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{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name
| type = studio
| artist
| cover = Meshuggah-Nothing.jpg
| alt
| released = 6 August 2002<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/meshuggah-guitarist-speaks-out-on-ozzfest-2002-experience/ MESHUGGAH Guitarist Speaks Out On OZZFEST 2002 Experience] blabbermouth.net, retrieved 9 November 2017</ref>
| recorded = May–June 2002<ref>{{cite web |author1=Espn |title=A short biography |url=http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |website=Meshuggah.com |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513083515/http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |archive-date=13 May 2007}}</ref>
| venue
| studio
| genre = *[[Progressive metal]]
*[[groove metal]]
*[[avant-garde metal]]
| length = 52:37
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Rare Trax]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[I (Meshuggah EP)|I]]
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Remastered edition cover
| type = studio
| cover = Nothingremastered.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
'''''Nothing''''' is the fourth studio album by Swedish [[extreme metal]] band [[Meshuggah]], originally released on 6 August 2002 by [[Nuclear Blast]]. The album entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart at number 165, slightly higher than the band's following effort, ''[[Catch Thirtythree]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=meshuggah|chart=all}} |title=Meshuggah - Chart history |website=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}}</ref>
A last-minute decision to join 2002's [[Ozzfest]] tour forced the band to mix the album in two days and to master it in one. As a result, the album had its guitars and drums re-recorded for a remastered re-release in 2006.
==Musical style==
{{Original research|section|date=August 2013}}
The songs on this album consist of slower tempos and a heavy focus on [[Groove metal|groove]] instead of the [[thrash metal]] style of previous albums. [[Jazz fusion]] elements such as the interludes found in some songs on the band's ''[[Destroy Erase Improve]]'' album are still present in this release.
This is also the first album on which guitarists [[Fredrik Thordendal]] and [[Mårten Hagström]] experimented with [[Eight-string guitars|8-string guitars]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.deadtide.com/interviews/page.php?id=41 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060614102719/http://deadtide.com/interviews/page.php?id=41 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 14 June 2006 | title = Meshuggah Interview | access-date = 6 June 2017}}</ref> by re-recording the guitar tracks, replacing the original performances made using detuned [[Seven-string guitar#Electric guitar|7-string guitars]], due in part to their custom Nevborn guitars not being ready.
==Release and reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1=[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score={{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=nothing-mw0000221077|pure_url=yes}}|title=Nothing - Meshuggah|last=Serba|first=John |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref>
| rev2= ''[[Blabbermouth.net]]''
| rev2Score= 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=89 |title=Blabbermouth.net CD Reviews - Nothing - Meshuggah |publisher=[[Blabbermouth]] |first=Alex |last=Cipolla |accessdate=3 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525132430/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=89 |archivedate=25 May 2008 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri|first2=David|author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2011 |___location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=9781-926592-20-6 |pages=318-319}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Ox-Fanzine]]''
| rev4score = 10/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/meshuggah-nothing-cd-32551 |title=Review}}</ref>
| rev5=''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5Score=8.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5249-nothing/|title=Meshuggah - Nothing|last=Violante|first=Isaiah|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|date=15 October 2002|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev6Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Begrand |first=Adrien |url=https://www.popmatters.com/meshuggah-nothing-2495807983.html#:~:text=It's%20simultaneously%20dizzying%20and%20mesmerizing,hear%20from%20a%20metal%20band. |title=Meshuggah - Nothing |publisher=PopMatters |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
| rev7= ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7Score={{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/meshuggah/albums/album/172652/review/5945704/nothing |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230212919/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/meshuggah/albums/album/172652/review/5945704/nothing |archivedate=30 December 2008 |title=Meshuggah: Nothing : Music Reviews |work=Rolling Stone |last=Kot|first=Greg|date=12 September 2002 |url-status=dead |accessdate=29 August 2012}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
| rev8score = B<ref name="stylus">{{cite magazine|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/meshuggah/nothing.html |title=Meshuggah - Nothing |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |magazine=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
}}
The track "Rational Gaze" was promoted with three [[music video]]s. The first was a repetitive black-and-white sequence of pictures, and did not have much connection with the song structure; the second version, directed by Torbjörn Oyesvold, featured a blue-greenish environment with the band performing, heavy post-processed by blurry [[filter (video)|video filters]]; the third version, entitled "Mr. Kidman Delirium Version", was not an official video, but rather a [[home video|handicam]] of Jens Kidman performing as his bandmates, with the help of different wigs. In January 2018, [[Loudwire]] named ''Nothing'' their favorite [[djent]] album.<ref name="lw genre">{{cite web|title=THE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES|url=http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/|website=[[Loudwire]]|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref>
''Nothing'' has sold over 95,000 copies in the US.
