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Catch Thirtythree
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	16 May 2005 (2005-05-16)
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
I (2004) Catch Thirtythree (2005) obZen (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Alternative Press
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10
Blender
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10
Kerrang!
PopMatters	5/10
Pitchfork	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

Personnel

• 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, vocals, drum programming, mixing, artwork and artwork concept
• Björn Engelmann – mastering (Cutting Room Studios)

Charts

References

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. "Lescharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
13. "Meshuggah Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• Meshuggah albums
• 2005 albums
• Nuclear Blast albums
• 2000s concept albums
• Song cycles