The Genius Of Tomas Haake
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Meshuggah’s drummer was only 19 when he joined the award-winning band. Tomas Haake is now known as one of the most influential drummers in heavy music and for good reason.
His drumming incorporates syncopated rhythms and ghost notes, adding complexity and flavor to Meshuggah's music. Tomas often creates unusual drum grooves that don't follow typical conventions, and he experiments with programming drums in the computer world.
From his double-kick skills and technical prowess to originating one of the most iconic metal drum parts of all time, let’s talk about why Tomas Haake has become such a legend in the drumming world.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Double Bass Mastery
5:38 - Unconventional Drum Grooves
9:18 - Polymetric Madness
12:43 - The Shifting Backbeat
15:47 - Ghosts In The Groove
17:34 - Outro
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we need a ''Ηaake listens to _insert name of an artist_ and plays it'' episode
I actually don't like that series. It kind of becomes a contest about which drummer comes closest to the original,
That’s be sick.
Thomas haake listens to animals as leaders and plays it.
@@josephlopez1063he is no magician...
@@schueff0r nope. But it would make a great video.
@@tingkagol not a contest, u can analise and learn about the drummers.
And its not only his drumming, he also writes lyrics and creates the album covers for the band. A true master.
He managed the band up until about koloss or obzen as well, booking hotels and whatnot
@@P3t3rPizzarelli whaat??? haha awesome
Also creates the vocal patterns which is even more wild.
Not to mention creating the drum machine drum kit from hell
@@jeremyfoot4264 He not only plays the drums, he can also book hotels?! That's crazy!!
This man is legitimately terrifying to watch play. No human being should be capable of these feats
And looking that calm and collected while doing it
@@reezlaw...having had to re-learn his whole technique after a herniated disc stopped him playing around 2005.
saw them at Ozzfest...uhh, holy crap!!!
Terrifying and inspiring at the same time. Truly one of the best to ever pick up and swing a pair of sticks
Feats or feets?
Thomas Haake is one of the few drummers who has mastered technicality and groove simultaneously.
Matt Halpern
Also tesseracts drummer
Baard Kolstad of Leprous is up there too
@@HugoStiglitz88the atomic klok Gene Hoglan
Him and Gavin Harrison are my two favorite drummers in this space. Even though they're trained completely different they came upon a similar style of heavy drumming, and no doubt Gavin's playing in Porcupine Tree came from Meshuggah inspiration.
I'm not even that much of a Meshuggah fan but me and a friend saw them live back in early April this year and honestly, I was blown away, especially by Tomas' drumming. I think they played four songs without stopping and then Jens (singer) said a few words and they just kept blasting. Honestly one of the best live performances I've seen to date and I've been to quite a few memorable ones.
their live show is like flying through space... simply mind blowing
Honestly dude, how does one leave one of their performances without being completely floored, not just by the music but everything that goes into their performance.
Saw them recently for the first time, it was a short set but it was amazing. It’s like a wall of sound that hits you and you just ride with it.
Can absolutely confirm, i’ve seen em last month in their eu tour and although the set being only 1 hour long it was the best show i’ve been to, absolutely MASSIVE
Was it 1st of april in Örebro?
I kind of enjoyed the support too, especially The Halo Effect with Stanne.
I don't listen to meshuggah much but I have a strong urge to see them live again.
His left hand is phenomenal, great ghost notes...many metal guys cant do that.
Truth. A lot of metal guys lose their groove when they slow it down or try to get ghosty
For me the best metal drummers are the ones who has a strong jazz foundation, it's just beautiful to listen to 2 of the best genres in music combined
Genetics......white men cant jump or groove.
Many Metal guys dont need it, because it wouldnt work with the music. Doesnt mean they cant do it.
@@1997slayerfan i agree tomas its playing constantly in almost every song ghost notes,but the thing is you dont get to hear them
Dude is insanely good. He has the creative mind of a jazz drummer with the groove, rigidity, and power of a metal drummer. He clearly listens across genres. He has to, to be this good.
