Meshuggah

:This article is about the band Meshuggah. For the Terry Pratchett's Discworld character see Feet of Clay.

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Meshuggah, whose name is taken from the Hebrew and Yiddish word for "crazy," is a five-piece Scandinavian/tech metal band from Ume?, Sweden who use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh, non-pitched vocals.

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Meshuggah was formed in Ume? in 1987; two years later, the band released their first record, an EP entitled Psykisk Testbild (which can be roughly translated as "psychological test picture", perhaps in reference to a Rorschach Test image). This recording displayed a straightforward thrash metal-influenced sound along the lines of Metallica's concurrent releases. What made the band unique, however, were hints at the more complex music that the band would later develop into their signature sound. As the group grew older, they further refined the technicality of their musicianship and songwriting. They also began recording more and more extreme music, influenced by both death metal and thrash metal, yet not similar to or categorizable as either.

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