Contradictions Collapse
Studio album by
Meshuggah
Released1 May 1991
RecordedUmeå, Sweden
Genre
Length56:35
LabelNuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah
(1989)		 Contradictions Collapse
(1991)		 None
(1994)

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]
Pitchfork5.2/10[4]

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLead VocalsLength
1."Paralyzing Ignorance"Jens KidmanKidman, Fredrik ThordendalKidman4:28
2."Erroneous Manipulation"Kidman, ThordendalThordendal, Johan SjögrenThordendal6:21
3."Abnegating Cecity"Tomas HaakeKidman, Thordendal, HaakeThordendal6:31
4."Internal Evidence"KidmanKidman, ThordendalKidman7:27
5."Qualms of Reality"HaakeKidman, ThordendalThordendal7:07
6."We'll Never See the Day"KidmanKidman, Niklas LundgrenKidman6:03
7."Greed"Kidman, ThordendalKidman, ThordendalThordendal7:06
8."Choirs of Devastation"Haake, ThordendalHaake, ThordendalHaake4:00
9."Cadaverous Mastication" (Bonus track)Kidman, ThordendalKidman, Thordendal, LundgrenKidman7:32
Total length:56:35

The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.

Personnel

Meshuggah

References

  1. 1 2 Cory, Ian (July 23, 2015). "Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah – AllMusic". Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.



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