After years of convincing myself that Bleed is the best Meshuggah song, I have finally come to terms with myself that every Meshuggah song is the best Meshuggah song.
My two favorite drummers, Danny Carey and Tomas. Carey feels like an angel who descended from the sky with his intuitive polyrhythms and spiritual playing. Haake on the other hand plays like he's powering some machinery in the depths of hell.
Imagine being a china symbal fresh out of the factory. As you’re placed into a box for shipping you catch a glimpse of the address tag. And it says Tomas Haake.
Haake may have an autistic savant (for rhythym; like Einstein for physics) in which his brain is structured differently such that theorising and practising complex polyrhythym is not so difficult but rather comes quickly and naturally to him.
To me, this is his defining moment. I know a lot of people say Bleed and maybe it had a bigger initial impact, but this song in particular just blows me away like nothing else.
@@YourHeartIsAGrave totally agree. Bleed is an amazing achievement but I think it's more of an endurance test. I think Clockworks is a more dynamic display of his ability, like you said.
He is polyrhythmic maniac (in a good way). I am astounded by how he can drum so intricately but not get distracted by the rest of the band. Just by hearing the drums, I can tell that the song is played with polymeters. Or when each member of the band plays in a different time signatures.
I've been coming here for two years and this shit still makes my jaw drop to the floor. These levels of precision and coordination are well beyond human, this guy is a fucking machine
He is very relaxed. He is actually grooving the whole time, like an R&R or jazz drummer. That is the thing that separates him from other metalist/heavy drummers. And there are lots of ghost notes and subtle accents in his dynamics. He is also a composer and lyricist as well as being a highly accomplished musician. The volient sound and extreme nature of the music tends to "hide" some of these factors. One counter-intuitive way to appreciate him, and the the band more, is to turn the volume way down and listen attentively, as an "objective observer". Later, you can "get into it" and "go crazy". Peace.
Yes, he struggles sometimes. Sure. And he says that in Bleed he has to use triggers, but only for that track. But his overall approach is to remain relaxed. All the great drummers use this skill.
Totally agree with your groove and ghost notes point. That makes a huge difference. Plus, he's not overplaying on his cymbals, just hitting them so they sound exactly like they should, not like other metal or rock drummers who keep smashing them hard all the time.
What I like most about him is that he isn't like most metal drummers in that all he relies on is ridiculous BPM and blast beats. He has the subtly of a jazz drummer. It is all in the offbeats and wrists.
My favorite metal drummers are actually those with a jazzy feeling just like you mentioned... Tomas Haake, Sean Reinert, Danny Carey, Brann Dailor etc...
This album feels faster in tempo, more organic, more band chemistry, more sophisticated and compositionally dense, than previous records. A masterpiece of the Meshuggah style. I couldn't be more satisfied.
Well said. It's so insane in it's composition, I agree - this song alone has got me all bent up in the intricacy of time they're, literally, toying with. Fucking brilliant and no one can compare. I see them in Denver in about a week.
I saw mushuggah live in Atlanta, Georgia while they promoted “Violent Sleep of Reason”. I became transfixed on Tomas Haake about halfway through the show. That dude is a fucking monster. That complex of a style of drumming, relentlessly, for about an hour and a half. Mind blowing. That show had me in a pleasurable daze from beginning to end, and Tomas was the machine that drove it hard.
When I first saw him play, I was extremely surprised by how many ghost notes he keeps throwing in. I now think that they’re there to help him keep tempo and memorise the rhythms (he mentioned before that he sees Meshuggah as straight 4/4 but with fucked up bars). Things are starting to make more sense now. He’s still a cyborg.
i love the dudes modesty. go and watch a interview and you have to smile. he never claims to know his stuff. in one interview he said how he enjoys tool despite having no idea what is happening rythmically and that understanding music is not necessary to enjoy it. he comes of like a real fan of music without sounding like some stupid elitist.
@@ethanmorrow4241 Indeed, you really have to concentrate, especially the first few times you hear it. Then after a while you can dig along to the flow of the groove.
Thank you Nuclear Blast & Meshuggah & Tomas Haake. This is exactly the kind of stuff real fans want to see. I don't take it for granted you guys posted this, you easily could not have but it is MUCH appreciated. We'd also love to see guitar playthroughs as well, maybe next time.
That´s what I call intelligent drumming, I haven´t seen anything like that. The tempos are always odd and he nails them all the time, that is what amazes me, the precision, brutality and taste. That playing is inhuman!!!!!!! What I love is that he makes it look so easy, he is like playing two songs at once.
I know its great. My dad showed me stuff like Matt Cameron, Danny Carey, Bill Bruford, and Matt Garstka and now I've stumbled across this. This type of music always seems to amaze me.
In 1996, in my long search for the next awesome band, I was lucky enough stumble onto Meshuggah. I bought DEI on a hope and a prayer that maybe this band might be the cutting edge, evolution of metal I was looking for. Turned out to be just that. I sat down, I istened to it, and my mind was blown. All these years later, they are still the cutting edge. Hail Haake. Unbelievable what he does. So bad ass.
