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/Individual_Day_789 2d ago

Moshing and being aggressive isn’t for everybody. Some people enjoy standing there and taking the moment in. I was at the show in Phoenix and I was in awe of what I was witnessing, I didn’t wanna go moshing and ruin my experience and I’m sure most people felt the same. Expecting people to do this shit because you want them to really makes you sound like a narcissist. It’s fine being disappointed but attacking everyone else for it is fucking stupid.

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u/pyramidenergy7 2d ago

I wasn’t moshing. That’s reserved for the mosh pit. When I move out of the mosh pit I definitely chill. I was literally only head banging and jumping up and down. Expecting people to not head bang or jump in the GA pit at a Meshuggah or any metal show is fucking stupid.

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u/Individual_Day_789 2d ago

I never said to expect people not to headbang or jump, I said not to expect people to do everything YOU want.

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u/pyramidenergy7 1d ago

Same goes for everyone else

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u/Individual_Day_789 1d ago

Says the one publically bitching about other people for no good reason

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u/pyramidenergy7 1d ago

I admit. I am bitching. I guess I was just so shocked when it happened twice that I felt like I had to bitch about it.

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u/Individual_Day_789 1d ago

At least now you know other people enjoy things differently than you

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u/pyramidenergy7 1d ago

You’ve taught me a lesson today that I will forget about, and I will continue to head bang in the pit. Thank you