Meshuggah's best album

I have heard afew songs here and there of this band but I am thinking of buying their albums which one shall I get first

man, start a thread on a good band.


eh..Meshuggah isn't that terrible......or, they don't have to be at least. The thing is that their music is completely, totally centered around rhythms, strict strict full band rhythms, completely counterbalancing a melodic sense......and I don't think they do it too well most of the time. Now I have 'Chaosphere'...and while the production sucks, and a lot of times I have to just kind of get used to the vocals because they're so dry on there... I think 'Chaosphere' is kind of cool because that album conjures up this neoindustrial/horror vision that just WORKS with the songs on there and what they do musically. Also, the leadwork on there is some of their best. As I said, the production, the SOUND wears me out, but the SONGS not so much. The problem is how limited their choice of brand is in scope, you just cannot progress a lot with that sound and still retain that sound, it's like punk or black metal. So I have found a lot of their material weak. But on 'Chaosphere' it feels strong and like it has a purpose, and thus, horrible mixing aside, I would recommend 'Chaosphere'.

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I liked Obzen and Nothing, but personally I would get one of them. Unless you really like Meshuggah and get into them big.

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Obzen is a very good album

mc666 wrote:

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What he said! They never topped this, a defining masterpiece, imho.

kmorg wrote:

mc666 wrote:

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What he said! They never topped this, a defining masterpiece, imho.

I agree!!

mc666 wrote:

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Holy CRAP. I just heard this album for the first time tonight and WOW. These guys are insanely good. I never thought I'd hear jazz fusion guitar solos played over death metal rhythms...now I have. The time changes are INSANE in the best possible way.

Killer.

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mc666 wrote:

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Holy CRAP. I just heard this album for the first time tonight and WOW. These guys are insanely good. I never thought I'd hear jazz fusion guitar solos played over death metal rhythms...now I have. The time changes are INSANE in the best possible way.

Killer.

their other albums aren't bad either, but this is their masterpiece.

mc666 wrote:

S.D. wrote:

mc666 wrote:

Destroy Erase Improve

Holy CRAP. I just heard this album for the first time tonight and WOW. These guys are insanely good. I never thought I'd hear jazz fusion guitar solos played over death metal rhythms...now I have. The time changes are INSANE in the best possible way.

Killer.

their other albums aren't bad either, but this is their masterpiece.

Agreed...

Destroy Erase Improve and None are my two favorites.

I've sampled several of their albums on Spotify (they also have the EPs). I like the first few albums the best...although Chaosphere sounds SO bad on the production front that I can't listen to it.

Destroy Erase Improve and Nothing are the ones I enjoyed the most. There were some good songs on the later albums but they seem to have curtailed the crazy time signatures somewhat and that's what made those early records so interesting.

I love the lead guitarist, he has a unique way of combining fusion and metal guitar styles together.

Their best album is by far Obzen, and the best song on it is Bleed

well, Meshuggah is one of those bands I want to like a whole lot more than I do..... I believe 'Chaosphere' is my favorite out of what I have heard, what I have heard being that album, 'I', most of 'Catch-22', and 'ObZen'. I like 'Chaosphere' because I feel like the themes and sound there work so incredibly well together, and many of the songs are more memorable than what I've heard otherwise. I suppose I need to check out 'Destroy Erase Improve' although the later stuff kind of got me weary of checking out all the older stuff. I have to say I also find it INCREDIBLY irritating how many Meshuggah songs end on a fade out, you just shouldn't be that nuts in a song and then end up fading the thing out with no resolution, but that's just me...........................

OBZEN is my favorite. Every time I hear Bleed I want to destroy something!

Contradictions Collapse is my favorite. Destroy Erase Improve is also great. Never cared for anything after it except the EP called The True Human Design.

I've tried getting into Meshuggah, but they just seem so cold and mechanical. From a musical standpoint, they're great; but nothing has really resonated with me.

I might as well give Destroy Erase Improve another shot.

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I've tried getting into Meshuggah, but they just seem so cold and mechanical. From a musical standpoint, they're great; but nothing has really resonated with me.

I might as well give Destroy Erase Improve another shot.

That is the album that I liked the best. I still think Meshuggah is actually more progressive than most bands labeled as progressive metal.

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Yeah this is their best album in my opinion. The only album that has come close to being as awesome to me is the newest album Koloss.

As far as I can tell from what I've sampled, I only really enjoy their earlier stuff. Right now I'm listening to the EP None.

EP "None" is their best work so far

In my personal opinion
Obzen has the most generally memorable songs
Chaosphere is a close second
NOTHING is pretty crappy and monotonousness aside from how catchy Rational Gaze is.

Wurthless wrote:

I've tried getting into Meshuggah, but they just seem so cold and mechanical. From a musical standpoint, they're great; but nothing has really resonated with me.

Same here, but maybe my brain isn't just equipped to understand Math Metal

been into them for a brief period but now Meshuggah is totally oblivious to me, however I'd recommend "D.E.I."