Everything you hear here was recorded in one take, EVERYTHING. That's how good a drummer Tomas is, he doesn't need a band - he just plays and the universe answers back!
Here's some advice to all drummers: Speed never matters when drumming What matters is coordination and separation of limbs And don't try to sound better than Tomas Haake, try to sound better than the way you played the other day because if you do that then someday you may even sound better than Tomas Haake because he didn't do this shit in one night Just saying this too cuz personally I haven't heard anyone say this is easy but I've seen too many people try it thinking they did it right But anyway this song is FIRE
You will never be Tomas Hakke, you will never be Chad Smith, you will never be Buddy Rich but, you will ALWAYS be yourself. Do better only for you, nobody else. This way, you always see improvement, instead of striving for the impossible.
Chad Smith is a seriously recognised player, it wasn't a comparison it was a fact. Comparing players to each other or yourself is a totally pointless exercise. It's about expressing who you are and what you want to say to the world. Haake is a phenomenal player but you wouldn't find him playing the kind of music Chad Smith plays.. they aren't the same person. How else do you think music finds it's way to uniqueness?
yeah ok man. thank you sir wise one. I will forever be enlightened by your extreme wisdom...………… LMAO dude I can probably slap polyrhythms around you for days..... I'm tired of your types, always something to prove LOL.... but thanks for the couple of absolutely retarded comments, I got quite the chuckle. Chad Smith doesn't TOUCH Haake. The fact you'd even mention them in the same sentence shows what level you are on. Tah tah grasshopper.
Before someone complains about the cam not synced with the playing in some parts, the playing is still out of this planet. Tomas (and Meshuggah) recorded this album live, so some parts do not correspond to what you see in the video (like on 1:50 where he's hitting a crash, and you're hearing a china). You're hearing the final mix of the song, so some parts were changed during the mixing process, which is totally natural. This guy is my favorite drummer, and this video is just another reason why.
This is a playthrough, this isn't what he recorded for the Violent Sleep of Reason, they didn't changed anything, he was just playing over the final track.
I believe this is what he recorded, buddy. You can see Fredrik on the background and Dick can be seen on the previous video for Nostrum recording as well, so these are takes that went for the album. Maybe it's not the take that was chosen for the album, but he isn't playing over the final track for sure.
Exactly, they did several takes of the songs and then used the parts where it sounded best, but they only filmed like one or two takes. So some parts on the album might be from this specific take, and others not.
Ive watched this countless times. Still floors me. Such precision, such passion. Thank you for everything you’ve given meshuggah. I’ve listened to your albums almost every day without fail for the past 21 years. Sometimes i think its something to do with the roughly seven year cycle of release that makes each meshuggah album have distinct links to sections of my life. Meshuggah has never been just music to me. More like existential sonic psychotherapy. I meditate to it. I go to sleep to it. I train to it. I focus at work to it. Like an itch I must scratch daily. As a half swede you make me wish I had grown up in my mothers country. More MOoooooooRE!!!!!
Haake should've been in Fury Road on top of some monsterous, petrol-guzzling, abomination of a machine; leading the charge to track down the traitors, beating a gigantic, polished chrome drumset to within an inch of it's life & spitting fire.
Meshuggahs music has gotten me through some tough times. It's the only music I focus entirely on it's duration, repeating over and over trying to tap alongside the snares, kicks or guitars. Seriously fun music.
The fluidity of his left leg when the vers starts is f..king HYPNOTIC!! 😳 Must have seen this video a thousand times.. but just noticed it (and now I can’t unsee it) It’s like a metronome and a lava lamp had a baby.
Meshuggah has been incalculably influential to so many metal, "extreme" or not, bands, that you, reader, and I, listen to today, that nothing should ever be said to, or about them, except: "thank you", or "they are legend", respectively. There will never be another Meshuggah, in essence. Time can't and won't allow it. Thank you for the upload, NB, and the 'shuggh. I genuinely love you guys.
Oddly enough, that's one of the easier patterns in the song 😂 play it slow and without the right hand, then add in the right hand over the top of it and increase the tempo as you get it figured out.
I noticed he never hit the big cymbal closest to the camera (far left). I was watching intently to see if he hit it, and just as the song was ending and I was giving up, he hit it RIGHT at the end 😂😂🙌🏽 Legend. I often come back to watch this video and marvel at the glory of it. It's so insane I actually don't even understand what's going on
Incredible. It only just occurred to me, that Haake must have insane physical endurance, akin to that of an athlete. Some shape strategic forms on field, others weave beautifully dark rhythmic structures, to inspire.
gitsurfer27 Messhuggah and his agent, won't allow it. Footwork is radioactive therefore classified Sir. You can hear it, feel it (at a proper distance of course and wearing appropriate gowning). Can't look directly to it.
