Swedish trailblazers Meshuggah are one of the most innovative and influential bands of the last 30 years. In 2012, as they geared up to release their new album, Koloss, guitarist Mårten Hagström and ...

"BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. DUH DUH BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ." -Meshuggah's guitars. Hey! Did you know that Meshuggah is in the studio? The band teased earlier in the month that it was recording a new album, or so ...

Eddie Van Halen was a Meshuggah fan, but it wasn't necessarily the Swedish metal act's guitar work that he admired the most. "I remember his joke when I showed him the video to 'Bleed,'" Wolfgang says ...

Meshuggah wanted to shake things up a bit after their 1998 album Chaosphere. The band would eventually get their hands on some eight-string guitars, though guitarist Mårten Hagström said in an ...

Meshuggah without Fredrik Thordendal? How is it possible?! Though the Thords will be out “on a mission to explore some interesting stuff,” Meshuggah have gathered a brilliant replacement in Scar ...

Meshuggah are back – properly this time with all five members. "Things are happening," the band said in a new statement. "As some of you figured out, we have entered Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, ...

Polish alternative band Semantik Punk recently finished a European tour with Swedish metal superstars Meshuggah. In this exclusive interview with Culture.pl, Semantik Punk’s guitarist Rafał Modliński ...

Hearing Meshuggah for the first time is always a fascinating moment in a metalhead’s life. The listener either thinks, What’s all this wonky nonsense? or, Holy shit, whatever this is, I’m HERE FOR IT.

Few bands can legitimately claim to have spearheaded an entire movement in music, let alone a genre all its own. Meshuggah can. If you enjoy bands such as Periphery or Tesseract, Animals As Leaders or ...

When Swedish metal icons Meshuggah unleashed their mighty, low down, single-string riffs on Nothing in 2002, the meaning of the word heavy was henceforth redefined. From then, the 8-string guitar has ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Matt Bellamy / Manson Guitar Works Matt Bellamy has tapped into his inner Meshuggah and ...