Dude, I’ve studied drums for years, absorbed every Meshuggah record, and have seen them live a handful of times. I still have only “ideas” of wtf Tomas is doing.
Did you ever see the interview where he talked about having nerve damage in his leg around the time they were slated to tour Koloss? He couldn't keep time on the bass and almost scrapped it
Chunkiest guitar sound of all time. The rhythm guitar guy can do it all by himself, but when both guitars become synced, the sound is over the top. True professionals. Unbelievably clean for a live track. They redefined what it means to rock.
@@moai6760 it wasn't edited it was recorded off the mix board. Essentially hearing exactly what it would have sounded like without the acoustics of the room or the crowd and other standing waves in the vicinity
@@andreideaconu7232 i believe ever since the early 2010s (2012 ish?) they've been using click track in ear monitors live so they could very precise and in time with the programmed lights. You might notice that Tomas no longer counts down with a cymbal before a song, that is because the click track counts down for them. That or Meshuggah actually has psychic powers to communicate with each other before each song and count down telepathically, or they could alsobe robots. or just be total badasses that they don't need a countdown to start a song simultaneously
The kid at 3:52 would literally be my reaction if I saw Meshuggah live, you don’t know whether to head bang or just stare and soak it in cause these guys are so mesmerizing, it’s like watching gods perform on stage!
First time ever even *heard* 'em bois was first row Brutal Assault 2013... Only recollection of events: brain couldn't understand what body was dancing to, but then one of 'em deeper selves stopped the worrying and encouraged the banging. Been scarred for life since. Whenever a headache kicks in, it gets best kicked out to this track's Ophidian Trek's version. Best sounding album discovered thus far... Life's not been the same since. It's been better: I've found the "Play" button. Meshuggah srly gud bois. ✊🏽
What I find absolutely amazing it that these guys sound friggin incredible live. Clean, tight, on the money and Jen's vocals are better then on the records. For music this heavy, it's pretty unbelievable. Yo!
***** This is because, not only are they very good musicians, but also is their music quiet simple, not over-arranged with many details. They have a simple receipe : no chords, no melody/harmony, groove/weird synched rythmics, and a fucking soul in it. As a consequence, in live, there is no technical limit ^^. This band is certainly the most innovative music act since 20 years.
+Jérémy Belin I don't agree with you Jerem (je suis français aussi mais je parlerai en anglais pour que tout le monde comprenne). The technique resides in groove. To play these stuffs, you've got to have an extremely good sense of tempo. It's difficult playing syncoped rythm and especially off-beats insofar as it's very strict (rigorous). Take a look at The mouth licking what you've bled or Dancers to a discordant system. These guys are all alive metronomes. It might be simple compared to death metal bands, but let me tell you it's very hard to keep the time correct for the whole song when you play it.
+Zbim Bam of course it's still difficult to play, but far away from technical death metal like Obscura or Spawn Of Possession for example. Thinking that brutal death metal is just about speed is often a big mistake (depends on the band of course). Polyrithmics are also in speed oriented death metal bands, which is more difficult to play. But Meshuggah, with its slow paced extreme metal, has huuuge amount of grooves, not the case for extreme death metal ^^.
Or Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index, Pig Destroyer :P But I meant compared to speed, it's sure Meshuggah seems little beside. However it's much groovier ;)
For real! Especially Jens's half-voice-half-growl being replaced with full-fledged growling here. And the breakdown at 4:08... Bruuuuh this is ear crack.
The sound technician for this concert should be given an Oscar. Or a Pulitzer. A Nobel works too. The mix sounds mmmmassive here. Everything is perfectly compressed, every instrument is understandable, the punch is enough to make out each note but also enough to distort them brutally... Meshuggah bases its style on low sounds, but the way the guitar solo sounds so clear... And then 3:18 hits with all its fucking might. And it's all destruction from then on. It's a fucking piece of rhythmic art, is what it is
I make sure I listen to this song at least once or twice a week. I may start listening to it more. Love it. Don't understand why people don't listen to metal like this more. It's so relaxing.
He’s a great dude,as is his brother. Met them a couple times in Philly. Haakes brother came up w Thordendals guitar effect as well,which is a cool fact.
