I listened to this song after taking a strong edible one time and I nearly had a panic attack because parts of this song seemed like they would never end. 10/10 experience
I never tried shrooms and I doubt, that I will ever do, but if I would, this here would be the one song I’d def. not listen to! Too much potential to melt your brain under these conditions! 😂
@@sebastian-gman If you ever decide to, remember to respect the shroom. You experience things from many perspectives all at the same time and dive deep into the dormant crevices of your mind. Best thing i have listened to with shrooms is the entire Ghosts album by Nine Inch Nails on repeat. One hell of a journey. I try not to listen to metal on shrooms because it becomes very overwhelming. It's not something you want to take just to have a good time.
14:51 GOTCHA AHAHAHAH I was waiting for this, because at this part of the song, when I was listening for the first time, I almost had a heart attack hahaha Greetings from Brazil Geebz, I love your videos!
The lead guitarist is Fredrik Thordendal. He made a STRANGE solo record in the late 90's with LOADS more GENIUS originality - only the fusion jazz influence, which i think in large part inspired "it all"[meshuggah], is VERY obvious. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend listening to it! Its been my favourite record for years! Fredrik Thordendals Special Defects - Sol Niger Within. Its abt. 43 mins and lists as 31-33 songs, so its recommended to listen to many at once ;P all structured like a sick, twisted classical adventure. The theme is very philosophical, alien and phychological. I recommend either listening to it from the start or going in from the second organ part at about 26 minutes in. ;p and yes, you read correctly, organ part. He just reentered the band's touring lineup after some years break and has worked on- and recorded for-, a second solo release during this hiatus. Its process is largely unknown, but a record could also come out at any time really. ;p
From the part that starts at 16:45 onwards is the most violent I've ever head banged for any song, ever. This is too much I literally can't drive with this, I almost drove off the road a couple of times no kidding
The first time I listened to this I was just kind of sitting on my couch like...what the fuck. then the noisy second bit and I'm like, what the actual fuck??? Then the part with the vocals kicked in and I lost my shit and trashed my own living room. The first time I listened to Obzen I was driving home from the record store after buying the album. Bleed kicked in as I was pulling into my driveway, and I almost crashed my car into my own house!
The last half of that album is the most mindblowingly crushing thing I've ever heard. I think that album is like the dark side of the moon is to rock but for metal. A masterpiece.
Great video, your next Meshuggah adventure should be the entirety of Catch Thirtythree. Fantastic album to listen to through and through, gets better every time.
@@vorpalblades there's always a 4/4 pulse to ground it, but there are multiple different time signatures layered over that I see a lot of people say "it's all just 4/4" about Mesh's music but it's not that simple and I think Tomas Haake was being a little self-deprecating when he said that
@@MadailinBurnhope it's not different time signatures, it's beat displacement. The other parts aren't always multiples of 4 so they only line up every few measures. Playing around the pulse doesn't change the time signature.
@@FIatts It is, everything they do is 4/4. The band themselves have said this. Pick literally any song of theirs and nod your head to a 4/4 beat, you will never be out of time.
Sure... Just like flying over an unfamiliar landscape... While being chased by a mechanical Leviathan that wants nothing more than to use you as a chew-toy lol.
Holy hell! Think I've requested this track on just about every content creator's channel. Never thought anyone would ever tackle this beast! RESPECT Geebz!. Seriously, this is some Olympic gold medal worthy composition and stamina. Oddly enough, "i" contains some of Meshuggah's most catchy riffs IMO. Man, just a huge "Thank You!' for diving into this one! Oh yeah, gotta toss a recommendation - Oranssi Pazuzu - Uusi teknokratia. They're a Finnish psychedelic black metal band. Very interesting listen.
I discovered a work colleague of mine listens to metal and I asked if he liked Meshuggah. He said he'd never heard of them. I thought "Bleed is where most people start, but I think I is their greatest work (or Catch 33) so give that a listen". See him a few days later and he says "I thought I knew what metal was, but you have proven me wrong. THIS is metal." Awesome review of an awesome piece. Well done. Keep up the great work.
That's really strange because "I" was also my first Meshuggah song, by chance. Randomly came across it and thought "A 21 minute song by a band I've only ever heard of before. Sign me up!" 🤣🤣
The first two parts of this song are so absolutely genius and amazing I love it, the first part is very tense and tight and it goes on for just a little bit longer than comfortable, making you long for the holy moment when the tension gets released. And then there's this half a second of break that makes you think the moment arrived. But no, it gets even more intense and violent, the thightness left for sheer power and rage but the tension is very much still there, which is a very smart way of making it even longer, just to make it even more satisfying when the tension does finally drop and the grooves come in. Things like this are why I love Meshuggah so much
Yep, there are whole parts of this song where you're like "how much fucking longer can they do this?" and then they suddenly stop. Absolutely intentional. It's hard to believe this was released nearly 20 years ago.
