Well, I had to do it, go and review the Meshuggah albums. Why? you ask. Well, basically they are the best metal group on the planet at this moment in time and even though people say there are other groups like them, nobody is as good as or like Meshuggah.
Meshuggah hail from Sweden and started around 1987. I don't want to say anymore than that as the biography is on the official sight and is also mentioned elsewhere (seek and ye will find).
www.meshuggah.net
I love Meshuggah for a few reasons:
1) I have always envisaged metal would sound something like what they do and boy I was right.
2) The music changes from album to album and they only have a small number of releases of which most are in print (were do they go from now though as they appear to have everything pretty well sewn up in coming up with a new style).
3) They excite me.
4) Devin Townsend and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree both cite Meshuggah as a favourite artist of theirs (I found this out well after I got into them).
The reviews are in no particular order in release or favouritism (to be posted as and when I feel like it).
CHAOSPHERE (1998) - MESHUGGAH
I have just listened to this album in one sitting and must say some of the solos are rather Jazzy, but the music is quite fast and it took me quite a long while before I was able to appreciate any of the songs on this album. In fact I did not like it at all and dismissed it for a long time.
The album is quite short in length and is quite fun once you get used to it. The last track "Elastic" is approx 15 minutes in length or so it appears, but is not really, as it is broken down into four segments. The first segment is the song, the second segment is noise, the third segment is white noise and the last segment comprises of four of the previous songs all played at the same time (what a row, but it works).
This album is a favourite of most fans of the Mesh, but to me it still falls short and I only play it once in a while. The first five songs are great, but after that the momentum is lost. Not an album to be dismissed, but not a first buy either. Buy it, give it a whirl and see what you think.
Meshuggah hail from Sweden and started around 1987. I don't want to say anymore than that as the biography is on the official sight and is also mentioned elsewhere (seek and ye will find).
www.meshuggah.net
I love Meshuggah for a few reasons:
1) I have always envisaged metal would sound something like what they do and boy I was right.
2) The music changes from album to album and they only have a small number of releases of which most are in print (were do they go from now though as they appear to have everything pretty well sewn up in coming up with a new style).
3) They excite me.
4) Devin Townsend and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree both cite Meshuggah as a favourite artist of theirs (I found this out well after I got into them).
The reviews are in no particular order in release or favouritism (to be posted as and when I feel like it).
CHAOSPHERE (1998) - MESHUGGAH
I have just listened to this album in one sitting and must say some of the solos are rather Jazzy, but the music is quite fast and it took me quite a long while before I was able to appreciate any of the songs on this album. In fact I did not like it at all and dismissed it for a long time.
The album is quite short in length and is quite fun once you get used to it. The last track "Elastic" is approx 15 minutes in length or so it appears, but is not really, as it is broken down into four segments. The first segment is the song, the second segment is noise, the third segment is white noise and the last segment comprises of four of the previous songs all played at the same time (what a row, but it works).
This album is a favourite of most fans of the Mesh, but to me it still falls short and I only play it once in a while. The first five songs are great, but after that the momentum is lost. Not an album to be dismissed, but not a first buy either. Buy it, give it a whirl and see what you think.
