Hard to believe that this song IS 10 years old one of the grooviest songs to ever exist, Koloss is an absolute masterpiece and barely anyone gives it the credit it deserves, cover to cover every song is a masterpiece
These lyrics are really confronting me on an incredibly personal level. I'm an aspiring illustrator who originally wanted to use my art to tell stories and promote beautiful music but throughout my education I have been told to use my abilities to help advertising. All while this is happening I keep becoming more and more aware of cruelty and injustice being committed around the world as we speak. I'm not only looking down, but jumping down. The beast of truth has his tongue around my ankles.
That's an awesome poetic comment right here. Originally I felt sorry for you, but the I realize you are just describing growing up into adult world we all suffer in.
In my opinion Meshuggah has Sweden's best metal lyrics in their discography as a whole, but Quorthon (Bathory) has so much genius English songwriting in his discography as well so it's a tie
I love how this is the first time I’ve ever heard this song and then I read these comments! It’s like having your cake and then eating it too. Then it’s so damn good you have more than you’re share. Then you get sick from it….like discombobulated. No wait, dis eased perhaps. You even think it’s possible you’ll die for having so much more than you need. I mean the chance is definitely there. And the longer you eat the cake, the longer it is before you ever see King PeePeePee when you look down again. Then it’s at that point you decide maybe it’s not so bad not being able to see down…I mean cause Meshuggah said not to look down if ya wanna fly maybe. No that’s not it. I’m rambling. It’s obvious the point is to….not ummmm do anything to others that you would not want done to yourself. Perhaps also meaning don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, I think the cliche saying is…..hmm, maybe it’s just be grateful you’re alive and it is best to spend the rest of your life lifting or ascending higher through love. Let others choose and you choose also. There is a time to stay silent, no doubt. This is for many (including myself) a challenging lesson to say the least. I’m grateful future generations have the opportunity to advance, or shall I say, “Ketchup” (Pulp Fiction) to the level of consciousness required to enjoy life at its most satisfying. Yeah, this song reminds me, how lucky I am to be who and where I am at this very moment. Also to strive until my last breath for depth in understanding.
Meshuggah actually do have a 4/4 "groove" feel. That's part of the reason of why I love them -- the crazy polyrhythmic sound makes it feel like the 4/4 groove is *about* to break into something completely different, but it never actually does. Makes a wonderful, suspenseful "on edge" sound.
The secret is that at least one player is playing 4/4 at all times. In this case, it's Thomas Haake playing 4/4 on the hats and snare, while the kick and guitars/bass are playing 17/16 (but think of it more like 4/4 with an extra 16th note hanging off the end).
@@vinodkumaraug Random nerd moment: maybe try one like Wellbutrin, it will increase your available norepinephrine and dopamine instead of working on serotonin 😜
These guys started out as a band who had to think, write down, practice over and over again, and then repeat in order to make music like this. They still have to think and practice, and without a doubt still write down the signatures whenever they are in writing mode. They are just so damn good at it now because they have been doing it for so long that the thinking part is 2nd nature and they pump out songs like this in no time. Superb musicians still use the basic tools to create greatness.
Took Mr. Haake as much time to learn Bleed as it took to learn the rest of Obzen; a fact I kind of figured was true after a first listen, and was happy to have confirmed by the man himself 😂 I feel better about how long it's taking me to learn my instruments 😂
I guess I experienced this feeling you try to imply at Dying Fetus concert. The sense of the certainty and realization of power. Rigidness , levity and assurance. I am sure I will experience same emotions with Meshuggah.
It took me a long time to "get into" Meshuggah, largely I think, because I'm old and Meshuggah makes Metallica and Megadeth feel like elevator music in comparison. But DAMN! Every time I give myself the time to fully absorb a new (for me) Meshuggah tune, I always come away amazed and inspired. As it happens, it was the lyrics for "Do Not Look Down" that turned me into a fan of this particular song. The message is spot on, as is the musicianship :)
I have tickets to see Meshuggah here in Atlanta, and I am super excited! I do have a balcony seat though, so I may have to look down at some point in the show...just don't tell anyone.
