It never ceases to amaze me just how excellent his English is.... I mean, the guy's Swedish right? ....I hear next to no accent whatsoever. Mr. Haake here sounds almost like he's from Wisconsin or something lol. Excellent album!
1. Many Swedes try to remove any accent from their English since it sounds so bad. 1. We all have English in school from the age of nine. 3. Tomas' girlfriend is American.
The thing is that we text all English movies and programs on tv, other countries like Germany dub it. And also as mentioned, we learn it in school from 3rd grade.
@@atvheads I was in Germany for the first time a few weeks ago. I found the overdub to be super annoying, because you could hear the English version behind it. The only English channel was Disney l0l.
If you look closer at his wrist gestures and arm movements it almost feels like he is putting in so much effort holding back his hands from air drumming , they are shaking and he is trying to hold those monstrous wrists from crushing the air atoms around him and creating a black hole
I dont get why its such a hard concept for some people. What, you think this is the first youtube channel ive gone to to hear an interview with a musician I really like? your dreaming hahaha
the lyrics question was stupid af... "most other drummers wont even know the lyrics" fuck outta here, lyrics have rhythm just like any percussion, its easy to see the correlation.
I don't get it... you don't need a clicktrack to record. Of course the drummer must have the ability to keep the time, but that is the purpose of drummers actually. Meshuggah are awesome btw. but to record without a clicktrack isn't such a big deal.
+Anaximander29A man. if you've ever used DAWs to record you know it how tough it is if tempo goes out of sync. And having watched the band's Koloss docu, remember the part where Fredrik got very particular when the tempo of the drums wasn't in sync at all?
Sanidhya Satpathy Yeah, I know this. A sync with your DAW might be cool for some effects or for organizing your regions, but this shouldn't be the reason for it. Sometimes bands simply sound better without it.
"no one ever asked me that".... that's an indication of a successful interview right fuckin there....thank jesus there were no goddamn gear and "how do you approach writing?" or "are you excited for the new album?" questions.
something I find interesting: In this interview he mentions how Marten wrote 4 songs for the album, in another interview he said he (tomas) worked on 6/10 songs with Dick the bass player. Sounds like Fredrik didnt write anything for this album? Thats kind of a disappointment.His songs have always been some of the best (bleed, Dancers, most of chaosphere, Closed eye visuals, rational gaze, etc..) His songs have a catchiness that the other members don't quite achieve in their songs imo.
That's actually my main concern. Fredrik and Thomas are the big minds behind Meshuggah's evolving sound. Born in Dissonance felt so uninspired that I'm starting to think he wasn't as involved in this album as we'd want to.
All I'm saying is I love what Fredrik creates and everytime meshuggah releases a new album I look very forward to what new ideas/songs he brings to the band. So to have no new material by him is kind of a bummer. The other members are brilliant writers as well and I love their material, but Fredrik is the original creator behind meshuggahs sounds so it just feels weird not having him involved in the writing process.
Wisconsin and Minnesota are chalk full of people descending from Scandinavia. My guess is that this is how English naturally comes out for a Scandinavian. In the case of that region of the country (I guess N Dakota and the UP as well), the accent of their grandparents and great grandparents probably stuck.
Chuck Norris would weep in the mere presence of Tomas Haake
Who is Chuck Norris?
Laughing too hard right now lmao
02SplinterCell02 After bowing reverently and posting his offerings.
adam2aces He's a dude that thought he could beat Bruce Lee.
Tomas Haake would use Chuck Norris as a crash
It never ceases to amaze me just how excellent his English is.... I mean, the guy's Swedish right? ....I hear next to no accent whatsoever. Mr. Haake here sounds almost like he's from Wisconsin or something lol.
Excellent album!
His English is very good but I would say only 95% perfect.
@@morydinx6546 Musicality is close to linguistic. Im a Swede to and we are brought up with English.
1. Many Swedes try to remove any accent from their English since it sounds so bad. 1. We all have English in school from the age of nine. 3. Tomas' girlfriend is American.
The thing is that we text all English movies and programs on tv, other countries like Germany dub it.
And also as mentioned, we learn it in school from 3rd grade.
