Meshuggah

[VanHalenFan5150]

Any fans here? \m/

[FORD]

Never heard of them. Are they a Jewish band or something?

[ashstralia]

swedish metal band

i had no idea how many english words have yiddish origins......

[fifth element]

http://www.meshuggah.net/

Rational Gaze (1 of their songs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08JDW_vZ5c

Wikimedia

http://readerfeedback.labs.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah

Meshuggah (pronounced /məˈʃʊɡə/)[1] is an experimental metal band formed in Umeå, Sweden in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1993. The band has gone through a number of bassists, but the position has been held by Dick Lövgren since 2004.

Meshuggah first attracted international attention with the 1995 release Destroy Erase Improve for its fusion of fast-tempo death metal, thrash metal and progressive metal with jazz fusion elements. Since its 2002 album Nothing, Meshuggah has used downtuned eight-string guitars. Meshuggah has become known for innovative musical style, complex, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. They were labeled as one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands by Rolling Stone and as the most important band in metal by Alternative Press. Meshuggah has found little mainstream success as yet, but is a significant act in extreme underground music.

Nothing and the albums that followed have all charted on the Billboard 200. In 2006 and 2009, the band was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award. Meshuggah's most commercially successful album, 2008's obZen, peaked at No. 59 and sold 11,400 copies in the first week and 50,000 copies six months after its release in the United States. Since its formation, Meshuggah has released six studio albums, five EPs and eight music videos. The band has performed in various international festivals, including Ozzfest and Download, and embarked on the obZen world tour from 2008 to 2010.



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[Dave's Bitch]

Meh they are ok yea

[binnie]

I am kind of obsessed by them.

I just reviewed 'Obzen' in the reviews thread. They're certainly not for the faint hearted - if you don't like extreme metal, it'll go straight over your head.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Fucking love Meshuggah! Their Nothing album is the best. ObZen was really good too. I have their Alive DVD, it's so hilarious to watch but the music is awesome! \m/