This is the first time I've ever heard this band and I REALLY like this. The energy of the instruments with those super aggressive vocals, all the overdrive just blows me away.
not sure why youtube's algorithm decided to stop recommending you for over a year but I'm happy to have found your channel again. I appreciate your insights. Also shout out to another K240 user. They are such sturdy headphones!
Hahahaaaa, great reaction Geebz! You were visibly trying in each section to "grab hold" of anything you could to follow the craziness. They went out of their way to make this track very random. People will tell you that the drums on this track were programmed but they are wrong, the drums were done live by Haake on I, they are thinking of the album Catch Thirtythree, where each band member programmed some of the drums for the album. There is video of Tomas Haake in the studio behind the drumkit actually recording parts of I.
So good to see you finally check this one out! Been waiting on this one since the start of these videos. What's interesting about Meshuggah's "alien morse code" is that the more you listen to them, the more you're not only able to decipher it, but you start to recognize how they write music with it. It really does feel like learning a whole other language, even just rhythmically.
Commenting before he even starts the song, but in case you didn't know Geebz they deliberately wrote this song to have random breaks in the patterns, to the point where Tomas and Frederik had to record most of the song bar by bar just to get a finished studio version. Its the reason it'll likely never be played live apart from the endurance needed, becuase in Tomas' own words "nobody knows how to play I" Edit: 11:01 YOU CAN PLAY ROSANNA? Half the drummers in your audience just got jealous
@@tylerduncan3476 Nice! I caught them on that tour as well, they really killed it. "The hurt that finds you first" was probably my favorite this time around, might catch them again in December.
If you are keen for more longer tracks. Check white ward - leviathan An abstract illusion - in the heavens above,you will become a monster. Gaerea - To Ain.
I haven't listened to this song in a long time. Listening to it again while you kind of describe certain sections of it was pretty interesting to break down. It's just an insane track. Nothing else like it
Oh crap… can’t believe you undertook this. It’s very existence is an affront to music rules and maybe even existence. Anyway I’m here for it. A metal concept records The Wall on kundalini, chaos and dmt man.
12:10 guys guys, this whole section, thomas haake, the drummer, is playing at least 3 different speeds at the same time. We glossed over that. You hear the Toms, Hats AND bass drums all going at different counts, thays ONE "human" doing that. OH and he adds patterns on the bass drum to match the guitars. DUDE. dude. Duuuude? Dude.
Parts of this song make me feel like I’m inside a top fuel dragster engine running at max rpms. I hated meshuggah at one time, then I sat down and really listened to it, and I’ve been a fan ever since.
What a great review! Quite funny to see that one being reviewed. I fell into the Meshuggah rabbit hole about a year ago, realizing their immensity with Catch 33 in the middle of a memorable night. I then proceeded to discover their discography, starting with their later stuff. It was not an easy journey but I eventually became well aquainted with that part of their career. I had listened to I at least once, and I failed to appreciate it fully, especially that first hectic part. While trying to appreciate their early work, i was amazed to grasp the sheer scale of their evolution over time. I must admit the mix of Chaosphere prevents me from enjoying it. Nothing was also very hard to get into but I now get most of it. I knew I had yet to listen to I once again though, and I was a bit anxious to see whether I would manage to appreciate it genuinely. I was very glad to find that I now absolutely love that first part ! It's as compelling as Catch 33 !! I must say I am tremendously grateful to Meshuggah for improving my musical taste enough so that I can enjoy myself a nice bit of Car Bomb. @Geebz, you should review a bit of Car Bomb by the way. It think their work is even more weirder (in a good way) than Meshuggah's !
