Best Meshuggah Albums

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Chaosphere

Destroy Erase Improve

Catch Thirtythree

Nothing

The Violent Sleep of Reason

Koloss

Contradictions Collapse

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Meshuggah is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in 1987. Meshuggah first attracted international attention with the 1995 release of Destroy Erase Improve for its fusion of fast-tempo death metal, thrash metal and progressive metal elements. Since its 2002 album Nothing, Meshuggah had switched from seven-string to downtuned eight-string guitars. Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style, complex, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. Meshuggah was labeled 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. Meshuggah has found little mainstream success as yet, but is a significant act in extreme underground music. Nevertheless, Meshuggah has begun to gain attention and respect among more mainstream audiences since the late 2000s, having also inspired the djent movement within progressive metal.