Contradictions Collapse

Contradictions Collapse
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Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	May 1, 1991 (1991-05-01)
Recorded	Umeå, Sweden
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	56:38
Label	Nuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Meshuggah (1989)Meshuggah1989 Contradictions Collapse (1991) None (1994)None1994

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Allmusic

Contradictions Collapse is the first album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. The album was released on May 1, 1991, by Nuclear Blast. Contradictions Collapse was originally titled All This Because of Greed. The album leans more towards thrash metal than the band's later works, though it does contain many of the band's characteristic elements, such as jazz fusion inspired guitar solos and complex rhythms. It was re-released as a digipak with an incomplete version of Meshuggah's second EP, None, in 1998, with no liner notes or lyrics included in the booklet.

Critical reception

Allmusic critic Alex Henderson wrote: "Although it's not quite as accomplished as their later work, it's certainly a worthwhile listen, especially for devoted fans."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paralyzing Ignorance"	Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal	4:28
2.	"Erroneous Manipulation"	Kidman, Thordendal	6:21
3.	"Abnegating Cecity"	Kidman, Thordendal, Tomas Haake	6:31
4.	"Internal Evidence"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:27
5.	"Qualms of Reality"	Kidman, Thordendal, Haake	7:07
6.	"We'll Never See the Day"	Kidman, Niclas Lundgren	6:03
7.	"Greed"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:06
8.	"Choirs of Devastation"	Haake, Thordendal	4:00
9.	"Cadaverous Mastication"	Kidman, Thordendal	7:32
10.	"Humiliative" (1998 bonus track)	Kidman, Thordendal, Haake	5:17
11.	"Sickening" (1998 bonus track)	Haake, Thordendal	5:46
12.	"Ritual" (1998 bonus track)	Kidman	6:17
13.	"Gods of Rapture" (1998 bonus track)	Thordendal, Haake	5:10

Personnel

Meshuggah

• Jens Kidman − rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Fredrik Thordendal − lead guitar, lead vocals
• Peter Nordin − bass
• Tomas Haake − drums

External links

• Contradictions Collapse at Discogs (list of releases)