These lyrics are not positive nor negative, they are very ambiguous... i see that line you quoted as "let your existence meaning be limited to what your ego wants in a material manner, just as mother nature wants it to be",in other words "be animalistic", i see it this way because of the "hereditary dream" that comes afterwards. This point of view of mine is pessimistic, so i like your point of view more, it's more optimistic.
@@gavabundo_0072 I don't think there's nothing positive in this song, like an advice or anything like that lol. To me it's obvious he's criticising how people are generally very egoistic, following only their own goals, and destorying anything that stands in their path to achieve these goals with no regard for others.
Guitars and drums both start at 17/16 then for the drums the snare n cymbals give a 4/4 beat and the guitars and bass drums are still at 17/16 so the riff starts at a downbeat and then only returns at the downbeat again after a few bars, the riff kinda shuffles, then the rest of the song is mostly 4/4 with syncopated riffs...for those who didn't know:p
This is one of the best bands put on the earth. I saw these guys live this year and let me tell you they do put on a bad ass show. Sounds ten times better live.
The unique feature with Meshuggah is the compatibility with the scary imagery and addicting rythms/riffs which hit you without even noticing it. This album has really grown in me since it came out, and as much as i love Bleed, i think this album tops Obzen.
Sorry for this comment to be coming so late, but I'm having a hard time keeping my feet on the ground & my head still. Wicked good song & wicked cool band. Wish to see them in concert again if my neck can take it.
Cmon man ? :D ..these are the end times..life will be silly,,the fact you found this piece of your creator..well lets say ..youre gonna be fine..fight on Jodi =) and inspire others..thank you for posting here and allowing me to respond :)
All you good people just feel the groovy music. That's why they're making it for us. Forget about the pretentious conversations about the band's eternal polymetric explorations. Yes anyone with ears has always noticed that 4\4 is almost always the base rhythm and that it's almost always not the only rhythm being simultaneously played. Yes yes yes. So forget it and just feel the GROOVE. Just bop your head and air-bass-guitar, or shake your hips and make your girl shake her hips to this groovyliciousness right here! Woohoo!
When I discovered Meshuggah I was 14 and my guitar teacher was a chill Jazz guitarist. I showed him Meshuggah expecting him to be all "baaah, shitty noisy good fa nothin metal"... but he just started funkin his body and said "maan this shit grooves"
@@Metal_Dinosaur ABBA always gets the finest honors and is still raking in the $billions. It's not fair! But i'm sure Meshuggah would give the honor to ABBA anyway, most metal musicians in Sweden have a great deal of respect/love for ABBA.
It's amazing to see how they can be inovative without losing the heaviness. This and Periphery are probably my favorites because of it (come on, P3 has it's groovy tracks)
Yes - to learn it, you might want to think in odd meters. However you can get to it is good. It seems to me like it'd be easier to hear it in 4 first, with the exception of songs like Stengah and Concatenation - which are in 4 but really throw your ear if you think of them in 4 at first. I love being thrown off and then learning that it was in 4 the whole time. I'm also glad you're getting ideas from their music! Let's hear what you have some day!
The lyrics are filled with too much truth, if you get what they're saying, it could really make you think and consequently go into depression. This song is so beautiful, it hurts.
These lyrics are particularly captivating. I can vouch for them speaking the truth. The rhetorical questions used certainly probe how much I have my goals over the people I love. A good song.
Just hear the new definition of groove...outstanding, out of time and total genius ! Thanks to you guys for keeping the fight in this world of desolating music...
The original time of this song is 4:44 minutes long. 444 represents a spiritual awakening in ones life, which is basically the main theme of meshuggah's music.
My two favorite guitarists ever are Fredrik Thordendal and Reb Beach of Winger. The solo in this song in particular just goes to show they both have the same influences, mainly Allan Holdsworth among other things but this solo sounds totally Winger. I think its one of the only ones from Meshuggah that doesn't sound alien. I love it! Great style!
