Contradictions Collapse
| Contradictions Collapse | ||||
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| Released | 1 May 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Umeå, Sweden | |||
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| Length | 56:19 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Contradictions Collapse is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 1 May 1991 by Nuclear Blast.[citation needed]
Release history
[edit source]A promotional cassette of the album was titled (All This Because of) Greed and included Qualms of Reality and We'll Never See the Day.[1]
Four tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1999 reissue,[2] in addition to the 2008 reissue,[3] which was released by Nuclear Blast in 2008 as the Reloaded edition.[2]
Music
[edit source]The album leans more towards a thrash metal sound than the band's later works,[4] featuring "heavy riffs", as well as "industrial dance in the drum patterns."[5] It is the only album to feature Jens Kidman on rhythm guitar, as well as Fredrik Thordendal on lead vocals in some tracks.
Reception
[edit source]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [7] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[8] |
AllMusic critic Steve Huey wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."[5]
Track listing
[edit source]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paralyzing Ignorance" | Jens Kidman | Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal | Kidman | 4:27 |
| 2. | "Erroneous Manipulation" | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal, Johan Sjögren | Thordendal | 6:20 |
| 3. | "Abnegating Cecity" | Tomas Haake | Kidman, Thordendal, Haake | Thordendal | 6:28 |
| 4. | "Internal Evidence" | Kidman | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman | 7:26 |
| 5. | "Qualms of Reality" | Haake | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:02 |
| 6. | "We'll Never See the Day" | Kidman | Kidman, Niklas Lundgren | Kidman | 6:02 |
| 7. | "Greed" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:05 |
| 8. | "Choirs of Devastation" | Haake, Thordendal | Haake, Thordendal | Haake | 3:59 |
| 9. | "Cadaverous Mastication" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal, Lundgren | Kidman | 7:29 |
| Total length: | 56:19 | ||||
1999 reissue
[edit source]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Humiliative" | 5:17 |
| 11. | "Sickening" | 5:46 |
| 12. | "Ritual" | 6:16 |
| 13. | "Gods of Rapture" | 5:09 |
| Total length: | 78:48 | |
Personnel
[edit source]Meshuggah
[edit source]- Jens Kidman − rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, and 9)
- Fredrik Thordendal − lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, and 7), sitar (track 6)[9]
- Peter Nordin − bass guitar, backing vocals (track 3)[10]
- Tomas Haake − drums, backing vocals, spoken vocals (track 8)
- Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (tracks 10, 11, 12 and 13)
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Contradictions Collapse - 1991". Meshuggah. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 Pardo, Pete (14 October 2008). "Meshuggah: Contradictions Collapse-Reloaded". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Henderson, Alex. "None Review by Alex Henderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Cory, Ian (23 July 2015). "Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Contradictions Collapse/None Review by Steve Huey". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Meshuggah". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 722. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah – 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ "Meshuggah - Making of Contradictions Collapse 1991 Studio Recording Footage". YouTube. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Meshuggah - Making of Contradictions Collapse 1991 Studio Recording Footage". YouTube. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
External links
[edit source]- Contradictions Collapse at Discogs (list of releases)
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