Meshuggah - I

 

Your review, which I read a few days ago, inspired me to listen to it again.

 

I've always been amazed at the complexity of the rhythms they play, but the problem is that that seems to be practically all they rely on. Everyone plays the same thing almost the whole song long (and this happens in some of their other material as well); only during a brief solo or interlude (which in a way don't even fit because there was no transition to or from them) does the band break from playing the same chord pattern. I am somewhat bothered by the lack of melody, which is due to the music and the vocals. I don't know how they could, but to hear singing over that stuff or worked into it somehow would be interesting. I also have never liked their relentlessly heavy music; mox it up a bit! I can hardly get through one of their albums because of that. So, I don't know what to pick.

 

In short, though, in concurrence with what you said, this song, and much of what they do is both some of the best stuff ever, and the worst.

 

i laughed