Thordendal and Beach come from two very different worlds but I see your point. You are right, solo is genius. I also loved many of Paul Masvidal’s solos like on the „human“ album from death. Some of them sound like from outer space. (Btw I still own an Ibanez Reb Beach from the 90‘s which I think is still looking sweet af. 😁)
@@tylerdurden9879 Human is my absolute favorite Death album. Great solos and riffing. Is your Reb Beach guitar his signature model that was referred to as "The Voyager Series"? I was just looking it up.
Yeah these guys just don't ever stop challenging themselves as musicians and songsmiths. The limitations of whatever their previous effort was tends to always get overshadowed by whatever they come out with next. These guys were around to trailblaze in the mid 90's and have been on the war path ever since. Fuck any haters, this is probably one of the most influential, if not important metal bands from the 90's. And they're still challenging the standards they set in their own genre.
My dad a hardcore catholic, said to me that these guys are all satanic. My response to him was that though the music is in fact very ominous and menacing, the lyrics are just about issues concerning individuals own alienation towards society. He then made the sign of the cross and throw me blessed water. Since then I've being suffering from seizures and skin rash. Probably I'm still to naive and old dad is alright. Who knows?
I have a similar experience with Stengah. I actually remember the moment I first "felt" the rhythm and could bang my head to it. It was enlightening and a feeling the became addictive. Good thing there's plenty of material from Meshuggah and several other bands to satisfy that.
I once had a dream that the entire worlds population was forcibly taken up into blimps...thousands of them all in the sky, and when I ripped a whole in one of the sides of the blimps I could see billions of corpses floating in the ocean...This should have been the soundtrack to that dream
If you didn't know, It was Mårten (the guitarist) who coined the phrase "djent-djent" when describing (IIRC) the sound on the song soul burn. after that, a bunch of newer bands of similar sounds kinda adopted it as the word for describing their sound.
Lyrically, this song definitely resonates my attitude towards certain things in society today! It's actually a pretty positive song....you know through the heaviness! Musically, I'm becoming a big Tomas Haake fan, but the rhythm and chord arrangement.... phenomenal! An I'm not a huge "Death Metal" fan but this song makes my playlist!
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I haven't seen my feet since this song was relased
Best comment goes to... PigsFactory
Lucky you, unfortunately I haven't been able to see my penis since. Not because of the song title I'm just fat.
@@whatisahandleplz that made me laugh harder than it should have
Nice lol
Yeah, I haven't seen any of my turds in the crapper since I heard this tunage.
Never has a RUclips video title been so fitting.
Wow didn't expect to see you here.
Liked for the comment and the commenter.
Good day to you, sir.
miracleofsound my sides have left orbit
fucking comments section
This comment seems like a big deal. Could someone explain it to me?
Hard to believe that this song IS 10 years old
one of the grooviest songs to ever exist, Koloss is an absolute masterpiece and barely anyone gives it the credit it deserves, cover to cover every song is a masterpiece
It's funky
@@emwhaibeewhat's so special about 88???
11 years old soon 12 :)
Hell yeah. Koloss is an absolute banger.
Fuck yes
These lyrics are really confronting me on an incredibly personal level.
I'm an aspiring illustrator who originally wanted to use my art to tell stories and promote beautiful music but throughout my education I have been told to use my abilities to help advertising. All while this is happening I keep becoming more and more aware of cruelty and injustice being committed around the world as we speak. I'm not only looking down, but jumping down. The beast of truth has his tongue around my ankles.
That's an awesome poetic comment right here. Originally I felt sorry for you, but the I realize you are just describing growing up into adult world we all suffer in.
i hope you're doing well & haven't given up on what you want your art to represent
@@dEAthlikEstAtic he jumped...
Happens all the time
@@shuruff904 Maxwell, jump! Go ahead and jump...
I love how Meshuggah aren't even an english band, but they write better lyrics than I could ever dream of.
it comes from other realms.
