Contradictions Collapse

Contradictions Collapse is the debut studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. The album was released in 1991 by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled (All This Because of) Greed. The album leans more towards a thrash metal[1] and alternative metal sound than the band's later works,[2] featuring heavy riffs and influences of hip hop and industrial dance in the drum patterns.[2] It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998,[2] with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.

Contradictions Collapse
Studio album by
Meshuggah
Released1991
RecordedUmeå, Sweden
Genre
Length56:38
LabelNuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah
(1989)		 Contradictions Collapse
(1991)		 None
(1994)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork5.2/10[3]

Allmusic critic Steve Huey wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLead VocalsLength
1."Paralyzing Ignorance"Jens KidmanKidman, Fredrik ThordendalKidman4:28
2."Erroneous Manipulation"Kidman, ThordendalThordendal, Johan SjögrenThordendal6:21
3."Abnegating Cecity"Tomas HaakeKidman, Thordendal, HaakeThordendal6:31
4."Internal Evidence"KidmanKidman, ThordendalKidman7:27
5."Qualms of Reality"HaakeKidman, ThordendalThordendal7:07
6."We'll Never See the Day"KidmanKidman, Niklas LundgrenKidman6:03
7."Greed"Kidman, ThordendalKidman, ThordendalThordendal7:06
8."Choirs of Devastation"Haake, ThordendalHaake, ThordendalHaake4:00
9."Cadaverous Mastication" (Bonus track)Kidman, ThordendalKidman, Thordendal, LundgrenKidman7:32

The first 4 tracks from the None EP were included as bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.

Personnel

Meshuggah

References
  1. Cory, Ian (July 23, 2015). "Twenty Against Ten (years later) – Meshuggah from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch Thirtythree". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. "Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah – AllMusic". Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (August 1, 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.



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