Rigidity is not something to celebrate
Tomas Haake being the exception
@@OdtheanI think tightness might be a better word for what OP was getting at
Can't wait to see him live on drumeo 😊
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Catch 33 definitely needs more recognition, as does "I".
It gets passed over, because of the programming on the studio release.
C33 is my favorite album of theirs. Especially after hearing the tracks live.
"I" is still the only tune of theirs that i still listen sometimes.
A maverick. A master. A monster. A magician. A madman. A living god among us mortals.
Immutable.
A human metronome.
And a girl
Pioneer. Immutable.
What I enjoy the most is the fact to come up with such patterns. The entire structure is genuisly bizarre and feels like a messy stream with lot of whirlpool, yet it all flows from one direction to another with a sense.
It is challenging for first listeners but once you get the taste of the complexity, it's delicious!
Greatest band on the planet. The albums are sublime. In concert, it’s downright spiritual.
That is no hyperbole, it really is. There's nothing like it.
Fuckin Meshuggah, man. ❤
Yeah they were really good live
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I want to see them so damned badly. This band took me months away from any other music. I must say, from what I can tell, they are either extremely underrated or simply unrecognized by the majority in the states. Maybe both. But by my heart I can tell you, meshuggah has their place as the musical epiphany of what my love for music actually means. Still gives me chills every listen. In all aspects, from lyricism to synchronicity of the lot, I fucking love this band.
I played Ozzfest 2002 and watched them every day for 16 dates. To see him live doing what he does is mind blowing. And it’s effortless. He’s a god.
😮 with which band did you play back then? I saw Meshuggah on that tour for the 1st time. Nothing just came out but they did not play any song from it since their 8 strings were not ready if I remember correctly
I saw them tour with Tool, and many times since. Tool used to say they loved/hated Mesh on that tour, because they got their asses kicked every single night of the tour.
I still think that tour is what set them up for all after. They always had the goods, but just needed the visibility. To see them now…it’s so rewarding. Same for Devin Townsend, who I’ve followed since ‘98. Pinnacle metal now.
@@mathcoreable The Used. I was their touring guitarist back then.
@@gregbester3855 That's refreshing and eclectic to hear someone who played in a band like the Used on the same fest as them appreciates Tomas/Meshuggah. Also, the Used at Ozzfest is random af lol
@@gregbester3855 oh shit that's crazy, what a time. what was cheap coke like
Its hard to understate just how influencial this band has been on metal sound.
Probably why so much "Nu-Metal" sucks. Nobody cares about "muh pre-programmed polyrhythms". BORING!
And I'd say not for good for the most part, like 90% of modern metal bands are copying their riff structure, creating an army of generic and zero memorable bands. I'd rather listen to pre-djent metal while the next wave of innovation comes
@@TheSilverGate Been into Meshuggah since the early '90s, and agree with you. Some good stuff has come from it, but also a wash of mediocrity.
@@TheSilverGate that's typical. Bands come out that push metal into new territories and other bands kinda spin off them. Kinda saturates the market so to speak but I always like hearing different spins on things.
@@andys3035I think the saturation also has less to do with any specific genre having copy cat issues and more with the barrier to entry lowering considerably for musicians to push out a product within the last 10-20 years in particular
I met Thomas when some friends opened for Meshuggah at a small club many years ago. Not only is he a genius, he's also a really chill, humble dude.
I've discovered Meshugga and Gojira about 20 months ago. Both drummers are mind blowing. I can't get tired of listening to them.
Imagine what it was like when this first came out.... we had never heard anything like it.
It adds gravity to your comment... that you expressed it "20 months" ...heh... kinda shows how much it has affected you. I can pinpoint my "discovery" of both bands with similar accuracy.
@@Jath2112 I can see you're trying to make a joke but I don't get it. It may be the language barrier. English is not my first language. Cheers!
@@MarcCastellsBallestaIt's not a joke. What they're saying is: You know exactly when you first heard Meshuggah and Gojira. The fact that you know this shows how important this event was to you. It shows what an impression both bands have made on you.