Can’t believe you actually did this one. Legend! The song that really got me into this band. Something about it clicked with me and I’ve loved them ever since. 10:41 in this video is one of my favorite moments in the song. Just so powerful. Worth noting the drums on this are actually samples because the song was too random and changed too much while writing it. The samples are actually from their drummer though, using Drumkit From Hell, a plug-in he recorded drums for. Love what you said about the hi hats too. That’s the only way to know how to headbang to this band 😂
I really really wanna near you tackle Converge. As a band, Jane Doe - You Fail Me - and No Heroes - are their best albums. However - it’s not even just the band I want you to check out - it’s cause Jacob Bannon, the singer, also has s label called “Deathwish” and the guitarist Kurt Ballou is also a producer and has produced some of their best music -but Deathwish/Kurt Ballou has made such a massive impact on the underground hardcore/metalcore. Nothing as mainstream as Meshuggah or gojirs or anything - but that’s not really the kind of music they tend to record. But i would love to hear you so the song “Heaven in her Arms” by Converge. And then follow them down the Converge/deathwish/kurt ballou rabbit hole (cause I’m sure you will get thousands of suggestions after uou do a reaction t any of their songs from Jane Doe (Jane doe is always in the top 50 best metal albums on big websites and magazines bsck in the day )
I remember exactly when this was released, I was in love with Tool and The Mars Volta and had recently heard the album Nothing. Wasn't prepared for the brain melting experience of this piece. A friend at the time defined their music at this point as "Rush on steroids"
Yes, one of the best things about Meshuggah is how they manage polyrhythms : there can be dozens of odd and highly complicated rhythms going around all at once, or just a few, but there will ALWAYS be that dominant squared one, firstly to let you cling onto it and not get lost, but most importantly because that's the foundation of the whole composition, it's what everything's revolving around. What's the use of doing all these fancy tricks if you can't understand what they're based on? It'd be like preparing hot dogs, and using extra fancy and special bread, homemade original recipee sauce, amazing bonus ingredients that were never before seen in a hotdog, but forgetting to put in the actual hotdog sausage at the end. Suddenly what could have been an amazing dish becomes just a sum of random ingredients that don't make sense lol
Great reaction! My favourite is at 21:14 where you are almost done trying to ascribe reason of any kind. 'Fool me once' etc. Then before that minute is up, you are subconsciously clutching at your chest 😂
This is quite uncanny. In the first moments of the video you referenced the exact movie scene that was used in a beloved meme that also had Meshuggah's Rational Gaze playing through it. Just fits I guess!
Hey Geebz! Awesome that you finally did this one. I see that it won in a poll, but I requested it on Patreon a year and a half ago (I'm Disembodied Hand on there), so I'm gonna take the win either way. Can't wait to watch it! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWRIGHT!!!
Thank you thank you sir! Love it ! One of my faves such an experience and a schooling. Glad they released the remastered version too. Absolutely SICK!!
I've watched you since the beginning and watching your exposure to all different kinds of music is absolutely mind blowing. Where there's a will, there's a way to every genre
You would totally love a band called Samael. In the late 80’s-early 90’s they were Black Metal. Then something happened and the drummer started programming his stuff in order to focus on the accoutrement. Long story short…debut in that catalogue was “Passage”. From that album…you should check out “Moonskin”. I bet you can figure out the keys immediately. My kids and I wanna see it, lol.
@ 12:07, that section (i was on drums...) is absolutely impossible for any instrument. We were gonna attempt this as a cover performance and that segment tanked the whole thing. The blasts are so fast and random but so precise it is mind boggling, truly mindboggling.
@@failuretolaunchdrums Not really buddy, the 4:3 is easy enough but the kicks are super random and even more precise, the first lot is like 43 kicks, then 37, then 29, then 49, then a stack of 50 twice, repeat, then that double 50 again and one more 50 leading into that blistering solo. But the places they start are even more random, like starting on the 13th 32nd note random. Whats even worse is the guitar AND bass is synced to this insane rhythm so it cant be half assed at all. We wanted to do this for a college gig but that segment is just too much. Sure, you can do a quick 4:3 with fast double kicks but since guitar, bass and kick drum all have to be locked in there, you'll all sound like idiots, there's no way you'll all be in time. Man, I'd love to live in the heads of people like you, the world must be boringly simple though. If you tried to learn this part for more than 30 seconds, you'd immediately see why "4:3 between snare and cymbal, then add the kicks" falls hilariously short of anything even remotely resembling advice for this beast; but do try. I'll await your cover eagerly ;)
@@empyrean-jamelgreaves8034 god if only the world was boringly simple in my head; would solve half of my problems. Do you have any footage of these college sessions? Could be a really great learning tool for everyone looking to learn the song more efficiently/get another perspective. Speaking on perspective, though, I’ve shown this song to some close friends who like other styles of music, and the results varied. Most can’t be bothered to sit through the whole thing. A few appreciated it for what it is, albeit don’t consider this Meshuggah’s best song, and only one person was visibly blown away by it. Imagine yourselves playing in that college auditorium… perhaps in front of your peers and their families, friends, partners, etc. You manage to perform the song to perfection and y’all are blown away that you did it… but after the majority of the uninitiated put their phones down to golf clap, you change over the stage, etc… The next performer performs Uptown Funk to a massive roar of applause. I’d be stoked to have seen your hypothetical set, though. Cheers.
this was awesome!! please do Future Breed Machine,.. it’ll be a breeze after going through this 22min monster, plus very interesting sections in that song
This and catch 33 are my favorites to trip out on. 14:06 always made me envision a family enjoying a beautiful day with the wind chimes going and then the chimes become an alarm just enough time to feel the dread before the nuclear bomb completely decimates the family.
