Meshuggah's last release was in 2016
In an interview with i, during the Finnish festival Tuska Open Air, Meshuggah guitarist Mårten Hagström spoke about the band having created the djent style.
“First of all, we are very sorry for creating this genre. We didn’t intend this – our bad. But actually, I think this whole djent thing is a misconception. I find it funny.”
“Our guitarist, Fredrik Thordendal, was drunk, talking to some fans, trying to explain what kind of guitar tone we were trying to achieve, and he was desperately trying to say 'We want DJ, DJ, DJ', and the guys were like 'What is he saying? Is that a Swedish word? It must be! It sounds like DJ…maybe djent?' and that's how it started. A drunken misunderstanding, as always happens with Meshuggah.”
Asked how he would define the band's style, Mårten said, "Heavy, experimental music... I don't care if it's progressive or not, it's heavy [...] We play aggressive and experimental music, and that's basically it.".
“It’s not mainstream music – it’s music not made for everyone,” he explained. “It’s not something you hum along to. It’s not something that gets stuck in your head immediately; it needs some adjustment. I mean, it’s not music for casual listeners to go to the gym, drink their smoothies at five in the morning […] We’re not that kind of band. […] So I would say I’m impressed by the success.”.
The band's latest album, The Violent Sleep Of Reason , was released in 2016 and received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song "Clockworks".
