Meshuggah

Meshuggah
Meshuggah performing live
Background information
Also known as	Metallien (1985-1987)
Origin	Umeå, Sweden
Genres	Progressive metal[1] extreme metal[1] experimental metal[1] djent[2] thrash metal[3] technical death metal[4]
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast Fractured Transmitter Atomic Fire
Members	Jens Kidman Fredrik Thordendal Mårten Hagström Tomas Haake Dick Lövgren
Past member(s)	Johan Sjögren Jörgen Lindmark Per Sjögren Torbjörn Granström Niklas Lundgren Peter Nordin Gustaf Hielm
Website	www.meshuggah.net

Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden. The band was also named Metallien. The band has been playing music since 1985. Meshuggah's music uses changing time signatures and polyrhythms. The band inspired djent, a genre of metal. They made many new sounds using the guitar. The band's current members are singer Jens Kidman, guitar players Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, drummer Tomas Haake and bass guitar player Dick Lövgren.

Meshuggah has been nominated for Grammis two times: once for Catch Thirtythree, and once for obZen. In 2018, the band was nominated for a Grammy Award for their song "Clockworks".^[5] All of the band's albums after Nothing have been on the Billboard 200 music chart.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Meshuggah Shares a Remastered Version of "Sane" from their Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition of "Chaosphere"". Ghostcultmag.
2. ↑ "MESHUGGAH Guitarist Apologizes For Creating Djent: "Our Bad!"". Metalsucks.
3. ↑ Meshuggah - AllMusic. Available at: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/meshuggah-mn0000453041
4. ↑ "Tech Death Machines Meshuggah are Back with a Terrifying New Song, "Born in Dissonance"". 2025-01-23.
5. ↑ Lynch, Joe; Lynch, Joe (2017-11-28). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-02.