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Boring? Really? Those ultra-high gravity albums like Catch 33 or Nothing are total killers. Obzen tries to be more commercial... LOL, no, I'm joking. It's heavy as hell and every their longplay (maybe except last one) was a very fresh approach to try play heavy, hard, technical metal without guitar masturbation, 5-minute solos, using 5 riffs in 2 seconds, like most "progressive" bands do.

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I understand it. It's very uncommon (or maybe "was", cause there's so much copyists nowadays) music and don't fit to every ear. It's also f***g heavy in very particular way, there's lot of thrash or even death in their music, but combined with very low sound and broken beats it makes new quality. Their first LP is thrashing hard. Personally, I don't prefer "modernity" in metal, but this kind of expression really does appeal to me. I saw them last year on Brutal Assault fest and they we're great - precise, robot-like playing, vocals not so dehumanized, and very good overall sound.

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I understand it. It's very uncommon (or maybe "was"' date=' cause there's so much copyists nowadays) music and don't fit to every ear. It's also f***g heavy in very particular way, there's lot of thrash or even death in their music, but combined with very low sound and broken beats it makes new quality. Their first LP is thrashing hard. Personally, I don't prefer "modernity" in metal, but this kind of expression really does appeal to me. I saw them last year on Brutal Assault fest and they we're great - precise, robot-like playing, vocals not so dehumanized, and very good overall sound.[/quote'] I enjoyed their live set too, although I wish I could have seen them when I (and they) were all younger. I can tell that Kidman's voice has suffered a bit. They've been a favorite of mine for twenty years, but I have to say I still think Destroy Erase Improve was their high point. I like Koloss and Obzen, kind of, but don't listen to them that much, and I never liked I or Catch 33.
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I dig them pretty well, not something I set out to listen to fairly often but they've got more than a few songs that I find legitimately erotic (Perpetual Black Second is the sexiest metal song ever imo) and I really like how they don't take themselves too seriously, they seem to have a good sense of humor from videos and interviews. I however do not like the wave of "djent" they inspired, biggest bullshit excuse for subgenrification ive ever heard of. But that's not their fault.

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I dig them pretty well' date=' not something I set out to listen to fairly often but they've got more than a few songs that I find legitimately erotic (Perpetual Black Second is the sexiest metal song ever imo) and I really like how they don't take themselves too seriously, they seem to have a good sense of humor from videos and interviews. I however do not like the wave of "djent" they inspired, biggest bullshit excuse for subgenrification ive ever heard of. But that's not their fault.[/quote'] I have never heard someone refer to Meshuggah as erotic before.
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Await a new Ib 9string lol (saw Thordendal photo with 9 string axe)Think it's some kind of trend or hype to play on 7+ strings, despite only few people can really use it in practice. Playing septa+ strings is much harder (anyone who plays guitar know that suppresing strings is a difficult shit) and not everyone needs it. Especially -core bands playing in drop...

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I like low tunings, and I've always been fine with six strings. I didn't find seven to be that hard to adapt to, but having that extra fourth in whatever direction never seemed worth the investment in a quality instrument, especially considering that most of them don't have a true baritone scale length. I've tried playing an eight string a couple of times and found it different enough that it was difficult to adapt to. Couldn't imagine finding any use for nine. I've seen some players who are able to use them effectively. More power to them. If I ever get to buy another quality instrument, it'll probably be either a really good 5 string bass or a 12 string acoustic guitar.

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