Track Listing

1. I

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #129860 in Music
• Released on: 2004-08-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: EP

Customer Reviews

Mini Meshuggah
Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers, these boys be. How do these guys sleep at night with all these odd metered riffs running through their heads? Anyway, continuing the theme of "Nothing", "I" pushes sonic boundaries and soundscapes to the maximum, whilst keeping some of that 'wall-of-sound thang' synonymous with "Nothing"'s predecessor, "Chaosphere". Never have guitars sounded so frightening. A very well produced and engineered record sees Meshuggah frantically wrestle (and win over) jarring rhythms at both break-neck- and grinding- speeds. Fredrik Thordendal continues to prove he has something really unique to offer the metal and guitar scene in general, but the true star of this album though is the drummer, Tomas Haake; quite how he plays so hard but with such pizzazz is anybody's guess. My main gripe with this EP resides in Meshuggah's riffs. Although they still get your head in a spin, they're not so memorable, mainly because they focus on single note super-complex rhythms. Despite that, I'd recommend this to any metal fan. I'd definitely NOT recommend it to "anyone and everyone" as one reviewer stated -- I've plenty on friends who'd never look me in the eye again after a rendition of ANY Meshuggah. Definitely an acquired taste, but once sucked in there's no getting out!

Superb
I really LOVE this EP. It encompasses the best parts of Nothing and Chaosphere into one 20 min plus track that has so many different mood swings. Just when you begin to get the hang of a groove the track then belts off in another direction. I would recommend to new listeners to get this before Catch 33 as it's somewhat easier to digest. Awesome.

Dizzying epic Meshuggah
The concept behind this latest Meshuggah mini-album is that it consists of one epic song, the 21 minute long 'I'. The track starts off in typical Meshuggah style, with dizzyingly complex rhythmic one-note thrashing, but any fears that this would become boring over 20-odd minutes is allayed by the variety of parts that the song contains. It's pretty much all typically intense Meshuggah material, with only a brief mid-song interlude breaking up the aggression, possibly the real standouts this time round are the jagged hyper-fast discordant solos and some immense string-bending bass guitar work. For anyone interested in the more challenging end of death metal this is essential. Great stuff!