MESHUGGAH
“They’ve got HUGE djunts!”
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MESHUGGAH, the Nordic Godfathers of Djent (“Djunt”) hailing from Umea, Sweden, sound like the logical evolution of extreme metal to emerge out of the early 90’s thrash scene.
Tempered with their own surgically precise, ferociously complex, polyrhythmic brand of math metal genius, MESHUGGAH have carved out their own unique place in metal by blending their unmistakable signature style with all the best elements of thrash metal, death metal, and extremely technical, progressive, groove metal into a potent new subgenre known simply as “djent” (or “djunt” as it is lovingly known in the Bunkerpoon).
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Origin
Umeå, Sweden
1987–present
Labels
Nuclear Blast
Fractured Transmitter
Atomic Fire
Members
Jens Kidman
Fredrik Thordendal
Tomas Haake
Mårten Hagström
Dick Lövgren
Past members
Niklas Lundgren
Peter Nordin
Gustaf Hielm
Discography
Contradictions Collapse (1991)
Destroy Erase Improve (1995)
Chaosphere (1998)
Nothing (2002)
Catch Thirtythree (2005)
obZen (2008)
Koloss (2012)
The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
Immutable (2022)
Get ready to enjoy “a perfect pour” and more “djunts” than you can shake a stick at as we decipher some “mind-blowing” misheard lyrics from the King of Pop while enjoying some al fresco dining at “The Front Door Café”.
Prepare to experience the most horrifically ironic yet comedically perfect timing in history (because “you can’t like everything”) and understand that there are some albums where “you just don’t skip” a track.
JOIN US as we plunge deep INSIDE THE METAL to better understand why Count von Count is the world’s biggest superfan of the 3-plus decades of brutally progressive djent genius known as MESHUGGAH.
Show Notes:
(00:01): Upcoming #blockbustermovies / #Nefarious and #EvilDead (“There’s no #treerape?”) / #EvilDeadRise (The ONLY thing good about California… #pissingpost) / “I always at least pay for it once…” / ***Have you ever gone to a movie by yourself? *** / #fingerbangASMR (“In your teens?”) / “Order the #bigplate” / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #SeisDeMayo / “I’m not scared, I’m just not a fan…”) / #getthatbottlegoing / #Djunt (the appropriate spelling) / #markthetime (“Would you just look at it?”) / #aperfectpour ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***
Beer of the Episode
Creature Comforts Tropicalia
(05:55): ***WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO THE ADVENTURES OF METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #postsmoregasmsippy / Some reviews of previous episodes… ***THANK YOU for your feedback!!! Please continue to LEAVE US A REVIEW AND/OR A RATING AND/OR SOME EMAILS AT metalnerdery@gmail.com or ON THE SOCIALS at #metalnerderypodcast on #bacefook and #instavag #facegram / “You can’t have a #NewZealand without an #OldZealand” (#OldYork and #OldJersey) / “Yeah?” / “Oy mate, yeah?” / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode (#screamfromtheballs #InsaniaWine #noir #gris) #buttonrub / #sportswordsASMR #CreatureComforts #Tropicalia #sixpointeightABV (“And the verdict…”) / #newcarpetsmellASMR (“Might be a bit depressed, yeah?”) / ***IF YOU WANNA GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN DO SO AT 980-666-8182!!!*** #TheVoiceMailSegment #VoicemailASMR #ThePost #Djentlemen #misheardlyrics (Wait, was that #Thundercheeks or #Thunderchief?) / “We’ve done a lot…” / #duringthedaytimeonWKLS96Rock / #MisheardMichaelJacksonASMR / #futureepisodeidea #misheardlyricsASMR / “He’s #TheBossOfNoOne” (I don’t know WHY he’s “The Boss”) / #everythingsucks / “WHY does it suck?” / “It’s a good feeling…” / How could you shit on your favorite album? / “If I don’t have access to the button…it’s fine.” / “Nope.” / “Two to the #motherfuckingshea” / #VejaDu vs #DejaVu
(20:35): A message from #PhelixxLake / #solometalcore (“Intense and emotional…”) / “#SouthAfrica is okay right?” / #weapologize / DEVASTATING OUTCOMES (#horribletimingASMR) / “I’m gonna compare…” / We got a #drawing (#SlayerMontageArt) / “It’s just the way I see it…” / “They’re at least a little bit ahead of Georgia…” #legalweed / #palettecleanserASMR #Slayer REBORN (#HellAwaitsVibes) / “I don’t hate it…however…” / #snotmyfavorite / “I prefer the #frontdoorcafe” / WE JUST PLAYED YOUR SHIT-TAH!!! / “You can’t like everything…” / #genre and/or #jeanwree (which is how South Africa pronounces genre…at least, we think) / “And he’s got a boat…” / #FostersOilCan plus #PBRTallBoy #downthere / “It’s WIDE…you might get stopped!”