Can we take a moment to give this man a hand for weathering this 22m masterpiece of madness? Well done Geebz!
21 actually
@@MrBaverbo🤓☝️
Yes!! 22 minutes of pure GENIUS 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's not a masterpiece lol. Just really long and challenging
@@nathansterling639 it was done for alliteration my guy.
9:20 I love the part where he tries to decipher the riff and immediately gives up, classic meshuggah
The absence thereof lol
Well particularly on this track tho lol
I swear lmfao
9:57 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone reactions ever when first listening to 'I' tbh 😂
"sounds like a good place to stop...*exasperated sigh*.. for god sakes"... lmao Geebz we love you, you dont miss!
I listened to this song after taking a strong edible one time and I nearly had a panic attack because parts of this song seemed like they would never end. 10/10 experience
😂 Have had a similar experience
I never tried shrooms and I doubt, that I will ever do, but if I would, this here would be the one song I’d def. not listen to! Too much potential to melt your brain under these conditions! 😂
@@sebastian-gman If you ever decide to, remember to respect the shroom. You experience things from many perspectives all at the same time and dive deep into the dormant crevices of your mind. Best thing i have listened to with shrooms is the entire Ghosts album by Nine Inch Nails on repeat. One hell of a journey. I try not to listen to metal on shrooms because it becomes very overwhelming. It's not something you want to take just to have a good time.
@@Chimera420 Agreed! Miles Davis on the other hand on shrooms......woah.
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Agreed. Twenty one minutes of MESHUGGAH is absolutely brain melting.
In a really great way for me, personally. I totally get how it could go the other way for most people.
@@yhamez most people are wrong though
@@SubArchitectDJ from my perspective, I definitely agree ;D
@@yhamez oh yeah, they rock in a way no one else does and kill it in a way no one else could.
Nobody builds tension like Meshuggah. Sits on a riff til you cant take it anymore, then goes just a bit more. Brutal snd brilliant.
Try Orthrelm "Ov" 😁
Try Orthrelm "Ov".
14:51 GOTCHA AHAHAHAH
I was waiting for this, because at this part of the song, when I was listening for the first time, I almost had a heart attack hahaha
Greetings from Brazil Geebz, I love your videos!
Fresh underwear required...lol
Happened to me also nearly 15 years ago.
The only band to ever put a jump scare in a song.
@@Breadcups Definitely not the only one, but probably the best one
@@SubArchitectDJ hit me with some other ones?
@@Breadcups Cattle Decapitation, Darke Complex, every Napalm Death song.. I'm sure there are more but none come to mind right now
The lead guitarist is Fredrik Thordendal.
He made a STRANGE solo record in the late 90's with LOADS more GENIUS originality - only the fusion jazz influence, which i think in large part inspired "it all"[meshuggah], is VERY obvious. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend listening to it! Its been my favourite record for years!
Fredrik Thordendals Special Defects - Sol Niger Within.
Its abt. 43 mins and lists as 31-33 songs, so its recommended to listen to many at once ;P all structured like a sick, twisted classical adventure. The theme is very philosophical, alien and phychological. I recommend either listening to it from the start or going in from the second organ part at about 26 minutes in. ;p and yes, you read correctly, organ part.
He just reentered the band's touring lineup after some years break and has worked on- and recorded for-, a second solo release during this hiatus. Its process is largely unknown, but a record could also come out at any time really. ;p
Fredrik's style and method are forever linked and inspired by our mentor and maestro: Allan Holdsworth.
100% recommend this album. So glad Thordendal is back for Meshuggah and there are new tracks of his surfacing. Absolute genius.
Sol Niger is modern jazz and you can't stop me from thinking that
almost 20 years later still one of the most transcendenting listens you can have.
you must have meant transcendjenting right lol :D
@@Atixtasy lel true
Agreed 👍
Damn. It feels like just a few years ago!
ALIEN MORSE CODE! PERFECT! Absolutely my favorite track by Meshuggah and can't believe you actually took this on. Cheers!
LOOOOOL. He captured that so good. My brain is so confused the first few times I hear any Meshuggah song.
Fredrik's "alien communicae" solos can cause seizures.
From the part that starts at 16:45 onwards is the most violent I've ever head banged for any song, ever. This is too much I literally can't drive with this, I almost drove off the road a couple of times no kidding
My favorite part as well
So many bands wish they could make a riff this hard.
The first time I listened to this I was just kind of sitting on my couch like...what the fuck. then the noisy second bit and I'm like, what the actual fuck??? Then the part with the vocals kicked in and I lost my shit and trashed my own living room.
