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 Meshuggah
Released	1 January 1991 (1991-01-01)[1]
Recorded	Umeå, Sweden
Genre	Thrash metal[2] progressive metal alternative metal[3]
Length	56:38
Label	Nuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah (1989) Contradictions Collapse (1991) None (1994)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Pitchfork	5.2/10[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paralyzing Ignorance"	Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal	4:28
2.	"Erroneous Manipulation"	Kidman, Thordendal	6:21
3.	"Abnegating Cecity"	Kidman, Thordendal, Tomas Haake	6:31
4.	"Internal Evidence"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:27
5.	"Qualms of Reality"	Kidman, Thordendal, Haake	7:07
6.	"We'll Never See the Day"	Kidman, Niklas Lundgren	6:03
7.	"Greed"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:06
8.	"Choirs of Devastation"	Haake, Thordendal	4:00
9.	"Cadaverous Mastication"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:32
10.	"Humiliative" (1998 bonus track)	Kidman, Thordendal, Haake	5:17
11.	"Sickening" (1998 bonus track)	Haake, Thordendal	5:46
12.	"Ritual" (1998 bonus track)	Kidman	6:17
13.	"Gods of Rapture" (1998 bonus track)	Thordendal, Haake	5:10

Personnel

Meshuggah

• Jens Kidman − rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Fredrik Thordendal − lead guitar, lead vocals
• Peter Nordin − bass
• Tomas Haake − drums, vocals (on "Choirs of Devastation")

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.

External links

• Contradictions Collapse at Discogs (list of releases)