This EP is the debut of Shugga's signature Djent sound, and it's already hard asf. Mind you, this is 1994 - Demanufacture hadn't even been released yet, and this revolutionary EP was already making the rounds... None and RATM self titled are the two projects that sound so ahead of their time that my brain breaks when I think about their release dates.
But that's another story; right now, we're only interested in the former. While Contradictions Collapse was mostly a ... read more
MESHUGGAH DISCOGRAPHY DIVE #3
1000 FOLLOWER SPECIAL
This is the true start to their Djent roots, after 2 egregious thrash records which were not my cup of tea we have None, an EP that I was excited to hear because of the positive reception and the Djent genre tag, and I gotta say that this is LEAGUES better than their previous material, better vocals (even though it’s still the thrash metal shouting) and just punchier guitars that makes it so much more enjoyable to me.
Humiliative
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Massive improvement over their S/T EP and debut album
Still has a lot of room to improve, but this is a step in the right direction
Aztec Two-Step would have a higher score if it wasn't 50% silence
Best - Ritual
Worst - Aztec Two-Step
The last song being 75% silence ruined this for me
If that wasn’t there it would be a 80
meshuggah started their signature sound with this record, so even if it wasn't mindblowingly good, it still was an interesting listen.
humiliative is the best one here, the rest is not really anything to write home about.
aztec two-step goes hard, shame it's mostly silence
| 1 | Humiliative 5:17 | 87 |
| 2 | Sickening 5:46 | 84 |
| 3 | Ritual 6:17 | 92 |
| 4 | Gods of Rapture 5:10 | 90 |
| 5 | Aztec Two-Step 10:44 | 71 |