Man, I’ve been listening to these bands for 20 years - you’re in for a whole journey as you work through their music catalogues. You might like some albums more than others but they’re all fantastic in their own way, it takes time for all the music to sink in and become appreciated…. Took me 20 years! Enjoy!
Amon Amarth was always a favourite for me back then too.
And the endless world of Devin Townsend, ie Strapping Young Lad.
Not only is he a mindblowingly good drummer...his ability to speak near perfect English with little to no noticeable Swedish accent also blows my mind 😂
It always blows my minds how some Swedes can do that - English like it's their native language (American English, anyway).
The Skarsgard brothers (Alex and Bill), Joel Kinneman, etc, no discernible accent when speaking English. Amazing.
I've worked with lot of Scandinavians, and they are one of those that you can't guess if they're native English speaking or not. They learn English from a very early age and their education system is among the top if not the top. I feel history wise and wars with the UK must have some degree of influence in a way.
Think haake lives atleast part time in the US. But yeah you can definitely get around all parts of sweden with only english. Even really small towns in the middle of no where :)
Pretty much all forms of media in sweden is in english. I think that helps out even more than the schools to be honest. @@MohcineJabairi
@@adk5980 That's not the interesting part to me. It's the perfect American accent part. My mother was born and raised in Ireland (English language) and has lived in the US for over 50 years now, yet still does and always will sound like a foreigner you everyone in the US. Many Swedes do not - they pass for Americans.
One of the best drummers in metal. A double bass drum genius
One of?
The best thing about Tomas’ drumming, like you mentioned, is the undeniable groovy quality even with all that mind numbingly athletic complexity.
A metal band with a drummer that can keep it groovy even in an extremely heavy song is sooo good. Not similar in style but Entropia - Wisdom is one of those songs
I love Aaron's enthusiasm when he talks about double bass 🙌
No other band made me grow as a music listener more than MESHUGGAH. I'm 35 now and without a y shame I'll throw a childish statement: MESHUGGAH is the best band ever. Pozdro666
All of the drummers on Drumeo are incredibly talented, but dude... you always take the cake in my book. Your ability to dissect and then execute these complex rhythms and patterns is truly amazing.
i wish they would actually play more parts in this genius serie
Me? When have you possibly heard me play?
Seeing Tool/Meshuggah back in 2002 was an awakening! Tomas opening for Danny Carey. It was brutally fantastic!
Jesus now that's a fucking show bud!!
@@yannickb6332well said, great comment.
Wow, i wonder who was the more popular back then even? TOOL Or Mesh?
I cannot even begin to express how jealous I am right now. So you saw Meshuggah open for Tool the year that they were touring Lateralus.....that's insane.
@@davidgomersall7185 yep. They had different openers as the tour went on but Meshuggah was their final opener of the tour. During Triad they brought out roto toms in front of Danny and Tomas came out and slayed WITH Danny..absolutely killer. The fans loved both bands but Tool went to another level with Lateralus..
I love how Drumeo is very inclusive of all styles of music, and recognizes great musicianship from jazz to metal to latin to pop. Awesome job as always, Drumeo!
metal fans have money too
What can I even say? Meshuggah and each member is a pioneer of hellish machinery. Thomas exhibits so much genius. It's also worth mentioning that it's equally as technical and impressive that the guitarist and bassist can follow the blistering bass kicks. Their approach to music has really woken me up and helped me create more expressive music.
His playing raised the bar for drummers of all genres whether they know it or not. We need him to come to drumeo and do some lessons!
He is one of a kind. Creative, groovy and technically out of this world. People like him, Larnell Lewis or Minneman just make me want to do more
I always knew he was great but I truly realized how fantastic he is only when I started playing the drums. The man is a machine.
Same
How can this guy not win the best metal drummer award ?
I respect Jay but Tomas is a monster the last cd of Meshuggah is a masterpiece 👌🤘😈
Because unfortunately they are biased as fuck and only pick guys from the super famous headliner arena bands. So all the sick ass drummers out there, that aren't known outside of the metal community never have a chance.
