Selfcaged
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{{Infobox album
| name = Selfcaged
| type = EP
| artist = Meshuggah
| cover = Selfcaged_EP.jpg
| alt =
| released = 11 April 1995
| recorded = April–May 1994 (tracks 1–3){{cite web |author1=Espn |title=A short biography |url=http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |website=Meshuggah.com |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513083515/http://www.meshuggah.net/bio/ |archive-date=13 May 2007}}
| venue = Hultsfredsfestivalen, Hultsfred, Sweden
| studio = Garageland Studio, Umeå, Sweden
| genre = {{hlist|Thrash metal|progressive metal}}
| length = {{Duration|m=19|s=03}}
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer =
| prev_title = None
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Destroy Erase Improve
| next_year = 1995
}}
Selfcaged is the third EP by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was initially recorded as a demo for the upcoming album Destroy Erase Improve but was eventually released in 1995 by Nuclear Blast as a teaser for the next album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.meshuggah.net/meshuggah|title=Meshuggah|website=Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason {{!}} The Official Website|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-08}} Re-recordings of the tracks 1–3 on this EP appear on Destroy Erase Improve.
The album art, created by artist Alex Grey, features the centerpiece of his work "Deities and Demons Drinking from the Milky Pool".
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Vanished
| note1 = demo
| length1 = 5:34
| title2 = Suffer in Truth
| note2 = demo
| length2 = 4:26
| title3 = Inside What's Within Behind
| note3 = demo
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Gods of Rapture
| note4 = live
| length4 = 4:53
| total_length = 19:03
}}
=US version=
{{tracklist
| title1 = Gods of Rapture
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = Humiliative
| length2 = 5:17
| title3 = Suffer in Truth
| note3 = demo
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = Inside What's Within Behind
| note4 = demo
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Gods of Rapture
| note5 = live
| length5 = 4:53
| total_length = 23:50
}}
Personnel
- Jens Kidman – vocals
- Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, bass, synthesizer
- Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
- Tomas Haake – drums, spoken vocals
- Peter Nordin – bass
References
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