Acrid Placidity
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"Acrid Placidity" is an instrumental by the heavy metal
group Meshuggah
from the 1995 album Destroy Erase Improve
. This instrumental showcases Meshuggah's jazz fusion influences. It was composed entirely by rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, and is peculiar in that it departs from the "Meshuggah-sound", and features no crushing riffs or heavy drumming, only soft near-melodic instrumentation.
The piece is entirely in 5/4 time, and its rhythm largely comes from the guitars. Percussion is rarely used.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
group Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
from the 1995 album Destroy Erase Improve
Destroy Erase Improve
-Personnel:Meshuggah* Jens Kidman – lead vocals* Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizers * Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar* Tomas Haake – drums, voices...
. This instrumental showcases Meshuggah's jazz fusion influences. It was composed entirely by rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, and is peculiar in that it departs from the "Meshuggah-sound", and features no crushing riffs or heavy drumming, only soft near-melodic instrumentation.
The piece is entirely in 5/4 time, and its rhythm largely comes from the guitars. Percussion is rarely used.