Meshuggah - Qualms Of Reality

[@AlphaDavid66]

they have to make more of these heavier chug riffs, killer song

[@EvilViolator124]

That guitar tone reminds me of the Metallica And Justice For All tone. Sick

[@DarkIacco]

Early Meshuggah is what Metallica should have become after AJFA

[@FEAROWNAGE]

Closer to the Black Album tone if you ask me.

[@deadbodybaby1]

This is what Metallica would be if they didn’t want to be pop stars so bad.

[@AaronQ1222]

It's crazy how much their sound evolved.

[@pascolla1]

The Alan Holdsworth influence is crazy. Great legato sustain.

[@heero7yui]

Slightly less heavy Meshuggah with clean guitar chords and jazzy sounding solos for the win.

[@OrlandoAponte]

Wow, I really dig the jazzy tones in this track. I wish they had focused a bit more on this than the cookie-cutter thrash sound, but I'm glad they evolved into the monster that they became in the late 90s to this day.

[@Kruegernator123]

You can still hear a lot of influence in how Meshuggah would turn out, even this early. The jazz time signatures helped a lot in forming their signature sound.

[@tballs1992]

wow they changed a lot

[@Megadedly]

I came! I haven't listened to this album for over a year.

[@staygreengrowon2984]

1# band ever periods

[@alevgmola]

back in the days when they actually needed a bass guitar

[@staygreengrowon2984]

Alessandro Mola lol

[@AE-hx7wy]

lol nice one

[@alistairdimmick2886]

@juna wood Nothing was originally meant to be an all bass experiment

[@vivelehardcore]

im seeing them end of February in Edmonton, Canada

[@doobdoob2]

This or sickening is my favorite by them!

[@Tony_Williams_Right_Hand]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@3rdstone1]

@MrRandomNumbers Meshuggah "killed their fathers" quite fast. Early thrash metal was only one of the inspirations in the 80:s (others were jazz, fusion, prog rock etc), but already at this time they owned Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax etc. None of those would've been able to come up with progressive metal stuff like this back then, even if Fredrik wasn't the best singer. But this was of course before Jens decided to skip guitars and just sing.

[@MrRaindog]

Been listening to Meshuggah since '97 with "Destroy, Erase, Imrprove" and Choasphere" a bit later, then everything since, but for some reason never got around to listen to their debut. So far, Contradictions Collapse is a weird mix of MoP/AJFA era Metallica, with Biohazard-esque group shouting and jazz fusion. There's just enough tie-in to Destroy, Erase, Improve for me to be able to follow their progression, but hearing the thrash was something I wasn't expecting. They abandoned that aspect of their sound pretty early. Also, the way the drums are mixed in here was less than ideal. I like it though. Saw this available on vinyl and wanted to see if it's worth the expenditure. Track one I was like, "Fuck no!" but on track 3, it's grown on me and I'm enjoying it.

[@Kruegernator123]

Thrash metal with hardcore punk backing vocals with jazz fusion/prog rock time signatures.

[@ElectricTurkey1]

@MrRandomNumbers That would great. His vocals from 1988!

[@winoINC]

@MrRandomNumbers I`m trying to image , how Lars is playing this! :D its fucking funny....

[@merijnschenkels5490]

Not🤣

[@Tony_Williams_Right_Hand]

I can’t because he can’t lmao

[@slipknotfan4life786]

agreed

[@maximummatt73]

Okay, who's singin' on this one? Jens or big Freddie??

[@rustyshackleford9452]

Prolly fred

[@MD_Slaine]

SO WHAT If the world's a bit rude GOLD

[@Boristhaspydr]

4:45.......heaviness consumes me

[@jprobertson-e1j]

I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing e standard back then but it's probably drop b idk, does someone know?

[@yamahadrummer2012]

They were using 7 strings but playing in the key of E

[@charmanfer]

This album is all Db standard on six strings. 7 strings started in DEI and 8 in Nothing

[@axiomass9871]

Double Drop C the E String is C#

[@FEAROWNAGE]

Jangly bass tone

[@poopsplat18]

indeed!

[@MrRandomNumbers]

If metallica released this song with James Hetfield's vocals... damn

[@noahrevevalin66]

WAT an acoustic guitar in Meshuggah music????

[@robbo5life]

The only Meshuggah studio album that was Thrash Metal

[@israeljosuejaureguireyes945]

The best álbum ever..🤘

[@karolpopiak2031]

Have you ever heared of Chaosphere?

[@user-mz9ig5id3o]

Destroy Erase Improve and None EP disagree

[@GenericInternetter]

1991 folks... Same year as Metallica's Black Album.

[@Kruegernator123]

I can hear a lot of Black Album era James Hetfield in Jens' singing style. I think it sounds cool.

[@MrRandomNumbers]

Is that a good thing?

[@dominicneales2477]

way better than their other albums haha..wish they took this direction instead

[@jadedjay7861]

Dominic Neales Fans like you are why they didn't. 😂

[@andysteel14]

no it means he kills himself

[@johngraboski]

Respect to the artists and fans but this is a discombobulated monotonous drone that drags. Soz

[@JRSA7X]

you are an oath

[@peazoelongyoe3610]

ke basura por dios