I'm pretty sure he's won modern drummers best drummer multiple times
Because, unfortunately, metal music gets the short end of the stick a lot in award ceremonies.
One of the most influental drummers in the genre. Absolute genius!
Maybe one of the most influential in music since the 2000s even? All modern metal and prog basically leans on this more modern numbers/technicality style that meshuggah pioneered, i think.
Bill Burr’s FULL description is on point and hilarious.
Thank you Drumeo for embracing all types of music! Haake will be remembered as one of the greats for obliterating boundaries. Do Elliot Hoffman next!!!
i second this but i dont know if any mere mortal can even begin to comprehend what he does
Pew Pew
Yeah! I saw Car Bomb open for meshuggah here in Germany. Fucking loved them and Elliot is a beast! :)
@@SMACKDOWN111god, how many time signatures is he playing at once during that interlude in Constant Sleep? What a maniac
i remember seeing an analysis video of that somewhere and i left the video still not knowing wtf was happening
Laid back is what I’ve come to feel as well. Once you get it, you “get it”. The syncopated feel over 4/4 is an entire body feel that I’ve come to realise is now deep within me and cannot leave. It follows me throughout my day, through every movement, lining up at amazing times.
I think meshuggah found a residual spot in our consciousness somewhere, that is forgotten along that long road of evolution. that primordial rhythm feel that is covered with hundreds of thousand years of traditional/learnt stuff, laying there, dormant. somehow meshuggah reaches and stimulates there. Their melodies sound like distant memories that you cannot figure out, yet you feel they are captivatingly familiar.
I am both mad and happy about finally discovering Meshuggah. I knew they were a good band but just never really listened to them. Now, I realize how ridiculously talented they are and what makes me happy is I can start from the beginning and listed to hours of this amazing music. I am a drummer and what Tomas does on that kit is literally mind boggling.
Kinda what happened with me. Cd player in my truck has been almost exclusively shuggah for 2+ years! Somehow missed them in my younger years, but for me now everyday is like a musical Christmas!
Same here, I’ve known about them for years and years and just never got really into them. But the last 2 years I’ve just been obsessed with them and i still haven’t been able to see them live. I remember them being at so many festivals I attended and touring my cities too which is extra annoying haha.
Concatenation was the first song I heard by them many years ago. And as a drummer who mainly listened to Deftones and Korn, I was absolutely blown away by it.
Hell yeah, i liked them, Tool, Mr. Bungle, Primus, Dream Theater, then discovered death metal with Slipknot’s _Iowa_ being the gateway, then more prog metal bands, but within two years after that I’d catch Meshuggah opening for Tool in ‘02 and it was all over….
@@Egoblivion Wow. Meshuggah and Tool. That had to be a great concert.
Yeah, Stephen from Dtones mentioned them so often that I had to check 'em out to and Meshuggah became totally addictive 🤘
@@vkotis You are correct! One of my favorite events in life so far! 😆
Abe and David are no slouches either. KoRn isn't really that great per se (especially post Issues), but David did a ton of really whakcy unique stuff. I think he doesn't get enough respect as a drummer 'cause "numetal" and what not.
Abe is a little more fortunate on that front, as far as recognition goes.
These guys are the Gentle Giant equal of extreme metal. Technical, insanely hard and intricate, eclectic, all played with musicality and groove. Proud swede!
I saw him last night in Lisbon and he is an awesom drummer. In my opinion Meshuggah was the best band of the Evil Live Festival
There’s a video on some rock news channel; the interviewer goes around at a festival asking bands who their favorite live performance was…the most common answer was yep you guessed it…i mean, i guess it’s worth mentioning because they were and still are like the metal band’s metal band 😆. They just nail every aspect. Like Haake says they want to create unique things in each song but with flow being the main point…and they just do that exactly, while also being Richter scale shatteringly heavy, brilliant lyrics, brilliant visual concept representation on cover art, videos and live…to top it all off, they’ve the most elaborate light show, complimenting and emphasizing instrumental parts in surprising detail!
