Meshuggah - I [EP]
| Release date: | 14 July 2004 |
| Style: | Math metal, Progressive metal, Technical thrash metal |
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292 have it 20 want it 1 trades it |
Original edition:
01. I
2014 reissue edition:
02. I [Remastered]
03. Bleed [live]
04. Dancers To A Discordant System [live]
05. Pitch Black
01. I
2014 reissue edition:
02. I [Remastered]
03. Bleed [live]
04. Dancers To A Discordant System [live]
05. Pitch Black
Guest review
Lyrics Remastered and reissued by Nuclear Blast with bonus tracks from the 'Pitch Black' EP and a bonus live track.
Pronounced 'eye' rather than 'one'. Tracks 'Bleed' and 'Dancers To A Discordant System' recorded during the Ophidian Trek world tour 2012-2013.
Rating:
9.5
9.5
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Rating: 9.5 |
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| Regolith Posts: 92  |
Whenever I want to show someone examples of insane, creative, innovative, mind-blowing metal music, I put this EP on. The first minute and 30-some seconds are enough to make you want to put it on pause and catch your spinning head. The rest is a gut-pummeling flurry of metal madness. Tomas Hakke said in an interview that they won't play it live because it's so random and crazy (paraphrasing). But i'd dare say it's not random in a bad way. The whole song (EP) flows together nicely. The randomness Mr. Hakke may be refering to is in some of the passages where there are no repeating parts, no breaks, no time...just... It's crazy. Another aspect of the EP I enjoy is that it compliments Meshuggah's Catch 33 album quite well (IMO). I consider the two sister 'albums'. What is really strange is that Catch 33 is cut into 13 tracks but feels like it should be half that (because many songs are basically the same song but the masters felt the need to break them up), and 'I' feels like it should be many tracks but is only one. Overall 'I' is a must-have for Meshuggah fans. It's fast, crazy, proggresive and epic. It should be noted that it is well mastered and has a great studio sound (as opposed to some of thier earlier releases). If you don't have it, get it!
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| Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062  |
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
Amazing EP, just got my copy of the remastered limited edition in the mail today, and it's a bona fide masterpiece.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Mehdi Taba Mehdi Taba Posts: 436  |
Almost impossible to play metal music!!!  I don't know why I was laughing hysterically at the time of listening!  Amazing musicianship.
---- Stop seeing things and people in a binary way. Everything has its own spectrum and complexity. Be patient and learn about the world.
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| Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2749  |
Not sure what they were thinking changing the intro in the remastered version. When you are familiar with the song already, the change is jarring and off-putting. Remastering is fine but don't George Lucas it!
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4099  |
Great album, but that extended ambient section puts me off quite a bit.
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| Mehrad Posts: 653  |
Greatness
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| nonZero Posts: 1332  |
One of my favourite releases from Meshuggah. 9.0/10 for me.
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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