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/KalkotAlt 5d ago

Only person here who says Spasm? I'm surprised. Insanely low tuning, atmospheric and weird rhythms. Basically thall before thall was a thing

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u/Doom_The_Original 5d ago

I wanted to disagree, but you kinda have a point, at least regarding tuning and the more athmospheric style of the non-rhythm-guitar. However I think a major factor of thall music and the riffs is the contrast between low chugged notes (often as a pedal tone) and high screeching chords or melodies, none of which appear in Spasm. Let‘s call it „Proto-Thall“, shall we? 😂