@@atvheads I was in Germany for the first time a few weeks ago. I found the overdub to be super annoying, because you could hear the English version behind it. The only English channel was Disney l0l.
I didn't realise Zeus was the drummer for Meshuggah.
Rennifer Faceheadiston Zeus trembles in the presence of tomas haake.
Rennifer Faceheadiston more like oden haha
damn he looks good with grey hair
I know lol I thought the same thing
GANDALF OF METAL!
Fiscalvids Tomas the Grey
yeah coz that's what i think about every artist with something interesting to say
Damn, this dude is Oden himself!
I enjoy listening to Thomas talk
Simnein Morst he's a god genious
Yes indeed. Not the same old same
His English has become so good.
"so we did a song without a click track..."
What a band - can't wait for the album!
All of DEI was done without a click track, these guys are absolute rhythmic monsters
If you look closer at his wrist gestures and arm movements it almost feels like he is putting in so much effort holding back his hands from air drumming , they are shaking and he is trying to hold those monstrous wrists from crushing the air atoms around him and creating a black hole
Excellent interviewer, very calm and professional, and with top-notch original questions. Kudos!! (Also, the album is fuckin siiiiiiickkkkkk)
Was just thinking that
Here I am 8 years later and was thinking the same thing
This interviewer did a SUPERB job. One of the bet interviews I've seen in a while. Subbed! Great job guys!
Best*
GREAT QUESTIONS!
Finally an interviewer actually listens to older interviews and avoids asking the same questions.
Yup. So fed up with the shitty questions some of these people ask.
I dont get why its such a hard concept for some people. What, you think this is the first youtube channel ive gone to to hear an interview with a musician I really like? your dreaming hahaha
the lyrics question was stupid af... "most other drummers wont even know the lyrics" fuck outta here, lyrics have rhythm just like any percussion, its easy to see the correlation.
Tomas is so chill,this release cant come out soon enough.1st day purchase.
"we did a song without a click track". How many bands can actually dare to say that! Pure inspiration this band is. |m|
And the interviewer commented he didn't even notice! Haha.
I don't get it... you don't need a clicktrack to record. Of course the drummer must have the ability to keep the time, but that is the purpose of drummers actually. Meshuggah are awesome btw. but to record without a clicktrack isn't such a big deal.
+Anaximander29A man. if you've ever used DAWs to record you know it how tough it is if tempo goes out of sync. And having watched the band's Koloss docu, remember the part where Fredrik got very particular when the tempo of the drums wasn't in sync at all?
Sanidhya Satpathy Yeah, I know this. A sync with your DAW might be cool for some effects or for organizing your regions, but this shouldn't be the reason for it. Sometimes bands simply sound better without it.
He looks like a damn wizard.
A DRUM WIZARD. >.
Yes, he has become White Haake
Tom to shuggah is what Bob Vigna to immolation is. A solid wizard.
Would be fun to interview him. So open and friendly
why is the dude on the left so blurry? lol
it's an X-FIle
Haake consumes all the available sharpness
some kind of aberration caused by a wide angle lense that's been cropped, or at least that's what i think is going on, i don't really know though.
hahahaha, cracked up , nice one 10/10 :-D
Not even remotely funny. Try harder next time.
Fucking 10/10 this album is one their greatest!!
I have to agree with your there.
sadly critics did not get it.
MESHUGGAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Thank you, Metal Injection! :)
Haake's got that good hair.
finally! a new album! i needed some shuggah in my life! 😁
3:58 i cant help but to just headbang to it 😂😂😂😂🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 only meshuggah has you like that 🤘
I think Clockworks is that song in the Wincent Studio update, just from the way Tomas described it, and I cannot wait to hear it
Nice Gandalf interview
"no one ever asked me that".... that's an indication of a successful interview right fuckin there....thank jesus there were no goddamn gear and "how do you approach writing?" or "are you excited for the new album?" questions.
I was just thinking the sammmmmme thing!
He's beautiful.
He needs to do a drum DVD!!
Thomas is just such a beautiful fucking man, he knows how to keep his image well!
The thumbnail is fuckin glorious!
How come Haake is doing 100% of the media for this album?
