Known for jaw-dropping live performances that’ll make you feel terrible about your own instrumental abilities, Meshuggah has brought many of their mind-bending compositions to the stage. Still, despite their deep discography and cult-like following, some tracks have never been unleashed live. This list explores the Meshuggah songs that, for reasons unknown, have remained confined to studio recordings – unheard in the live setting.
And before anyone mentions it, Catch Thirtythree was left off this list because Meshuggah generally performs a medley of some of those songs live.
“Phantoms” – Immutable (2022)
“They Move Below” – Immutable (2022)
“Black Cathedral” – Immutable (2022)
“I Am That Thirst” – Immutable (2022)
“The Faultless” – Immutable (2022)
“Armies of the Preposterous” – Immutable (2022)
“MonstroCity” – The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
“Ivory Tower” – The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
“Our Rage Won’t Die” – The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
“Into Decay” – The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
“Pitch Black” – Pitch Black (2013)
“The Demon’s Name Is Surveillance” – Koloss (2012)
“Marrow” – Koloss (2012)
“This Spiteful Snake” – obZen (2008)
“Pineal Gland Optics” – obZen (2008)
“I” – I (2004)
“Spasm” – Nothing (2002)
“War” – Rare Trax (2001)
“By Emptyness Abducted” – Rare Trax (2001)
“Don’t Speak” – Rare Trax (2001)
“The Exquisite Machinery of Torture” – Chaosphere (1998)
