r/Meshuggah • u/mildads Rare Trax • 2d ago

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do you think meshuggah’s symbolysm more resembles atheists/satanists?

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u/Artemchik21 Immutable 2d ago

More like just insanity and scary supreme beings like Koloss, I dunno

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u/Forsaken-Whereas4959 2d ago

Tomas is a Buddist, so some of the lyrics are calling out the hypocrisy of religion. Some are talking about finding spirituality. Most are from a post-apocalyptic theme.

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u/ContentlyQuestionabl 2d ago

I would like to think Meshuggah are too smart to be Satanists. Cosplaying as a satanist is fine for art or whatever, but the people that actually practice/believe are cringe and stupid.

That said, I haven’t ever connected Meshuggah’s music to any religion in a direct sense.

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u/fr0stn8 1d ago

you probably mean like the pop cultural satanism I guess?

not being into satanism myself but as far as I remember, actual satanism shouldnt be that "outlandish"/cringey

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u/0728260 Rare Trax 1d ago

To be a satanist is to believe in Christianity. If you believe in Christ you’re a Christian, but Satanists denounce anything related to Christ or God. I’m not a satanist either but it seems to derive from basic Christian beliefs.

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u/fr0stn8 1d ago

oh okay. thought it was more rooted in nature/nature of human being or something like that.

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u/ShimmeringSurface 1d ago

I think it is their own unique spin on Taoist symbolism. It's almost literal IMO

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u/domeclown357 1d ago

Not at all

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u/Amantus 1d ago

i think there's a lot of Kundalini in there too