Meshuggah
Sign in to saveMeshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. Since 2004, the band's lineup consists of founding members Jens Kidman (lead vocals) and Fredrik Thordendal (lead guitar), alongside rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, drummer Tomas Haake and bassist Dick Lövgren. Since its formation, the band has released nine studio albums, six EPs and eight music videos. Their latest studio album, Immutable, was released in April 2022 via Atomic Fire Records.
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- Umeå, Sweden
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- 1987–present
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- Jens Kidman Fredrik Thordendal Tomas Haake Mårten Hagström Dick Lövgren
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- Niklas Lundgren Peter Nordin Gustaf Hielm
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Meshuggah - The Official Website
Meshuggah | The Official Meshuggah Site. Brand new, eighth studio album, THE VIOLENT SLEEP OF REASON, out worldwide on October 7, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records., Meshuggah | The Official Meshuggah Site. Brand new, eighth studio album, THE VIOLENT SLEEP OF REASON, out worldwide on October 7, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Formation and ''Contradictions Collapse'' (1987–1994)
- ''Destroy Erase Improve'' (1995–1997)
- ''Chaosphere'' and ''Nothing'' (1998–2002)
- ''I'' and ''Catch Thirtythree'' (2003–2006)
- ''obZen'' and ''Koloss'' (2007–2013)
- ''Pitch Black'' and ''The Violent Sleep of Reason'' (2013–2018)
- ''Immutable'' (2019–present)
- Musical style
- ''Contradictions Collapse'', ''Destroy Erase Improve'' and ''Chaosphere''
- ''Nothing'', ''I'' and ''Catch Thirtythree''
- ''obZen'' and ''Koloss''
- ''The Violent Sleep of Reason''
- Method and lyrical themes
- Analysis
- Legacy
- Band members
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. Since 2004, the band's lineup consists of founding members Jens Kidman (lead vocals) and Fredrik Thordendal (lead guitar), alongside rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, drummer Tomas Haake and bassist Dick Lövgren. Since its formation, the band has released nine studio albums, six EPs and eight music videos. Their latest studio album, Immutable, was released in April 2022 via Atomic Fire Records.
Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style and their complex, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. They rose to fame as a significant act in extreme underground music, became an influence for modern metal bands, and gained a cult following. The band was labelled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal bands by Rolling Stone and as the most important band in metal by Alternative Press. In the late 2000s, the band was an inspiration for the djent subgenre.