You mean the trancy segments of Nothing? I admit they're probably one of my favorite Meshuggah things, but I guess that's what makes Nothing unique. I have my favorites among their albums, but I think each work has its own unique character. Otherwise, they'd just be releasing a bunch of copies of the same material. Thankfully, they actively play songs from Nothing live, since it's so well loved by the fans.
@@coolguy132435 yeah you are right. And probably because I am getting older and my ear is less discerning now, I don't find their newer material to be that groundbreaking anymore. The Chaosphere-Nothing-Catch33-Obzen era of Meshuggah is something that I come back to the most.
Why does every modern progressive metal band essentially base their whole musical output on a variation of this minute long segment? To think Meshuggah just casually composed it, put it in a song, spawned a whole new movement based on it, and never came back to develop it any further. Absolute chads.
OK, so I'm not alone in my decade-long obsession with this outro. It's fun to play on drums, and is actually approachable in difficulty considering... well it's Tomas Haake.
This is one of the most emotionally impactful songs I know. This perfectly articulates the feeling of realizing your own mortality, which is what the song is about lyrically.
I used to think I was mad. Mad, I say. I sampled this excerpt and looped it ad nauseum on a virtual DJ platform for extended periods of time while playing through my home sound system. This. Exact. Excerpt. Hours. Like a monk, I sat and listened, spoke *Nothing* and absorbed the sonics while staring at a wall. Because, this section, it's too epic not to loop for hours and reminisce about one's life, choices, meaning, the cosmos, celestial bodies colliding millions of light years away altering the course of space and time. F@!&ing epic. Cheers mate. -A
@@Solterie1I see a lot of pretentious shit out there. Kinda feels like this comment might have been genuine. And for this piece of music, it kinda makes sense. If that’s what you want to do when you zone out, this is a pretty rad piece of music to do it to.
@@JerkaBackbeat not necessarily. speaking for myself, i definitely would have reckognized it and would have respected you but i also would have thought to not disturb you because you just might be in some kind of happy place and wouldn't want to take you out of it. i usually am rather respectful to people so that's normal behaviour for me. so i guess what i want to say is, the lack of approach could mean that people suck but it could just as well mean the complete opposite
@@hazardeurThe fact that people do not recognize the riff is why they suck. How can you not recognize this masterful riff by the best metal band there is?
@@JerkaBackbeat how would you know if somebody reckognizes it or not, if they don't tell you? also, so simply not knowing it means they suck? you need to smarten up dude
I didn't hear this song until I was 30, but it makes me feel like I'm about 10 years old. Invokes memories of riding my bike around the neighborhood, playing in the woods, staying up late and having Halo LAN parties. Feels like happiness, feels like peace. I miss those feelings so much.
THANKS A LOT... now I have the visual of a pack of 10 year olds riding bmx bikes around listening to Meshuggah and I feel like my childhood is now just not that special anymore... :P
Imagine this, You go to see them live, and their encore is this played through & the ending for 20 minutes I mean is there anything more saint on this earth?
there is something so genuinely beautiful about those last 2 fucking minutes, man. it completely surpasses just being music and becomes a gnawing feeling of transcendence beyond what is known, i am so fucking blown away by how peerless Meshuggah is when it comes to consistency of being at the absolute top of the game
When Meshuggah goes for a more melodic sound, it is INTENSE. The outro to stifled is a good example of how beautiful they can make ambient music, and theres also a section on Catch 33 where they do something similar to this song's outro. Its around 2:56 on the track In Death - Is Death.
Its a snowy thursday evening in the land of Meshuggah. RUclips gives me this while Im making the dishes. Give me so good vibes I will go to my drums and just jam along. Thank you Riccardo!
Jens Kidman in Meshuggah performance of "Pulling Straws at Random" from their re-issued album "Nothing." The video can be found on the DVD portion of the re-release of "Nothing." and online at 4:34. it's exactly that
I always listen to this song at least once everyday and that last part always gets me through the hard shit of the day, imagine how i feel with 3h of it. Thank you so much for this...
this is prolly what Thanos felt after he decimated half of all living life, sitting gon the step at his garden, looking at the sun, breathing the air of his success
Me watching this video for the 87.492th time. I'm pretty sure I'm the single individual that listened the most to this in the whole world! Cheers amico mio, grazie per questa perla!