The first time I listened to Obzen I was driving home from the record store after buying the album. Bleed kicked in as I was pulling into my driveway, and I almost crashed my car into my own house!
Same...sooooo good
This part is quintessential heavy. Everything just leads up to it so well. I still get goosebumps listening to it to this day.
Awesome. Would be great if you reacted to the whole of Meshuggahs Catch Thirtythree album. It's essentially all one track. So good.
"One syllable, one, vowel"
@@senseicorey9979 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The last half of that album is the most mindblowingly crushing thing I've ever heard. I think that album is like the dark side of the moon is to rock but for metal. A masterpiece.
i would just end myself
the rest of my life could only go downhill from there
He must MUST eventually listen to Catch33. Meshuggah’s peak, their masterpiece. I is amazing as well
''Alien morse code'' might be the best description for the feeling i get when listening to Meshuggah.
Great video, your next Meshuggah adventure should be the entirety of Catch Thirtythree. Fantastic album to listen to through and through, gets better every time.
In its entirety, in order. Yes.
It's better on shuffle
Definitely my favourite Meshuggah Album!
The section at 10:03 is just absolutely insane on every level. I love this song so much.
This is hands down the BEST song to listen to when you have a long drive ahead.
3:23 “I wonder what the time signature is on this”
3:30 “fuck it”
It's 4/4 , just like everything they write.
@@vorpalblades there's always a 4/4 pulse to ground it, but there are multiple different time signatures layered over that
I see a lot of people say "it's all just 4/4" about Mesh's music but it's not that simple and I think Tomas Haake was being a little self-deprecating when he said that
@@MadailinBurnhope it's not different time signatures, it's beat displacement. The other parts aren't always multiples of 4 so they only line up every few measures.
Playing around the pulse doesn't change the time signature.
@@vorpalblades it’s not 4/4
@@FIatts It is, everything they do is 4/4. The band themselves have said this. Pick literally any song of theirs and nod your head to a 4/4 beat, you will never be out of time.
that little smile at 4:05 when it kicks back in, that's what it's all about
😂I love the jump scare at 14:50
I first heard this in 2004 when it was released. I had swear I had more chest hair by the time it was over.
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Meshuggah is so "landscapish". It's like I'm flying above the unfamiliar landscape.
Yes I get this as well
Sure... Just like flying over an unfamiliar landscape... While being chased by a mechanical Leviathan that wants nothing more than to use you as a chew-toy lol.
key being "unfamiliar"
Holy hell! Think I've requested this track on just about every content creator's channel. Never thought anyone would ever tackle this beast! RESPECT Geebz!.
Seriously, this is some Olympic gold medal worthy composition and stamina. Oddly enough, "i" contains some of Meshuggah's most catchy riffs IMO.
Man, just a huge "Thank You!' for diving into this one!
Oh yeah, gotta toss a recommendation - Oranssi Pazuzu - Uusi teknokratia. They're a Finnish psychedelic black metal band. Very interesting listen.
No way you did a reaction on this! Thank you very much!
I've listened to this song 1000 times, probably the best 20 minute song ever
Such a beast for doing this whole track. Please continue your meshuggah journey you’re jumping down the rabbit hole and we love it.
I discovered a work colleague of mine listens to metal and I asked if he liked Meshuggah. He said he'd never heard of them. I thought "Bleed is where most people start, but I think I is their greatest work (or Catch 33) so give that a listen". See him a few days later and he says "I thought I knew what metal was, but you have proven me wrong. THIS is metal."
Awesome review of an awesome piece. Well done. Keep up the great work.
That's really strange because "I" was also my first Meshuggah song, by chance. Randomly came across it and thought "A 21 minute song by a band I've only ever heard of before. Sign me up!" 🤣🤣
and then everyone clapped
You should do a slow burn of their Catch 33 album! ^^
11:32 "32nds would make it sound too bdddddmp-y" 😂😂 props to you for sticking this out, Jeebz.
The first two parts of this song are so absolutely genius and amazing I love it, the first part is very tense and tight and it goes on for just a little bit longer than comfortable, making you long for the holy moment when the tension gets released. And then there's this half a second of break that makes you think the moment arrived. But no, it gets even more intense and violent, the thightness left for sheer power and rage but the tension is very much still there, which is a very smart way of making it even longer, just to make it even more satisfying when the tension does finally drop and the grooves come in. Things like this are why I love Meshuggah so much
Yep, there are whole parts of this song where you're like "how much fucking longer can they do this?" and then they suddenly stop. Absolutely intentional. It's hard to believe this was released nearly 20 years ago.
You finally did it! Catch 33 next my dude!