===Re-release===
A re-recorded and remastered version of the album was released on 31 October 2006. The new version features new rhythm guitar tracks re-recorded with [[Eight-string guitars|8-string guitars]]. The drums were also re-recorded by using the original drum hits as triggers for new audio produced with virtual drum software. The vocals were not re-recorded, but were given effects processing.
There are two songs significantly modified from their original version. These include the tempo of "Nebulous" which was lowered, and the track length of "Obsidian" was nearly doubled with the ending fadeout removed.
The re-release also includes a DVD containing music videos and their [[Download Festival]] performance in 2005, as well as modified [[cover art]].
==Track listing==
'''Original 2002 Release:'''
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Tomas Haake]], except "Nebulous" by [[Mårten Hagström]]
| title1 = Stengah
| music1 = Hagström, Haake
| length1 = 5:38
| title2 = Rational Gaze
| music2 = Thordendal
| length2 = 5:04
| title3 = Perpetual Black Second
| music3 = Hagström
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = Closed Eye Visuals
| music4 = Thordendal
| length4 = 7:25
| title5 = Glints Collide
| music5 = Thordendal, Haake
| length5 = 4:55
| title6 = Organic Shadows
| music6 = Hagström, Haake
| length6 = 5:08
| title7 = Straws Pulled at Random
| music7 = Hagström
| length7 = 5:10
| title8 = Spasm
| music8 = Thordendal, Haake
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Nebulous
| music9 = Hagström
| length9 = 6:33
| title10 = Obsidian
| note10 = instrumental
| music10 = Meshuggah
| length10 = 4:20
|total_length = 53:37
}}
'''2006 Remastered Edition:'''
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Tomas Haake]], except "Nebulous" by [[Mårten Hagström]]
| title1 = Stengah
| music1 = Hagström, Haake
| length1 = 5:38
| title2 = Rational Gaze
| music2 = Thordendal
| length2 = 5:26
| title3 = Perpetual Black Second
| music3 = Hagström
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = Closed Eye Visuals
| music4 = Thordendal
| length4 = 7:25
| title5 = Glints Collide
| music5 = Thordendal, Haake
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Organic Shadows
| music6 = Hagström, Haake
| length6 = 5:20
| title7 = Straws Pulled at Random
| music7 = Hagström
| length7 = 5:16
| title8 = Spasm
| music8 = Thordendal, Haake
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Nebulous
| music9 = Hagström
| length9 = 7:06
| title10 = Obsidian
| note10 = instrumental
| music10 = Meshuggah
| length10 = 8:35
|total_length = 58:35
}}
{{track listing
| headline = DVD track listing (Remastered edition)
| title1 = Straws Pulled at Random
| note1 = live at Download 2005
| title2 = In Death—Is Death
| note2 = live at Download 2005
| title3 = Future Breed Machine
| note3 = live at Download 2005
| title4 = Rational Gaze
| note4 = music video
| title5 = Shed
| note5 = music video
| title6 = New Millennium Cyanide Christ
| note6 = music video
| title7 = Rational Gaze
| note7 = Mr. Kidman Delirium version
}}
==Personnel==
*
* [[Fredrik Thordendal]]
* [[Mårten Hagström]]
* [[Tomas Haake]] − drums, spoken vocals (tracks 4, 8-9), artwork<ref>{{Cite web |title=MESHUGGAH presented by POWERMETAL.de |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjq3nqoSWg&feature=channel_page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/mxjq3nqoSWg |archive-date=2021-12-13}}{{cbignore}} Mårten Hagström says in this interview (at 3:18) that Tomas Haake designed the artwork for the album ''Nothing''.</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|41|artist=Meshuggah|album=Nothing|rowheader=true|access-date=16 November 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|165|artist=Meshuggah|rowheader=true|access-date=16 November 2021}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Meshuggah}}
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[[Category:Meshuggah albums]]
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[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
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