Contradictions Collapse Explained

Contradictions Collapse
Type:	studio
Artist:	Meshuggah
Cover:	Meshuggah-Contradictions.jpg
Released:	1 May 1991
Recorded:	Umeå, Sweden
Label:	Nuclear Blast
Prev Title:	Meshuggah
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	None
Next Year:	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, featuring heavy riffs and influences of industrial dance in the drum patterns. It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998, 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."

Track listing

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

Personnel

Meshuggah

Jens Kidman − rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, and 9)
Fredrik Thordendal − lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, and 7)
Peter Nordin − bass guitar
Tomas Haake − drums, backing vocals, spoken vocals (track 8)

Notes and References

Web site: Cory . Ian . July 23, 2015 . Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160329172114/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/twenty-against-ten-years-later-meshuggah-from-destroy-erase-improve-to-catch-thirtythree/ . March 29, 2016 . August 27, 2016 . Invisible Oranges.