In my opinion Meshuggah has Sweden's best metal lyrics in their discography as a whole, but Quorthon (Bathory) has so much genius English songwriting in his discography as well so it's a tie
You mean American
I love how this is the first time I’ve ever heard this song and then I read these comments! It’s like having your cake and then eating it too. Then it’s so damn good you have more than you’re share. Then you get sick from it….like discombobulated. No wait, dis eased perhaps. You even think it’s possible you’ll die for having so much more than you need. I mean the chance is definitely there. And the longer you eat the cake, the longer it is before you ever see King PeePeePee when you look down again. Then it’s at that point you decide maybe it’s not so bad not being able to see down…I mean cause Meshuggah said not to look down if ya wanna fly maybe. No that’s not it. I’m rambling.
It’s obvious the point is to….not ummmm do anything to others that you would not want done to yourself. Perhaps also meaning don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, I think the cliche saying is…..hmm, maybe it’s just be grateful you’re alive and it is best to spend the rest of your life lifting or ascending higher through love. Let others choose and you choose also. There is a time to stay silent, no doubt.
This is for many (including myself) a challenging lesson to say the least. I’m grateful future generations have the opportunity to advance, or shall I say, “Ketchup” (Pulp Fiction) to the level of consciousness required to enjoy life at its most satisfying.
Yeah, this song reminds me, how lucky I am to be who and where I am at this very moment. Also to strive until my last breath for depth in understanding.
@@msunderstanding3198 I love finding people who fit exactly into the demo who’d love Meshuggah like you do. Live long and rock on 🤘
Wtf are you doing it the comments? Didn't jens just fucking tell you "don't look down"?
Oh yea? And what abou- GOD DAMMIT
ALSO TO NOT BELIEVE ANYBODY WHAT THEY TELL YOU, SO LOOK DOWN, DONT LOOK DOWN, DO WHAT YOU WANT.
Jokes on you.
I flipped my phone upside down. So now i have to look up at the comments.
Ho HOH!
@@davecrupel2817 hahah nice move bro lml
Meshuggah actually do have a 4/4 "groove" feel. That's part of the reason of why I love them -- the crazy polyrhythmic sound makes it feel like the 4/4 groove is *about* to break into something completely different, but it never actually does. Makes a wonderful, suspenseful "on edge" sound.
edging yourself
Syncopated bass and drums to a 4/4 beat is irresistible.
The secret is that at least one player is playing 4/4 at all times. In this case, it's Thomas Haake playing 4/4 on the hats and snare, while the kick and guitars/bass are playing 17/16 (but think of it more like 4/4 with an extra 16th note hanging off the end).
Yes🤨😘
They form tension in their songs that never releases. It can either be stressful or oddly soothing.
Before djent, it was simply known as Meshuggah
Meshuggah kinda invented the term djent as a joke.
@@MrBonokyra Not a joke, but misunderstending made by alcohol.
They apologise for this :D.
Nukultus Ooh really, i thought i heard Tomas say it was a Joke haha
@@nukultus9432 well, many metal genres where born with joke terms .
@@nightlessexplosive3641 vegetarian progressive grindcore!!!
Listening to Meshuggah makes your brain release dopamine
Scientifically confirmed
I believe that
addictive as fuck
Can't relate. I'm on antidepressants and my dopamine receptors are blocked
@@vinodkumaraug Random nerd moment: maybe try one like Wellbutrin, it will increase your available norepinephrine and dopamine instead of working on serotonin 😜
In my opinion, this is one of Meshuggah's more accessible tunes. Not that that's a bad thing.
almost reminds me of pantera. more on the heavy metal side, not TOO jazzy or over bearing djent
TheKhwajaKing SOOO DJENT! IMAGINE THIS WITH DA 9-STRING. IT WOULLDD BE SOO BR00T4L!!!
FaZe LiL ToBi
Aha...
You're absolutely right. I don't like meshuggah but I really enjoy listening to this song.
rourke069 I fucking love Meshuggah.
one of the best bands i've ever heard. What a groove
+WakeUpNow I'm going to the Houston show! Can't freakin wait!
Silver Spring show-goer here!
WakeUpNow
WakeUpNow shld prob see a therapist
@@amberoath you first.
probably best rock climbing music i can find.
