Meshuggah

Country of origin:: Sweden
Location:: Umeå
Status:: Active
Formed in:: 1987

Genre:: Technical Groove/Thrash Metal (early), Djent (later)
Lyrical themes:: Future, Consciousness, Society, Chaos, Apocalypse, Psychedelia, Paradoxes
Current label:: Nuclear Blast

Years active:: 1987, 1987-1988 (as Calipash), 1988-present

The band was accepted based solely on their early material, which is considered technical groove/thrash metal.

Meshuggah's name is taken from the Hebrew and Yiddish word for "crazy".

Metallien is NOT a pre-Meshuggah band. It was a different entity altogether: Thordendal's previous project (with no other Meshuggah-members involved) before the start of Calipash/Meshuggah.

After the release of ...

Complete lineup
Current lineup
Past members
Live musicians

Current
Jens Kidman	Guitars (1987, 1988-1992), Vocals (1987, 1988-present), Bass (2005)
See also: ex-Metallien, ex-Calipash
Fredrik Thordendal	Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1987, 1988-present), Keyboards (1998)
See also: Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, ex-Metallien, ex-Calipash
Tomas Haake	Drums, Vocals (additional) (1989-present)
See also: Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, ex-Barophobia
Mårten Hagström	Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1992-present), Bass (1995, 2005)
See also: ex-Barophobia
Dick Lövgren	Bass (2004-present)
See also: Cromlech, ex-Last Tribe, Nica Group, ex-Armageddon, ex-Frequency, ex-Arch Enemy (live), ex-In Flames (live), ex-Time Requiem
Past
Peter Nordin	Bass, Vocals (1987, 1988-1995)
See also: ex-Calipash, ex-Regent
Niklas Lundgren	Drums (1987, 1988-1989)
See also: ex-Calipash
Gustaf Hielm	Bass (1998-2001)
See also: Non-Human Level, Pain of Salvation, Tiamat (live), Badge, Susanna Risberg Trio, ex-Dark Funeral (live)
Current (Live)
Per Nilsson	Guitars (2017-present)
See also: Hagen, Nocturnal Rites, Scar Symmetry, Zierler, ex-Adversary, ex-Legia, ex-Thrawn, Catacomb (Swe), Kaipa, ex-The Absence, ex-The Storyteller, ex-Altered Aeon, ex-World Below
Past (Live)
Gustaf Hielm	Bass (1995-1998)
See also: Non-Human Level, Pain of Salvation, Tiamat (live), Badge, Susanna Risberg Trio, ex-Dark Funeral (live)

Jens Kidman	Guitars (1987, 1988-1992), Vocals (1987, 1988-present), Bass (2005)
See also: ex-Metallien, ex-Calipash
Fredrik Thordendal	Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1987, 1988-present), Keyboards (1998)
See also: Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, ex-Metallien, ex-Calipash
Tomas Haake	Drums, Vocals (additional) (1989-present)
See also: Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, ex-Barophobia
Mårten Hagström	Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1992-present), Bass (1995, 2005)
See also: ex-Barophobia
Dick Lövgren	Bass (2004-present)
See also: Cromlech, ex-Last Tribe, Nica Group, ex-Armageddon, ex-Frequency, ex-Arch Enemy (live), ex-In Flames (live), ex-Time Requiem

Peter Nordin	Bass, Vocals (1987, 1988-1995)
See also: ex-Calipash, ex-Regent
Niklas Lundgren	Drums (1987, 1988-1989)
See also: ex-Calipash
Gustaf Hielm	Bass (1998-2001)
See also: Non-Human Level, Pain of Salvation, Tiamat (live), Badge, Susanna Risberg Trio, ex-Dark Funeral (live)

Current
Per Nilsson	Guitars (2017-present)
See also: Hagen, Nocturnal Rites, Scar Symmetry, Zierler, ex-Adversary, ex-Legia, ex-Thrawn, Catacomb (Swe), Kaipa, ex-The Absence, ex-The Storyteller, ex-Altered Aeon, ex-World Below
Past
Gustaf Hielm	Bass (1995-1998)
See also: Non-Human Level, Pain of Salvation, Tiamat (live), Badge, Susanna Risberg Trio, ex-Dark Funeral (live)

Added by: Greb	Modified by: Dying_Hope
Added on: 2002-07-10 23:42:12	Last modified on: 2018-03-30 12:04:55