Thomas, and the rest of Meshuggah, has taught me that 4/4 actually can be fun! 🤩
As a guitar player it's so rewarding to learn their music. It's a journey in itself, from not being able to groove to it at all in the first few listens, to counting it out while playing and getting the feel in, to finally being able to play it from pure muscle memory.
The coolest thing is that once you get the groove down you kinda forget how to count it and if you try to explain it to someone you feel like you have no idea yourself how to play it, like Thomas said. It just works.
@6:34 one of the sickest grooves ever. I'm really glad Drumeo did this, Tomas is one of the most influential rock/metal drummers today. A lot of the examples were from the earlier stuff, I do wish they would have explored the later material a bit more.
Yeah, Tomas is a pure genius, one of a kind. When I bought DEI it was a torture for me as a young metal kid. All this patterns, phrases, sublevels. And only Nothing completely gave me the opportunity to unterstand the world of Meshuggah, and it's still my favourite album for many reasons. So glad that Aaron said few words about Sum (my favourite track from Catch 33) and of course Phantoms - in my mind, the peak of their creativity. I hope one day we will see Tomas himself in Drumeo, it will be a big holiday for all of the fans.
Another Thomas Haake must watch clip, is the promo video he did for Sonor's Vintage series. The amount of tastyness in that relatively short clip is unbelievable
I'm not the sort of drummer that plays a ton of double-kick stuff. I can do it, but I'm more into flourishes than machine guns, if you see what I mean.
With that said, the song "The Demon's Name is Surveillance" became a daily routine for me for years just to help me develop strength and consistency with my left foot. The relative simplicity of the groove on top of it is perfect for balancing a busy lower half with a relaxed upper half. Great stuff. Tomas is a living legend.
Metal would be so boring without meshuggah ❤
Meshuggah changed my life.
Excellent video! I've been following Haake for 20+ years and still just as blown away with this playing. Fantastic, detailed breakdown of the brilliance of Haake and Meshuggah. Well done Drumeo! RESPECT.
Thomas is a beast, the movement and speed he has is admirable to say the least.
Thanks for the exposé on Thomas, mucho appreciato 🤘🥁🤘
Tomas was also doing things on drums in the 90s that very few metal drummers were. He has always had his own voice. A lot had to do with his influences, Sean Reinhert, Dave Weckl, Danny Carey etc. Listen to Contradictions Collapse thats some bad ass drumming. He was underrated back then and more people need to appreciate what he did 30 years ago. For me Nothing, Chaosphere, Catch 33 and I are all groundbreaking albums. I think it would be VERY interesting to see what Frederik and Tomas could produce themselves again. Im patiently waiting for Sol Niger Within 2.
This man has rolled an unbelievable dice during character creation and now he has the perfect combination of all stats (strength, agility, stamina, intellect, charisma)
Legendary drummer, so happy to be alive and see this in person! Props for learning and nailing those demonstrations 🤘
I love how it sounds like absolute chaos but it sounds perfect!!
We need a full length multi hour analysis! Fantastic, thanks guys!
great episode, Tomas is off the scale. Saw them once on a tiny little stage in rock city notingham. Incredible, absolutely incredible.
As a huge fan since very early on, it's been really cool over the years to see Meshuggah's rep, recognition, & influence continue to grow.
I've been a fan from the first time I heard the beeps on future breed machine. Late 90s....
Nostrum is such a crazy performance by Tomas Haake. I highly recommend someone listen to it
One of my favorite track.
Tomas Haake and Bob Jarzombek my favorite metal drummers .... legends 🤟
Spastic Inc is incredible!
This band, and this drummer in particular, changed my life.
I still have his sticks from a performance in the '90s
This was really well done! Good balance between interviews, playing, songs and notes
We need the legend Haake in the studio !!!!!!!!!!
i'm a guitar player and watching tomas play never gets old...cheers all!!!
So happy you talked about the variations in Bleed. I think the first variation is a really great and fun exercise to separate your feet from your hands, more so than the main pattern.