You are the best Jeebz. So happy to see someone like yourself showing love to this kind of music.
There is Heavy and then there is MESHUGGAH!!! 🤘🏻 Catch 33 next!!
yes please1! that cyberpunk part is amazing in catch 33
This is the first time I've ever heard this band and I REALLY like this. The energy of the instruments with those super aggressive vocals, all the overdrive just blows me away.
19:08 I remember Vildhjarta giving you a good jump 😆 Epic journey!
"I'm done counting!!!"😆Understandable
Now you have to watch the Meshuggah Wolf of Wallstreet video. You will really get a kick out of it. Lines up perfectly with you're intro.
SICK!!! Such a great album/EP...thing. Thanks for doing this one ^^
You sir, have forced me to comment. Thank you for taking this one on headfirst. This is why you earned my subscription a long time ago.
OMG!!
I can't wait to see this!
What a great idea of an undertaking!
This track is insane!
WooooooooOOOOOOOoooooooooW! You did "I"
Here is my HUGE appreciation!!!
ALIEN MORSE CODE. lol😂 beautiful! your a brave man for doing this one. i’ve never seen anyone react to this song.
not sure why youtube's algorithm decided to stop recommending you for over a year but I'm happy to have found your channel again. I appreciate your insights. Also shout out to another K240 user. They are such sturdy headphones!
Those jumpscares in their music work so well because they hit just before the beat.
Hahahaaaa, great reaction Geebz! You were visibly trying in each section to "grab hold" of anything you could to follow the craziness. They went out of their way to make this track very random. People will tell you that the drums on this track were programmed but they are wrong, the drums were done live by Haake on I, they are thinking of the album Catch Thirtythree, where each band member programmed some of the drums for the album. There is video of Tomas Haake in the studio behind the drumkit actually recording parts of I.
So good to see you finally check this one out! Been waiting on this one since the start of these videos. What's interesting about Meshuggah's "alien morse code" is that the more you listen to them, the more you're not only able to decipher it, but you start to recognize how they write music with it. It really does feel like learning a whole other language, even just rhythmically.
Commenting before he even starts the song, but in case you didn't know Geebz they deliberately wrote this song to have random breaks in the patterns, to the point where Tomas and Frederik had to record most of the song bar by bar just to get a finished studio version. Its the reason it'll likely never be played live apart from the endurance needed, becuase in Tomas' own words "nobody knows how to play I"
Edit: 11:01 YOU CAN PLAY ROSANNA? Half the drummers in your audience just got jealous
There are two kinds of drummers who can play Rosanna: those who think they can play it (and some get REALLY close), and Jeff Porcaro.
You gotta do catch 33 next, they actually play some of those songs live
Saw them earlier in the year, they played in death live!
@@tylerduncan3476 Nice! I caught them on that tour as well, they really killed it. "The hurt that finds you first" was probably my favorite this time around, might catch them again in December.
If you are keen for more longer tracks.
Check white ward - leviathan
An abstract illusion - in the heavens above,you will become a monster.
Gaerea - To Ain.
Thank you for that, listening now to White Ward and REALLY awesome! Look forward to Abstract Illusion and Gaerea \m/.
No worries 👍
I recommend listening to the entire album of an abstract illusion - woe.
It’s fantastic. That’s why it’s my profile pic lol
@@Dax11eleven Enjoying it as I type. White Ward was awesome as well!
I love the jazz elements in false light. Their album previous to that is great aswell mate. 👌🖤
Ps I’ve requested this one aswell.
DISILLUSION- ayam! Wow 🤩
My favourite album atm
I haven't listened to this song in a long time. Listening to it again while you kind of describe certain sections of it was pretty interesting to break down. It's just an insane track. Nothing else like it
Oh crap… can’t believe you undertook this. It’s very existence is an affront to music rules and maybe even existence. Anyway I’m here for it. A metal concept records The Wall on kundalini, chaos and dmt man.
12:10 guys guys, this whole section, thomas haake, the drummer, is playing at least 3 different speeds at the same time. We glossed over that. You hear the Toms, Hats AND bass drums all going at different counts, thays ONE "human" doing that. OH and he adds patterns on the bass drum to match the guitars. DUDE. dude. Duuuude? Dude.
Parts of this song make me feel like I’m inside a top fuel dragster engine running at max rpms.
I hated meshuggah at one time, then I sat down and really listened to it, and I’ve been a fan ever since.
I really wanted to request this song, didn’t think he’d do a 21 min track. Major props. Thank you
One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded
You spelled shittiest wrong...
His reaction to the drop at 12:33 is great 😂
What a great review!