Because Fredrik doesn't talk?
have you been in Sweden?
Can anyone give a real answer to this question? I'm very curious myself.
Don't know for sure, but I would assume that the other lads don't really want to do it, and Tomas is good at it.
Haake wrote almost the entire album, music and lyrics.
Tomas the Wizard of Drums...
Anybody else thinks that White Haake is clearly on another level than the previous Brown and Grey Haakes?
The Norse god speaks!
i would ask him what he listen and actual influences
Cynic, Rush, Frank Zappa, Pantera, Sabbath, and a lot of underground stuff. Also, prog rock and jazz.
Sick! Thomas Haake smiles at 3:10
Tomas seems like ancient greek god!
He looks like a norse god to me, but I can see it
He's a modern Swedish god ^)
An-djent
I dont know where youre from but he certainly doesnt look Greek
Whats the show he mentions at 11:10 ?
Is Oden the drummer of Meshuggah? Didn't realize that.
is the concert they're talking about on the web somewhere?
Damn what a sharp dude, he looks like a greek god
something I find interesting: In this interview he mentions how Marten wrote 4 songs for the album, in another interview he said he (tomas) worked on 6/10 songs with Dick the bass player. Sounds like Fredrik didnt write anything for this album? Thats kind of a disappointment.His songs have always been some of the best (bleed, Dancers, most of chaosphere, Closed eye visuals, rational gaze, etc..) His songs have a catchiness that the other members don't quite achieve in their songs imo.
I agree
That's actually my main concern. Fredrik and Thomas are the big minds behind Meshuggah's evolving sound. Born in Dissonance felt so uninspired that I'm starting to think he wasn't as involved in this album as we'd want to.
I believe Thordendal is working on his own "Special Defects" project.
"Has we´d want" has so many wrong things on it!! Are you trying to say Fredrik should work harder to please you/us? lol can you see where i´m going?
All I'm saying is I love what Fredrik creates and everytime meshuggah releases a new album I look very forward to what new ideas/songs he brings to the band. So to have no new material by him is kind of a bummer. The other members are brilliant writers as well and I love their material, but Fredrik is the original creator behind meshuggahs sounds so it just feels weird not having him involved in the writing process.
he has perfect English
Zero dislikes. There is no sleep of reason here.
What do you actually hear on a click track? Is it just a metronome?
unun septium Yes
Odins eye really did heal up nicely
Gandalf plays some wicked drums
@ 2:10 ...Neil Peart \m/
7:32 that's what she said
Tomas is just an almighty dude among men.
Convisis lel true
he has great skin, dayum
tomas is swedish??
So, we are all in agreement that White Haake is on another level, right?
Nice thumbnail xD
Can I just shake his steel hands he is not a robot he has too much soul and cool accent.
I was gonna like the video, but it's at 666 likes and I just can't bear taking that away.
Tomas looks like he came from lord of the rings.. like a wise fuckin wizard
Why won't Jens write the lyrics?
tingkagol is too angry for focused 100%
bwahah, that thumbnail.
Rawr.
Kodiak Bear metal through and through
9:25 Hahahahaha
English is his second language.
saw them last night in toronto, they are unreal live
:D
What's with all the Swedish metal guys that just sound like guys from Wisconsin?
Could you give any examples of this? Words etc...
The band is from Umeå in the far north of Sweden and their dialect affects the English I'm guessing.
Wisconsin and Minnesota are chalk full of people descending from
Scandinavia. My guess is that this is how English naturally comes out for a Scandinavian. In the case of that region of the country (I guess N Dakota and the UP as well), the accent of their grandparents and great grandparents probably stuck.
A lot is to do with TV from the US too. I think Arch Enemy watches a lot of British TV and you can hear this in their accent.
All members of meshuggah look like Greek and Norse gods. Coincidence? I think not.
Jesus play something besides bleed
*LÖric*
VSOR= most unexciting shuggah album ever
Wasn't supposed to be. They intended the record to be massive and super complex, and that it was.
It’s an amazing album but there are a few boring tracks in there that actually sound TOO dissonant. Complexity for the sake of complexity too.
Immutable: "Hold my beer"..