When I first saw this vid when I was like, 6 I played it EVERY SINGLE DAY and I still watch it an old classic, still my fave meshuggah song,brings back alot of memories thank u meshuggah 4 making this song😄
I sometimes imagine Tomas and I having a sandwich and a beer together, then drumming all the live long day. I don't care if we even speak... I just want to experience the power of this drumming up close. Thank you Tomas for sharing this with the world.
@@jingalls9142 ok so I thought, give this clown 🤡 the benefit of the doubt. But dude you are talking crap. I watched some vids and Max was good for his time which has sadly long passed. Its like saying Hank Marvin is better than Dimebag. Ludicrous
This seems like it should be beyond the realm of plausibility. I feel like this shouldn't even be remotely possible. It's like most drummers keep time with whatever their dominant hand is, but I'm watching him stop tracking time with his dominant hand and temporarily shift to his off-hand - but the fucking right hand is still going away steady while the other half of his cognition is off doing something else without it. And this is all just his hands! We haven't even talked about what's going on with the kicks. Holy fuck, this shouldn't be possible.
That is ridiculously impressive. Grooves the whole way through, really hard, even while bring in a lot of different accent patterns and grooves. Really amazing playing.
I've heard this song a thousand times, yet this is the first time I'm seeing this playthrough. Holy shit. I wish I had the half the talent this man has in one of his pinky toes. To be able to carry those different rhythms and maintain timing that well is incredible. I'm blown away.
Can I point out that the riffage is actually the sickest part in this. Thomas follows those insanely tuned and timed guitar-bass phrases and of course makes the whole thing bond and feel like a waterfall of steel pouring down on you. His technical ability of course is jaw-dropping. But it begins with the riffs.
I think it depends on the song too. For example, for me as well, here it starts with the riff. But in a song like say demiurge I think it's the drum groove that the riff sits on top of
yep, you nailed it. he's just creating around the riffs. hell i thought that's how ALL music progressed through times... LOL Guess that's just the guitarist in me. I have helped MANY drummers become WAY better drummers by teaching them a little theory and structure, but MOST important...??? teach em how to tune a guitar, THEN teach em how to tune their drums... you will see MANY lights come on after THAT session!!!
HOW is it even remotley possible..to come in here..check out the video ,and decide to DISLIKE it?i do not get that AT ALL!! One of my favourite drummers all time!! Love ya ,Tomas and Meshuggah!!!Cheeeers from Norway :)
I am convinced Tomas Haake is a cyborg from outer space sent to guard the Earth, and drumming is just his way of passing the time before he is summoned for his real mission!
After years of convincing myself that Bleed is the best Meshuggah song, I have finally come to terms with myself that every Meshuggah song is the best Meshuggah song.
Clockworks is better than Bleed tbh
Bleed is still the best Meshuggah song for red-light subwoofer showdowns
XD
Disagree strongly, my favorites are Future Breed Machine (Mayhem Version) and Suffer In Truth.
Meshuggah have more then one song?)
He grows his hair that long just so you won’t see the midi cable connected to the back of mans head.
@JM Coulon bundle of fiber optic cable
Jajaja LoL
It's not actually hair, it's a flexible fiber-optic antenna
You mean the charging port? We all know he's a machine.
Its for covering those stiches up. Dudes got metronome with cpu installed next to his brain
My two favorite drummers, Danny Carey and Tomas. Carey feels like an angel who descended from the sky with his intuitive polyrhythms and spiritual playing. Haake on the other hand plays like he's powering some machinery in the depths of hell.
Beautifully said and 100% correct my good man.
holy crap, yes
Dude fuckin spot on!!! Ive always thought the same!
Also be sure to check the Atomic clock himself, Mr. Gene Hoglan.
A 6' 7" angel
Haake is 48 years old and still pulling every Shuggah song of like a beast. Inhuman legend from Sweden. People say Zlatan I say Haake!
Zlatan is a chad, don't talk shit about him.
@@vonbraunprimarch He ain't Haake though
@@vonbraunprimarch They're both Chads in their own field
Think of Danny Carey who was 59 when the vic firth live video of that Tool concert was recorded
@@thomasdecorail8825 Danny and Thomas are like yin and yang lmfao
that sensation when you cannot even air drum this song
the only way to enjoy this song is headbanging
nvm that's fucked up too
You gotta listen to it daily. Every Meshuggah song is a plague in the minds of musicians for weeks at a time. That's the only way to Meshuggah.
Forget that, I can't even just LISTEN and comprehend the drum beat lol
You just gotta do a full body wiggle. It won't be in time, but you'll never realize it
@@ToxicTerrance I finally figured out how to play Break Those Bones on drums, which by Meshuggah standards, is playing a children's lullaby.
Imagine being a china symbal fresh out of the factory. As you’re placed into a box for shipping you catch a glimpse of the address tag. And it says Tomas Haake.