Listened to this whilst going through hip replacement surgery... Now that I need the other hip done, can go through this masterpiece again. I thank you so much for this!
the outro is gorgeous and deep! there is something about tuning half step down. idk what the fuck it is but its eternal once you hit that sound! thank you!
It's hard to say no when you've got a gun to my head by Thirty Called Arson. Brilliant non-4/4 breakdown outro, but it's the random melodic part at 28 seconds which is magical. Detox by Strapping Young Lad C.S. Lucky-One by Hopesfall I Don't Need This by The Sawtooth Grin ...is this a compromise by Haste Man the ramparts by Botch Memphis will be laid to waste by Norma Jean Weights by Everything Everything. Not metal, but still an awesome outro David De La Hoz by The Chariot. There are probably loads more, but I had a lot of fun compiling this. Hope you get something good out of it.
the ends of "the lotus eaters" by nevermore. or the titel track of that abum. or basically any song of the album. it also trumps any of the suggestions below by a mile, ,that's how good it is
It has always made me feel about my favorite band ever : MAGMA from france. I’ve read somewhere that the musicians from Meshuggah were also huge fans of this band. Love the nether ending loop of this mystical part. When something is so good and inspired, you don’t want it to stop. Cheers for the weird idea.
Incredible! A whole group of people who also adore this passage, and believe Meshuggah should've pursued this style more! We need to send them the link so they can see all the love that this bit got. Let's make our voices heard 😆
The one time I can think of in the modern Meshuggah period when they actually play around using chords in an actual major-derived scale (it’s a minor mode, Dorian).
I'm glad that I'm not the only one here. Years ago I did the same for myself, but not that long and never have thought that someone else would like it. Thanks man!
Usually Meshuggah is absolutely brutal. Crushing. The weight of the universe rearranging your atoms into a condensed mush. This is one of the truly transcendent moments of Meshuggah where they made something that’s just beautiful. Hopeful even. One of the most incredible pieces they’ve made. It’s still heavy as fuck, but it’s absolutely beautiful. And it sounds just as good with an acoustic guitar, or trombone even. One of my top 5 Meshuggah songs.
Hello there! I'm writing you from year 3025! Can't believe our world anthem was taken from this passage!! Hope you guys are all doing good now that pandemics and wars are over... or was that 2025? Lmk in the comments!
I'm picturing the guitar solo as a Dog from the future who'd never have the ability to master the art of dialoguing with human with words but instead learned how to perfectly transcript its emotions through the notes of its guitar. It's a Cane Corso doggo breed as I see it. Fan since 1990.
I always thought this song should have been the last song on the album, because it sounds like the end of all things. It would have been the perfect closer.
Ok, but if I were in Meshuggah, I would've done this one day at practice. Imagine the vibe. Fredrik doing different things in the solo each go around, Tomas adding in fills and chops where he feels like it, maybe Dick do something cool, Marten doing a solo. The vibe is so good for it all
Surprised you didn’t use the image from the thumbnail in the actual video; it would’ve been cool to look at while listening to this. ESPECIALLY if there was an animated version.
I have listened to this daily. Sometimes twice. It's perfect for doing chores and studying. But as I slowly descend into my shugah madness, I think I prefer everything before obzen tbh. Least as of now
![STRAWS PULLED AT RANDOM [DOWNTUNED]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2evjFujfy8g/mqdefault.jpg)
Reported. Too short.
Bro did you hear the trombone version of this? Triumphantly epic
@@TheLumpenLodge brother, I have returned after listening to it. My sincere thanks. Peace
I do agree we need like a 10 hour version
@@TheLumpenLodge lol just watched. Pretty dope. Sometimes you don’t know what you need.
😂
It is strange how Meshuggah never explored this aspect of their music ever again. This is one of my constants
They really should make an album that goes deeper in that direction
There's a 1hr loop of the intro to They Move Below. It kinda has a similar ethereal thing going.
ruclips.net/video/YQdbvy5GWTI/видео.html
This is the only time they’ve ever hand delivered us the zen. All the other songs make ya dig for it.
