Meshuggah live in Sweden 1996 (Full show)

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Meshuggah live at Englarockfestivalen, Ängelholm, Sweden
August 10th 1996.

00:00 Soundcheck
03:10 Humiliative
08:00 Catatonic Transfixion
12:41 Sickening
18:02 Future Breed Machine
24:25 Soul Burn
30:34 Suffer in Truth
35:57 God of Rapture
42:05 Vanished



Before you whine about the lame audience (which unfortunately more than 50% of the commenters focus on). This was not a metal festival. It was mixed and I think Meshuggah was the only metal band present. There were a bunch of hard core fans up front (including me) who loved the band and knew all the songs, but for me it was not only about listening to the band. I also wanted to see them perform, and so did many of my friends. Banging and moshing is a great way to show appreciation for the band but you miss out a lot on what's happening on stage, and as a musician myself I wanted to study their playing. Behind us were people who didn't know the band and no one can blame them. They were not into metal. I'm sure they were impressed anyway.

The band´s performance is awesome! The festival was a disaster when about 5.000 attendants were expected while about 400 showed up. That's why you see people with orange "staff shirts" in the audience. Many bands canceled. Right before the show Meshuggah had to deal with payment issues with the festival organisation and I think they finally entered the stage without knowing if they were gonna get paid or not. It was however solved in the end.