Hipster Metal Bands Have Meshuggah to Thank — noisey.vice.com

The list of potential reasons for a band’s eventual demise goes on for miles, but staying power seems rooted in the simplicity of hard work and passion. Swedish extreme metal forbearers Meshuggah have spent a quarter of a century creating the equivalent of an auditory battering ram for their listeners. The compositional complexity and rhythmic fit-throwing of bands like Animals as Leaders and countless others in the genre owe their unwavering allegiance to Meshuggah— a band whose uncompromising approach to an often seemingly inflexible sound has been the key to their success.

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