😵😵
If it had a face it'd look like Philip J. Fry's upon finding out he was sentenced to death by snu-snu
Hahahahahahahahaha, can someone pin this holy fuck
Cymbalside
that's how you know you'll be used as a crash
This is truly a testament to what the human mind is capable of. Wtf dude!
Where does it say that Haake is actually human?
Maths. It can do maths.
just remember this man wrote all of this
Haake may have an autistic savant (for rhythym; like Einstein for physics) in which his brain is structured differently such that theorising and practising complex polyrhythym is not so difficult but rather comes quickly and naturally to him.
ha, Testament
4:12 Heaviest riff on the planet, dear god.
Yes, probably hardest piece of music I have ever heard.
It could do a root canal
Portal - Catafalque. Around the 4.20 mark, a riff is unleashed which tears holes in space time.
Gasolina y fósforos.
Fuck yeah. That's the Pantera Groove 🤘🏼
Don't let the view count fool you, the 2 million is just me listening this on repeat for the past 4 years.
You're already fooled, my friend. At least 1 million is because of me.
I've seen many non-metal fans at their shows who just come to witness a god of drumming
Theve come to his house of worship to pay their respects
Longstreths lightning, tomas got thunder tho
@@thegreatwebstar Lord Marco is up there too !
This guy is one of the greatest drummers of all time, I don't care what anybody says
Kyle Robins Also Richard Christy from Death
What about Morgan Ågren?
For real, I don't know who would be better than Tomas and Morgan... In metal.
vetlerradio morgan is more jazzy, theyre just different, both virtuosos
there is a bunch of greatest drummers of all time. end of discussion
To me, this is his defining moment. I know a lot of people say Bleed and maybe it had a bigger initial impact, but this song in particular just blows me away like nothing else.
@@YourHeartIsAGrave totally agree. Bleed is an amazing achievement but I think it's more of an endurance test. I think Clockworks is a more dynamic display of his ability, like you said.
this is my favorite meshuggah song, obzen is perfect in every way but this song fucking owns!!
This song kicks fuckin ass, but Bleed hits _different._ it's literally meditative.
@@sourbrothers73HitS dIfFerEnT
@@sourbrothers73hItS DiFfErEnT
Interesting fact: The Global Positioning Satellite system takes it's master clock from Tomas Hakke's right hand.
Another interesting fact: God keeps time (and space) by listening to Tomas Haake.
I'm just glad it's not his left hand!
Also, when I requestanimationframe in Javascript...Tomas IS THE FRAME
Normally drummers use metronomes to keep time. But how metronomes know if the timing is right?...................... They use Tomas Haake.
guitarplayer1234 haha right!
I'm blown away. How on earth does his body parts move so independently? Literally one of the top best drummers out there.
Body control and practice
Do something for 32+ years and you can master anything!
He is polyrhythmic maniac (in a good way). I am astounded by how he can drum so intricately but not get distracted by the rest of the band. Just by hearing the drums, I can tell that the song is played with polymeters. Or when each member of the band plays in a different time signatures.
This is like the extreme version of the whole tap your head rub your stomach thing
Insane practice and dedication.
I've been coming here for two years and this shit still makes my jaw drop to the floor. These levels of precision and coordination are well beyond human, this guy is a fucking machine
He is very relaxed. He is actually grooving the whole time, like an R&R or jazz drummer. That is the thing that separates him from other metalist/heavy drummers. And there are lots of ghost notes and subtle accents in his dynamics. He is also a composer and lyricist as well as being a highly accomplished musician. The volient sound and extreme nature of the music tends to "hide" some of these factors. One counter-intuitive way to appreciate him, and the the band more, is to turn the volume way down and listen attentively, as an "objective observer". Later, you can "get into it" and "go crazy". Peace.
watch from 4:00.. hes not relaxed lol. he even said clockworks is the hardest track hes done to date
Yes, he struggles sometimes. Sure. And he says that in Bleed he has to use triggers, but only for that track. But his overall approach is to remain relaxed. All the great drummers use this skill.
Totally agree with your groove and ghost notes point. That makes a huge difference. Plus, he's not overplaying on his cymbals, just hitting them so they sound exactly like they should, not like other metal or rock drummers who keep smashing them hard all the time.
I kept saying that to myself too. I mean sure he gets into it at parts...but all in all he's very calm and composed. Just having a bit of fun
You are right, musically this band is incredible, and Tomas is the center of it all.
What I like most about him is that he isn't like most metal drummers in that all he relies on is ridiculous BPM and blast beats. He has the subtly of a jazz drummer. It is all in the offbeats and wrists.
My favorite metal drummers are actually those with a jazzy feeling just like you mentioned... Tomas Haake, Sean Reinert, Danny Carey, Brann Dailor etc...
Love how Tomas finishing the song with one single snare-hit.. like putting a lid on a 7 min carnageattack.. absolute legend.
