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Periphery’s Misha Mansoor is Not Afraid of Meshuggah Comparisons - Meshuggah have obviously been a HUGE influence on Misha Mansoor and his whole sound, and as popular as Periphery are, I know the dude catches a lot of shit from grumpy bastards who think he's just… Read More

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LIVE REPORT: Devin Townsend/Meshuggah

May 09, 2013

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Meshuggah Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Gothenburg	Metaltown	Sat	Jul 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Wacken	Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Umea	Idunteatern, Folkets Hus	Sat	May 10 / 14	Find Tickets

Meshuggah Biography

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Meshuggah is a Swedish extreme metal band from Umeå, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992. The band has gone through a number of bassists, with the position currently being held by Dick Lövgren since 2004. Meshuggah first attracted international attention with the 1995 release ''Destroy Erase Improve'' for its fusion of fast-tempo death metal, thrash metal and progressive metal with jazz fusion elements. Since its 2002 album ''Nothing'', Meshuggah has used downtuned eight-string guitars. Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style, complex, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. Meshuggah was labeled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal bands by ''Rolling Stone'' and as the most important band in metal by ''Alternative Press''. Meshuggah has found little mainstream success as yet, but is a significant act in extreme underground music. Since its formation, Meshuggah has released seven studio albums, seven EPs and eight music videos. The band has performed in various international festivals, including Ozzfest and Download, and embarked on the ''obZen'' world tour from 2008 to 2010. A new studio album, ''Koloss'', was released on March 23, 2012. ''Nothing'' and the albums that followed have all charted on the ''Billboard'' 200. Meshuggah's most commercially successful album, ''Koloss'', debuted at number 17 in the USA, with first week sales of 18,342 copies. In 2006 and 2009, the band was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award.

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