Quite funny to see that one being reviewed. I fell into the Meshuggah rabbit hole about a year ago, realizing their immensity with Catch 33 in the middle of a memorable night. I then proceeded to discover their discography, starting with their later stuff. It was not an easy journey but I eventually became well aquainted with that part of their career. I had listened to I at least once, and I failed to appreciate it fully, especially that first hectic part.
While trying to appreciate their early work, i was amazed to grasp the sheer scale of their evolution over time. I must admit the mix of Chaosphere prevents me from enjoying it. Nothing was also very hard to get into but I now get most of it.
I knew I had yet to listen to I once again though, and I was a bit anxious to see whether I would manage to appreciate it genuinely. I was very glad to find that I now absolutely love that first part ! It's as compelling as Catch 33 !!
I must say I am tremendously grateful to Meshuggah for improving my musical taste enough so that I can enjoy myself a nice bit of Car Bomb.
@Geebz, you should review a bit of Car Bomb by the way. It think their work is even more weirder (in a good way) than Meshuggah's !
Oh how I've been waiting for this day lol, i always love to hear what you think of the music and learn more!
Can’t believe you actually did this one. Legend! The song that really got me into this band. Something about it clicked with me and I’ve loved them ever since. 10:41 in this video is one of my favorite moments in the song. Just so powerful.
Worth noting the drums on this are actually samples because the song was too random and changed too much while writing it. The samples are actually from their drummer though, using Drumkit From Hell, a plug-in he recorded drums for.
Love what you said about the hi hats too. That’s the only way to know how to headbang to this band 😂
I really really wanna near you tackle Converge. As a band, Jane Doe - You Fail Me - and No Heroes - are their best albums.
However - it’s not even just the band I want you to check out - it’s cause Jacob Bannon, the singer, also has s label called “Deathwish” and the guitarist Kurt Ballou is also a producer and has produced some of their best music -but Deathwish/Kurt Ballou has made such a massive impact on the underground hardcore/metalcore. Nothing as mainstream as Meshuggah or gojirs or anything - but that’s not really the kind of music they tend to record.
But i would love to hear you so the song “Heaven in her Arms” by Converge. And then follow them down the Converge/deathwish/kurt ballou rabbit hole (cause I’m sure you will get thousands of suggestions after uou do a reaction t any of their songs from Jane Doe
(Jane doe is always in the top 50 best metal albums on big websites and magazines bsck in the day )
Props for doing this on video; I was bored after 3 minutes lol The 'suggah are not my bag, as insanely capable as they are. Respect.
I remember exactly when this was released, I was in love with Tool and The Mars Volta and had recently heard the album Nothing. Wasn't prepared for the brain melting experience of this piece. A friend at the time defined their music at this point as "Rush on steroids"
Yes, one of the best things about Meshuggah is how they manage polyrhythms : there can be dozens of odd and highly complicated rhythms going around all at once, or just a few, but there will ALWAYS be that dominant squared one, firstly to let you cling onto it and not get lost, but most importantly because that's the foundation of the whole composition, it's what everything's revolving around. What's the use of doing all these fancy tricks if you can't understand what they're based on? It'd be like preparing hot dogs, and using extra fancy and special bread, homemade original recipee sauce, amazing bonus ingredients that were never before seen in a hotdog, but forgetting to put in the actual hotdog sausage at the end. Suddenly what could have been an amazing dish becomes just a sum of random ingredients that don't make sense lol
They don't play many polyrhythms.
It's beat displacement.
@@vorpalblades depends how you want to define beat displacement vs polyrhythm. The snare playing 9 against the hats 4 is definitely polyrhythm.
You are a legend for doing this!
good song
Great reaction! My favourite is at 21:14 where you are almost done trying to ascribe reason of any kind. 'Fool me once' etc. Then before that minute is up, you are subconsciously clutching at your chest 😂
This is quite uncanny. In the first moments of the video you referenced the exact movie scene that was used in a beloved meme that also had Meshuggah's Rational Gaze playing through it. Just fits I guess!
Hey Geebz! Awesome that you finally did this one. I see that it won in a poll, but I requested it on Patreon a year and a half ago (I'm Disembodied Hand on there), so I'm gonna take the win either way. Can't wait to watch it!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWRIGHT!!!
I just got recommended this video, saw the title and said.... Damn, you are in for a ride and I do not think you are prepared for this.
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for you to do this!!
Omg this MASTERPIECE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you thank you sir! Love it ! One of my faves such an experience and a schooling. Glad they released the remastered version too. Absolutely SICK!!
16:46 I dare you not to headbang!
I've watched you since the beginning and watching your exposure to all different kinds of music is absolutely mind blowing. Where there's a will, there's a way to every genre
You would totally love a band called Samael. In the late 80’s-early 90’s they were Black Metal.
