Messuggah

Are they considered to be nu-metal? Metal Archives classifies them as Technical Post-Thrash Metal

I don't really like their brand of metal.

Nu-Metal?! WTF?! No way.

Meshuggah is like a combination of deathcore and industrial - but nothing close to nu-metal.

bgast1 wrote:

Are they considered to be nu-metal?

They are about as nu-metal as Judas Priest is hip-hop

i would label them overrated, but not nu-metal.

Thanks. Just didn't know.

Meshuggah is neither deathcore not industrial nor nu-metal. I would just say that it's technical groove metal with hints of thrash.

Not really a fan of this band. Though I admit I am not all that familiar with their material, what I did hear didn't really peak my interest to check out more. Am I missing out on something?

Love me some Meshuggah, the song Bleed off of Obzen crushes!!

I class them as annoying, the vocals ruin it for me.

ultmetal wrote:

Not really a fan of this band. Though I admit I am not all that familiar with their material, what I did hear didn't really peak my interest to check out more. Am I missing out on something?

I don't think so Scott. I listened to them last night. It was some album called Catch 33. I liked it ok but then I like most everything that I listen to. I will probably give another album or two a listen as well. Knowing your tastes towards death metal type vocals I would say that they are not for you. But the album Catch 33 did get awful weird at times.

mc666 wrote:

i would label them overrated, but not nu-metal.

They started out as a Metallica/Megadeth/Testament style thrash band in the late 1980s, but then they moved towards the groove/post-thrash sound they are known for. I haven't heard their last few albums, though.

By the way, the band's name is spelled Meshuggah, not Messuggah.

Destroy,Erase,Improve is their best album,imo.

mc666 wrote:

i would label them overrated, but not nu-metal.

I agree, though I do still like Contradictions Collapse and None, their overblown for the most part. Catch 33 is one of the worst most redundant albums of the past decade.

DeathCult wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i would label them overrated, but not nu-metal.

I agree, though I do still like Contradictions Collapse and None, their overblown for the most part. Catch 33 is one of the worst most redundant albums of the past decade.

Destroy, Erase, Improve is good... but that's it for me.

mc666 wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i would label them overrated, but not nu-metal.

I agree, though I do still like Contradictions Collapse and None, their overblown for the most part. Catch 33 is one of the worst most redundant albums of the past decade.

Destroy, Erase, Improve is good... but that's it for me.

I like Destroy a little as well, pretty good album, but Contradictions reigns as my favorite.

It's not really my fave kind of thing, but nobody does odd-meter grooves as well as these guys. Just when you think you're settling into the groove, they change the accent on the beat or they all play something different at the same time and somehow keep it together and come back to the groove.

I saw this band live in 1995 and back in the day you would have called that band "Death Metal".

For Meshuggah the vocals are monotonous and I think that takes away from their songs.

I like them I have not listened to them for a while but I did like ObZen a lot when it came out

The 1st 3 albums are GENIUS!! After Destroy, Erase, Improve they went downhill fast!

nevermore wrote:

For Meshuggah the vocals are monotonous and I think that takes away from their songs.

I think some more melodic vocals would make this band a lot more interesting to me.

All I know about this band is that seven or eight years ago they were a running joke on the Blabbermouth message boards -- it didn't matter what band they were reporting on, the comments under the articles were guaranteed to have at least one random moron posting "MESHUGGAH!" for no apparent reason.

Who made up that category Post Thrash? Thats not even a genre!