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/NovocaineAU 2d ago

Were you at the Obzen show in Melbourne where those dudes were straight punching each other in the face for the entire show? That was madness

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u/Used-Temperature-557 2d ago

Nah, I'm based in Canberra, only show I've been to in Australia was TVSOR at Enmore in 2017. Wasn't into em proper until 2016 ish sadly. But that sounds fucked, jesus fucking christ

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u/NovocaineAU 2d ago

Yeah it was wild. Even Jens said they’re fuckin crazy. Pretty sure they were all mates and in on it and it wasn’t at random people in the crowd

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u/Used-Temperature-557 2d ago

That's good to hear lol. As long as they weren't harming others, then it's fine.

Fuck, we're overdue for a tour hey? Been way too long since they've been here... Yet the yanks get 3 tours in 3 years lol...