5:59 Look at the closest cymbal. The drum kit is tearing up over this masterpiece it's hearing
And I was thinking the Drumset starts sweating :P
This album feels faster in tempo, more organic, more band chemistry, more sophisticated and compositionally dense, than previous records. A masterpiece of the Meshuggah style. I couldn't be more satisfied.
Well said. It's so insane in it's composition, I agree - this song alone has got me all bent up in the intricacy of time they're, literally, toying with. Fucking brilliant and no one can compare. I see them in Denver in about a week.
they come to Australia early next year. There's no choice, I am seeing them for the third time.
Andy McLeod just saw them in st Louis, they are the best period. the new live set is God tier.
Just saw them live last night in Philly... they are as tight as the album... it's almost nauseating... fucking brilliant
agreed. been stuck on a meshuggah listening spree all month. saw them live in Nashville last month. The best show I've been to so far.
His feet are blurred out because they’ve been deemed too obscene for TH-cam.
Underrated comment..come on where r the likes guys
Darn you youtube!
This is ace
Too obzen
i see what you did therr
Meshuggah is out of this world. If any drummer covers Meshuggah then his or her life is a complete success.
Is it more impressive that Mr. Haake played this or is it more impressive that he composed this?
Yes.
flugplatz21 LOL yes indeed.
@@sammckneil Hahaha, quite! |m|
composition is Master. As is he.
Composed. I try and tell this to my Tool fanboy friends also; any studio drummer will play Pneuma but very very few will compose it.
I'm always amazed at how much he plays the hihat with his left foot...like...HOW!?
Thomas Haake doesn't use metronome. The metronome uses Thomas Haake.
It's funny beacause they didn't actually use metronome for this song hahahah
@@petarpavasovic6333 that literally made no sense at all.
This comment is on pretty much every video of a decent drummer on youtube. Try harder next time.
Actually this is real
@@ToxicTerrancethey didn't use metronome th-cam.com/video/qgCo1mlt-jU/w-d-xo.html
his ghost notes are so fuckin hard, i got no idea how he still manages to put accented notes in there
You can barely even hear them, you wouldnt even know he's doing them if you didnt see the video
he is a god
I saw mushuggah live in Atlanta, Georgia while they promoted “Violent Sleep of Reason”. I became transfixed on Tomas Haake about halfway through the show. That dude is a fucking monster. That complex of a style of drumming, relentlessly, for about an hour and a half. Mind blowing. That show had me in a pleasurable daze from beginning to end, and Tomas was the machine that drove it hard.
Unbelievable drummer, seriously so much skill and finesse at the at the same time.
Makes it look like water off a ducks back
Jesus Christ dude, let some of us have a chance with music. This might be the greatest thing I've ever seen.
John Browne good to see you feel like this too, as you make me feel that way a lot man! love monu and flux :)
dude.... you don't talk shit to john browne. He''d fucking overplay you blindfolded
Blows nothing away ya goon
Mal Reynolds tr0l0l0l
Mal Reynolds not really. I like it. Don't give a Fuck if you don't. Just a bit lame that your still here? Go listen to your shit music troll
Reminding myself to watch this atleast once a day for the wellbeing of my mental health
Tomas haake right hand glove
(tier set 1/5)
+90 Stamina
+10 drum exp gained
alex willi Full set you gain control over the time of the world
@@plankdorodo3122 Reminds me of "Prog drummers be like 'I wish you could perceive time the way I do'".
alex williams he's stronger than Thanos
Thomas can run a torment level 13 rift with just his glove equipped.
You can only gather the full set by cheats and it grants +10 armor +000 djent and +90 stamina
When I first saw him play, I was extremely surprised by how many ghost notes he keeps throwing in. I now think that they’re there to help him keep tempo and memorise the rhythms (he mentioned before that he sees Meshuggah as straight 4/4 but with fucked up bars).
Things are starting to make more sense now. He’s still a cyborg.
Haake is the guy amongst programmers who writes better machine code than others javascript
this guy ain't human, he is just too good. by far, the best and most versatile metal drummer today.
Only took me 7 years to realize you can see tiny Fredrik, Jens, and Dick’s reflection in the background of these videos!
i love the dudes modesty. go and watch a interview and you have to smile. he never claims to know his stuff. in one interview he said how he enjoys tool despite having no idea what is happening rythmically and that understanding music is not necessary to enjoy it.
he comes of like a real fan of music without sounding like some stupid elitist.
I remember when Bill Burr said he was watching Meshuggah with the drummer of Tool. Danny Carey is impressed with this guy
Speechless. Too much for my brain. This dude is seriously beyond any other drummer out there.
I get cold shivers down my spine everytime watching him play.
I'd say him and Blake Richardson are top teir of their Genre. Both have superb control of their craft.
+Mathias Frias couldn't agree more
I hate the word craft and all the Abe Lincoln bushranger coffee makers who use it.
too bad teehee
That feeling when you've successfully four-four'ed a Meshuggah song in your head through out an whole song
Because of the syncopation, it is very difficult
@@ethanmorrow4241 Indeed, you really have to concentrate, especially the first few times you hear it. Then after a while you can dig along to the flow of the groove.