What are you planning to climb?
Ahhaha you and me and basically the same. Try Chimaira too.
Rocks ^_^ @@rahulnarwar2463
Listening to this you could probably just walk up the rock face...
easy there tho, with this you sit at the top of the Everest in no time.
this one is funky as hell... that beat skips along like a kid in the rain .... this is not a "band" - this is an experience
May have took some years, but I think people really are starting to appreciate Meshuggah nowadays. Mind-warping complexity make this boy happy.
We been here
This band is so timeless. This is true musicianship. Everyone who makes music has something to learn from Meshuggah. The end.
Can we all just take a second to appreciate Tomas' beautiful hair at 2:02
whata sexy mans
Shut up we all know jens has the best hair out of all of them
aww yeah
...great...now I'm gay for Tomas.
The lyrics of Meshuggah's songs are so well written in so many ways.
These guys started out as a band who had to think, write down, practice over and over again, and then repeat in order to make music like this. They still have to think and practice, and without a doubt still write down the signatures whenever they are in writing mode. They are just so damn good at it now because they have been doing it for so long that the thinking part is 2nd nature and they pump out songs like this in no time. Superb musicians still use the basic tools to create greatness.
Took Mr. Haake as much time to learn Bleed as it took to learn the rest of Obzen; a fact I kind of figured was true after a first listen, and was happy to have confirmed by the man himself 😂
I feel better about how long it's taking me to learn my instruments 😂
I believe with the entirety of my heart that Meshuggah is the pinnacle of metal
Me too 🤘🏻
Facts, but there are still bands paving the way for the evolution of metal! 🤘
Oh my god, 2:59 ... One of the most epic riffs I've ever heard.
That main riff is so hypnotic. I love how Meshuggah manages to make so many riffs with that effect.
Its so good to listen to Meshuggah when high, it's quite literally the best feeling one can have.
dat power, dat ecstasy
been doing that once a week at least lol
It's the greatest feeling ever, regardless of being high or not.
So truuuuu
I guess I experienced this feeling you try to imply at Dying Fetus concert. The sense of the certainty and realization of power. Rigidness , levity and assurance. I am sure I will experience same emotions with Meshuggah.
You cannot penetrate the Meshuggahsphere.
THOSE RAYS THO
Nor could I , should I nor want to!!!!
Chaosphere
Holy shit!!! This song becomes so much better when you know the lyrics
It appears Meshuggah is finally getting the recognition they deserve. One of the top metal bands of this era
It’s like I want to pay attention to that solo so bad but the groove won’t let me go 😂
i love that the whole song screams GROOVE O CLOCK while the solo is blues as hell, amazing
Absolutely perfect workout song 💪
Absolute masterpiece. From a somewhat limited perspective. I love the funk in that track, but the lyrics are what makes it all make sense.
it's incredible how the intro gets heavier just by adding some crash cymbals.
One of Meshuggah's best if not the best.
Meshuggah...and suddenly my fingers are bassdrums !
+Chainsaw Gutsfukk Suddenly the air in front of me is now a guitar, an air guitar!
+win
Next time, get a red pen. That shit elevates me to Ohio. You mad, Thor?
+Ian Alderman I bet you like juice...
This, exactly. I give you 474337855 internets
+KitariFox i do
I love that solo, its so different and yet pleasing to the ear.
The transition where Haake reveals the intro beat has been in 4/4 the entire time is fucking mind bending.
dont look down, cause all you're gonna find are some shitty comments about people talking about time signatures
I like how the very next comment you see when you scroll down from yours completely confirms your point
It's all in 4/4, anyway. :S
Those are the good comments though.
@@adelineinactivitytoo many words not enough headbanging. You failed
"WE ALL RIP OFF MESHUGGAH"
Devin !!!
HAHAHAHA what a reference
Planet of the Apes!! Love Devin Townsend; he's right up there with Meshuggah in my daily playlist.
Tosin abasi? hah
One is all collective!
