Editing Meshuggah (section)

==Analysis==
[[File:Mårten Hagström, Meshuggah.jpg|thumb|Hagström in 2018]]
[[File:Meshuggah - Rock am Ring 2023-44530.jpg|thumb|Meshuggah live at [[Rock am Ring]] 2023]]
Meshuggah has become known for its innovative musical style that evolves between each release and pushes [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] into new territory, and for its technical prowess.{{ref label|f|f|none}} Hagström commented: "We try never to repeat ourselves."<ref name="Decibel story" /> [[MusicMight|RockDetector]] stated about ''[[Destroy Erase Improve]]'': "[T]he band...stripped Metal down to the bare essentials before completely rebuilding it in a totally abstract form".<ref name="Rockdetector Bio" /> The official Meshuggah biography comments on ''[[Chaosphere]]'' by noting that "Some fans felt that Meshuggah had left their dynamic and progressive elements behind; while others thought they were only progressing naturally and focusing on their original sound."<ref name="Official bio" /> The band's website also describes ''Nothing'' as displaying "a very mature and convincing Meshuggah, now focusing on groove and sound...Meshuggah once again divided their fans into the 'ecstatic' and the 'slightly disappointed'".<ref name="Official bio" /> The polyrhythms can make the music sound [[Phonaesthetics|cacophonous]], like band members are playing different songs simultaneously.<ref name="Popmatters Nothing" /><ref name="Popmatters Nothing2">{{cite magazine|url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/meshuggah-nothing|magazine = [[PopMatters]]|title = Nothing (Special Edition)|author = Adrien Begrand|access-date = 10 June 2008
}}</ref> Listeners perceiving a polyrhythm often either extract a composite pattern that is fitted to a metric framework, or focus on one rhythmic stream while treating others as "noise".<ref>{{cite book
  |last = Boring
  |first = Edwin
  |author-link = Edwin Boring
  |title = Sensation and perception in the history of experimental psychology
  |publisher = [[Appleton-Century-Crofts]]
  |location=New York
  |year = 1942
  |page= 253
}}</ref>