Editing Meshuggah (section)

=== ''I'' and ''Catch Thirtythree'' (2003–2006) ===
In 2003, Hagström hinted at the direction of the band's next album by saying, "There's only one thing I really feel that is important. We've never measured our success in terms of sales, because we're quite an extreme band. It's more that people understand where we're coming from. I get more out of a fan coming up and saying that we've totally changed their way of looking on metal music, than having like 200 kids buy it. I mean, it would be nice for the money, but that's not why we're in it. So what I'd like to see is that we keep progressing. Keeping the core of what Meshuggah has always been, but exploring the bar, so to speak. ''Destroy Erase Improve'' was like exploring the dynamics of the band, ''Chaosphere'' was exploring the aggressiveness, the all-out side, and ''Nothing'' is more of a sinister, dark, pretty slow album, actually. So honestly, now I don't know where we're going. It might be a mix of all of them."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13041 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |title=Meshuggah: Off Nuclear Blast, Weighing Their Options - June 24, 2003 |access-date=8 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000727/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13041 |archive-date=26 December 2008 }}</ref>
[[File:Meshuggah - Dick Lövgren - 2008 Melbourne.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Bassist [[Dick Lövgren]], who joined Meshuggah in February 2004]]

In February 2004, bassist [[Dick Lövgren]] joined Meshuggah.<ref name="Rockdetector Bio" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19401 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |title=Meshuggah Split With Bassist, Announce Replacement - Feb. 19, 2004 |access-date=1 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000337/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19401 |archive-date=26 December 2008 }}</ref> The band then recorded and released the [[I (Meshuggah EP)|''I'' EP]], which contains a single, 21-minute track, released on [[Fractured Transmitter Recording Company|Fractured Transmitter Records]].<ref name="PopMatters I">{{cite magazine|url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/meshuggah-i.shtml|magazine = [[PopMatters]]
|title = Meshuggah I|author = Adrien Begrand|access-date = 10 June 2008}}</ref> Meshuggah spent about six months in total on recording the EP.<ref name="The Aquarian: Challenges Collapse"/> ''[[Catch Thirtythree]]'', the only Meshuggah album on which [[Drum machine|programmed drums]] have been used, was released the following year in May 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.meshuggah.net/disco/c33/|publisher = meshuggah.net|title = Catch 33 - 2005 |access-date = 11 May 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080822221100/http://www.meshuggah.net/disco/c33/ |archive-date = 22 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Seven thousand copies of ''Catch Thirtythree'' were sold the first week, and it debuted at No.&nbsp;170 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in June 2005.<ref name="Blabbermouth Bleed"/> The video for the track "Shed" was released in June, and the previous album ''Nothing'' sold approximately 80,000 copies in the United States to that date, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=38654 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |title=Meshuggah: 'Shed' Video Posted Online - June 28, 2005 |access-date=1 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000812/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=38654 |archive-date=26 December 2008 }}</ref> ''Catch Thirtythree'' earned the band a [[Grammis|Swedish Grammy]] nomination.<ref name="Blabbermouth Warner" /> In October 2005, German band [[Rammstein]] released a single of their song "Benzin" with a remixed version by Meshuggah.<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/meshuggah-apocalyptica-remix-rammstein-s-benzin-for-new-single-release/ Meshuggah, Apocalyptica Remix Rammstein's 'Benzin' For New Single Release]. 16 September 2005. [[Blabbermouth.net]].</ref>

In December 2005, 10 years after signing its first record deal with the publishing company [[Warner/Chappell Music|Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia]], Meshuggah extended its cooperation with the company.<ref name="Blabbermouth Warner">{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=46738 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |title=Meshuggah Extend Publishing Deal - Jan. 12, 2006 |access-date=8 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000457/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=46738 |archive-date=26 December 2008 }}</ref> In November 2005, Haake said in an interview that the band was not content with the productions of ''Chaosphere'' and ''Nothing'', because, being on tour, they had little time to devote to them.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=44526 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |title=Meshuggah Drummer Talks About Upcoming Studio Album, Possible DVD - Nov. 20, 2005 |access-date=8 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000817/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=44526 |archive-date=26 December 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Allmusic Nothing [CD/DVD]">{{cite web
| url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r858485|pure_url=yes}}
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| title = Nothing CD/DVD review
| author = Thom Jurek
| access-date = 16 November 2008
}}</ref>

A remixed and remastered version of ''Nothing'' with rerecorded guitars was released in a custom-shaped slipcase featuring a three-dimensional hologram card on 31 October 2006, via Nuclear Blast Records. The release also includes a bonus DVD featuring the band's appearance at the Download 2005 festival and the official music videos of "Rational Gaze", "Shed" and "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".<ref name="Allmusic Nothing [CD/DVD]"/><ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60691 
 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] 
 |title=Meshuggah: 'Nothing' Rerelease Track Listing Revealed - Oct. 21, 2006 
 |access-date=8 June 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000512/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60691 
 |archive-date=26 December 2008 
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