(29:35): Not really a departure, but definitely something different… / #TheDocket MESHUGGAH INSIDE THE METAL!!! / “#Djent should be respelled #Djunt” / #newbandname #DjuntCunts (“that would be a great band name.”) / “I thought you dudes would dig some of their riffs…” / “They’re from #Sweden…” / Seven and Eight String guitars / #djuntballs (by #Meshuggah) / #customamplification
(33:28): Contradictions Collapse (1991) / “Hold on…did I fuck up?” / #killeropener #thefirstnewalbum PARALYZING IGNORANCE (“That’s thrash!”) / “You can tell #Metallica had an influence…” / GODS OF RAPTURE #killercloser (See also #NoneEP) / “1991 me would have loved this!” / “Can you count it?”
(41:23): Destroy Erase Improve (1995) / “It’s basically #BuildBackBetter but it sounds cooler…” / #killeropener FUTURE BREED MACHINE (Super progressive thrash) / “How many riffs do YOU put in YOUR songs?” / “What do y’all think so far?” / #killercloser SUBLEVELS
(47:03): Chaosphere (1998) / “It’s a globe with #pointyscaffolding” / “There’s a part at the end…that’s #greatwithrelaxers” / “I’ve got the #timestamps on it…” / NEW MILLENIUM CYANIDE CHRIST #allthecokelines / ELASTIC (around the 9-minute mark…fast forward to 11:19 for #thebigrelease) #herewego (“That’s a big ole fart…”) / “It’s the ONLY way you could pull that off!”
(52:00): Nothing (2002) / RATIONAL GAZE #allthecokelines / “Straws?” / STRAWS PULLED AT RANDOM (Can you count that?) #TheCountsFavoriteBand / CatchThirtythree (2005) “All the songs have #allthecokelines #killeropener AUTONOMY LOST (“That’s actually not real drums…” #Toontrack #EZDrummer #drumkitfromhell) / SHED
(59:00): “I’m not gonna say it’s their #BlackAlbum…” / ObZen (2008) Get ready to count… / #killeropener COMBUSTION / Listen very closely to the guitars and the double bass drums… BLEED (“I’ve heard this one…”) / “That’s a #shitload of #junts!!!” / “My wrist gets tired just playing #airguitar to that” / “Lars up top, Lombardo down bottom…” / Koloss (2012) #killeropener I AM COLOSSUS #alltheballs (“They’ve got HUGE junts!”) / #verythrashy THE HURT THAT FINDS YOU FIRST (“He probably could…”)
(1:06:47): “Reason is in a coma…” / The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) (“Is it cinnamon?”) / BORN IN DISSONANCE (“His talking voice is totally normal…”) #WeedASMR / Immutable (2022) / The most all-encompassing album…(?) / #theblackdog / “It’s not cock…” BROKEN COG #alltheballs #killeropener / PHANTOMS / “I should have went to music school…” / BLACK CATHEDRAL (“The weirdest instrumental I’ve ever heard…”) #djentblackmetaldemoASMR / (The #perfectblackmetalsong) / #MilitantDonaldDuckASMR I AM THAT THIRST / Proggy thrash / “I’m gonna change the #genrename to #djunt” (Ladies, it’s a great name…) / #theworsttimingintelevisionhistory / “WHAT?” #tastetherainbowASMR / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF INSIDE THE METAL FEATURING THE MIGHTY MESHUGGAH!!!*** #baggingZzzs #airhornASMR / ***GO PURCHANDISE SOME MERCHANDISE AT metalnerdery.com/merch at our UNDERGROUND BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel