1991 studio album by Meshuggah
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
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
Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead Vocals |
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1. | "Paralyzing Ignorance" | Jens Kidman | Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal | Kidman | 4:28 |
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2. | "Erroneous Manipulation" | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal, Johan Sjögren | Thordendal | 6:21 |
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3. | "Abnegating Cecity" | Tomas Haake | Kidman, Thordendal, Haake | Thordendal | 6:31 |
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4. | "Internal Evidence" | Kidman | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman | 7:27 |
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5. | "Qualms of Reality" | Haake | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:07 |
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6. | "We'll Never See the Day" | Kidman | Kidman, Niklas Lundgren | Kidman | 6:03 |
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7. | "Greed" | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal | Thordendal | 7:06 |
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8. | "Choirs of Devastation" | Haake, Thordendal | Haake, Thordendal | Haake | 4:00 |
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9. | "Cadaverous Mastication" (Bonus track) | Kidman, Thordendal | Kidman, Thordendal, Lundgren | Kidman | 7:32 |
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Total length: | 56:35 |
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The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.