Contradictions Collapse

Contradictions Collapse is the debut album by Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on 1 January 1991 by Nuclear Blast[4]. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled (All This Because of) Greed. The album leans more towards a thrash metal[2] and alternative metal sound than the band's later works,[3] featuring heavy riffs and influences of hip hop and industrial dance in the drum patterns.[3] It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998,[3] with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.

Contradictions Collapse
Studio album by
Released1 January 1991 (1991-01-01)[1]
RecordedUmeå, Sweden
Genre
Length56:38
LabelNuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah
(1989)
Contradictions Collapse
(1991)
None
(1994)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Pitchfork5.2/10[5]

Allmusic critic Alex Henderson wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Paralyzing Ignorance"Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal4:28
2."Erroneous Manipulation"Kidman, Thordendal6:21
3."Abnegating Cecity"Kidman, Thordendal, Tomas Haake6:31
4."Internal Evidence"Kidman, Thordendal7:27
5."Qualms of Reality"Kidman, Thordendal, Haake7:07
6."We'll Never See the Day"Kidman, Niklas Lundgren6:03
7."Greed"Kidman, Thordendal7:06
8."Choirs of Devastation"Haake, Thordendal4:00
9."Cadaverous Mastication"Kidman, Thordendal7:32
10."Humiliative" (1998 bonus track)Kidman, Thordendal, Haake5:17
11."Sickening" (1998 bonus track)Haake, Thordendal5:46
12."Ritual" (1998 bonus track)Kidman6:17
13."Gods of Rapture" (1998 bonus track)Thordendal, Haake5:10

Personnel

Meshuggah

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References

  1. Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse
  2. Cory, Ian (23 July 2015). "Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree". Invisible Oranges. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. Huey, Steve. "Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah – AllMusic". Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  4. Nuclear Blast - Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse
  5. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.


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