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    Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:40
Do you also think that Meshuggah's music is dreadful? I can't get how this band get any kind of critical acclaim and praise esp. on the Progarchives forum. I know that band is technically good and complex, but the music they made with that good instrumental techniques is totally unlistenable to me. I don't find the slightest quality in their music. 
What are your opinions and do you agree with me?
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^ Tom Ozric's gonna flip LOL

I don't like the vocals, that's my problem with them,
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Yes, inventive but dreadful. LOL 
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Yep. Hate it.
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I think their music (djent) is not any better than nu-metal music. 
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Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

I think their music (djent) is not any better than nu-metal music. 

I disagree
as long as there aren't metalcore-like vocals, djent could be quite good.
also some instrumental djent is great.


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

I think their music (djent) is not any better than nu-metal music. 

I disagree
as long as there aren't metalcore-like vocals, djent could be quite good.
also some instrumental djent is great.

Do you think System of a Down is better than Meshuggah? I think they are much better. 
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Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

I think their music (djent) is not any better than nu-metal music. 

I disagree
as long as there aren't metalcore-like vocals, djent could be quite good.
also some instrumental djent is great.

Do you think System of a Down is better than Meshuggah? I think they are much better. 

better? as in do I like them more?
neither interest me
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"Just because you don't like it don't mean it's no good."  ~  Mike Muir
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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

"Just because you don't like it don't mean it's no good."  ~  Mike Muir



but all he wanted was a Pepsi.

I love Meshuggah, both their thrash and groove stuff. Their new album is killer.
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Just started checking them out, vocals are tough but musically great.
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Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by TexasKing TexasKing wrote:

I think their music (djent) is not any better than nu-metal music. 

I disagree
as long as there aren't metalcore-like vocals, djent could be quite good.
also some instrumental djent is great.

Do you think System of a Down is better than Meshuggah? I think they are much better. 

I'd take System of a Down over any djent. I'm not sure I'd lump SOAD in with nu-metal tbh cos at their best they were much more inventive than that label would suggest.

I sometimes get the feeling musicians like djent as they appreciate the technical aspects. I'm just a chump who likes music so maybe it's lost on me. Djent feels like bunches of guys who are extremely technically proficient but have little songwriting ability, it bores me to tears.
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Well, have you heard the new album from them? i'm new to Meshuggah music too and this is the first album that i heard from them and i'm listening to it right now, the music is VERY well constructed, it's concise and has unsual elements in it, the only thing that i can't understand is why the vocals are so strange, with a stronger gutural vocal it would sound better, but the way is it now it's pretty good!!, i can't say anything about System of A Down really....
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Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

"Just because you don't like it don't mean it's no good."  ~  Mike Muir
but all he wanted was a Pepsi.

Ah, Suicidal Tendencies! I used to love them.



As far as Meshuggah goes, I've heard a bit but not enough to judge them on. I will state this fact: they are a band.
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I quite love Tesseract  by love i mean LOVE
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Points: 1774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2016 at 20:44
Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

"Just because you don't like it don't mean it's no good."  ~  Mike Muir
but all he wanted was a Pepsi.

Ah, Suicidal Tendencies! I used to love them.



Don't you still like them? Lights...Camera...Revolution! is a classic. Their new album is pretty great as well, really brings back the classic ST sound.
 

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I won't say that their music sucks, especially since I'm starting to be somewhat fed up by the current appearance of "negative" threads on this forum for a few weeks... It's okay to say "I don't like this band that everyone say to love", but I'm starting to feel a bit suspicious about the multiplication of those "negative" threads in a really short time.

Anyway, back to the topic: I hardly know the music of Meshuggah. I've tried to listen one or two of their albums, without managing to get into them after just one (1) session of listening. I've not been really impressed by what I heard, saying to myself: "Oh, I've already this kind of rhythms, this type of riffs..." before remembering these guys are around since the mid-90's and have influenced younger bands that I discovered before Meshuggah...
So, I guess that I would better try to listen a bit more carefully their music before expressing a definitive opinion about them.

After all, they're still better than, let's say, Behold The Arctopus...
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2016 at 03:24
^ Arctopus are pretty cool. Anything with Colin Marston is awesome. Especially Gorguts.
Meshuggah are crazy good. Love what they do. Love the ferocity and power of their grooves, but what I do love most is the Tech-Thrash of their debut, Contradictions Collapse. It just doesn't get any better than this.
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2016 at 04:11
Arctopus, cool... Let's say I can't get through the avalanche of riffs from this band and it's really difficult for me to feel an emotional connection with them because of the high technicity/virtuosity.

On the other hand, I have this split-single Arctopus/Orthrelm... Wacko
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