Meshuggah - I - guest review
Meshuggah - I - guest review
Tracklist
Original edition:01. I
2014 reissue edition:
02. I [Remastered]
03. Bleed [live]
04. Dancers To A Discordant System [live]
05. Pitch Black
Guest review by
Alfonso December 07, 2004
Luckily for us, we can still rely on Meshuggah, the Swedish turbo bulldozer. Following the disappointingly plodding "Nothing", "I" is an EP which consists of a single, 21 minute song; a song that not only could be their own little homage to epic, whole-side-of-the-fucking-record songs like "Echoes" or "Supper's Ready", functions as a little summation of their career thus far: we get the thrash metal barrages from "Contradictions Collapse", the mathematical precision of "Destroy Erase Improve", the complicated brute force of "Chaosphere" (THE metal album of the nineties if you ask me), and the 8-string-driven madness that's plausible in "Nothing". I'd be nothing less than a party pooper if I were to describe EVERY nuance and movement of this composition; however, a quick glance at the influences that are in display on this little EP shows us "Persistence of Time"-era Anthrax, Allan Holdsworth, Cynic, Masonna, Glenn Branca... artists that have nothing in common with each other. This fact alone demonstrates that Meshuggah is one of those atypical bands in the metal scene: not only do they show a permanent yearning to expand their palette of sounds, they also manage to incorporate many different influences and turn them into a unique sound which is theirs and theirs only. A sound that's one of the very few which feels like a brick in your fucking teeth. Even more so, the polyrhythms they use are some of the most complicated, intricate things we've heard this side of King Crimson, and they sound completely natural and relevant to the music, not forced in any way whatsoever (suck on that, Dream Theater!), which all but adds to the bludgeoning of the listener. "I", like the latest Pig Destroyer, Khanate and Converge albums, is the best record you can shove in the face of the first snob asshole that dares to tell you metal is dead.
Written by Alfonso | December 07, 2004
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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I totally agree with you, except I just wouldn't have been so harsh. Nice review.
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Great review. It seems odd that this is rated as their best release but once you hear it it really makes sense. Pity they don't do it live. I just found this in my local CD store having previously thought it was out of print (it was). Sweet Jesus, the elation. No CD I have ever purchased smelled as good as this one.
---- VICTORY!!!!! (They love it in France)
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