It took me a long time to "get into" Meshuggah, largely I think, because I'm old and Meshuggah makes Metallica and Megadeth feel like elevator music in comparison. But DAMN! Every time I give myself the time to fully absorb a new (for me) Meshuggah tune, I always come away amazed and inspired. As it happens, it was the lyrics for "Do Not Look Down" that turned me into a fan of this particular song. The message is spot on, as is the musicianship :)
I’m convinced Meshuggah has me in a trance, not complaining
This song contains probably the coolest solo fredrik has ever done
facts
This just shows that not only are Meshuggah the best at making metal music, but also the best at writing lyrics to accompany them. Deep, dark stuff.
Dillon Ethier Yo if you like these guys look up Lamb of god, they're my other favourite band :)
Dude, thats mainly Thomas Haake with the lyrics. Such a talented bunch of musicians.
Well, if the world blows up tomorrow, we can al die happy knowing that a band nailed this form of sound. I just let it inspire me.
I have tickets to see Meshuggah here in Atlanta, and I am super excited! I do have a balcony seat though, so I may have to look down at some point in the show...just don't tell anyone.
Such a positive song, but haters will say different..."strive, become the essence of your goals..." bro...hell yeah I will
No one hates Messhuggah or You..Welcome home..you solved the Puzzle =)
@@fransnilsson7333 🤘
These lyrics are not positive nor negative, they are very ambiguous... i see that line you quoted as "let your existence meaning be limited to what your ego wants in a material manner, just as mother nature wants it to be",in other words "be animalistic", i see it this way because of the "hereditary dream" that comes afterwards. This point of view of mine is pessimistic, so i like your point of view more, it's more optimistic.
@@gavabundo_0072 I don't think there's nothing positive in this song, like an advice or anything like that lol. To me it's obvious he's criticising how people are generally very egoistic, following only their own goals, and destorying anything that stands in their path to achieve these goals with no regard for others.
Vocals with no reverb or delay, and sounds damn cool
Luciano Martinez there’s no way this vocal track is completely reverb or delay free
@@alee7275 yeah he sounds different live than in studio but he's still a beast
@@Cosmickidd1018 agreed
i love meshuggah solos. they make me think im in a ghost house on super mario bros. good stuff
The guitar solo in this....🤯
Up there with dimebag , phrasing...tone... Just incredible
What evz
man... for real, this kind of music makes the life worth !!!!
Guitars and drums both start at 17/16 then for the drums the snare n cymbals give a 4/4 beat and the guitars and bass drums are still at 17/16 so the riff starts at a downbeat and then only returns at the downbeat again after a few bars, the riff kinda shuffles, then the rest of the song is mostly 4/4 with syncopated riffs...for those who didn't know:p
nishad nadkarni id say correct. They tend to play a lot of disguised 4/4 time. Like to start and end on notes in a strange way.
Hmm
Your a genius for figuring that out. How did ya figure it?
It's actually a 4/4 followed by 9/8
I have no idea what you said but I liked it.
Holy crap these lyrics are deeper than the Marianas Trench.
Real OGs know how awesome the part is at 3:41 ...those few notes are so crazy coming from this band. Absolutely delicious.
This song is getting me many looks in the Stars drive in….. mission complete…. this song rules on so many levels.
This song is getting me through some tough times. Makes me motivated
Such a sick song!!! Meshuggah just keeps getting better and better!!
This is one of the best bands put on the earth. I saw these guys live this year and let me tell you they do put on a bad ass show. Sounds ten times better live.
Meshuggah stepped out of their comfort zone and really experimented with their sound with this album. Really great!! I love it!!
Nobody talks about Fredrik's unique soloing style, pretty much "Holdsworthish". Very impressive.
Holdsworth ran so Fredrik could fly.
The lyrics are amazing! Provoke a lot of thought, for me, anyways. I think Haake writes most of them. Pretty sharp dude, and a helluva drummer.
jonesy97 -Search "Gnosis",trippy as perspective of things.
Smh
Probably my favourite song by anyone.. ever.
