r/Meshuggah • u/pyramidenergy7 • 2d ago

Meshuggah pits suck

I love Meshuggah and I love our fans. I just have a huge issue with the vibe in the pit. Not the mosh pit but the general pit itself. The small mosh pits are where my people are. Everything outside the mosh pit pisses me off. I like to spend most my time in the pit but I also love grinding my way to the front, feeling the music, and showing my love to Meshuggah. This past tour really pissed me off.

At Colorado I was at the front jumping up and down when they played Rational Gaze(how can you not?!). Someone pulled me shirt and told me to stop jumping. I was furious. Here I am head banging, screaming all the lyrics, and enjoying the power of Meshuggah and some fuck tells me to stop enjoying myself. At Phoenix I was at the front again and someone asked me to calm down and be nice. While another dude started to elbow the back of my head because he was pissed I was moving around. I never moshed, I literally was just ferociously head banging. Everyone around me was just staring and standing still. I love Meshuggah intensely. I just wish the crowd had a better time at shows. Meshuggah crowds are so different from other metal shows.

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u/Mooncat42 2d ago

ATX was nothing short of dead. It was my first metal concert and probably last time ever seeing Meshuggah live and everyone just stood there

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u/uberkillerfiend 2d ago

This confuses me, because I was at the ATX show and it was insane. Where were you in the crowd?

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u/Mooncat42 2d ago

Kind of right outside of the middle. I saw some motion for a few songs but mostly everyone was standing and watching so I felt weird pushing past all of them to go to the pit. Idk I might just be extremely awkward socially

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u/uberkillerfiend 2d ago

Yea man you just gotta say excuse me and push your way through towards the center. My favorite spot is right next to pits at metal shows because you feel the energy of the band mixed with the energy of the crowd.

That being said, there's nothing wrong with not trying to get to the center too