Meshuggah discography

Meshuggah discography

Meshuggah performing live in 2008
Releases
↙Studio albums	6
↙Compilation albums	1
↙EPs	5
↙Music videos	8

Meshuggah is a Swedish five-piece experimental metal band formed in 1987 in Umeå, known for their use of extended polymetric passages, complex time signatures, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh vocals. As of 2008, the band consists of vocalist Jens Kidman, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, bassist Dick Lövgren and drummer Tomas Haake.

Meshuggah's first release was self-titled three-song 12" vinyl EP Meshuggah, which is commonly known as Psykisk Testbild, although that title is not printed anywhere.^[1][2] Only 1000 copies have been released by local record store Garageland in Umeå.^[2] After signing to German heavy metal record label Nuclear Blast, Meshuggah released their debut album Contradictions Collapse in 1991. Their second album Destroy Erase Improve appeared in 1995. Thordendal's sideproject's album Sol Niger Within was released in 1997, as well as the next EP The True Human Design, which was followed by the next full-length album Chaosphere in 1998.

A collection of demos (from the Psykisk Testbild EP) and rare recordings were released as the Rare Trax album in 2001.^[3] In summer 2002 the band released their next album Nothing.^[1] Meshuggah was not satisfied with the production of the album and later re-recorded the guitars for the re-release in 2006,^[4] which also includes a bonus DVD featuring the band's appearance at the Download 2005 festival and the official music videos of "Rational Gaze", "Shed" and "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".^[5] In 2004 Meshuggah released I EP, one single 21-minute track^[6] and in 2005 the next full-length album Catch Thirtythree, one 47-minute song divided up into 13 sections,^[7][8] the only album with programmed drums.^[9] Meshuggah's last release is 2008's obZen.^[1]

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [10]	FIN [11]	FRA [12]	SWI [13]	UK [14]	US [15]	US Heat. [16]	US Ind. [17]
1991	Contradictions Collapse Released: 1 October 1991 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 049 CD) Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	Destroy Erase Improve Released: 25 July 1995 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 121-2) Format: CD, LP	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Chaosphere Released: 10 November 1998 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 336-2) Format: CD, LP	67	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Nothing Released: 16 September 2002 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 542-2) Format: CD (+DVD), LP	41	—	—	—	—	165	6	10
2005	Catch Thirtythree Released: 16 May 2005 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1311-2) Format: CD, LP	12	—	124	—	—	170	7	13
2008	obZen Released: 7 March 2008 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1937-2) Format: CD, LP	16	21	123	99	151	59	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
2001	Rare Trax Released: 21 August 2001 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 605-2) Format: Enhanced CD

Extended plays

Year	Album details	Notes
1989	Psykisk Testbild Label: Garageland (BF 634) Format: LP
1994	None Released: 8 November 1994 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 102-2) Format: CD
1995	Selfcaged Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 132-2) Format: CD
1997	The True Human Design Released: 19 August 1997 Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 268-2) Format: CD
2004	I Released: 13 July 2004 Label: Fractured Transmitter (HA 001) Format: CD	Peaked at #33 on the Swedish charts.[10]

Music videos

Year	Song	Director(s)
1991	"Abnegating Cecity"	Meshuggah
1995	"Transfixion"
	"Terminal Illusions"
1999	"New Millennium Cyanide Christ"
2002	"Rational Gaze"	Torbjorn Oyervold
2005	"Shed"	Matthias Haase
2006	"Rational Gaze" (Mr. Kidman Delirium Version)	Jens Kidman
2008	"Bleed"	Ian McFarland Mike Pecci

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Jason Ankeny and Bradley Torreano. "Meshuggah Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p169489/biography. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Meshuggah - 1989". www.meshuggah.net. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080421151300/http://www.meshuggah.net/disco/psyk/. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
3. ^ Espn. "A short biography". www.meshuggah.net. Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20070513083515/http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
4. ^ Adrien Begrand. "Nothing (Special Edition)". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/11105/meshuggah-nothing/. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
5. ^ "MESHUGGAH: 'Nothing' Re-Release Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60691. Retrieved 2008-06-08. 
6. ^ "I - 2004". www.meshuggah.net. http://www.meshuggah.net/. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
7. ^ Chad Bowar. "Meshuggah - ObZen". About.com:Heavy Metal. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/meshuggahobzen.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-09. 
8. ^ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Catch Thirty-Three review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r742522. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
9. ^ "Meshuggah". Nuclear Blast. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080510084617/http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/bands/meshuggah.html. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Discography Meshuggah" (in Swedish). Swedish charts. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Meshuggah. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
11. ^ "Discography Meshuggah" (in Finnish). Finnish charts. http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Meshuggah&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
12. ^ "Discography Meshuggah" (in French). French charts. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Meshuggah. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
13. ^ "Discography Meshuggah" (in German). Swiss charts. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=Meshuggah. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
14. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
15. ^ "Meshuggah Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/meshuggah/chart-history/142561?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
16. ^ "Meshuggah Album & Song Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/meshuggah/chart-history/142561?f=324&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
17. ^ "Meshuggah Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/meshuggah/chart-history/142561?f=326&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 

External links

• Meshuggah's official website

Media related to Meshuggah at Wikimedia Commons