Nothing or Obzen

[philkilla]

Which do you prefer? I love them both, but I think nothing (!) can match meshuggah's slow churning aggressiveness on...Nothing

 

[liamh]

On the whole, I prefer Nothing.
But, you see, ObZen has Dancers To A Discordant System (Possibly the greatest Meshuggah song.)

 

[Daggorath]

ObZen, but I spose that's just because the 2 times I've seen them has been pretty much on the back of that album.

 

[Brendan G]

I find myself going back to Nothing more often than Obzen.

 

[samurai7drew]

obzen has so many great songs that have already become classics in my mind (bleed is an obvious one for most people, i think). this is not to say that "nothing" doesn't but, the combination of amazing songwriting + flawless production on obzen makes it my current favorite. now, all time favorite might take more consideration. hmm..

 

[Scar Symmetry]

Obzen is a stronger album I believe, though Catch 33 owns both.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

Nothing sounds really bad imo, (Re)Nothing is much better, the Ibanez guitars just sound so much tighter and sharper.

oBzen is better than both versions of Nothing, and as Dave said, Catch 33 is better than both of those.

 

[dmguitarist99]

Nothing personally, Rational Gaze and Straws Pulled at Random are among my favorites

 

[philkilla]

Dancers To A Discordant System (Possibly the greatest Meshuggah song.)

That song does kick some serious arse.

 

[liamh]

though Catch 33 owns both.

Troof

 

[synrgy]

Obzen is a stronger album I believe, though Catch 33 owns both.

Once again, 'great minds', and all that.

 

[cycloptopus]

Obzen is a stronger album I believe, though Catch 33 owns both.

I hear that.

But I likes me some Obzen for the variety and progression of the Album. Nothing is sick too, and I have to finish my post before I change my mind...

 

[vampiregenocide]

As a whole album, Nothing, but, my fave songs are on ObZen.

 

[Nats]

i like juice

 

[samurai7drew]

Obzen is a stronger album I believe, though Catch 33 owns both.

good point. catch 33 is a trip. it's best observed in it's entirety.

although, it can seriously entrance you at a point (that's not such a bad thing). just don't listen to it if you're driving at night and have only had 3 previous hours of sleep. you might veer off the road in a somewhat lucid coma.

 

[Luuk]

That's a though call.. I like both albums very much! But I think I prefer nothing just a bit more.. Although, as said before, obZen has Dancers.. IMO the best song Meshuggah has ever written!

 

[TomAwesome]

ObZen is Meshuggah as sharpened, polished, and focused as they've ever been. It has become my default go to Meshuggah album, though Nothing is still great. Am I the only one who didn't like Catch 33 all that much? I like it, and I listen to it sometimes, but to me, they have three or four albums that are better.

 

[defchime]

I prefer Nothing, catch 33, destroy erase improve, I, and Obzen.

I gotta say I is definitely the best song/album ever...I've listened to it all the way through like 40 or 50 times at least lol.

 

[Scar Symmetry]

I'd agree that Obzen is Meshuggah at their most polished and focused, but Catch 33 for me is probably the album of the decade. It's just so different, so heavy and so groovy.

 

[synrgy]

I guess it's kind of a toss up for me.

It depends on my mood. Generally speaking, 90% of my listening occurs in my car, with my iPod on shuffle. What I've noticed is, out of the Meshuggah songs that could possibly come up during shuffle, I skip songs from Catch 33 less frequently than I skip songs from any of their other albums other album, Dancers To a Dischordant System and Combustion being the only real exceptions. There's just something about the '2 note groove' of the majority of that album that just GETS me when I'm driving. No matter how I'm feeling, my fingers start moving, then my head starts nodding and before I know it I'm in a 'rock out' trance.