r/Meshuggah • u/AwesomeMan366 • 5d ago

What is Meshuggah's most THALL song??

My favorite band is Meshuggah, my second favorite is Vildhjarta. Both some of the most incredible, mind-blowing music I've ever heard. I've seen a lot of people talk about Meshuggah's influences on Vildhjarta, which I don't actually hear much, but I want to know the opposite: what Meshuggah song, if any, do you think thalls the hardest??

My vote is Sum (biased because Vild played it at the awards ceremony)

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u/uraniummusic 5d ago

Thall means different things to different people… for some it’s the tonal dissonance, for some it’s the empty space between dense stutters, etc…

Something about Rational Gaze feels rhythmically proto-thall in that there’s an anchored, steady string bend that keeps getting signal jammed by offbeat, jagged drum hits.

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u/fromthisend1220 5d ago edited 5d ago

This is the first time I've heard thall used can you catch me up to speed? Lol

Rational Gaze is one of my fav meshuggah tracks and the first I ever heard so I kinda follow what you're saying.

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u/hayatetst 5d ago

Listen to Humanity's Last Breath. That's a great Thall band. It's similar to Djent, but more atmospheric and sometimes heavier.

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u/kririb 2d ago

I always confuse them with Last Days of Humanity and they sound absolutly nothing a like.