Meshuggah discography

Meshuggah is a Swedish experimental metal quintet formed in 1987 in Umeå. Meshuggah is known for its 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 discography
Meshuggah performing live in 2008
Studio albums	9
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	1
Music videos	12
EPs	6

Meshuggah's first release was a 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 were released by local record store Garageland in Umeå.[2] After signing to German heavy metal record label Nuclear Blast, Meshuggah released its debut album Contradictions Collapse in 1991. Meshuggah's second album, Destroy Erase Improve, was released in 1995.

Thordendal's side project's album, Sol Niger Within, was released in 1997, as was the next Meshuggah EP, The True Human Design. These were followed by the next full-length album, Chaosphere, in 1998.

A collection of demos (from Meshuggah) and rare recordings were released as the Rare Trax album in 2001.[3] In 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 that features the band's appearance at the Download 2005 festival, along with the official music videos for "Rational Gaze", "Shed" and "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".[5] Meshuggah released I in 2004, a single 21-minute track,[6] and in 2005 the band released the next full-length album, Catch Thirtythree, a 47-minute song divided up into 13 movements,[7][8] the only album with programmed drums.[9] In 2008, Meshuggah released obZen, followed by Koloss in 2012[1] and The Violent Sleep of Reason in 2016.

Meshuggah's use of the number 33 has been seen vastly throughout their discography hidden in plain sight and other times have seen obviously as numbers. Starting from "None" EP which was 33 minutes long. "Sol Niger Within" re-released version was called "3.33 release". The ending chugs of the song "Neurotica" are exactly 33. The custom Ibanez 7 string used by Fredrik had a 12th inlay "33" which didn't follow into his 8 string guitar. But his custom 8 string is named Ibanez FTM33 and his custom pedal is called Fortin 33. Catch 33 cover name letters "ee" for Thirty Three is a reversed 33. "The Paradoxical Spiral" song starts with a continuous lead at 33 bars the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums start. The cover art for obZen album has a figure that holds out three arms with three fingers in a zen lotus position. Many more 33 references could be potentially hidden in their music. The reason behind the use of the letters can seem random but in masonic symbolism and other religions and beliefs, this number is used predominantly mostly secretly(https://www.fraternalties.com/blogs/news/secret-societies-freemasonry-and-the-number-33). This brings up another number 13 which is another masonic number mostly secretly used in Meshuggah discography. For example, the album is to be split into unnecessary 13 sections. The "I" EP contains exactly 13 uses of the word "I". Latest Album comes in 13 sections as well.