Selfcaged

1995 EP by Meshuggah

Selfcaged

EP by

Meshuggah

Released

11 April 1995

Recorded

April-May 1994 (tracks 1–3)^[1]

Venue

Hultsfredsfestivalen, Hultsfred, Sweden

Studio

Garageland Studio, Umeå, Sweden

Genre

Thrash metal
progressive metal

Length

19:03

Label

Nuclear Blast

Meshuggah chronology

None
(1994)

Selfcaged
(1995)

Destroy Erase Improve
(1995)

Selfcaged is the third EP by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was initially recorded as a demo for the upcoming album Destroy Erase Improve but was eventually released in 1995 by Nuclear Blast as a teaser for the next album.^[2] Re-recordings of the tracks 1–3 on this EP appear on Destroy Erase Improve.

The album art, created by artist Alex Grey, features the centerpiece of his work "Deities and Demons Drinking from the Milky Pool".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vanished" (demo)	5:34
2.	"Suffer in Truth" (demo)	4:26
3.	"Inside What's Within Behind" (demo)	4:10
4.	"Gods of Rapture" (live)	4:53
Total length:		19:03

US version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gods of Rapture"	5:11
2.	"Humiliative"	5:17
3.	"Suffer in Truth" (demo)	4:19
4.	"Inside What's Within Behind" (demo)	4:10
5.	"Gods of Rapture" (live)	4:53
Total length:		23:50

Personnel

Jens Kidman – vocals
Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, bass, synthesizer
Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
Tomas Haake – drums, spoken vocals
Peter Nordin – bass

References

^ Espn. "A short biography". Meshuggah.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
^ "Meshuggah". Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason | The Official Website. Retrieved 8 September 2019.