I was not very into meshuggah before. I knew it was incredible music but was not exactly my tastes. Too complex, too much informations sort of say. And then I heard the rim shot at 4:20 followed by this sick as shit riff ! Been a huge meshuggah fan ever since.
That last part of the song....soooooo many metal bands from the past 15 years owns these guys some fucking respect. I love for instance, after the burial but their riff on "bread crumbs and white stones" sounds so similar.
When I'm 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I will be listening to Chaosphere. And my family will say to me, 'After all this time?' And I will say, 'Always."
The outro is so intense that's like if you'r back from hell , all this heavy power with only medium/low tempo..... that's unreal .. really big respect for this guy \m/ And awesome recording !!
There are really few people who have realised how great this song is. Also, talking about the album itself, it has a perfect composition and sounds amazing, but beyond that it has a peculiarity: This album still remains incomprehensible to the audience. To clarify my thoughts a bit, if this album came out in the year 2045, it would be ahead of its time. And to think that it was released in 1998 is beyond explanation. This album is at least 50 years ahead of its time.
Tomas Haake is a MONSTER undoubtedly and is definitely the reason behind why #MESHUGGAH sounds so monstrous and the snare that he uses - SONOR bell bronze (discontinued now) ...OMG that sounds so killer and cuts amazingly well to the mix ...
Listening to the track and then watching them play it live are two different experiences. Jesus fucking cyanide Christ. I've seen em do it twice myself in person!
Meshuggah is the only group that slays me to the point that when I listen to them on TH-cam or whatever sometimes it's almost TOO good and I need to stop it ..damn ...
@Toaster135 I thought the whole idea of a polyrhythm was that the 2 beats in different time measures both end at the same time, thus creating an odd time signature.
i feel like they sped it up to fast but it happens live when that adrenaline is flowing almost impossible to not speed up. still kick ass breakdown and i just broke everything in room.
![Meshuggah - Bleed [Alive DVD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/f1hmI4eqzps/mqdefault.jpg)
I am almost completelly sure hakke was raised by clocks
Dude, I’ve studied drums for years, absorbed every Meshuggah record, and have seen them live a handful of times. I still have only “ideas” of wtf Tomas is doing.
He plays 2 songs at once.
Dudes a beast
ahahaahahahaha
Did you ever see the interview where he talked about having nerve damage in his leg around the time they were slated to tour Koloss? He couldn't keep time on the bass and almost scrapped it
As Beavis once said "The only thing that's cooler than bands that get lots of chicks is bands that scare chicks"
Meshuggah is a clear example of this
The end part could last forever, I would never get bored of it...
The heaviest outro ever!
@@pablotrujillofierro4435 This and Remembrance by Gojira
@@Gojira214 agreed! Remembrance outro sounds like gun machines! beautiful chaos
@@pablotrujillofierro4435 Oh for sure bro. Good stuff, eh?
Best breakdown ever 🤤
That's a strange looking pencil he's using for the vocals.
+Soulkey sbr same pen as in the very expensive music video
Probably they gave back that to that billionaire. You know, that was from his special collection
@@serhat6181 ah yes. The pencil of doom.
Chunkiest guitar sound of all time. The rhythm guitar guy can do it all by himself, but when both guitars become synced, the sound is over the top. True professionals. Unbelievably clean for a live track. They redefined what it means to rock.
+OMAC I totally agree even though you probably know that the whole concert was edited to bring a better sound into the DVD.
+Hoxton Larrington Yes, I know. I have the album. Fantastic recording (and editing).
OMAC yeah I haven’t heard anything this tight since AC/DC
they dont rock neither do they metal, they black hole
@@moai6760 it wasn't edited it was recorded off the mix board. Essentially hearing exactly what it would have sounded like without the acoustics of the room or the crowd and other standing waves in the vicinity
An atomic clock's precision is questionable in comparison to Meshuggah's.
pktgfishbone i can't believe they're not using in-ear monitors
@@andreideaconu7232 allegedly, they don't record to click either...or so the legend goes...
@@andreideaconu7232 i believe ever since the early 2010s (2012 ish?) they've been using click track in ear monitors live so they could very precise and in time with the programmed lights. You might notice that Tomas no longer counts down with a cymbal before a song, that is because the click track counts down for them. That or Meshuggah actually has psychic powers to communicate with each other before each song and count down telepathically, or they could alsobe robots. or just be total badasses that they don't need a countdown to start a song simultaneously
they make clocks for the NASA spacial program.