That groove yo..🤘
His hi hat gives the 4x4 for you to follow most of the time
that 4:09 headbang part is so damn weird
the double crash hits at 4:24 and 4:54 are so satisfying
Thank you Nuclear Blast & Meshuggah & Tomas Haake. This is exactly the kind of stuff real fans want to see. I don't take it for granted you guys posted this, you easily could not have but it is MUCH appreciated. We'd also love to see guitar playthroughs as well, maybe next time.
That´s what I call intelligent drumming, I haven´t seen anything like that. The tempos are always odd and he nails them all the time, that is what amazes me, the precision, brutality and taste. That playing is inhuman!!!!!!! What I love is that he makes it look so easy, he is like playing two songs at once.
I know its great. My dad showed me stuff like Matt Cameron, Danny Carey, Bill Bruford, and Matt Garstka and now I've stumbled across this. This type of music always seems to amaze me.
1:30 is so damn awesome, got chills
Isn't he doing ghost notes around then?
In 1996, in my long search for the next awesome band, I was lucky enough stumble onto Meshuggah. I bought DEI on a hope and a prayer that maybe this band might be the cutting edge, evolution of metal I was looking for. Turned out to be just that. I sat down, I istened to it, and my mind was blown. All these years later, they are still the cutting edge. Hail Haake. Unbelievable what he does. So bad ass.
I got into them in 1986. Saw them live in Argentina. Supporting Def Leppard. I'm pretty sure it was the back in black tour.
I keep coming back to this
same brotha. still mystified...
@@DETHofMAN its crazy because he just appears to just "groove" through one of the most metal songs to have ever metaled
Right here
I'm back again wtf!
Back again!
This performance deserves a Grammy Award
Actually it's the Grammy who wishes they'll be capable to deserve a Tomas Haake someday.
Everything you hear here was recorded in one take, EVERYTHING. That's how good a drummer Tomas is, he doesn't need a band - he just plays and the universe answers back!
Here's some advice to all drummers:
Speed never matters when drumming
What matters is coordination and separation of limbs
And don't try to sound better than Tomas Haake, try to sound better than the way you played the other day because if you do that then someday you may even sound better than Tomas Haake because he didn't do this shit in one night
Just saying this too cuz personally I haven't heard anyone say this is easy but I've seen too many people try it thinking they did it right
But anyway this song is FIRE
Wisdom from Eric Cartman?
That's new... :)
You will never be Tomas Hakke, you will never be Chad Smith, you will never be Buddy Rich but, you will ALWAYS be yourself. Do better only for you, nobody else. This way, you always see improvement, instead of striving for the impossible.
LOL Did you just say Chad Smith.....? Chad Smith bows to a Haake shrine every night offering baby sacrifices in praise and worship. No contest.
Chad Smith is a seriously recognised player, it wasn't a comparison it was a fact. Comparing players to each other or yourself is a totally pointless exercise. It's about expressing who you are and what you want to say to the world. Haake is a phenomenal player but you wouldn't find him playing the kind of music Chad Smith plays.. they aren't the same person. How else do you think music finds it's way to uniqueness?
yeah ok man. thank you sir wise one. I will forever be enlightened by your extreme wisdom...………… LMAO dude I can probably slap polyrhythms around you for days..... I'm tired of your types, always something to prove LOL.... but thanks for the couple of absolutely retarded comments, I got quite the chuckle. Chad Smith doesn't TOUCH Haake. The fact you'd even mention them in the same sentence shows what level you are on. Tah tah grasshopper.
Incredible guitar, not just the drumming.
And vocals honestly. I don’t even like this type of vocals but I couldn’t imagine meshuggah with any other vocalist
@@MCLemonyfresh true Very few bother to notice this
Hey man don't forget the thumping bass. Without the bridge between rhythm and melody you got nuthin!
I guess we can all agree that they are really something especial as a band!
those leads are so abstract. Love it.
I almost love the comments in this section more than the playthrough itself.
Before someone complains about the cam not synced with the playing in some parts, the playing is still out of this planet.
Tomas (and Meshuggah) recorded this album live, so some parts do not correspond to what you see in the video (like on 1:50 where he's hitting a crash, and you're hearing a china).
You're hearing the final mix of the song, so some parts were changed during the mixing process, which is totally natural.
This guy is my favorite drummer, and this video is just another reason why.
This is a playthrough, this isn't what he recorded for the Violent Sleep of Reason, they didn't changed anything, he was just playing over the final track.
I believe this is what he recorded, buddy. You can see Fredrik on the background and Dick can be seen on the previous video for Nostrum recording as well, so these are takes that went for the album. Maybe it's not the take that was chosen for the album, but he isn't playing over the final track for sure.
