| Which is not to say that it’s without
groove. In fact the implicit message of Nothing is that groove,
in the heart or elsewhere, is a malleable construct that can be used
toward any purpose that the person wielding it might have in mind.
Meshuggah grooves like an avalanche does, with sudden, undeniably
gorgeous flare-ups of violence and destruction, pure poetry if there
weren’t so much damage getting done. It’s this quality --
how groovy it all is, laying waste to everything in its path
-- that lends Nothing its remarkable changer life. Every time
it comes on, you want to leave it on, because like all good dance
music, it seems to take you to a different place every time you hear
it. |