Really enjoy this side of them though.
You mean the trancy segments of Nothing? I admit they're probably one of my favorite Meshuggah things, but I guess that's what makes Nothing unique. I have my favorites among their albums, but I think each work has its own unique character. Otherwise, they'd just be releasing a bunch of copies of the same material. Thankfully, they actively play songs from Nothing live, since it's so well loved by the fans.
@@coolguy132435 yeah you are right. And probably because I am getting older and my ear is less discerning now, I don't find their newer material to be that groundbreaking anymore. The Chaosphere-Nothing-Catch33-Obzen era of Meshuggah is something that I come back to the most.
When the guitar solo hits for the 500th time oof
you counted, right?
this. to make yo understand that we are more beautiful than yo...
@@mathsingularity i don't understand that
@@Meihan_god study. research. that 50's alien is too ugly.
Theres actually roughly only 97 solos in this video
that ending is so beautiful it just makes me bust out crying
All over animals as leaders
This is like the opposite of 9/11
LMFAO
😂😂😂
no lies detected
This is my favorite comment
I loled,but honestly the imagery i have always had of this part is a plane slowly descending through the clouds with a sunset in the background XD
snare sounds like slapping a wet ham, 10/10
Lars should've used this for St. Anger
these two comments have single handedly cured my cancer
@@BernardGarcon Lars could have beaten a cardboard box with a doubled up sock, and St. Anger would have sounded better.
@@davecrupel2817 Lars and his garbage can snare😂
@@rofflesvanwagon literaly bro lmao
I'm delighted to know that I'm not the only person to have a completely autistic relationship with this musical passage.😂❤
I have the same relationship with the ending of electric red. Im just always waiting for that riff
ive seen this song twice live
you are not alone, brother
\,,/ `°,..,°´ \,,/
I've been obsessed with this song's ending
YESSSSS. that's my pre-gym and gym hype up@@niclinker619
Why does every modern progressive metal band essentially base their whole musical output on a variation of this minute long segment? To think Meshuggah just casually composed it, put it in a song, spawned a whole new movement based on it, and never came back to develop it any further. Absolute chads.
Because Masters are never self-indulgent ☝😌
...straws pulled at random but the whole thing's a mono 92kbps mp3
glad i'm not crazy thinking it sounded bad even for youtube
* 192 kbps maybe
so i've found thousands of people like me, who thought this was the most surprisingly beautiful song meshuggah's made
So true
That ending has always just felt like the most metal thing without feeling dark at all. Like a sense of fearless optimism.
Born of Osiris Discovery that whole album is based on that kind of theme :D
@@shizzlepecks that gives me a reason to check more of their stuff out! I've heard one of their albums so far
I get a slightly similar vibe from Karmanjakah, it's beautiful prog metal.
cloudkicker the discovery has a lot of similar vibes iirc
perfectly said. that the emotion i get as well
This. This is the content I pay the internet bill for. Straight into the feels.
Thanks for this comment. It actually made me feel better about my bill LOL
Lol. I can finally sleep for three hours straight
Gonna try that out, haven't slept for three hours straight in years
Finaly! I found ringtone for my morning alarm
OK, so I'm not alone in my decade-long obsession with this outro. It's fun to play on drums, and is actually approachable in difficulty considering... well it's Tomas Haake.
Yeah this is one of a few Meshuggah songs I'll touch. Perpetual Black Second has been extremely fun as well.
do you play it proper with the hi hats going and ghost notes?
I've liked and unliked and liked this video 50 times, I wish I had more than one life to give to this masterpiece 🙏
This is one of the most emotionally impactful songs I know. This perfectly articulates the feeling of realizing your own mortality, which is what the song is about lyrically.
