A Meshuggah discussion

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   I kind of agree with you, Chaosphere is a bit messily put together in parts. The slightly (and I mean slightly) more diverse approach of the last few releases is an improvement. Some songs on ObZen also work as individual songs whereas most of the stuff from the late 90s onwards only really work in the context of the album, Catch 33 being the most obvious example seeing as it's meant to be all one track anyway.

Am I making sense? I'm probably too tired to be thinking about this sort of thing...

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brainerd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: August 13 2008 Status: Offline Points: 70	Posted: June 24 2009 at 18:44
	I kind of agree with you, Chaosphere is a bit messily put together in parts. The slightly (and I mean slightly) more diverse approach of the last few releases is an improvement. Some songs on ObZen also work as individual songs whereas most of the stuff from the late 90s onwards only really work in the context of the album, Catch 33 being the most obvious example seeing as it's meant to be all one track anyway. Am I making sense? I'm probably too tired to be thinking about this sort of thing...

aapatsos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 11 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 9226	Posted: June 24 2009 at 13:11
	This is not intended to be an appreciation thread as such, but I would not be surprised if it becomes one The reason I wanted to discuss about this particular band is the mixed feelings I have after purchasing Nothing and Chaosphere. To be honest, I had listened to Chaosphere before and was not at all impressed - I was actually amazed at the rating in PA which seems to be quite high. In brief my initial views about these albums Chaosphere: as the title suggests, this album sounds like total chaos, too much noise and hardly any structure. Personally, I don't feel it will grow on me, but I will not stop listening to it until I get a more rounded opinion. Nothing: much more ''reasonable'' structure, ''cleaner'' riffs and more variations seem to create an interesting result. Feels like a more mature approach to the extreme metal side of things while the prog elements are still there. Looking forward to hear your views. Are Meshuggah in overall closer to the first or second description and/or do you agree with the comments for these albums. Feel free to recommend further albums and/or bash the thread creator Edited by aapatsos - June 24 2009 at 13:12