Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
User Score
Based on 143 ratings
1994 Ratings: #278
November 8, 1994 / Release Date
EP / Format
Nuclear Blast / Label
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Critic Reviews

Cuzao1
80

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

DoomedUser
96

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
This ... read more

Arctic29
76

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

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roundcircle
90

This is where Meshuggah became Meshuggah

Maxx0422
72

The last song being 75% silence ruined this for me
If that wasn’t there it would be a 80

tameus
74

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

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Track List

1Humiliative
5:17
87
2Sickening
5:46
84
3Ritual
6:17
92
4Gods of Rapture
5:10
90
5Aztec Two-Step
10:44
71
Total Length: 33 minutes
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