merry christmas, my fellow vinyl nerds. before i will post my vinyl related christmas gifts (obviously there had been a few), i will take some time and honour a band i really began to appreciate with their last full length called "the violent sleep of reason". meshuggah from sweden is the band in question. after i got my copy of the aforementioned record and was blown away by it, i actually wanted to grab some more vinyl of these progressive metal masters.
little did i know that this was going to be a real pricey path i planned to walk down so vividly in the first place. just after the first steps, which meant to see what options were available on discogs, disillusion settled in. even lesser limted colour versions of "koloss" or "obzen" sell for high double digit, sometimes even triple digit amounts. so i threw in the towel, hoping for lucky ebay finds of re-issues. nuclear blast heard my prayers and came up with what i hope to be the start for a re-issue campaign of all the meshuggah full lengths.
i bought the first three records of the band, starting with "contradictions collapse" from 1991. what a killer record this is. i was worried beforehand because it is often referred to as thrash metal. but man this term is such a limitation for this progressive masterpiece. the polyrhythms are already there and i love the hardcore-esque gang shouts throughout the album. fantastic debut! a shame nuclear blast re-issued this with a re-vised artwork but beggars can't be choosers. 300 copies pressed on clear with white and black splatter vinyl. nuclear blast. 1991/2018.
