MESHUGGAH — I (review)

MESHUGGAH — I album cover EP · 2004 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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If you are a fan of Extreme metal and extreme time signature work, this is probably one of the best EPs you can get. This is a 21 minute piece of absolutely brutal metal that experiments with some of the most complex rhythmical work ever created.

It starts off with a brutal quick tempo double bass part with the guitars chugging away in all their polymeters. As the pattern continues, it seems to stay the same. Is something going to happen? Suddenly, something does. It bursts into a blast of noise simply all over the place, an outpouring of aggression. Then the piece truly begins. The blatant thrashing Meshuggah riffs are here, with the constantly shifting rhythms and odd grooves. Patterns get twisted, and change ever so slightly, so that each section with a different groove moves easily into the other. This song explores the abilities of rhythmic exploration in abrasive metal, not only going into the complex insanity we all associate with tech bands, but eerie ambient sections, and straightforward groove parts. All of them contribute to the whole, making this one of the most uncomfortable, pulse-heightening, loud, and simply wonderfully complex pieces of metal period.

I am very impressed in the way this band develops rhythms as opposed to the way most bands develop their melodies. I am also impressed at how they can make good transitions from one sections from the next. And their way of making near-no melody brutal metal have distinct sections throughout the entire piece is very interesting. I definitely recommend this EP to any extreme metal fan. It is truly something different and a work that needs to be listened to.
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