Meshuggah Appreciation Thread

HughesJB4 wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: Wow ! The invasion of the metal heads  ! The thing about all these death metal bands that ruins for me is the annoying satanic vocals . I actually took the time to listen to these guys ( I think Meshugga means something like insane or crazy in Hebrew ) and if they would just knock off those assinine vocals maybe there`s something here. I kind of liked the insanity that Mind`s Mirrors evoked sort of reminded me of some Hawkwind from the 80s. I watched the two videos Straws Pulled At Random and Shed and at leasst the latter is a bit more upbeat and reminds me of Crimson`s Thrak & Vroom album & EP  a little. I own a lot of older heavier albums from Sabbath, Priest, Ministry, Rammstein, Laibach, Soundgarden etc. but these newer bands just blow it for me with the Satan vocals.    Again, I don't go into a Caravan Appreciation thread and say "Well, personally I think Soft Machine is a far superior Canterbury band".

febus wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: Wow ! The invasion of the metal heads  ! The thing about all these death metal bands that ruins for me is the annoying satanic vocals . I actually took the time to listen to these guys ( I think Meshugga means something like insane or crazy in Hebrew ) and if they would just knock off those assinine vocals maybe there`s something here. I kind of liked the insanity that Mind`s Mirrors evoked sort of reminded me of some Hawkwind from the 80s. I watched the two videos Straws Pulled At Random and Shed and at leasst the latter is a bit more upbeat and reminds me of Crimson`s Thrak & Vroom album & EP  a little. I own a lot of older heavier albums from Sabbath, Priest, Ministry, Rammstein, Laibach, Soundgarden etc. but these newer bands just blow it for me with the Satan vocals.    Again, I don't go into a Caravan Appreciation thread and say "Well, personally I think Soft Machine is a far superior Canterbury band".   Oh you can...... i would be backing you for sure   Not my music here.....but your reply was a great  reading.....very well written i must say1

Thankyou
Although I still wont be trolling any Caravan threads anytime soon though
I'll leave that to you if you want

I agree, that album is amazing.

HughesJB4 wrote: Any love for Elastic? I know some people think that song is tedious, but I love every second of it.

Other than that painful bit in the middle, it is actually a fantastic song. Good call

Please, some album for recomendation for a Messugah newbie

kibble_alex wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Any love for Elastic? I know some people think that song is tedious, but I love every second of it. Other than that painful bit in the middle, it is actually a fantastic song. Good call

I never found it to be painful, at least not in the negative sense anyway.
It always sent these vibes of crazy paranoia down my spine and I thought that was kinda cool, since barely any songs do that for me.

i really like a lot of meshuggah's stuff, though listening to an entire album in one sitting gets a little old.

Actually the only album of theirs ive found i can sit all the way through and want more is Catch 33. a distinctly different sound for the band. i think id point the finger here for the moment when melody infiltrated their music.

that asside individual songs off of nothing and DEI are very very well done. fun to listen to.

zafreth wrote: Please, some album for recomendation for a Messugah newbie

Moatilliatta wrote:   Painful bit in the middle? Everything from the middle on is rather painful, though I don't consider the end bit as part of the song. The noise was fun for about a minute, but it goes on too long and then the end is just the whole album layered on top of each other.   That noise segment is what you're talking about right?

Yeah, the noise section. I don't know, I always find the ending quite entertaining as far as an experiment goes.

And because I can, I will bump.

obZen has gotten better over time.
They dialed in some seriously awesome guitar tones on the Line 6 Vetta II amps for that album.

Bleed, is just magnificent.
The right hand technique needed to execute that riff would kill most mortals.