Immutable
by Meshuggah
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Wire
    Apr 26, 2022
    80
    The precision and control and grand guignol gothery are all still in place – but there’s also surprise (check the startlingly clean and gorgeous nine minute odyssey of “They Move Below”) and a palpable energy the band haven’t shown in years. [May 2022, p.55]
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  2. AllMusic
    Mar 31, 2022
    80
    Ultimately, Immutable delivers the very essence of Meshuggah. While comfortable in their collective skin, they continue expanding their reach by obliterating -- hell, nearly swallowing -- metal's genre boundaries in their long, relentless search for the undiscovered.
  3. Exclaim
    Mar 31, 2022
    80
    Meshuggah haven't returned to impress anyone but themselves. This is the music they like playing. It just happens to sound unlike anything else in metal. After 30-plus years in the game, Meshuggah have neither quelled their thirst for tectonic frenzy nor dried their well of dexterous musicality.
  5. Kerrang!
    Mar 31, 2022
    80
    It really is impossible to pick fault with the record, every track playing its part, and further cementing their legend.
  6. Sputnikmusic
    Mar 31, 2022
    74
    While it has highlights aplenty, they seem the kind of highlights that would fare better outside of the context of Listening To A Whole Album In 2022. ... As a start-to-finish experience, there’s a tendency for things to melt together as momentum flags, the sequencing grates, or you find yourself paying less than your most devout attention to the swiftly passing milieu.

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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. iamlucifer
    Apr 30, 2022
    10
    Meshuggah is back, and the bass is heavier and filthier than ever before. What an excellent album.
  2. gilroitto
    Apr 5, 2022
    9
    Meshuggah has taken another step out from Metal to create their own vision of shugging, rhythmic, wailing sound carpets. This is anotherMeshuggah has taken another step out from Metal to create their own vision of shugging, rhythmic, wailing sound carpets. This is another evolutionary progression - not becoming something completely different but also not just creating more of the same. The genius and originality of their work creates a desire to listen to their album over and over again, always discovering something new.

    "The Abysmal Eye" is a given immediate favorite with the bursts of machine gun hits, dark riffs, wonky guitar notes and the signature long growls from Jens. A few songs have some dragged out shugging sections, feeling like a rhythmic exercise at times, I personally wouldn’t have mind them being mixed up with more straight forward energy rock from the older albums. But these are just minor things in an otherwise epic journey.    … Full Review »
  3. YunaUmbreon
    Apr 3, 2022
    10
    I discovered Meshuggah in December 2021 and a few months later they released a new album. I like it, the bass is heavy, the riffs are veryI discovered Meshuggah in December 2021 and a few months later they released a new album. I like it, the bass is heavy, the riffs are very good and the drums hit like a bomb. The vocals are also an A+.… Full Review »
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