Exactly, they did several takes of the songs and then used the parts where it sounded best, but they only filmed like one or two takes. So some parts on the album might be from this specific take, and others not.
He recorded these videos after the album was done. NONE of these takes are on the album
How do you know that? Do you know for sure?
Ive watched this countless times. Still floors me. Such precision, such passion. Thank you for everything you’ve given meshuggah. I’ve listened to your albums almost every day without fail for the past 21 years. Sometimes i think its something to do with the roughly seven year cycle of release that makes each meshuggah album have distinct links to sections of my life. Meshuggah has never been just music to me. More like existential sonic psychotherapy. I meditate to it. I go to sleep to it. I train to it. I focus at work to it. Like an itch I must scratch daily. As a half swede you make me wish I had grown up in my mothers country. More MOoooooooRE!!!!!
Haake should've been in Fury Road on top of some monsterous, petrol-guzzling, abomination of a machine; leading the charge to track down the traitors, beating a gigantic, polished chrome drumset to within an inch of it's life & spitting fire.
Dalton Bedore would have fit perfectly to that guy with that insane guitar
Most true message I've ever read
Meshuggahs music has gotten me through some tough times. It's the only music I focus entirely on it's duration, repeating over and over trying to tap alongside the snares, kicks or guitars. Seriously fun music.
The fluidity of his left leg when the vers starts is f..king HYPNOTIC!! 😳
Must have seen this video a thousand times.. but just noticed it (and now I can’t unsee it)
It’s like a metronome and a lava lamp had a baby.
Meshuggah has been incalculably influential to so many metal, "extreme" or not, bands, that you, reader, and I, listen to today, that nothing should ever be said to, or about them, except: "thank you", or "they are legend", respectively.
There will never be another Meshuggah, in essence. Time can't and won't allow it.
Thank you for the upload, NB, and the 'shuggh. I genuinely love you guys.
My brain collapsed at 5:45. His extremities become their own time and space.
dude ur profile pic, fits so fucking much ur comment xD
Oddly enough, that's one of the easier patterns in the song 😂 play it slow and without the right hand, then add in the right hand over the top of it and increase the tempo as you get it figured out.
I noticed he never hit the big cymbal closest to the camera (far left). I was watching intently to see if he hit it, and just as the song was ending and I was giving up, he hit it RIGHT at the end 😂😂🙌🏽 Legend.
I often come back to watch this video and marvel at the glory of it. It's so insane I actually don't even understand what's going on
3:15, You can see Tomas very enjoyed what he has created, love that!...
This men is truly out of this planet! Is like every extention of his body has his own mind, really impressive.
I can only name a few songs that have such a raw feeling of power that I have yet been able to put words to. This is one
Incredible. It only just occurred to me, that Haake must have insane physical endurance, akin to that of an athlete. Some shape strategic forms on field, others weave beautifully dark rhythmic structures, to inspire.
Kick cam should be standard in any Meshuggah video
gitsurfer27 Messhuggah and his agent, won't allow it. Footwork is radioactive therefore classified Sir. You can hear it, feel it (at a proper distance of course and wearing appropriate gowning). Can't look directly to it.
Hahahaha
@@TheMoonchild1969 I heard that's actually true. Quite a dangerous man
@@TheMoonchild1969 Silence, they might be onto this
They blurred it out for safety reasons
When I first saw this vid when I was like, 6 I played it EVERY SINGLE DAY and I still watch it an old classic, still my fave meshuggah song,brings back alot of memories thank u meshuggah 4 making this song😄
Ever since I've heard the song, I wanted to see a drum playthrough of it just like Nostrum. Now I have it ! Thank you Meshuggah for all the music !
I felt the same way. So glad he did it.
As soon as I heard Clockworks I was wishing they'd do a drum playthrough video haha I'm with ya!
I sometimes imagine Tomas and I having a sandwich and a beer together, then drumming all the live long day. I don't care if we even speak... I just want to experience the power of this drumming up close. Thank you Tomas for sharing this with the world.
*Patheeeeeeeeeeeeetiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic*
This is highly inspirational for me. No, I'm not a drummer - I just aspire to be half as good at anything in life as this guy is at drumming.
Only Meshuggah can craft beauty out of this kind of a rhythmic mayhem.
2:58 Holy shit! Look at the ENERGY this legend is giving! He is IN IT
His head. Best part.
Tomas : Hey guys, I've written a song.
Meshuggah : That's great Tom, which time signature did you use?
Tomas : Yes!
rest of meshuggah: alright so it's in 4/4 but it will rarely ever sound like that. Lets just write stuff in 11 or 17 counts.
A lot of Meshuggah is actually in 4/4
I think it's more of an 8/8 vibe but alright.
4/4 - _-
2/2, take it or leave it.
02:59
"Wait a minute, this rhythm i´m playing is just too plain simple..."
03:05
"Fixed!"
This guy's literally the greatest drummer who ever lived.