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion
I used to think I was mad. Mad, I say. I sampled this excerpt and looped it ad nauseum on a virtual DJ platform for extended periods of time while playing through my home sound system. This. Exact. Excerpt. Hours. Like a monk, I sat and listened, spoke *Nothing* and absorbed the sonics while staring at a wall. Because, this section, it's too epic not to loop for hours and reminisce about one's life, choices, meaning, the cosmos, celestial bodies colliding millions of light years away altering the course of space and time. F@!&ing epic. Cheers mate.
-A
that's so pretentious lmao
@@Solterie1I think he was being kind of tongue-in-cheek there.
Only after 3 more hours will you discover that there is no space and time....
@@Solterie1I see a lot of pretentious shit out there. Kinda feels like this comment might have been genuine. And for this piece of music, it kinda makes sense. If that’s what you want to do when you zone out, this is a pretty rad piece of music to do it to.
Pretentious delivery just to make it interesting to read, but I think what he was saying was true. Deserves every like. @@Solterie1
When you’re approaching another galaxy…
This
Finally the RUclips algorithm has successfully recommended something im actually interested in
I used to play this ending riff at Guitar Center back in the day and low key hoped someone would recognize it and say something. No one ever did! 🤣🤣
That’s because people, in general, suck.
@@JerkaBackbeatthis is true ☝️
@@JerkaBackbeat not necessarily. speaking for myself, i definitely would have reckognized it and would have respected you but i also would have thought to not disturb you because you just might be in some kind of happy place and wouldn't want to take you out of it. i usually am rather respectful to people so that's normal behaviour for me. so i guess what i want to say is, the lack of approach could mean that people suck but it could just as well mean the complete opposite
@@hazardeurThe fact that people do not recognize the riff is why they suck. How can you not recognize this masterful riff by the best metal band there is?
@@JerkaBackbeat how would you know if somebody reckognizes it or not, if they don't tell you? also, so simply not knowing it means they suck? you need to smarten up dude
I didn't hear this song until I was 30, but it makes me feel like I'm about 10 years old. Invokes memories of riding my bike around the neighborhood, playing in the woods, staying up late and having Halo LAN parties. Feels like happiness, feels like peace. I miss those feelings so much.
Who tf cutting onions
My whole life is me chasing the feeling of playing halo custom games with the boys
THANKS A LOT... now I have the visual of a pack of 10 year olds riding bmx bikes around listening to Meshuggah and I feel like my childhood is now just not that special anymore... :P
This is literally what ive always wanted :0
Thanks! Makes two of us 😊
Imagine this, You go to see them live, and their encore is this played through & the ending for 20 minutes
I mean is there anything more saint on this earth?
there is something so genuinely beautiful about those last 2 fucking minutes, man. it completely surpasses just being music and becomes a gnawing feeling of transcendence beyond what is known, i am so fucking blown away by how peerless Meshuggah is when it comes to consistency of being at the absolute top of the game
I wholeheartedly share the sentiment and I also need your weed guy's number.
This is their ballad ❤
This suddenly became the hardest song in the world to play
You magnificent bastard, thanks so much for this ❤❤❤
When Meshuggah goes for a more melodic sound, it is INTENSE. The outro to stifled is a good example of how beautiful they can make ambient music, and theres also a section on Catch 33 where they do something similar to this song's outro. Its around 2:56 on the track In Death - Is Death.
The ending part of Sublevels is the most sinister and dark soundscape I've ever heard. Like getting a view of Hell or something.
truth
Yo sick I’m getting into Meshuggah and recommendation like this really help
My most favorite track on the album!
Thanks for sharing. I have generally avoided Meshuggah because of their screaming, but these songs have some of the most incredible riffs! Love it
Thank you so much for contributing to make this world a better place everyday.
❤
I've always wanted straws pulled at random to play as they lower my casket into the ground. This is the version that will play at the after party.
Glad I found so many people who love this as much as I do.
Meshugah inspired me to get a 5 string .absolutely legendary man
Glad to see that there are many people having a strong conection with this passage, it is beyond words... Thx for this 🙌
I'm amazed that this exists. Thank you!
This video is the only reason I get any work done. Thank you.
Impressive how we all thought this should exist and here we all are. A collective.
The perfect track for drum practice!
This is much better than rain sounds, thanks man!!!
One of the most iconic sections of music in history, this will be played at my funeral.