Rational gaze was my intro back in 2003, I was listening to pop music when i first heard this.. converted me for life
Such a great episode! Thank you so much!
Number 1 metal drummer out there hands down. His playing is unbelievable!
I just woke up to thus and my day is already off to a great start!!! MESHUUUUUUUGAAAAH
I learned that my favorite drummer Danny Carey loves Tomas Haake's drumming.. enough said..
have you seen here when bill burr tells a story when he saw live Haake blew Careys mind during a meshuggah concert? good stuff.
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Thank you for this awesome clip man, loved seeing how much passion you got from it.
This video is so well put together. Holy crap. Nice freakin job highlighting things I’ve listened to and picked up on as a drummer but also many things I never keyed in on. Great video and way to pay tribute to all this amazing heavy metal drummer’s hard work. Love it. Thanks for posting this. My dumb ass didn’t even know it was pronounced “hawk” after thousands of listens to Meshuggah’s music.
He's amazing! I can't even dare to attempt half of the stuff he plays! 🤘🏽
I've loved Meshuggah since 95, and your video has increased my appreciation ten-fold.
Tomas Haake and Vinnie Paul are my all time favorite drummers.❤️🔥
Coincidentally, I was watching Delta Empire play some Pantera stuff and then came to this site!! lol
I'll never forget the first time I heard the 'None' EP, which was my intro to Meshuggah. Still probably one of the heaviest things top to bottom I've heard. This was an awesome breakdown and insight!!
I've learned that I need more content about him. You have the power to change this, ball is in your court.
I appreciate all the time and effort put into this amazing breakdown of one of my favorite drummers. Aaron, you rock!
Woooow the absolute G.O.A.T.
Much respect 🙏
Thanks for this introduction. Now, this subject needs a 10h long video
Massive props for shouting out the Campfire Version, brilliant.
Things I startet practicing because of Tomas' drumming inspired me: Ghost Notes, Playing 4/4 or 8th on the Hi-Hat with my foot, when I'm not playing double bass, trying to write drum parts that are outside of the standard Metal drumming, but still easy to headbang to, polyrhythmic Beats and patterns, trying to serve the song with my drumming and not playing for the drummers in the audience, playing softer and last but not least: being locked in the song and playing with the Band and not beside them. Thank you Tomas for the great Inspiration
Thank you for this!
Been a huge Haake fan all my life.
Personal favourite tune might have to be I. 21 minutes long and not much if anything repeats during the song💥💥💥
incredible player, incredible band.
This is one of the best examples I've ever watched of breaking down something advanced to make it understandable enough to appreciate, while not making it look any less breathtakingly complex or impressive.
I’ve long awaited this one. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I've seen that Bill Burr clip before, shortly after the bit where you cut off he says he looked round and saw Danny Carey in the crowd who apparently grinned, shook his head and said "F***************ck!" as the groove variation kicked in. As Bill says, if you can blow Danny Carey away with the rhythmic technicalities of what you are playing then you are on a whole other level. Awesome video and, as someone who has just started learning double bass grooves, I'll know I'm levelling up if i can pull off even one bar of "Bleed"...
Great video on one of the masters!
This guy is an absolute monster behind the drum kit. His double bass chops are so incredibly complex while performed at blazing tempos with an undeniable creative heavy groove. I respect all of the band members musical talents.
This was an amazing video. I'm glad yall mentioned Catch Thirty-Three as well. It my favorite album from them, and it definitely doesn't get enough love.
I don't tihnk Tomas gets enough credit for how much small stuff he adds (ghost notes, accents., etc) everyone focuses on the obvious stuff. I've been lucky enough to see them live 9 times, and the amount of little things he adds to fill up space and add flavor is insane.
Meshuggah is a test. Meshuggah is a filter. If you listen to Meshuggah for the first time, everything you know about groove and tonality goes out the window. You're a child again, and I think that scares people. Not to mention that children don't like getting yelled at. You can grow up and rise to the challenge, and in the process you get adopted into this strange alien family which will surely influence your musical journey for the better. Or, you'll shrink away, stuck on the rung of a ladder that you're too scared to climb.
