Contradictions Collapse | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 May 1991 | |||
Recorded | Umeå, Sweden | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 56:35 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Meshuggah chronology | ||||
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Contradictions Collapse is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on 1 May 1991 by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled (All This Because of) Greed. The album leans more towards a thrash metal [1] and alternative metal sound than the band's later works, [2] featuring heavy riffs and influences of industrial dance in the drum patterns. [2] It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998, [2] with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.
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Source | Rating |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Pitchfork | 5.2/10 [5] |
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." [2]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead Vocals | Length |
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1. | "Paralyzing Ignorance" | Jens Kidman | Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal | Kidman | 4:28 |
2. | "Erroneous Manipulation" | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal, Johan Sjögren | Thordendal | 6:21 |
3. | "Abnegating Cecity" | Tomas Haake | Kidman, Thordendal, Haake | Thordendal | 6:31 |
4. | "Internal Evidence" | Kidman | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman | 7:27 |
5. | "Qualms of Reality" | Haake | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:07 |
6. | "We'll Never See the Day" | Kidman | Kidman, Niklas Lundgren | Kidman | 6:03 |
7. | "Greed" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:06 |
8. | "Choirs of Devastation" | Haake, Thordendal | Haake, Thordendal | Haake | 4:00 |
9. | "Cadaverous Mastication" (Bonus track) | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal, Lundgren | Kidman | 7:32 |
Total length: | 56:35 |
The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.
Contradictions Collapse | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 May 1991 | |||
Recorded | Umeå, Sweden | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 56:35 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Meshuggah chronology | ||||
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Contradictions Collapse is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on 1 May 1991 by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled (All This Because of) Greed. The album leans more towards a thrash metal [1] and alternative metal sound than the band's later works, [2] featuring heavy riffs and influences of industrial dance in the drum patterns. [2] It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998, [2] with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Pitchfork | 5.2/10 [5] |
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." [2]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead Vocals | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Paralyzing Ignorance" | Jens Kidman | Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal | Kidman | 4:28 |
2. | "Erroneous Manipulation" | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal, Johan Sjögren | Thordendal | 6:21 |
3. | "Abnegating Cecity" | Tomas Haake | Kidman, Thordendal, Haake | Thordendal | 6:31 |
4. | "Internal Evidence" | Kidman | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman | 7:27 |
5. | "Qualms of Reality" | Haake | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:07 |
6. | "We'll Never See the Day" | Kidman | Kidman, Niklas Lundgren | Kidman | 6:03 |
7. | "Greed" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:06 |
8. | "Choirs of Devastation" | Haake, Thordendal | Haake, Thordendal | Haake | 4:00 |
9. | "Cadaverous Mastication" (Bonus track) | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal, Lundgren | Kidman | 7:32 |
Total length: | 56:35 |
The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.