Fredrik Thordendal managed to cut off the tip of his left middle- finger (He is a carpenter).The finger tip is sewn back on, and he is able, to a certain degree, to play with it again. It was not until now that the record label realized that the band has a certain sales-potential, but a couple of accidents forced the band to remain silent for the rest of that year. The new line-up recorded the EP "None" in 1994. Marten Hagstrom feels that the song-title 'Building a big building' from that time accurately characterizes that band. Between this record and the next one guitarist/vocalist Jens Kidman decided to concentrate on the singing and left the guitar duties over to Marten Hagstrom, who had played in a band with drummer Tomas Haake already when they were in sixth grade (!).
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The record company did nothing to promote the album, which consequently sold badly. The songs on this record are much longer and ymore complicated, in both structure and rythmics. The band had signed a recording deal with the German record-label Nuclar Blast, which specializes in metal-releases. Tomas Haake joined on drums before Meshuggah recorded their first LP,"Contradictions collapse", which was released in 1991. The music of this EP is simplier and more "straight-forward" than their more recent material, but some of their more progressive elements are present in the form of time-changes and polyrythmics, and Fredrik Thordendals lead-playing stands out. (The title translates to something like "Psychological Test-Picture".) Metallica definitely was a major influence. It is quite easy to hear some of Meshuggahs early influences on their first release, "Psykisk Testbild" from 1989.
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Many of the session-musicians in Stockholm are from Umea, according to Marten Hagstrom. The majority of the musicians wanting to get anywhere with their music leave town. A lot of people play in bands, but few of these are known outside the town.
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The fact that there is a university in Umea might also strengthen the rock-scene. According to Jens Kidman there are a lot of good bands from Umea, "probably because there is not a lot to do". Umea has a healthy scene, and a lot of people are involved in rock music. At that time Jens Kidman played the guitar as well. Guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, bassist Peter Nordin and vocalist Jens Kidman all played on the debut-EP of 1989. Meshuggah was formed in 1987 in Umea, Sweden.