Contradictions Collapse
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| Released | 1 May 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Umeå, Sweden | |||
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| Length | 56:35 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Contradictions Collapse is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on 1 May 1991 by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled (All This Because of) Greed. The album leans more towards a thrash metal[1] and alternative metal sound than the band's later works,[2] featuring heavy riffs and influences of industrial dance in the drum patterns.[2] It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998,[2] with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet. It is the only album to feature Jens Kidman on rhythm guitar, as well as Fredrik Thordendal on lead vocals in some tracks.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [4] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[5] |
Allmusic critic Steve Huey wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Paralyzing Ignorance" | Jens Kidman | Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal | Kidman | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Erroneous Manipulation" | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal, Johan Sjögren | Thordendal | 6:21 |
| 3. | "Abnegating Cecity" | Tomas Haake | Kidman, Thordendal, Haake | Thordendal | 6:31 |
| 4. | "Internal Evidence" | Kidman | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman | 7:27 |
| 5. | "Qualms of Reality" | Haake | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:07 |
| 6. | "We'll Never See the Day" | Kidman | Kidman, Niklas Lundgren | Kidman | 6:03 |
| 7. | "Greed" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:06 |
| 8. | "Choirs of Devastation" | Haake, Thordendal | Haake, Thordendal | Haake | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Cadaverous Mastication" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal, Lundgren | Kidman | 7:32 |
| Total length: | 56:35 | ||||
The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.
Personnel
[edit]Meshuggah
[edit]- Jens Kidman − rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, and 9)
- Fredrik Thordendal − lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, and 7)
- Peter Nordin − bass guitar
- Tomas Haake − drums, backing vocals, spoken vocals (track 8)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cory, Ian (July 23, 2015). "Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah – AllMusic". Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Meshuggah". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 722. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Contradictions Collapse at Discogs (list of releases)
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