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100
On their latest album, these Swedes have temporarily settled into a position as the AC/DC of math-metal, focusing on the leanest, meanest and most head-scratching variations of one simple riff over the course of 13 tracks. Proof that being the AC/DC of anything is not wrong.
11y
85
Will I always be in the mood to listen to an album like this one? Of course not. Do I think the "Catch Thirty Three" experiment is a success? Most certainly.
4y
50
Does all this mean that Catch Thirty-Three represents a radical shift for the band? Not quite, but it does take care to fulfill the expectations of longtime fans while breaking enough new ground to feel like a potential bridge to continuing innovation -- not treading water -- in the very near future.
12y
there are two ways of rating this album. one way is to rate each track individually, which i have done. however, doing that takes away from the experience of this album. it's meant to be one long listen, one long song. so rating each song on their own would give this album a score of 90/100 for me, but this has been my ONLY ever experience with this album rating it song by song. i love listening to this album the way it's MEANT to be listened; as one long song. so with that said, i will ... read more
Catch ThirtyThree is sometimes considered the 'black sheep' of Meshuggah's prime era, and although I kind of agree with that notion, I still think it's a very good album, and an impressively ambitious one as well.
Sonically, it resembles a cleaner version of Nothing with some of the songwriting quirks introduced in I, while also debuting the 'washed out' vocal mixing that would end up becoming an important staple of the band's production style.
The main ... read more
This seems like a bit of a black sheep in terms of Meshuggah's "classic" albums, and I can kind of get why. It's very experimental and can come off as a bit monotonous. But personally I think this is extremely overlooked and can easily stand as one of their best albums. The riffs generally repeat the same overall patterns over the course of multiple tracks, but there are enough variations in the rhythms or background textures to keep it from becoming tedious. And the overall ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Autonomy Lost 1:40 | 85 |
| 2 | Imprint Of The Un-Saved 1:36 | 85 |
| 3 | Disenchantment 1:44 | 86 |
| 4 | The Paradoxical Spiral 3:11 | 85 |
| 5 | Re-Inanimate 1:04 | 82 |
| 6 | Entrapment 2:28 | 88 |
| 7 | Mind's Mirrors 4:29 | 73 |
| 8 | In Death - Is Life 2:01 | 92 |
| 9 | In Death - Is Death 13:22 | 93 |
| 10 | Shed 3:34 | 87 |
| 11 | Personate Non Gratae 1:47 | 86 |
| 12 | Dehumanization 2:55 | 93 |
| 13 | Sum 7:17 | 90 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
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11mo
This album is even more experimental than I. I still consider obZen as their best, but both I and Catch 33 are worth listening and in ways reach higher peaks than obZen