Or maybe I just don't like Messhugah's style all that much, I grow tired of it pretty quickly to the point of being boring for me.
The reason for that being that while i'm all in for complex rhythms, these songs seem more like they just play complex for the sake of being complex, melody and harmony is very poor and the music ends up sounding plain and empty. But this is just IMHO.
@@GodSmacK5181Meshuggah’s inspiration to be technical is actually one of the most humble and modest attempts at progressive music in Metal. Their evolution as a band changed in many parameters, not just what time signatures they played and how complex the riffs and parts got. Their influences are very omnipresent, they’re entirely about the heavy, chuggy staccato riff laid down by earlier genres like Thrash or groove, while taking the principle of lining up the kick and the guitar and taking that to the extreme. Later down the road they definitely got more complex but as a progressive music fan it’s not even that egregious as you’re saying. Worrying about melody in a Meshuggah song is like worrying about how much sugar is in your steak lol, this flavor of metal hardly has any room for melody and it would hurt the music, there’s no room for that kind of vibe. You strike me as someone who takes a long time to appreciate something.
@@GodSmacK5181that just proves that you're an empty, boring person.
@@GodSmacK5181I think Dancers to a Discordant System may change your perception. If just a little bit
Happy to see you got footage from his DrumTalk interview. Thomas is the man!
Finally someone covers the best drummer to have ever walked the face of the earth. bout damn time
Bleed is wild to me mostly because the concept isnt the hardest thing to understand if youve played for a while cause as far as i can tell its just displacing hertas with your feet with a groove over it and if youve never heard it and thats all you know youd be confused why people say its so nuts, but then you find out its 7 minutes at a crazy speed with no real breaks lol
about Bleed pattern, what this song makes ridiculously hard is the ghost notes on top of all crazy feet pattern. If you focus on only feet, it is manageable but when you try to execute all these ghost notes, now it become a nightmare.
Meshuggah didn't reinvent the wheel but they tampered with its structure. Absolute legends and probably my favorite band of all time. Great video, loved hearing some classics that most don't talk about.
This is definitely the most ADHD walkthrough of meshuggah iconic (and also not so iconic, yet heavily underrated) tracks haha, but many thanks for that, really enjoyed it! Each of the tracks mentioned deserved equal analysis, for example such gems as Pineal Gland Optics, but anyway, trying to shrink their absolutely inhuman musical influence to 18:12 min. is quite a challenge and you guys made it with such love and respect that I just love it! Thank you for your effort, great video :)
Bleed is like my magnus opus. I'll never be able to play it in my lifetime with how little time I get to play/practice. A man can dream though.
I dream of that, too
I love Meshuggah, and nobody can dispute the fact of their massive influence in metal. But i have one drummer who i favour even more in this style of metal and that's Elliot Hoffman from Car Bomb. He is fucking insane. I almost can't believe it when i see him play.
100%
And hé seems so calm to... his work is awesome.
Yea, he's got more jazz in his playing, among other things. :)
This series just never disappoints!
My fav drummer of all time. This guy is sick! I have heard and seen alot of drummers throughout my journey both pro and amature. This dude by far outshines every other drummer period. Whats even cooler is how humble of a person he is. Just listening to meshuggah makes the hair on my arms stand up. Meshuggah is the heaviest, most badassed metal band on the planet in my opinion. Gawd damn they are sick!!!
one thing that stuck with me was when tomas said this "stop being a wimp and shut up and just get on with it....don't dwell on things.....get going with trying at least, to better yourself and to grow up."
On a side note 18min went by too fast, i feel like there was so much more to be said about tomas, his drumming, the way he writes lyrics and music, his actual recording of vocals on some tracks, man, i just wish the video was longer i guess, he most definitely is an inspiration as a drummer and as a human being!
Could easily make an hour-long video and still not cover all the bases.
the obzen break down is so goddamn sweet