Catch Thirtythree

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title: "Catch Thirtythree" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["meshuggah-albums", "2005-albums", "nuclear-blast-albums", "2000s-concept-albums", "song-cycles"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Thirtythree" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Catch Thirtythree
type	studio
artist	Meshuggah
cover	Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree - cover.jpg
released
recorded	2004–2005
studio	Fear and Loathing Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
genre	*Avant-garde metal
length	47:18
label	Nuclear Blast
producer	Meshuggah
prev_title	I
prev_year	2004
next_title	obZen
next_year	2008
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| name = Catch Thirtythree | type = studio | artist = Meshuggah | cover = Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree - cover.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 2004–2005 | venue = | studio = Fear and Loathing Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | genre = *Avant-garde metal

• progressive metal
• groove metal | length = 47:18 | label = Nuclear Blast | producer = Meshuggah | prev_title = I | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = obZen | next_year = 2008 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Alternative Press | rev2Score = | rev3 = Blabbermouth.net | rev3Score = 8.5/10 | rev4 = Blender | rev4Score = | rev5 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | rev5score = 8/10 | rev6 = Kerrang! | rev6score = | rev7 = PopMatters | rev7Score = 5/10 | rev8 = Pitchfork | rev8Score = 7.2/10 Catch Thirtythree is the fifth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 16 May 2005 in Europe and on 31 May 2005 in North America, through Nuclear Blast. Catch Thirtythree entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 170. The album is a single song, a continuous suite, with 13 movements. It exclusively used drum programming, leveraging Toontrack's EZdrummer software synthesizer with the "Drumkit from Hell" Expansion, instead of traditional acoustic drums.

Track listing

All music is written by Meshuggah (Fredrik Thordendal, Jens Kidman, Mårten Hagström, Tomas Haake), and all lyrics are written by Haake and Hagström. | total_length = 47:18 | title1 = Autonomy Lost | writer1 = | length1 = 1:41 | title2 = Imprint of the Un-Saved | writer2 = | length2 = 1:36 | title3 = Disenchantment | writer3 = | length3 = 1:44 | title4 = The Paradoxical Spiral | writer4 = | length4 = 3:13 | title5 = Re-Inanimate | writer5 = | length5 = 1:04 | title6 = Entrapment | writer6 = | length6 = 2:29 | title7 = Mind's Mirrors | writer7 = | length7 = 4:30 | title8 = In Death - Is Life | writer8 = | length8 = 2:02 | title9 = In Death - Is Death | writer9 = | length9 = 13:22 | title10 = Shed | writer10 = | length10 = 3:35 | title11 = Personae Non Gratae | writer11 = | length11 = 1:47 | title12 = Dehumanization | writer12 = | length12 = 2:57 | title13 = Sum | writer13 = | length13 = 7:17 |all_writing=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=}}

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Jens Kidman – lead vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming, mixing
• Fredrik Thordendal – guitar, bass, drum programming, mixing
• Mårten Hagström – lyrics, guitar, bass, drum programming, mixing
• Tomas Haake – lyrics, spoken vocals, drum programming, mixing, artwork and artwork concept
• Björn Engelmann – mastering (Cutting Room Studios)

Charts

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References

References

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8. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby. (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com.
9. "Meshuggah Album and Song Chart History". Billboard.com.
10. Gilkeson, Kyle. (2011-01-24). "Guest Spots: Meshuggah on the Drumkit from Hell".
11. "Catch Thirty Three / Meshuggah / Credits / Catch Thirty Three".
12. (16 May 2005). "Catch Thirty Three". Nuclear Blast.

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