Getting into Messhugah

[harrisdevot]

If there are any Messhuggah fans around here, I've a question for them. How one can get into their music? Many people seem to be really fascinated by them, and I'd like to understand. I'm more and more into so called extreme Metal, but here, I can only catch some kind of sonic porridge with fat sound and growls, with no melody line at line. I understand the interest for the drum parts, but is there anything else worth listening in their music?

 

[JudasMyGuide]

They're more or less about that, a shouty complex chug. In a way it kinda reminds me of the African folk music, in that you'll almost always have that 4/4 base upon which there are built the weird elliptic subdivisions and polymetres, so if you're that inclined, you can appreciate the relatively complex and almost hypnotic development of the music while still being based upon a solid groove. That's the appeal, methinks, and I have yet to see someone saying otherwise.
That said, don't stress it - check out Koloss or Catch Thirty-Three and if you don't like it, fuck it. Even I'm only scarcely in the mood for it and for what it's worth, they're pretty controversial in the metal scene, both for their output and yet more for their influence, so there's certainly no obligation to like them.