Meshuggah is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in 1987 in Umeå. Meshuggah is known for its use of extended polymetric passages, complex time signatures, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh vocals. As of 2008, the band consists of vocalist Jens Kidman, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, bassist Dick Lövgren and drummer Tomas Haake.
Meshuggah discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 9 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Music videos | 12 |
EPs | 6 |
Meshuggah's first release was a self-titled three-song 12" vinyl EP, Meshuggah, which is commonly known as Psykisk Testbild, although that title is not printed anywhere.[1][2] Only 1000 copies were released by local record store Garageland in Umeå.[2] After signing to German heavy metal record label Nuclear Blast, Meshuggah released its debut album Contradictions Collapse in 1991. Meshuggah's second album, Destroy Erase Improve, was released in 1995.
Thordendal's side project's album, Sol Niger Within, was released in 1997, as was the next Meshuggah EP, The True Human Design. These were followed by the next full-length album, Chaosphere, in 1998.
A collection of demos (from Meshuggah) and rare recordings were released as the Rare Trax album in 2001.[3] In 2002 the band released their next album, Nothing.[1] Meshuggah was not satisfied with the production of the album and later re-recorded the guitars for the re-release in 2006,[4] which also includes a bonus DVD that features the band's appearance at the Download 2005 festival, along with the official music videos for "Rational Gaze", "Shed" and "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".[5] Meshuggah released I in 2004, a single 21-minute track,[6] and in 2005 the band released the next full-length album, Catch Thirtythree, a 47-minute song divided up into 13 movements,[7][8] the only album with programmed drums.[9] In 2008, Meshuggah released obZen, followed by Koloss in 2012[1] and The Violent Sleep of Reason in 2016. Their newest album, Immutable, was released in 2022.
Studio albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [10] |
FIN [11] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
JPN [14] |
NOR [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
US [18] |
US Ind. [18] | |||
Contradictions Collapse |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Destroy Erase Improve |
|
43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Chaosphere |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Nothing |
|
41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 | 10 |
|
Catch Thirtythree |
|
12 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 170 | 13 |
|
obZen |
|
16 | 21 | 23 | — | 177 | — | 11 | 151 | 59 | — |
|
Koloss |
|
12 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 88 | 19 | 39 | 93 | 17 | 2 |
|
The Violent Sleep of Reason |
|
17 | 11 | 75 [24] |
18 | 79 | — | 21 | 32 | 17 | 3 | |
Immutable |
|
3 [25] |
6 [26] |
74 [27] |
6 | 106 | — | 6 | 38 | 115 [28] |
15 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [10] |
FRA [12] |
GRC [29] | |||
Alive |
|
43 | 149 | 25 |
|
The Ophidian Trek |
|
— | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
editTitle | Album details |
---|---|
Rare Trax |
|
EPs
editTitle | EP details | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
SWE [10] | ||
Meshuggah |
|
— |
None |
|
— |
Selfcaged |
|
— |
The True Human Design |
|
— |
I |
|
33 |
Pitch Black |
|
— |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Music videos
editSong | Year | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
"Abnegating Cecity" | 1991 | Meshuggah |
"Transfixion" | 1995 | |
"Terminal Illusions" | ||
"New Millennium Cyanide Christ" | 1999 | |
"Rational Gaze" | 2002 | Torbjorn Oyervold |
"Shed" | 2005 | Matthias Haase |
"Rational Gaze" (Mr. Kidman Delirium Version) |
2006 | Jens Kidman |
"Bleed" | 2008 | Ian McFarland Mike Pecci |
"Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion" | 2012 | Owe Lingvall |
"Demiurge" | Anthony Dubois[31] | |
"I Am Colossus" | 2013 | Magnus Jonsson[32] |
"Clockworks" | 2016 | Julius Horsthuis[33] |
"The Abysmal Eye" | 2022 | Scott Hansen |
"I Am That Thirst" |
References
edit- ^ a b c Ankeny, Jason; Torreano, Bradley. "Meshuggah Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
- ^ a b "Meshuggah - 1989". www.meshuggah.net. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
- ^ Espn. "A short biography". meshuggah.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2007.
- ^ Adrien Begrand. "Nothing (Special Edition)". PopMatters. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH: 'Nothing' Re-Release Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ^ "I - 2004". www.meshuggah.net. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
- ^ Bowar, Chad. "Meshuggah - ObZen". About.com: Heavy Metal. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Catch Thirty-Three review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
- ^ "Meshuggah". Nuclear Blast. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Discography Meshuggah". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Discography Meshuggah". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ a b "Discography Meshuggah" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Discographie von Meshuggah". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Oricon: Meshuggah CD". Oricon. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
"Oricon: Meshuggah DVD". Oricon. Retrieved April 20, 2022. - ^ "Discography Meshuggah". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Discography Meshuggah". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ Peak chart positions for albums in the UK
- ObZen: Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- Koloss and The Violent Sleep of Reason: "Meshuggah | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Peak chart positions in the United States:
- "Meshuggah Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- "Meshuggah Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- "Meshuggah Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ "Sludge Scans For September 2002". www.metalsludge.tv. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan". Blabbermouth.net. 30 April 2002. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ a b "MESHUGGAH: 'Shed' Video Posted Online". Blabbermouth.net. 28 June 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH - Announce Vinyl Reissues!". www.nuclearblast.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "Meshuggah: Northa American 2013 Tour Announced". axisofmetal.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 41, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 10 June 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 14". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ "Albumit 14/2022" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Top Albums (Week 14, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ @billboardcharts (April 11, 2022). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200:..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Discography Meshuggah". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH DVD Director Interviewed; Audio Available". Blabbermouth.net. 28 February 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH: 'Demiurge' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 22 October 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH: 'I Am Colossus' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 4 April 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "MESHUGGAH - Clockworks (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)". Nuclear Blast Records. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
External links
edit