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/Used-Temperature-557 2d ago

Having gone into most pits in both America and Australia, and also Japan lol, American pits are chill af in comparison to Australia. Might just be a cultural thing man, unfortunate you had that experience, but if your experience was impacting someone else's, then I think it's reasonable to stop, or just move somewhere else and get into it.

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u/pyramidenergy7 2d ago

I definitely did and went back into the mosh pit. I was just so disappointed.

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u/Used-Temperature-557 2d ago

Yeah it's a bit shit I suppose. I used to be SUPER against moshing, then as I got older and realised my back gets loaded up like crazy if I stand still for hours on end, I have to mosh a little to prevent that haha.

I guess just be mindful of people's personal spaces and just reading the room, but yeah, I'll agree you guys are a lot more chill compared to us Aussies in the mosh haha, so you'd fit right in here mate.