None (Meshuggah EP)

None is the second EP by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 8 November 1994 via Nuclear Blast. The band started embracing a more complex approach that would lay the grounds for their later style. The EP has been reissued by Nuclear Blast in November 2018, the first four tracks are also available on the Contradictions Collapse reissue while the fifth track is on the Destroy Erase Improve reissue. This is the band's first release to feature rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström.

None
EP by Meshuggah
Released	8 November 1994 (1994-11-08)
Recorded	Tonteknik Recording, Umeå, Sweden
Genre	Thrash metal progressive metal groove metal
Length	33:14
Label	Nuclear Blast
Meshuggah chronology
Contradictions Collapse (1991) None (1994) Selfcaged (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[1]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[2]

Track listing

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–3 on side A, and tracks 4-5 on side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Humiliative"	Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal	5:17
2.	"Sickening"	Thordendal, Mårten Hagström	5:46
3.	"Ritual"	Kidman	6:17
4.	"Gods of Rapture"	Thordendal	5:10
5.	"Aztec Two-Step (song ends at minute 5:40. After 5 minutes of silence [5:40 - 10:40], begins a brief hidden track.)"	Meshuggah	10:44
Total length:			33:14

All lyrics are written by Tomas Haake, except 'Ritual' by Jens Kidman

Personnel

• Jens Kidman – vocals
• Tomas Haake – drums
• Peter Nordin – bass
• Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

References

1. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
2. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.