Meshuggah

Meshuggah - Cadaverous Mastication guitar tab

* The James Murphy homepage is at:

http://members.aol.com/fongpang/converge/index.htm

* Here is the second memorable solo of a Meshuggah track; I

should have the rest of the song done soon:

CADAVEROUS MASTICATION - Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse

Nuclear Blast 1991

Fredrik Thordendal Solo (over Acoustic Guitar)

Tuning (Low - High): D G C F A

Bends represented as '

Bars stop at significant pauses

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|-15-15---------------------------------------------------------------13----13(10)----10----11-11~-|

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Mike Reeves

* Finally, I was incredibly motivated to respond to that idiot that

hassled you. I'm expecting an unequal response, but I thought you'd

be interested to read what I had to say (in case he attacks YOU about

it). It's far too polite really.

--- Begin Forwarded Message ---

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:48:24 +0000 (GMT)

From: Mike Reeves

Subject: Enlightenment

To: frednet1@home.com

This is a letter in support of and his

USEFUL webpage.

Firstly, please READ this message rather than delete it instantly (I expect

you've received some profane mail from a few of 's allies). These are

just words and they can't harm you (!).

I don't know exactly what you told Rich (), but I feel obliged to

support Metal music because it is such an enriching part of my life. Here are

some FACTS:

(1) Metal musicians are from VARYING backgrounds, cultures and religions.

Most are either agnostic or atheist (as am I), some are Christian and some

CLAIM to be satanists. Does anybody really know what a satanist is? From a

Christian point of view a satanist is an opposer of all Christian values, but

modern satanists are merely Hedonists in black clothing (seriously). The

biggest difference between this and most other religions is the 'an eye for an

eye' attitude and the pursuit of a satisfying life that (contrary to popular

belief, DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS). However, I am opposed

to a society like this because nothing would EVER get done - we'd just party.

(However, this has social advantages when compared with a fundamentalist

Christian REGIME whereby we'd have to pray all day, achieving nothing and

fearing the wrath of an unseen, unproven 'Lord').

(2) Metal lyrics and artwork are only offensive to people because we are

indoctrinated from birth to repel the SUPERFICIAL, rather than deal with the

real problems of society. Speaking for myself, extreme imagery does not

influence my thinking because I can differentiate thoughts and suggestions

from real actions (thoughts harm no one). You may well say that some people

(e.g: children) are influenced by this 'dark imagery', but it's too easy to be

patronizing. Besides, they'd find violent news footage far more disturbing

BECAUSE IT'S REAL.

(3) Listeners to aggressive music are probably the most pleasant people you'll

ever meet (as long as you don't preach at them first). Why? Reverse

psychology, that's why. Human beings are not black-and-white. We all have a

predatory, selfish side in opposition to a compassionate and intelligent side.

Metal fans generally have an abundance of BOTH, so we need extreme stimuli to

express and expel our 'negative energy' and restore ourselves to calm and

balanced people. From experience, I have found that it's the ones who aren't

exposed to extremes that have the most disturbing thoughts, 'darkest' urges

and a perverse desire to destroy or vandalize (admittedly though, alcohol

abuse is the main influencing factor here). I admit that Church burnings in

Norway are COMPLETELY WRONG, but these are not proven to be linked with the

Metal scene anyway (more like religious warfare, as in Bosnia today).

(4) Metal music is a symbol of free thought, and that alone justifies its

existence and prosperity. The encouragement of young people in the UK to adopt

logical, skeptical and scientific attitudes to life has resulted in a HUGE

amount of Atheists here. When we discuss Metal we talk about its MUSICAL

aspects and dimiss the religious aspects as a DEAD ISSUE. The infringement of

free thought is the most self-destructive act that a group of fanatics can

possibly conceive. In places like Bosnia and the middle east, religion and

censoring of the superficial is responsible for the death of many and a life

of terror for the rest. Compare this to the UK, one of the safest places to be

in the world, a country where extremes are tolerated and integrated and where

religion is dying fast. Regardless of musical tastes, the only things we need

to be successful are Altruism, Intelligence and Compassion. We no longer need

low-IQ religious fools to tell us what is moral and what isn't. If we ARE

going to decline as a race, it will not be by red herrings such as TV or

Music, it will be outdated religious dogma that will annihilate us.

Sorry to put a damper on your day, but these things need to be said to you.

Mike.

P.S: I have two cats which I adore, but I most certainly do not 'fuck' them,

sodomize them or subject them to pain (your world, not mine).

--- End Forwarded Message ---

It's good to have target practice once in a while, isn't it?

C'ya

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Mike Reeves

mjr@soton.ac.uk

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