To igmo rock metal fucks maybe...not for people who know what they are talking about though.
Literally, huh?
Max roach would eat him. Haake is very skilled though.
I think garstka and halpern both have him.
@@jingalls9142 ok so I thought, give this clown 🤡 the benefit of the doubt. But dude you are talking crap. I watched some vids and Max was good for his time which has sadly long passed. Its like saying Hank Marvin is better than Dimebag. Ludicrous
This seems like it should be beyond the realm of plausibility. I feel like this shouldn't even be remotely possible. It's like most drummers keep time with whatever their dominant hand is, but I'm watching him stop tracking time with his dominant hand and temporarily shift to his off-hand - but the fucking right hand is still going away steady while the other half of his cognition is off doing something else without it. And this is all just his hands! We haven't even talked about what's going on with the kicks. Holy fuck, this shouldn't be possible.
Tomas Haake is the most talented drummer in metal. Bar none.
"Here, learn these 600 telephonenumbers by heart and drum them back to back."
''and play those with your feet over a 23/16 polyrythm with your hands while keeping a straight 4/4 on a 22' Heavy ride.... for 6 minutes''
Mmm... okay then, but it would be more groovy if I divide every seven number by seventeen, I don't want people to get bored.
it's hypnotic in it's precision. it's oddly comforting when things are this perfect
This is my favourite song off the album, so glad he did a video for it.
That is ridiculously impressive. Grooves the whole way through, really hard, even while bring in a lot of different accent patterns and grooves. Really amazing playing.
I've heard this song a thousand times, yet this is the first time I'm seeing this playthrough. Holy shit. I wish I had the half the talent this man has in one of his pinky toes. To be able to carry those different rhythms and maintain timing that well is incredible. I'm blown away.
Im so thankful to be alive when meshuggah roamed the earth. Light years ahead of comprehensive.
How can he be so heavy so complex and yet so groovy and nuanced. All with nerve damage in his leg.
no one is better than this guy at drumming. This is next level and only Thomas is there getting to the next.
Legend says, Tomas has each brain for every limbs. True story
Can I point out that the riffage is actually the sickest part in this. Thomas follows those insanely tuned and timed guitar-bass phrases and of course makes the whole thing bond and feel like a waterfall of steel pouring down on you. His technical ability of course is jaw-dropping. But it begins with the riffs.
‘Waterfall of steel pouring down on you’
That’s perfect
They follow him closely
I think it depends on the song too. For example, for me as well, here it starts with the riff. But in a song like say demiurge I think it's the drum groove that the riff sits on top of
yep, you nailed it. he's just creating around the riffs. hell i thought that's how ALL music progressed through times... LOL Guess that's just the guitarist in me. I have helped MANY drummers become WAY better drummers by teaching them a little theory and structure, but MOST important...??? teach em how to tune a guitar, THEN teach em how to tune their drums... you will see MANY lights come on after THAT session!!!
You do realize that the riffs are also written by him?
The first time I heard this 3:59 with Haake's hands focusing on the snare I was legitimately frightened for humanity at what might happen next.
And that's how you write an opener for the most crushing band on Earth.
Bass drums look under their beds for Tomas Haake
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Idk I'd be pretty terrified to be one of his rides
This makes laught really hard. :D
Made me laugh hard!
LOFL! Without a doubt!
As a drummer of 30 years, this song is still a “no way” for me. Unreal
One of the greatest of all time. Period.
We are truly lucky to have been alive at the same time as Tomas Haake to witness this level of mastery.
Even if you're not a fan, turn the volume down & watch this. It is precision & dedication in action.
They are the masters of even more stacking at this point it's beautiful
Legos, Mutha fucka
HOW is it even remotley possible..to come in here..check out the video ,and decide to DISLIKE it?i do not get that AT ALL!!
One of my favourite drummers all time!! Love ya ,Tomas and Meshuggah!!!Cheeeers from Norway :)
Haters gonna hate... Haake is legend.
Butt-hurt Nicki Minaj fans.
Haters gonna Haake'd ;)
it's what people who don't actually understand music keep bringing up.
"feeling" that is..
fuckinlowdowndrummer must've been on drugs and hit the wrong button
True four way independence at its highest form humanly possible. Baffling
I think this is the most "into" a song I've seen Tomas, small little headbangs and everything. Totally other wordly.
Ha, just saw them live for the first time and for the work he does he barely moves - something like a statue with a big neck
So lucky to be able to see Tomas' playthroughs. Unbelievable drummer.
Meshuggah are modern day Vikings. Nonstop, they tour the land conquering souls with their monster metal..
How can one man with only four limbs evoke so much sound?
With practice and some insanity
Honestly. Clockworks is an absolute beauty …so good
I am convinced Tomas Haake is a cyborg from outer space sent to guard the Earth, and drumming is just his way of passing the time before he is summoned for his real mission!
I love it when people are pointing out that he's screwing up at sertain parts, but don't notice how he still keeps playing right.