Then something happened and the drummer started programming his stuff in order to focus on the accoutrement.
Long story short…debut in that catalogue was “Passage”.
From that album…you should check out “Moonskin”.
I bet you can figure out the keys immediately.
My kids and I wanna see it, lol.
@ 12:07, that section (i was on drums...) is absolutely impossible for any instrument. We were gonna attempt this as a cover performance and that segment tanked the whole thing. The blasts are so fast and random but so precise it is mind boggling, truly mindboggling.
4:3 between snare and cymbal, then add the kicks
@@failuretolaunchdrums Not really buddy, the 4:3 is easy enough but the kicks are super random and even more precise, the first lot is like 43 kicks, then 37, then 29, then 49, then a stack of 50 twice, repeat, then that double 50 again and one more 50 leading into that blistering solo. But the places they start are even more random, like starting on the 13th 32nd note random. Whats even worse is the guitar AND bass is synced to this insane rhythm so it cant be half assed at all.
We wanted to do this for a college gig but that segment is just too much. Sure, you can do a quick 4:3 with fast double kicks but since guitar, bass and kick drum all have to be locked in there, you'll all sound like idiots, there's no way you'll all be in time.
Man, I'd love to live in the heads of people like you, the world must be boringly simple though. If you tried to learn this part for more than 30 seconds, you'd immediately see why "4:3 between snare and cymbal, then add the kicks" falls hilariously short of anything even remotely resembling advice for this beast; but do try. I'll await your cover eagerly ;)
@@empyrean-jamelgreaves8034 god if only the world was boringly simple in my head; would solve half of my problems. Do you have any footage of these college sessions? Could be a really great learning tool for everyone looking to learn the song more efficiently/get another perspective.
Speaking on perspective, though, I’ve shown this song to some close friends who like other styles of music, and the results varied. Most can’t be bothered to sit through the whole thing. A few appreciated it for what it is, albeit don’t consider this Meshuggah’s best song, and only one person was visibly blown away by it. Imagine yourselves playing in that college auditorium… perhaps in front of your peers and their families, friends, partners, etc. You manage to perform the song to perfection and y’all are blown away that you did it… but after the majority of the uninitiated put their phones down to golf clap, you change over the stage, etc… The next performer performs Uptown Funk to a massive roar of applause.
I’d be stoked to have seen your hypothetical set, though. Cheers.
@@empyrean-jamelgreaves8034 "we wanted to do this for a college gig" 🤡🤡🤡
I don't know how you are able to nit even smile through that. It's so much fun.
Hell yes, Geebz! I'm very excited for this, such a great song. Actually, I wish it was a little longer, I love the part they fade out on.
Thanks Geebz for doing this! So glad you’re doing Periphery next! Great content sir.
Thanks for this decomposition! Congrats on working with NCIS!
Very mindexpanding band and song for me. Great geebz!
I've got a long drive home so I'll watch all of this tonight. But man Geebz, you're in for a wild ride! Smoke em if you got em 🤣🤘🤙
Here's a song literally nobody else reacts to: SLIPKNOT'S IOWA! A 15 minutes track off of the Iowa album, so underrated
Good shout 👏 👌 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Excellent song
Youre great man, originality is rare nowadays, nice to see some still have it 🤘🏻
at 10:00, he had to hold on to his hat to make sure it doesn't get blown away
😂xaxaxaa
Well done dude. I'm sure this ain't your cup of tea but great breakdowns without cutting in too often
YES!!! Finally! 🤘! Suggested this numerous times. Thanks Geebz.
I need Opeth's magnum opus, the one and only Black Rose Immortal
THANK YOU !!! for this mOnsterpiece !!
I'm so happy you looked into "I". It's one of my favorite things in the world!
What an EP to tackle. You've got stones!!
definetly my favourite track in this genre! it would be a miracle if someone makes even closely similar to this.
'I' is my most favorite Meshuggah song. It's like a creature unto itself.
Thank you for this OGeebz I love that you’re highlighting meshuggah’s genius
This song has been one of my favorite songs since it came out. Thank you so much for listening and appreciating it's technical and musical prowess!
PLEASE PLEASE DO
** CLOSED EYE VISUALS **
PLEASE PLEASE DOOOO IT
this was awesome!! please do Future Breed Machine,.. it’ll be a breeze after going through this 22min monster, plus very interesting sections in that song
They play the music we hear in our minds 😂
This and catch 33 are my favorites to trip out on. 14:06 always made me envision a family enjoying a beautiful day with the wind chimes going and then the chimes become an alarm just enough time to feel the dread before the nuclear bomb completely decimates the family.
Oh shit, he's finally doin it.
Thank you for your patience