A and A# (idk what you'd call that but it only exists in the chromatic scale and maybe a few others). Then when the electric guitar comes in the second chord on the acoustic becomes the exact same tones as the first but a tritone apart, and since the electric guitar is playing in parallel thirds on D and F and C and Eb (if you think of the Ab as being a temporary tonic that definitely means it's briefly giving a Lydian feel) over the Ab sus2 before the contrary motion to the upper F# and lower A on the D sus2, you get that REALLY pretty major tritone cadence. Meshuggah clearly had a knack for soul meltingly powerful harmony progressions that they almost entirely abandoned when they became one dimensional lyrically metaphorical polymetric rage. Which is fine. They were my favorite band for years on just that alone. But if they'd managed to keep this kind of dramatic Harmony and balance it in song structures with atonal chaos. We can only imagine... Haha. Thankfully there's tons of projects that manage to succeed in that partially following the mold they established within metal :)
Best fucking username ever.
@HINRG14 epic.
I figured it out, this sounds just like a Steve Vai song from passion and warfare
uuh yess
@JSPAG518 No way man, you crazy?
0:00-1:50 is COOL!
What are the words at the start?
@vankabel | Old Stuff sounds a little bit like *thrash metal*
FTFY
Amazing band + song.
Is this related to Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth) at all? Just an extremely similar name.
AW HELL NO MAN
YOU ARE GOD
I love both Meshuggah and Korn but does bands with 7 string guitars directly rip off Slayer riffs?
my girlfriend really likes it. shes just getting into REAL metal now
Old Stuff sounds a little bit like metallica ..BUT ..1000 times BETTER
the path Metallica chose not to take
Loved them back around this era when they still had tons of melody in their music... the interesting time signatures are fine, but when that's all there is... along with extremely detuned guitars... it just gets boring as fuck to me. They essentially became a different band once "Nothing" was released... I wish they could get thrashy and more diverse at least one more time before they retire.
Their new single from the new album sounds a bit like a modern Chaosphere.
Forsete
Chaosphere was sort of a fringe album for me, it's got mostly good songs on it, imo, but was definitely showing a style transition between DEI and Nothing. With that said, I still think that Chaosphere had way more thrashy elements than it did "djent"... whereas their new album sounds much more like the rest of what they've done *since Chaosphere... than it sounds like Chaosphere itself. That's in terms of everything from the way he screams, the guitar tunings, the song structures, etc.
Yes sir. After chaosphere, I was done with meshuggsh
HAHA wtf, what i just wrote on a comment on this video:" What Killed Rock & Roll? (Hint: It Wasn't Hip Hop) "
Mr. Nerve Damage not happening tho
Convert from pop?
yea me2 :o this song pwns!
Fuckin \m/ !!!
this is before their 8 string days
WHAT!?
Math Metal!!!!!
2:20 Guest solo from Alexi Lahio :D
Sounds a wee bit like an earlyish metallica song, but not much. Not my favourite song, from them, but still good.
i only like this becuz i cant hear them sing lol musics great tho
Yeah, that was an old comment. My ear has improved a bit, sorry haha.
Jimmy Van Cleaf oh rip NVM on my other reply then lmaoooo but I guess it's there for anyone who's interested
lol
Opeth? NOPE- Just Meshuggah.
Yea, Meshuggah makes some SICK music but I cant stand Jens vocals. They just pierce everything.
Music is amazing though
Textbook Metallica
this is it!
YOU ARE GOD