Pre-Nothing Meshuggah is a totally different style. Their old style was aggressive, thrashy and dynamic, but now they are heavy, powerful, complex and crushing. I personally love both in different moods.
I've been a fan since I was 12 years old in 1995. They haven't disappointed me once yet. Though Koloss was not their best but the songs Fredrik wrote on that are gold.
the title means Rejecting Blindness for anyone who isn't an English professor amazing fuckin track, these guys were waaay ahead of their time. Also, seeing Jens with hair and playing guitar while Fredrick is doing lead vocals is too much. this video is an absolute treasure
Your words such unessential lies Refract my barred up eyes You all tell me I'm confined In my shell of hallucinations So try and make me realize Break my secure enclosure Just try and I know you'll make me laugh To hell with your damn comprehension You belabor me for past and present mishaps As if I had the might of alteration You've had your trips into my brain I know you begrudge Now let me leave for my amenity So you see, you white coated freak I don't need your allegations Instead join me to sanity's end With my sweet needle of salvation Increasing needs of my only friend The one I trust He runs in my veins Hides me away under his soothing crust Madness reigns You're no longer in charge of my alluring illusions That takes me wherever I want, my Malnutriated malice Rises strong and makes me the ruler of Earth, wind and fire As reality fades, I'm a king on clouds The self pity no longer runs in my veins I'm a malevolent revelation please let me stay Give me more Left out, dragged down into emptyness Drowning in floods of misunderstanding Why do you all look aside? You're ripping my dignity away Inside identity is leaking out Realization is catching up on me My needs bashes false immortality Into my affected being, chaos Cravings of delight Slowly eats my soul Trapped within myself Defraying my own lies Bewalling my demise Deep penury, internally I feel marred by errors, can't you see? My desires are calling for me The sovereign of abnegations Swings his feelers for a new relation Come, mesmerize my oppressive mind Tear apart these vehement cravings Give me something to live for, bring me back From my purgatory of obsessions Increasing needs of my only friend The one I trust He runs in my veins Hides me away under his soothing crust
It got dark but I can't help but feel there's hope for his future & light at the end of the tunnel metaphorically speaking. He nearly relapsed back into the void of addictive harm after being released from hospital but then he made a stand against it & threw his fully loaded intravenous needle away before using it. It was actually a really good anti drugs video when it was released because of the poignant & accurate reality of drug use. My metal friends used to watch this clip on a regular basis & agree. Back in the early 90's when there was no drug education in schools & drug information online many kids just fumbled around with their addictions because it was perceived to be cool. This clip shows you that you've got to renounce drugs to break the addiction before it literally kills us.
Once and for all....it's Frederik singing lead vocals, as some on here have tried to point out already. Fred sang lead on some songs on that first album. Yes, I know he and Jens sound similar. I know them, I've talked with them about this, it's Fred singing and playing the leads. Period. Ok? lol Also, Jens is a blonde. And I love this album, I picked it up when it first came out and it's still one of my favorite metal albums. Thanks for posting the video.
+bruce cockinson no dude! Beavis and Butthead would dig this! I mean they like metallica and pantera, i think if this came on the TV they'd freak out. "YYYYYYYYES!!!! THIS BAND KICKS.... ASSS!!" Plus imagine the potential commentary about the junkie getting a fix "Hey beavis, I think i've seen your mom do that before"
Coordinación y brutalidad al mas puro estilo de meshuggah.Una de sus mejores canciones si no es que la mejor y es la que define lo que ellos son como grupo!los mejores en su genero sin duda alguna!aun recuerdo cuando la escuche por primera vez,me quede ????????!!!!!!!!!!!?????????!!!!!!hasta que la comprendi y la coordine..
The original Meshuggah drummer was Niclas Lundgren, who left after the "Psykisk Testbild" EP was released in 1989. Haake joined the band and bought Lundgren's white Sonor kit, which you can see in this video.
LOL I love this video, Old school meshuggah are awesome, particularly the DSE album. I Quite like Fredrik's vocals and he looks real different without his trademark goatee! Speaking of different... Check out Jens with hair!
Abnegating cecity and qualms of reality were included tracks on the "death is just the beginning 2" compilation. First i was like "whats death metal about this?".after 10 seconds of q.o.r. i was like "shit, this is just genius".took some time to find out what abnegating cecity means,back then-the compilation included even the video of it. killer tracks,killer album!
haha you guys are funny its Fredrik singing yes, just like it is on the album, its common knowledge that they both sang lead back then.. Jens is seen in the vid playing the flying V, in white tshirt. /cPetter
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Drums sound like Megadeth, vocals sound like a mix between Tom araya and James Hetfield, guitars tone sounds like old Anthrax, and the bass sounds like Jason Newsted.
thanks for your in depth insight into the matter of the "evolution of Meshuggah"... you explained yourself so well and spent so much time and effort backing your conclusions... I'm sure everyone around you is blessed by your ability to speak so eloquently and to bring meaning and validation to your opinions... smh.. troll on.
muchos muchachitos se creen hoy en día muy "modernos" diciendo que escuchan y tocan Djent y cosas por el estilo... Pues MESHUGGAH ya lo estaba haciendo desde inicios de los 90s... Excelente
vaultsjan you can clearly hear that that is not Jens on vocals,but Thordendal,he did main vocals back then.and I am pretty sure that kidman wasnt soloing on that ibanez :D
Thank you, I appreciate that. I have no problem with people having opinions that differ from mine, : )... it's what makes life so interesting, but as you said, it's the one's who attack people because they don't agree with others' opinions that irritate me to no end, lol... nice bumping into you.
Thank you... that's all I was trying to say... and I'll admit the whole "change the name of the band" thing is a bit extreme, but some bands change their sound so much that they do eventually sound like a different band all together. I loved the band up until "Nothing"... it had some great moments but when they switched to that style I stopped being able to enjoy it as much and had to fall back on their earlier work... they are a very talented band, I just miss their thrash music.
This is the Meshuggah that I love... some of their new stuff is ok, but IMO... this "thrashy" version of the math masters is the best incarnation... I would love to hear them break out at least one more album like this... or a mix of this and DEI or Chaosphere....
i gotta admit, having thordendal on vocals is fukin cool, ive always thought of him when i think meshuggah so to have him as tha main focal point just seems to work 4 me, anyways, sweet vid
The singer is Jens. The other guitarist is Frederik. Marten joined to play rhythm guitar after Contradictions Collapse so Jens wouldn't have to play the complex rhythm parts and perform vocals at the same time. Duh! JK, a lot of people don't know that. :)