@@virnalinebrida-sunga7748 the lighs isnt really programmed, a crazy dude controls it
2:40 - Tomas falls into a trance playing his own beat. That's god-tier mastery.
goosebumps
This sounds like an intergalactic laser beam war. SO DAMN HEAVY.
feels like some gears of war shit. imagine how intense that could be
HAHAHAHAHAH
you would not believe that this song came out in 1998 would u???
The kid at 3:52 would literally be my reaction if I saw Meshuggah live, you don’t know whether to head bang or just stare and soak it in cause these guys are so mesmerizing, it’s like watching gods perform on stage!
First time ever even *heard* 'em bois was first row Brutal Assault 2013...
Only recollection of events: brain couldn't understand what body was dancing to, but then one of 'em deeper selves stopped the worrying and encouraged the banging.
Been scarred for life since. Whenever a headache kicks in, it gets best kicked out to this track's Ophidian Trek's version. Best sounding album discovered thus far...
Life's not been the same since. It's been better: I've found the "Play" button.
Meshuggah srly gud bois.
✊🏽
😂😂😂😂
Get a balcony, center, and bask yourself in the strobes.
If you're a mosh whimp, like me, there is no better substitute experience.
I saw them with tool twice. It was bad ass
Misha from periphery says it all the time “they’re the only band that hypnotises people”
4:08 has to be the most underrated outro to any metal song. everyone needs to here this shit lmao
hear* lol
It's legit one of my favorite breakdowns of all time
You got the point, bro. Arguably heaviest shit I've heard in my fucking life.
Breakdowns are a gift from heavy metal Jesus for sure 🤟
Loudwire placed this outro in number 3 in "10 greatest breakdowns of all time"
That verse riff never gets old. One of Meshuggah's greatest songs!
see I need people like you in my life that understands the assrippingamzzingballsness of that riff. your comment gave me peace
Absolutely flawless.
I just like you
So much power and precision
I have been playing the breakdown at 4:08 over and over and over and over again. Can’t stop…
Bu-bu-but...
WHERE'S THE PEN!???
And why arent they playing with air
Your fraze is like a main riff
Dj-dj-dj
Djent_djent-djent
I don't know where the pen is.
0:11 "Oh what's this? Smells so good"
hahaha made my day
Lmaooo
Is it... is that... Juice I'm smelling?
3:19 is so fucking good. unbelievable how they raise the energy another notch after the solo and everything that came before that.
What I find absolutely amazing it that these guys sound friggin incredible live. Clean, tight, on the money and Jen's vocals are better then on the records. For music this heavy, it's pretty unbelievable.
Yo!
***** This is because, not only are they very good musicians, but also is their music quiet simple, not over-arranged with many details. They have a simple receipe : no chords, no melody/harmony, groove/weird synched rythmics, and a fucking soul in it. As a consequence, in live, there is no technical limit ^^. This band is certainly the most innovative music act since 20 years.
+Jérémy Belin I don't agree with you Jerem (je suis français aussi mais je parlerai en anglais pour que tout le monde comprenne). The technique resides in groove. To play these stuffs, you've got to have an extremely good sense of tempo. It's difficult playing syncoped rythm and especially off-beats insofar as it's very strict (rigorous). Take a look at The mouth licking what you've bled or Dancers to a discordant system. These guys are all alive metronomes. It might be simple compared to death metal bands, but let me tell you it's very hard to keep the time correct for the whole song when you play it.
+Zbim Bam of course it's still difficult to play, but far away from technical death metal like Obscura or Spawn Of Possession for example. Thinking that brutal death metal is just about speed is often a big mistake (depends on the band of course). Polyrithmics are also in speed oriented death metal bands, which is more difficult to play. But Meshuggah, with its slow paced extreme metal, has huuuge amount of grooves, not the case for extreme death metal ^^.
Or Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index, Pig Destroyer :P But I meant compared to speed, it's sure Meshuggah seems little beside. However it's much groovier ;)
+Zbim Bam exactly ! These guys puts maybe 4 different notes in their guitar lines, not more....but it's fuckingly efficient as hell!
