Immutable (album)

Immutable is the ninth album by Swedish progressive metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 1 April 2022 via Atomic Fire Records, making it the band's first studio album to not be released through Nuclear Blast.[2][3][4]

Immutable
Studio album by
Meshuggah
Released1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
StudioSweetspot Studios
GenreExtreme metal[1]
Progressive metal[1]
Technical death metal[1]
Length66:43
LabelAtomic Fire
ProducerMeshuggah
Meshuggah chronology
The Violent Sleep of Reason
(2016)		 Immutable
(2022)
Singles from Immutable
  1. "The Abysmal Eye"
    Released: 28 January 2022
  2. "Light the Shortening Fuse"
    Released: 3 March 2022
  3. "I Am That Thirst"
    Released: 25 March 2022

Background

The songs "The Abysmal Eye", "Light the Shortening Fuse"[5] and "I Am That Thirst"[6] were published as singles before the album release. Music videos were released for "The Abysmal Eye"[7] and "Broken Cog".[8]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang!4/5[4]

Immutable has received universal acclaim from critics with a score 83 out of 100 on Metacritic.[9] Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote: "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."[1]

Track listing
Immutable track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Broken Cog"Mårten HagströmHagström5:35
2."The Abysmal Eye"Tomas HaakeDick Lövgren4:55
3."Light the Shortening Fuse"HagströmHagström4:28
4."Phantoms"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
4:53
5."Ligature Marks"HagströmHagström5:13
6."God He Sees in Mirrors"HaakeLövgren5:28
7."They Move Below"(instrumental)Hagström9:35
8."Kaleidoscope"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
4:07
9."Black Cathedral"(instrumental)Hagström2:00
10."I Am That Thirst"HaakeHagström4:40
11."The Faultless"HaakeHagström4:48
12."Armies of the Preposterous"Haake
  • Haake
  • Lövgren
5:15
13."Past Tense"(instrumental)Hagström5:46

Personnel

Meshuggah

Production
  • Rickard Bengtsson and Staffan Karlsson – mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Luminokaya – artwork

Charts
Chart performance for Immutable
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 45
Music Canada (MC)[14] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 48
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 74
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 90
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] 106
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 58
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 38
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[27] 1
US Billboard 200[28] 113
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] 1

References
  1. Jurek, Thom (1 April 2022). "Immutable - Meshuggah". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Immutable – Meshuggah". Blabbermouth.net. 29 March 2022.
  3. Shteamer, Hank (15 March 2022). "Meshuggah's 'Immutable' Mission". Rollingstone.com.
  4. "Album review: Meshuggah – Immutable". Kerrang!. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. "MESHUGGAH Releases New Single 'Light The Shortening Fuse'". Blabbermouth.net. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. "MESHUGGAH Releases New Single 'I Am That Thirst'". Blabbermouth.net. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. "MESHUGGAH Drops Music Video For New Single 'The Abysmal Eye'". Blabbermouth.net. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. "Meshuggah Premiere "Broken Cog" Music Video". Theprp.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. "Immutable by Meshuggah". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  14. "Charts - Music Canada". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  15. "Dutchcharts.nl – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  16. "Meshuggah: Immutable" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  17. "Top Albums (Week 14, 2022)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  18. "Offiziellecharts.de – Meshuggah – Immutable" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  19. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 14 (dal 01.04.2022 al 07.04.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  20. "イミュータブル | メシュガー" [Immutable | Meshuggah] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  21. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  22. "Meshuggah – Immutable". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  23. "Veckolista Album, vecka 14". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  24. "Swisscharts.com – Meshuggah – Immutable". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  25. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  26. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  27. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  28. "MEshuggah Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  29. "{{{artist}}} Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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