This is the musical equivalent of gazing a starry sky for hours thinking on the infinite.
wow. perfect for this instropective friday night, watching the constellations above my head while my sister's ghost walks around
Well, life is officially made for me now. Been waiting for this longer than for my daughter to be born 😅
It is an expected family tradition to at least djent by 3 months of age 😂
Yeah but did you listen to this while she was being born?
@@YouKnowItMang I tried. Nurses wouldn’t let me bring my Bluetooth speaker in the delivery room
Sounds like you were wearing a "scary" Meshuggah tee shirt when you asked lol@@keatoncollins2013 congrats on the baby!
damn, this competes with the best post-metal has to offer
What a wicked Vibe, a New Special Defects album based on this grove and Tempo would be a god send.
This makes me feel 17 again. The album as a whole took a while to sink in, but this track and this section hit me hard.
Even just one repeat of the last part is a beautiful gift for my soul.. but here I am, 2.5 hours in, preparing for transcendence..
Everyone wanted this but were too afraid to ask
Finally someone that love this song even more than I do. Thank you very much for your efforts.
this is everything I've ever wanted
Unironically thank you, man. This is one of the few passages in music that literally cannot get boring
This is what I listen when I have to study. It calms you down while keeping you motivated
Its a snowy thursday evening in the land of Meshuggah. RUclips gives me this while Im making the dishes. Give me so good vibes I will go to my drums and just jam along. Thank you Riccardo!
Have needed this FOR YEARS.
You’re a genius, thank you.
I believe this put me into some sort of memory trance when driving to work today. Strange feeling.
you watch that traffic boi
Jens Kidman in Meshuggah performance of "Pulling Straws at Random" from their re-issued album "Nothing." The video can be found on the DVD portion of the re-release of "Nothing." and online at 4:34. it's exactly that
I always listen to this song at least once everyday and that last part always gets me through the hard shit of the day, imagine how i feel with 3h of it. Thank you so much for this...
this is prolly what Thanos felt after he decimated half of all living life, sitting gon the step at his garden, looking at the sun, breathing the air of his success
Sometimes you don't realize something is missing until you find it.
Me watching this video for the 87.492th time. I'm pretty sure I'm the single individual that listened the most to this in the whole world! Cheers amico mio, grazie per questa perla!
Listened to this whilst going through hip replacement surgery... Now that I need the other hip done, can go through this masterpiece again. I thank you so much for this!
the outro is gorgeous and deep! there is something about tuning half step down. idk what the fuck it is but its eternal once you hit that sound! thank you!
this and the end of Floods from Pantera are two of my favorite beautiful heavy metal song endings. would love more suggestions
Aspiration by After the Burial gives off a similar beautiful/melancholic vibe, in everything but the outro
It's hard to say no when you've got a gun to my head by Thirty Called Arson. Brilliant non-4/4 breakdown outro, but it's the random melodic part at 28 seconds which is magical.
Detox by Strapping Young Lad
C.S. Lucky-One by Hopesfall
I Don't Need This by The Sawtooth Grin
...is this a compromise by Haste
Man the ramparts by Botch
Memphis will be laid to waste by Norma Jean
Weights by Everything Everything. Not metal, but still an awesome outro
David De La Hoz by The Chariot.
There are probably loads more, but I had a lot of fun compiling this. Hope you get something good out of it.
In your Words - Lamb of God
Bloodbath - Hades rising
You're welcome
the ends of "the lotus eaters" by nevermore. or the titel track of that abum. or basically any song of the album. it also trumps any of the suggestions below by a mile, ,that's how good it is
Man...
... I could listen to the last part for 10 hours!
It has always made me feel about my favorite band ever : MAGMA from france.
I’ve read somewhere that the musicians from Meshuggah were also huge fans of this band.
Love the nether ending loop of this mystical part. When something is so good and inspired, you don’t want it to stop.
Cheers for the weird idea.
I wish they had a few more beautiful moments like this. Uplifting, groovy, and mesmerizing.
Don consider at as uplifting while it takes me to a spiral trip within blackhole.