My god!! Sounds better than the record
Like comparing apples to oranges
I personally like it more just mainly due to the production and Jens evolved here it feels like@@Sneak248
For real! Especially Jens's half-voice-half-growl being replaced with full-fledged growling here.
And the breakdown at 4:08...
Bruuuuh this is ear crack.
My depression was cured for four minutes and 49 seconds.
Mile0 then it came back??
MATY, do drugs
Same brother
Mile0 the violent sleep of reason should end your depression permanently.
this comment is underated
Never seen a comment more relatable than this....
one of my favourite Meshuggah songs. never get tired of it
The sound technician for this concert should be given an Oscar. Or a Pulitzer. A Nobel works too.
The mix sounds mmmmassive here. Everything is perfectly compressed, every instrument is understandable, the punch is enough to make out each note but also enough to distort them brutally... Meshuggah bases its style on low sounds, but the way the guitar solo sounds so clear... And then 3:18 hits with all its fucking might. And it's all destruction from then on.
It's a fucking piece of rhythmic art, is what it is
How can they all look so calm, they're insane
Sounds so much better played with their 8-string guitars and with this mix. The bass guitar is so much more audible.
Manny Padilla
same
one of the sickest video openings i've ever seen
From 3:56 is one of the most EPIC screams I've ever heard what a battle cry!!!
I love that shot at 3:52 of the kid just memorized by the awesomeness.
I make sure I listen to this song at least once or twice a week. I may start listening to it more. Love it. Don't understand why people don't listen to metal like this more. It's so relaxing.
Easily the most substantial metal band on the planet.
they're a good response to all dumbass elitists
They have the best rhythm I've ever heard. They play around that 4/4 beat so well...
I think Albert Einstein listens to Meshuggah.
I'm sorry I might be the first to inform you, but Mr. Einstein has been dead for quite a while now, and it started way before meshuggah was born...
boy its a joke
Dlxmz 14 he made a joke aswell
Haake is Einstein reincarnate
r/woosh
The only kind of music the descendants of vikings could create. Wait...ABBA.
hahaha, you got an upvote for the factual based laughs!
And I LOVE ABBA as well...
ABBATH*
Great thing metal fans usually love ABBA! I know i do:)
As a metal head, I fucking love ABBA
that slow descent with the camera at the begin is just perfect
One of the most heavier and sick breakdown in heavy metal.
Regarding Haake: I like all the ghost noting on the snare. We don´t hear it but it obviously makes them (us) swing!
Hear that! The best thing about Meshuggah is how much groove Haake brings.
GOD this song is heavy. Meshuggah leaves no survivors.
hello you sweet old bearded man, what do you do?
oh i play drums for meshuggah
*backs away slowly*
ElectroWench hahaha
@ElectroWench Haake is brutal!
He’s a great dude,as is his brother. Met them a couple times in Philly. Haakes brother came up w Thordendals guitar effect as well,which is a cool fact.
Look shocked and move slowly towards the door.
The easiest way to love this band is to watch this dvd. Every song sounds better than studio version. Absolutely unbelievable....
The ending to this track gets me EVERYTIME!! 💓
I was not very into meshuggah before. I knew it was incredible music but was not exactly my tastes. Too complex, too much informations sort of say.
And then I heard the rim shot at 4:20 followed by this sick as shit riff !
Been a huge meshuggah fan ever since.
I will never get tired of watching this video
It's like listening to 2 songs at the same time and it makes me fucking insane.
The bit after the solo! DISCIPLES!
My head ALWAYS bangs - it's a reflex, I swear...!!!
so sick everytime!!
The best kind of headbanging is synchronized headbanging with your bros. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
4:28 wow I never thought ghost notes can give goosebumps
Never noticed that till just now, fuck yeah
It's how he keeps time. He's a clock with a huge dick who plays drums with 5 limbs.
Soul dick
Pioneers.
This is such a an incredible performance. Absolute mastery on all fronts.
My eeeeaaaarsssss!!!!! They just witness the true power of beautifullness!
That outro... one of the greatest breakdown ever.
This song's outro is God's entry music.
This is the first time i listened to clean, melodic yet heavy sound without compromising noise since Lamb Of God....True Innovators
I listen to this song 63 hours a day. And I love it
nothing is more precise than this band, all damn on perfect time, not a single mistake.
