Catch Thirty-Three
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| Studio album by Meshuggah | ||
| Released | May 16, 2005 | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Tech/Extreme metal Experimental |
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| Length | 47:06 | |
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |
| Producer(s) | Haake, Hagström, Kidman, Thordendal | |
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| Meshuggah chronology | ||
| I (2004) |
Catch Thirty-Three (2005) |
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Catch Thirty-Three is the fifth album by Swedish tech metal band Meshuggah.
Although it is printed as a full-length album with 13 tracks, it is actually a single continuous thirteen-part suite. The band themselves have said that even though it is a full length release, it is still considered to be an experimental piece and not quite a bona-fide album. The musical direction is consistent with the evolution carried on from Nothing and I, utilizing heavy and texturous grooves, leaving most of the thrash and blues elements behind.
Lyrically this album is a concept album, revolving around different kinds of paradoxes; hence the title Catch 33. See Catch-22 and Catch-22 (logic).
This is also the first full Meshuggah album where the drums are programmed rather than performed by drummer Tomas Haake. They are programmed using the Drumkit from Hell, a software package that actually uses Tomas' drums and cymbals as samples, this meant that the band could work together on the drum parts. The first Meshuggah song to feature programmed drums was "War" from Rare Trax.
[edit] Track listing
- "Autonomy Lost" – 1:40
- "Imprint of the Un-Saved" – 1:35
- "Disenchantment" – 1:43
- "The Paradoxical Spiral" – 3:11
- "Re-Inanimate" – 1:04
- "Entrapment" – 2:28
- "Mind's Mirrors" – 4:29
- "In Death - Is Life" – 2:01
- "In Death - Is Death" – 13:22
- "Shed" – 3:33
- "Personae Non Gratae" – 1:47
- "Dehumanization" – 2:55
- "Sum" – 7:17
[edit] Personnel
- Jens Kidman - Guitars, bass, vocals, drum programming
- Fredrik Thordendal - Guitars, bass, drum programming
- Mårten Hagström - Guitars, bass, drum programming
- Tomas Haake - Spoken vocals & drum programming
| MESHUGGAH |
| Jens Kidman | Fredrik Thordendal | Mårten Hagström | Tomas Haake |
| Dick Lövgren | Gustaf Hielm | Peter Nordin | Niklas Lundgren |
| Discography |
| Chronology: Psykisk Testbild (1989) | Contradictions Collapse (1991) | None (1994) | Selfcaged (1995) | Destroy Erase Improve (1995) | The True Human Design (1997) | Chaosphere (1998) | Rare Trax (2001) | Nothing (2002) | I (2004) | Catch Thirty-Three (2005) | Nothing (Re-release) (2006) |
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| Official website |