@@naimislam1019 idk when the solo, hits i feel like im flying thru clouds, but im sure we’re both right.
10 hour version when?
Thank you for posting this. Really.
Incredible! A whole group of people who also adore this passage, and believe Meshuggah should've pursued this style more! We need to send them the link so they can see all the love that this bit got. Let's make our voices heard 😆
*add to playlist
it's so comforting seeing others out there in the world with the same exact mental issues i have. thank you for your contribution!
this is like playing the last 2 minutes of pantera's Floods for 3 hrs. orgasmic.
The one time I can think of in the modern Meshuggah period when they actually play around using chords in an actual major-derived scale (it’s a minor mode, Dorian).
Well there is this section in Clockworks
@@Garrakx What section what?
There's also something like a Gmaj7/D in Nostrum, around 5:10 !
I think my name makes it absolutely obvious why I'm here lol
there is some chords around 2:50@@seansullivan3666
I'm glad that I'm not the only one here. Years ago I did the same for myself, but not that long and never have thought that someone else would like it. Thanks man!
I didn't realize how much i needed this
Personally, that outro section is the best thing to have ever been composed in metal
My Skullcrusher Evos with the bass maxed are melting my brain right now, and I love it!
I want to float in a warm pool with my eyes closed while this plays forever
I've always enjoyed this song and especially its meandering ending, but I never knew I needed it for three hours until today
Usually Meshuggah is absolutely brutal. Crushing. The weight of the universe rearranging your atoms into a condensed mush. This is one of the truly transcendent moments of Meshuggah where they made something that’s just beautiful. Hopeful even. One of the most incredible pieces they’ve made. It’s still heavy as fuck, but it’s absolutely beautiful. And it sounds just as good with an acoustic guitar, or trombone even. One of my top 5 Meshuggah songs.
Meshuggah is a generational gift. We are lucky.
Very meditative 🙏 This specific remix of this specific track was long needed. Would love to hear Fredrik do new improv's over-top this long ending.
Hello there! I'm writing you from year 3025! Can't believe our world anthem was taken from this passage!! Hope you guys are all doing good now that pandemics and wars are over... or was that 2025? Lmk in the comments!
I sleep to this all the time, thanks for making it 💜
Aw, you didn't have to give me anything for my birthday, but how thoughtful of you!
This video is the sole greatest reason for youtube to exist
Came here out of curiosity and was surprised how after 3h I'm still not tired of this. Incredible!
I tip my hat for you sir who spotted this gap among the things that must exist. Thank you.
This is one of my all time favorites. This whole album is flawless
Thank you! There are also other Meshuggah end-parts that I would wanted to have looped into infinity. "Phantoms" for example,
Ligature Marks
This video got me through all of my college applications!
its fascinating that it didn't get boring for a single moment out of the three hours
I'm picturing the guitar solo as a Dog from the future who'd never have the ability to master the art of dialoguing with human with words but instead learned how to perfectly transcript its emotions through the notes of its guitar. It's a Cane Corso doggo breed as I see it. Fan since 1990.
"Your favorite drummer's favorite drummer"
He viajado a otros mundos, muy lejos, pero Meshuggah sigue sonando...
You're a saint for this
I always thought this song should have been the last song on the album, because it sounds like the end of all things. It would have been the perfect closer.
One of the best Meshuggah passages. Ever.
Ok, but if I were in Meshuggah, I would've done this one day at practice. Imagine the vibe. Fredrik doing different things in the solo each go around, Tomas adding in fills and chops where he feels like it, maybe Dick do something cool, Marten doing a solo. The vibe is so good for it all
Lyrics: "I am your god." *repeated throughout the entire guitar solo*
Surprised you didn’t use the image from the thumbnail in the actual video; it would’ve been cool to look at while listening to this. ESPECIALLY if there was an animated version.
So awesome that you did this. Really helps to lock in on one of Haake’s best grooves. Excellent for practice. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
I have listened to this daily. Sometimes twice. It's perfect for doing chores and studying. But as I slowly descend into my shugah madness, I think I prefer everything before obzen tbh. Least as of now
dear mr Riccardo I salute you!