That last part of the song....soooooo many metal bands from the past 15 years owns these guys some fucking respect. I love for instance, after the burial but their riff on "bread crumbs and white stones" sounds so similar.
2020 anyone ?
I'm listening from 2030.
Hang on suka
yyyyyyes sir
When I'm 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I will be listening to Chaosphere. And my family will say to me, 'After all this time?' And I will say, 'Always."
Shut up
This song is the "You Really Got Me" of metal
Interesting parallel. Must dig it.
Why?
can't see it
I get it 👍
I think you need to stay off the drugs lol
Better than the album. After all this time they still give me chills.
best metal band BAR NONE!!!
The outro is so intense that's like if you'r back from hell , all this heavy power with only medium/low tempo..... that's unreal .. really big respect for this guy \m/
And awesome recording !!
Meshuggah are the miracle of intelligence.
There are really few people who have realised how great this song is.
Also, talking about the album itself, it has a perfect composition and sounds amazing, but beyond that it has a peculiarity: This album still remains incomprehensible to the audience.
To clarify my thoughts a bit, if this album came out in the year 2045, it would be ahead of its time.
And to think that it was released in 1998 is beyond explanation.
This album is at least 50 years ahead of its time.
I listen to this every morning as an inspiration in life, I mean it.
Tomas Haake is a MONSTER undoubtedly and is definitely the reason behind why #MESHUGGAH sounds so monstrous and the snare that he uses - SONOR bell bronze (discontinued now) ...OMG that sounds so killer and cuts amazingly well to the mix ...
Theres a video somewhere of them performing this with just pencils. Amazing.
The music video. Its literally perfect
My favorite Meshuggah song ever.
The fact they don’t wanna play this anymore is disappointing 😢
It’s my dying wish to hear ANYTHING from Chaosphere live..!
One of my favorite Meshuggah songs. Chaosphere is so f'n EPIC its ridiculous. I'm still in awe.
3:52 Bro was mesmerized
Literally it’s either vicious head banging or this; there’s no in between. I’m still both whenever I see them
4:20 Me and my bros when my mom says we can get McDonald’s:
what a style bro.....they are perfect
the skill it takes to play this level of complexity so tightly & cleanly is mindboggling!
The end needs no end. Just keep going bro
Listening to the track and then watching them play it live are two different experiences. Jesus fucking cyanide Christ. I've seen em do it twice myself in person!
Are these guys even human?
They never were😂
Outro was so heavy my headphones fell off and went straight through the floor 🔥🔥🔥
4:08 Holy shit
wow. super tight performance. love it. great work guys
*infinite level of respect*
I am sure this has been said, but it is almost unreal and scary how clean and clear they sound live. I just can't believe it half the time.
They have ruined live music for me, in the best way possible
@@ToluRobertson they toured in italy yet nobody of my friends wanted to come with me. Better go alone next time
Meshuggah is the only group that slays me to the point that when I listen to them on TH-cam or whatever sometimes it's almost TOO good and I need to stop it ..damn ...
better than the blackest coffee to wake you up!
04:19 OH FUCK!
I like the studio version better, it keeps going and going. Lol. \m/
Fuck I love Meshuggah dude
Loki: I have an army
Meshuggah: We have Tomas Haake
My favorite Meshuggah song 🎧
4:10! one of my all time favourite grooves
I STILL bang this... angrilly 🤘
I love these guys and the music they make... it makes me laugh that they captivate their audience so much that most of them don't mosh.
Thanks For Uploading this my friend!!! i'm getting the DVD as soon as i can!!!!
Why is this video so low volume
4:10 i can listen this over and over again
Fuck this is as heavy as a fucking neutron star!!!
it sounds like black hole xD
Ain't that one of the best metal song ever ?! I've probably listened to it a hundred times and still love it
This song is so fun to play on drums!
@Toaster135 I thought the whole idea of a polyrhythm was that the 2 beats in different time measures both end at the same time, thus creating an odd time signature.
I love the sound of this over the album
This song crushes everytime!!!! One of the greatest!!!
My God
4:08 Try not to headbang challenge, difficulty level: Meshuggah.
👀 +⬆️⬆️=Jens Kidman
i feel like they sped it up to fast but it happens live when that adrenaline is flowing almost impossible to not speed up. still kick ass breakdown and i just broke everything in room.