Meshuggah first attracted international attention with the 1995 release '' Destroy Erase Improve '' for its fusion of fast-tempo death metal , thrash metal , progressive metal and jazz fusion elements . Since its 2002 album '' Nothing '' , Meshuggah has switched from seven-string to downtuned eight-string guitars . Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style , complex , polymetered song structures and polyrhythms . Meshuggah was labelled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal bands by '' Rolling Stone '' and as the most important band in metal by '' Alternative Press '' . Meshuggah is a significant act in extreme underground music , an influence for modern metal bands and has a cult following . In the late 2000s , the band was an inspiration for the djent subgenre within progressive metal and in 2018 , Meshuggah was nominated for a Grammy Award for their song " Clockworks " under the " Best Metal Performance " category
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