Day 48: Born Into Dissonance by Meshuggah // 7.5

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Image result for violent sleep meshuggahgenre: metal
snack: pistachio nuts
Meshuggah pushes the boundaries of its genre by twisting our conventions and perceptions of musical structure. Layered on a foundation of guttural, beastly guitars and vocals, they strike at a primal urge within us. The musician in me fervently seeks to unlock the structure of their music. More often than not, their time signatures are in a common and easily understood metric. Where they get wild is their interpretation of the spaces between those sensible bars. I think this is where Meshuggah shines. That technique is on full display in "Born Into Dissonance", where the grounded beat for the main riff never seems to stay in place. Thank god for the drums for holding it together for us listeners. As always, they build upon their songs quite a bit compared to most, adding new developing sections, callbacks to the main themes, and even new rhythm sections. It's just classic Meshuggah.

 Rating: 7.5/10

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