Meshuggah?

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   semantics....

Hell no they are not a traditional 'prog' band. But progressive metal, yes. That label barely scratches the surface of what they are and what their music is. They have pushed things wayyyyyyyy further than most tech/metal/fusion bands. Virtually speaking, they are doing the same thing King Crimson has been doing their entire career, and what most of the praised 'prog' bands on this site have been doing in their glory years, which is: A) playing the music they want to play, with no compromises, B) make it f*cking difficult to imitate their identity and music by packing it with complexity and creativity, and C) create controversy among listeners, making people like P.H.P cry for their momma when they are faced with such groundbreaking music.

I know its hard to like them (I had a very hard time with Chaosphere, which intro'ed me to Meshuggah), but they possess the same priorities, qualities and focus as any other extremely interesting art band, Gong included.... and the result is progressive music.

Poll Question: How do you find Meshuggah to be?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Bad, they don't have anything to do with Prog music, awful!	13	[22.03%]
Just Fine, they are too noisy and pointless sometimes though	11	[18.64%]
Good, they're overall a good metal band	6	[10.17%]
Very Good, one of the finest Prog Metal bands nowadays	18	[30.51%]
Genius!, totally amazing Progressive Metal	11	[18.64%]
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