Still is
Still is.. Kaleidoscope is close tho
The unique feature with Meshuggah is the compatibility with the scary imagery and addicting rythms/riffs which hit you without even noticing it. This album has really grown in me since it came out, and as much as i love Bleed, i think this album tops Obzen.
Else, get
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Bands have to grow and develop, or, like everything else, get stagnant.
That intro transition into the verse/lyrics GOD DAYUUUMMMM!!!
This album is super under appreciated!
Sorry for this comment to be coming so late, but I'm having a hard time keeping my feet on the ground & my head still. Wicked good song & wicked cool band. Wish to see them in concert again if my neck can take it.
Cmon man ? :D ..these are the end times..life will be silly,,the fact you found this piece of your creator..well lets say ..youre gonna be fine..fight on Jodi =) and inspire others..thank you for posting here and allowing me to respond :)
"Great viable citizen"
Are you happy now?
Then praise your God and bow!
Love that bit
Meshuggah is truly GOD’S MUSIC.
Meshuggah, LaDies and Djents. Masters of the heavy groove.
I`m creative sound designer and course teacher in audio work. Currently blasting this album thru studio equipment. Proper work!!!
All you good people just feel the groovy music. That's why they're making it for us.
Forget about the pretentious conversations about the band's eternal polymetric explorations. Yes anyone with ears has always noticed that 4\4 is almost always the base rhythm and that it's almost always not the only rhythm being simultaneously played. Yes yes yes.
So forget it and just feel the GROOVE. Just bop your head and air-bass-guitar, or shake your hips and make your girl shake her hips to this groovyliciousness right here! Woohoo!
Who's your dealer?
you get it /me :D (+smoke up together))
When I discovered Meshuggah I was 14 and my guitar teacher was a chill Jazz guitarist. I showed him Meshuggah expecting him to be all "baaah, shitty noisy good fa nothin metal"... but he just started funkin his body and said "maan this shit grooves"
This comment is hilarious on every level
I wonder when Sweden will change their name to Meshuggah.
Then they'll be Yiddish
Agreed, although i would put Malmsteen first ;)
ABBA might have something to say about that lol
@@Metal_Dinosaur ABBA always gets the finest honors and is still raking in the $billions. It's not fair! But i'm sure Meshuggah would give the honor to ABBA anyway, most metal musicians in Sweden have a great deal of respect/love for ABBA.
@@LoudnessJP absolutely bro without question. ABBA are a global phenomenonon practically a religion in some circles ? \m/
THESE GUYS GET IT
This song turned me onto Meshuggah,and it's been a love affair ever since,🤘🤘
It's amazing to see how they can be inovative without losing the heaviness. This and Periphery are probably my favorites because of it (come on, P3 has it's groovy tracks)
Amazing song.
17 out of 4, would recommend
Yes - to learn it, you might want to think in odd meters. However you can get to it is good. It seems to me like it'd be easier to hear it in 4 first, with the exception of songs like Stengah and Concatenation - which are in 4 but really throw your ear if you think of them in 4 at first. I love being thrown off and then learning that it was in 4 the whole time. I'm also glad you're getting ideas from their music! Let's hear what you have some day!
Wile E. Coyote certainly agrees with those words
Chefs kiss
The lyrics are filled with too much truth, if you get what they're saying, it could really make you think and consequently go into depression. This song is so beautiful, it hurts.
Foda-se a depressão!
There is some serious castaneda-esque vibe in their lyrics IMO
If you're reading this, then bravo for looking down at the abysmal beast of nonconformity ;) It's so worth it
Their thoughts are so much like Tools. Love this band
+Anway Pramanik They toured with Tool after Nothing was released. Fantastic show, BTW
Jon Richt I can imagine the number of third eyes opened after that show... Lol
These lyrics are particularly captivating. I can vouch for them speaking the truth. The rhetorical questions used certainly probe how much I have my goals over the people I love. A good song.
I can't headbang to this because I cannot look down
Do it like Lemmy
The lyrics are so fitting today
Love this band and this song is incredible. Would love to see Clutch cover this song . They would kill it
No doubt Neil has the voice for it.
