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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 21:20
I used to like them a lot- but after a while all of their songs started becoming very tedious. They need to differ their songs a bit.
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Points: 626 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 22:03
Great band! Very unique and hypnotic. I can certainly understand how some may not like them, and i sometimes get a little tired with them if i listen for too long, but i find them fantastic none-the-less.

They seem to be getting more and more experimental as well. The polymeters are getting more intense and complex, i believe they're starting to experiment a little more with odd time sigs, as opposed to the old constant 4/4 thing, and they were complex enough with 4/4!

And i second the Sol Niger Within recommendation. I have the original version, and it's completely insane. A less mechanical, avant-gardish Meshuggah. What a trip!
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 22:41
They were just pretty good up until I and Catch 33, which are two of the most original and intense metal albums I've ever heard and have propelled them into the ranks of my favorite bands.  Tomas Haake is ridiculous.
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 23:23
They are a great band, but I can't help getting a little aggravated with their relentless heavy music. Other than their last two releases, I can't really get through a full album.
 
But yes, they are ridiculous, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them.
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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 23:25
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Mind-boggling time signatures, but no recognizable melody...ever.

Still, they're amazing to listen to.  They're one of those bands that you can never quite keep up with, and just when you think you can, they're a step ahead again.
 
Check out Textures - they just released a new album. They remind me of Meshuggah a lot, but they are much more melodic and diverse. Doesn't mean that they're better than Meshuggah though - I like them both!



Just checked them out... Textures definitely get my seal of approval!  Thumbs Up


What Textures cd have you listened to?

If it's Drawing Circles I think that cd is pretty good but their debut Polars is killer.


It was Drawing Circles, but I will check out the other one too, thanks!
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Points: 397 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 23:38
In my opinion, "I" is the single best progressive metal song ever written. Absolutely stunning. Catch-33 is fantastic too but drags in some places. Though the "Mind's Mirror" may be one of the greatest moments of progressive metal ever. When ever I hear "I" or "Minds", I think to myself that THIS is what so-called prog-metal should sound like.
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Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Mind-boggling time signatures, but no recognizable melody...ever.

Still, they're amazing to listen to.  They're one of those bands that you can never quite keep up with, and just when you think you can, they're a step ahead again.


You're forgetting the 4-note motif that is played at least once during the first 3 or 4 tracks off "Chaosphere". And they DO have melody, listen to "Acrid Plasticity" and the unbelievably uplifting solo to "Sublevels", quite possibly one of the bests solos ever.
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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2006 at 23:52
Originally posted by coffeeintheface coffeeintheface wrote:

Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Mind-boggling time signatures, but no recognizable melody...ever.

Still, they're amazing to listen to.  They're one of those bands that you can never quite keep up with, and just when you think you can, they're a step ahead again.


You're forgetting the 4-note motif that is played at least once during the first 3 or 4 tracks off "Chaosphere". And they DO have melody, listen to "Acrid Plasticity" and the unbelievably uplifting solo to "Sublevels", quite possibly one of the bests solos ever.


And the last minute and a half of "Straws Pulled at Random" from Nothing.  That's some pretty cool use of melody, and almost in a major key!
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Points: 1723 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:48
I can listen to some of their stuff from time to time, but quite often I find the songs extremely monotone and never going anywhere... Simply not my taste normally, I guess
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Points: 47 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:53
I think they are a good band but are overrated. They repeat a lot of parts in songs and they sometimes become tedious. Very talented musicians though.
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Points: 1864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2006 at 14:12
Originally posted by Minkia Minkia wrote:

Meshuggah: now there's an original modern band, whether one calls it prog, frog, metal, whatever. 


Ladies and gentlemen (as we all know, _mostly_ gentleman),

We have a new subgenre!

Frog Metal!
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Points: 1723 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2006 at 17:08
Originally posted by apostle apostle wrote:

They repeat a lot of parts in songs and they sometimes become tedious. Very talented musicians though.
Now, that's exactly my point!
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