Catch Thirtythree

Catch Thirtythree
Catch Thirtythree
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	16 May 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	Fear and Loathing Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Avant-garde metal; progressive metal; groove metal;
Length	47:18
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Meshuggah
Meshuggah chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	^[2]
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10^[3]
Blender	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[5]
Kerrang!	^[6]
PopMatters	5/10^[7]
Pitchfork	7.2/10^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Track listing

All music is written by Meshuggah (Fredrik Thordendal, Jens Kidman, Mårten Hagström, Tomas Haake),^[11] and all lyrics are written by Haake and Hagström.^[12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Autonomy Lost"	1:41
2.	"Imprint of the Un-Saved"	1:36
3.	"Disenchantment"	1:44
4.	"The Paradoxical Spiral"	3:13
5.	"Re-Inanimate"	1:04
6.	"Entrapment"	2:29
7.	"Mind's Mirrors"	4:30
8.	"In Death - Is Life"	2:02
9.	"In Death - Is Death"	13:22
10.	"Shed"	3:35
11.	"Personae Non Gratae"	1:47
12.	"Dehumanization"	2:57
13.	"Sum"	7:17
Total length:		47:18

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[12]

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

Chart (2005)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[13]	124
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[14]	12
US Billboard 200^[15]	170

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Catch Thirty-Three - Meshuggah". Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "Alternative Press | Reviews". Altpress.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Blabbermouth.Net". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ Blender review Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
^ Ruskell, Nick (14 May 2005). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang!. No. 1056. EMAP. p. 52.
^ Begrand, Adrien (3 June 2005). "Meshuggah: Catch Thirtythree < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "Meshuggah Album and Song Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ Gilkeson, Kyle (24 January 2011). "Guest Spots: Meshuggah on the Drumkit from Hell". ALARM. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Catch Thirty Three / Meshuggah / Credits / Catch Thirty Three". Tidal. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b Meshuggah (16 May 2005). Catch Thirty Three. Nuclear Blast.
^ "Lescharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Meshuggah Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[1] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Catch Thirty-Three - Meshuggah". Retrieved 12 September 2018.

[2] "Alternative Press | Reviews". Altpress.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[3] Alisoglu, Scott. "Blabbermouth.Net". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[4] Blender review Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.

[6] Ruskell, Nick (14 May 2005). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang!. No. 1056. EMAP. p. 52.

[7] Begrand, Adrien (3 June 2005). "Meshuggah: Catch Thirtythree < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[8] Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[9] "Meshuggah Album and Song Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[10] Gilkeson, Kyle (24 January 2011). "Guest Spots: Meshuggah on the Drumkit from Hell". ALARM. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[11] "Catch Thirty Three / Meshuggah / Credits / Catch Thirty Three". Tidal. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

[Liner_Notes-12] Meshuggah (16 May 2005). Catch Thirty Three. Nuclear Blast.

[ac_France_Meshuggah-13] "Lescharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[ac_Sweden_Meshuggah-14] "Swedishcharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Meshuggah-15] "Meshuggah Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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v t e Meshuggah
Jens Kidman Fredrik Thordendal Tomas Haake Mårten Hagström Dick Lövgren Niklas Lundgren Peter Nordin Gustaf Hielm
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