Contradictions Collapse

Contradictions Collapse
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released January 1, 1991 (1991-01-01)
Recorded Umeå, Sweden
Genre Thrash metal, progressive metal
Length 56:38
Label Nuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah
(1989)		 Contradictions Collapse
(1991)		 None
(1994)
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Allmusic[1]

Contradictions Collapse is the first album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on January 1, 1991, by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled All This Because of Greed. The album leans more towards thrash metal than the band's later works, though it does contain many of the band's characteristic elements, such as jazz fusion inspired guitar solos and complex rhythms. It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998, with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.

Critical reception

Allmusic critic Alex Henderson wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Paralyzing Ignorance"  Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal 4:28
2. "Erroneous Manipulation"  Kidman, Thordendal 6:21
3. "Abnegating Cecity"  Kidman, Thordendal, Tomas Haake 6:31
4. "Internal Evidence"  Kidman, Thordendal 7:27
5. "Qualms of Reality"  Kidman, Thordendal, Haake 7:07
6. "We'll Never See the Day"  Kidman, Niclas Lundgren 6:03
7. "Greed"  Kidman, Thordendal 7:06
8. "Choirs of Devastation"  Haake, Thordendal 4:00
9. "Cadaverous Mastication"  Kidman, Thordendal 7:32
10. "Humiliative" (1998 bonus track)Kidman, Thordendal, Haake 5:17
11. "Sickening" (1998 bonus track)Haake, Thordendal 5:46
12. "Ritual" (1998 bonus track)Kidman 6:17
13. "Gods of Rapture" (1998 bonus track)Thordendal, Haake 5:10
"Choirs of Devastation" (1991)
"Choirs of Devastation"
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Personnel

Meshuggah

References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah – AllMusic". Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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