and "Shed" and even to D on "Obsidian". On "Spasm" he tunes it even lower from that, down to B♭ (B♭, B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, B♭, E♭), making the 8th string an octave below the 7th, while "Mind's Mirrors" utilizes the 8th string tuned down to E0. Guitar strings: DR Strings, Tite-Fit, LH-9 "Lite & Heavy" set: [.009 – .011 – .016 – .026 – .036 – .046], .052, .070 (stock gauges on the Ibanez M8M signature guitar) Guitar picks: Jim Dunlop 1.3mm Primetone Standard w/ grip Jim dunlop 1.00mm Nylon Standard Picks Amplifiers and effects Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II (for all cleans with effects and distorted guitar tones with effects) Fortin custom Meshuggah Amp – (Single Channel 50-Watt, no effects loop, custom designed power transformers) (Ground-up custom built – turret board construction with point to point wiring – First used on 30 October 2016 live show in Toronto) Two Notes Torpedo Live Fortin custom boost pedal – (black stompbox pedal with a "33" logo on it). Amplifiers and effects used in the past Randall Satan (2016) Fractal Audio AxeFX ULTRA (2010–2016) Line 6 Vetta II Head Units (2005–2008) Line 6 POD Pro (2001–2005) Marshall Valvestate 8200 (1992–2001; for live use only) Mesa/Boogie .50 Caliber+ (1994) Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (1995–2001; for studio use only) Marshall JCM800 Marshall 1960A cab Rocktron Juice Extractor TC Electronic Chorus & Flanger Homemade "Les Amp" Head Unit Homemade 1x12" Cabinet Yamaha Breath Controller Volume Unit (Yamaha BC controlled the amount of volume that the unit would allow through) ADA Rackmount Delay Discography Meshuggah Psykisk Testbild (EP, 1989) Contradictions Collapse (1991) None (EP, 1994) Selfcaged (EP, 1995) Destroy Erase Improve (1995) Chaosphere (1998) Nothing (2002) I (EP, 2004) Catch Thirty-Three (2005) Nothing – Re-issue (2006) obZen (2008) Alive (Live Album, 2010) Koloss (2012) Pitch Black (EP, 2013) The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) Immutable (2022) Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects Sol Niger Within (1997) Untitled (TBA) The Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction (2011) (guest guitarist on "Deconstruction") Gojira Untitled Sea Shepherd EP (TBA) (guest guitarist on "Of Blood and Salt") Mattias Eklundh The Smorgasbord (2013) (guest guitarist on "Friedrichs Wahnbriefe") Scarve Irradiant (2004) (guest solo guitarist on "Asphyxiate") Mick Gordon Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) (guest guitarist on "Herr Faust") Grant the Sun Sylvain (2019) (bass guitarist) Jakub Zytecki Nothing Lasts, Nothing's Lost (2019) (guest guitarist on "Creature Comfort") Evan Marien Emar, Vol. 3 (2019) (guest