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.
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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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" (Bonus track) | 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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