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The epic story of Meshuggah’s rise from thrash metal wannabes to tech metal giants
By Malcolm Dome published
How Meshuggah inspired a generation of tech metal bands

Watch the full, pro-shot footage of Meshuggah decimating Summer Breeze festival last month
By Matt Mills published
Tech-metal masters Meshuggah played a crushing 80-minute set at Summer Breeze in August, and you can watch the whole thing online for free

The 12 bands that defined Arctangent 2024
By Matt Mills published
From headliners Meshuggah to left-field picks like Glassing, Arctangent’s 10th birthday was another extravaganza of forward-thinking talent

10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024
By Merlin Alderslade published
Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

Watch this Catholic priest perfectly play Bleed by Meshuggah on drums
By Matt Mills published
Father Hyacinth Marie Cordell has gone viral by nailing one of the most difficult drum parts in all of heavy metal

Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that
By Matt Mills published
Listen to Bear McCreary’s symphonic metal team-ups with Corey Taylor, Jens Kidman and more

Eddie Van Halen was a Meshuggah fan, according to son Wolfgang: “He said, ‘The drummer better be paid the most!’”
By Matt Mills published
Mammoth WVH leader Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed his dad was an admirer of tech-metal’s most brutal behemoths

“People think we get our calculators out and work out some kind of complex mathematical formula”: how Meshuggah redefined tech metal for the 21st century
By Dom Lawson published
With 2008’s landmark obZen album, Meshuggah were streets ahead of the competition – and the kings of punking other bands

10 heavy metal stars who should have solo careers
By Matt Mills published
From James Hetfield to Randy Blythe, we’d love to see what these heavy metal heroes can do by themselves

"We weren’t lying when we said our 10th year is going to be the biggest ever!": Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Explosions in the Sky and Ihsahn among artists newly confirmed for ArcTanGent 2024
By Paul Brannigan published
The 10th anniversary staging of ArcTanGent is shaping up to be an absolute beast, with over 50 artists added to the bill
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