Immutable
Studio album by
Meshuggah
Released1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
StudioSweetspot Studios (Halmstad, Sweden)
Genre
Length66:43
LabelAtomic Fire
ProducerMeshuggah
Meshuggah chronology
The Violent Sleep of Reason
(2016) 		Immutable
(2022)
Singles from Immutable
  1. "The Abysmal Eye"
    Released: 28 January 2022
  2. "Light the Shortening Fuse"
    Released: 3 March 2022
  3. "I Am That Thirst"
    Released: 25 March 2022
  4. "Broken Cog"
    Released: 1 April 2022

Immutable is the ninth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on April 1, 2022, via Atomic Fire Records, making it the band's first studio album to not be released through Nuclear Blast.[3][4][5]

Background

Guitarist Mårten Hagström stated “The title Immutable fits perfectly for where we are as a band,” “We’re older now. Most of us are in our 50s now, and we’ve settled into who we are. Even though we’ve been experimenting all along, I also think we’ve been the same since day one.”[citation needed]

He continued: “The way we approach things and why we still make new albums, and why we still sound the way we do, it’s immutable. Humanity is immutable, too. We commit the same mistakes over and over. And we are immutable. We do what we do, and we don’t change.”[6]

In addition, certain Meshuggah songs on Spotify leaked a URL, which was https://immutable.se/. Clicking the link would give you a teaser of the song "Ligature Marks" and the release date[7]

The songs "The Abysmal Eye", "Light the Shortening Fuse"[8] and "I Am That Thirst"[9] were published as singles before the album release. Music videos were released for "The Abysmal Eye"[10] and "Broken Cog".[11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang!4/5[5]
Metal Utopia7/10[2]

Immutable has received universal acclaim from critics with a score 83 out of 100 on Metacritic.[12] Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote: "Ultimately, Immutable delivers the very essence of Meshuggah. While comfortable in their collective skin, they continue expanding their reach by obliterating – hell, nearly swallowing – metal's genre boundaries in their long, relentless search for the undiscovered."[1]

Accolades

Publication List Rank
Metal Hammer The Best Metal Albums Of 2022 So Far
–[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Broken Cog"Mårten HagströmHagström5:35
2."The Abysmal Eye"Tomas HaakeDick Lövgren4:55
3."Light the Shortening Fuse"HagströmHagström4:28
4."Phantoms"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
4:53
5."Ligature Marks"HagströmHagström5:13
6."God He Sees in Mirrors"HaakeLövgren5:28
7."They Move Below"(instrumental)Hagström9:35
8."Kaleidoscope"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
4:07
9."Black Cathedral"(instrumental)Hagström2:00
10."I Am That Thirst"HaakeHagström4:40
11."The Faultless"HaakeHagström4:48
12."Armies of the Preposterous"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
5:15
13."Past Tense"(instrumental)Hagström5:46
Total length:66:43

Personnel

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Meshuggah

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Immutable
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 45
Music Canada (MC)[18] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 48
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 74
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[23] 90
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24] 98
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[25] 106
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 58
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 38
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[31] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[32] 1
US Billboard 200[33] 113
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[34] 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jurek, Thom (1 April 2022). "Immutable - Meshuggah". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Meshuggah – Immutable Review". Metal Utopia. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Immutable – Meshuggah". Blabbermouth.net. 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ Shteamer, Hank (15 March 2022). "Meshuggah's 'Immutable' Mission". Rollingstone.com.
  5. ^ a b "Album review: Meshuggah – Immutable". Kerrang!. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ Hadusek, Jon (14 January 2022). "Meshuggah Announce New Album Immutable, Share Teaser Video". Consequence Heavy.
  7. ^ "Meshuggah Hint at New Album via Cryptic Teaser Video | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. ^ "MESHUGGAH Releases New Single 'Light The Shortening Fuse'". Blabbermouth.net. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. ^ "MESHUGGAH Releases New Single 'I Am That Thirst'". Blabbermouth.net. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ^ "MESHUGGAH Drops Music Video For New Single 'The Abysmal Eye'". Blabbermouth.net. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Meshuggah Premiere "Broken Cog" Music Video". Theprp.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Immutable by Meshuggah". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  13. ^ "The Best Metal Albums Of 2022 So Far". Metal Hammer. 7 May 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  14. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Charts - Music Canada". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Meshuggah: Immutable" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Top Albums (Week 14, 2022)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 14 (dal 01.04.2022 al 07.04.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/04/06 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  25. ^ "イミュータブル | メシュガー" [Immutable | Meshuggah] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  26. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Meshuggah – Immutable". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 14". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Meshuggah – Immutable". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  30. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  31. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  33. ^ "MEshuggah Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  34. ^ "(({artist))} Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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