Just hear the new definition of groove...outstanding, out of time and total genius ! Thanks to you guys for keeping the fight in this world of desolating music...
The original time of this song is 4:44 minutes long. 444 represents a spiritual awakening in ones life, which is basically the main theme of meshuggah's music.
All their albums have different themes
My two favorite guitarists ever are Fredrik Thordendal and Reb Beach of Winger. The solo in this song in particular just goes to show they both have the same influences, mainly Allan Holdsworth among other things but this solo sounds totally Winger. I think its one of the only ones from Meshuggah that doesn't sound alien. I love it! Great style!
Thordendal and Beach come from two very different worlds but I see your point. You are right, solo is genius. I also loved many of Paul Masvidal’s solos like on the „human“ album from death. Some of them sound like from outer space. (Btw I still own an Ibanez Reb Beach from the 90‘s which I think is still looking sweet af. 😁)
@@tylerdurden9879 Human is my absolute favorite Death album. Great solos and riffing. Is your Reb Beach guitar his signature model that was referred to as "The Voyager Series"? I was just looking it up.
O_O I looked down... Oh my god!
Yeah what a short little penis rests there
Not Mozart speaking from experience ? 0.0
Hey Riley , I agree with you I understand this groove not because I know what's being played here but because I feel what's being played!
Yeah these guys just don't ever stop challenging themselves as musicians and songsmiths. The limitations of whatever their previous effort was tends to always get overshadowed by whatever they come out with next. These guys were around to trailblaze in the mid 90's and have been on the war path ever since. Fuck any haters, this is probably one of the most influential, if not important metal bands from the 90's. And they're still challenging the standards they set in their own genre.
Are u happy now, then praise your God and bow!! Love the spitefulness of this line
My dad a hardcore catholic, said to me that these guys are all satanic. My response to him was that though the music is in fact very ominous and menacing, the lyrics are just about issues concerning individuals own alienation towards society. He then made the sign of the cross and throw me blessed water. Since then I've being suffering from seizures and skin rash. Probably I'm still to naive and old dad is alright. Who knows?
TheMoonchild1969 Do not confuse the cure with the disease.
Woah,I'd avoid letting old pops hear their songs lyrics clearly.
Demiurge, for example,might set off his alarm bells.
Eh im a devout Catholic and I jam to worse stuff then this.
Try Dancers to a Discordant System, he may wake up. Kidding, you might wind up homeless.
The singer is the one
Dang, an almost bluesy Meshuggah solo?! Ma lyfe is complete.
Still haven't built up the courage to look down
It's been years buddy, you'll need to at some point
I have a similar experience with Stengah. I actually remember the moment I first "felt" the rhythm and could bang my head to it. It was enlightening and a feeling the became addictive. Good thing there's plenty of material from Meshuggah and several other bands to satisfy that.
I once had a dream that the entire worlds population was forcibly taken up into blimps...thousands of them all in the sky, and when I ripped a whole in one of the sides of the blimps I could see billions of corpses floating in the ocean...This should have been the soundtrack to that dream
Meshuggah is a masterclass in musical mastery.
For minutes of heaven, I haven’t heard metal music this good since “Enter Sandman”
"No matter in what kinda rhythm you head bang to Meshuggah, it still applies."
Or so I've been told.
If you didn't know, It was Mårten (the guitarist) who coined the phrase "djent-djent" when describing (IIRC) the sound on the song soul burn. after that, a bunch of newer bands of similar sounds kinda adopted it as the word for describing their sound.
Lyrically, this song definitely resonates my attitude towards certain things in society today! It's actually a pretty positive song....you know through the heaviness!
Musically, I'm becoming a big Tomas Haake fan, but the rhythm and chord arrangement.... phenomenal! An I'm not a huge "Death Metal" fan but this song makes my playlist!
Who is here in 2020 still grooving to Meshuggah and waiting for a new record? They are fucking awesome!
My mind when playing this: djun djun djum dadjun djum, dadadadadada djun djun djum dadjun djum
definitely the best metal ive heard in a long time.