Drummer gets brain melted by Meshuggah

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This reaction and review of "Clockworks" drum playthrough by Meshuggah's Tomas Haake is genuinely my first time hearing this song and watching this performance.
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7:40 Summary
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@gangalo68 Год назад

Favorite quote about Thomas Haake must be “he’s your favorite drummer’s favorite drummer”.

@avd1697 Год назад

I’m guessing bill burr said that?

@footingball5566 11 месяцев назад

@@avd1697I might be wrong but I don’t think it was. I think it’s just a saying among Meshuggah fans that pop up in every comment section. It is probably a pretty accurate statement nontheless lol.

@Desecrator6 9 месяцев назад

Gene Hoglan is where I've heard that about more

@AndresSanchez-pp3ho 9 месяцев назад

Originally that term was used for Neil peart but bill burr said something like that where Danny Carey , Dave Ellich and others were geeking out over him live

@majimasmajimemes1156 3 месяца назад

That's Kenny Grohowski. As in, that's one of Thomas Haake's favorite drummers.

@chazz911234 10 месяцев назад

Everyone gushes over "bleed", but I have always felt that "clockworks" is a much better example of Tomas Haake's genius. 😁

@RatSewage 7 месяцев назад

After watching this, I definitely agree that it is just as great of an example to recommend.

@larbremord 23 дня назад

If we go with what song is in the S tier: Bleed, The Abysmal Eye and Clockwork are equally insane

@larbremord 23 дня назад

Combustion, Obzen and Demiurge are also pretty damn good

@hallamalla98 Год назад

03:49 And there you perfectly summed up Meshuggah's guitar solos "What a weird selection of notes".

@-darrell Год назад

His solos remind me of a snake charmers flute or something like that.

@-xHALx- 10 месяцев назад

check Allan Holdsworth solos - one of the best instrumentalists in jazz fusion was a great inspiration to the sound of Fredrik's

@DrewFortune97 Год назад

Got to see Meshuggah do their sound check when they came to Dublin last year - still the pinnacle moment of my RU-vid ‘Career’ so far. Absolutely insane experience. Him & Mario Duplantier are an absolute joy to listen to live 😅

@florentmartiniere Год назад

Drew

@smokejc Год назад

was able to see Gojira last year and can confirm. seeing Meshuggah in June for the first time and to say I'm extremely pumped is an understatement.

@WishMount Год назад

Saw Gojira in December and was basically just starting at Mario for 90minutes

@florentmartiniere Год назад

@@smokejc man you're in for a threat, enjoy ...

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Ah very cool man! I can’t imagine what this stuff sounds like at full volume. Must be insane.

@UnlatchedMind 7 месяцев назад

"Meshuggah are the quantum physics of music as far as I'm concerned." - Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) So true...

@zhesion7036 Год назад

When NASA need to calibrate their atomic clocks, they set them to Tomas drumming

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Hahaaaa! Love this.

@JakobStrand Год назад

Legs never skip Tomas Haake day.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@farn451 Год назад

They'll be dissecting and analysing Meshuggah's music for generations...

@Fraeg Год назад

used to work with a jazz cat guitarist in a shop. Meshuggah Chaosphere, Catch-33, and Fredericks special defects where the only things I ever played in 2 years of working together where he ever had a visibly amazed reaction. Black metal, technical death metal, thrash, etc. at best I would get a "they are able to play technically very well" comment. The Meshuggah stuff and Frederick's solo stuff blew him away.

@protopigeon 8 месяцев назад

I'm no metal fan but I went to see Meshuggah recently and the whole show was just incredible. Lights and all. Essential if you get the chance to see them do!

@Pencil-Eating Год назад

Cannot fathom the limb independence needed to do this so precisely. I think given some time I could get my brain to follow, but I don’t think my limbs would ever be able to do this with that level of consistency and clarity. Thomas is truly a master of this domain.

@photonpilot__ Год назад

Fun fact, almost all Meshuggah music, including Clockworks, are in 4/4. The layered polyrhythms trick your brain into thinking it's not 4/4. Yogev Gabay has some great explanations on how they use polyrhythms to create their sound.

@DazsdWTP Год назад

those gabay videos hurt my brain but i love them

@JL-ql2jo 11 месяцев назад

Yeah! They have a couple in 3/4, namely The Demon’s Name is Surveillance and Armies of the Preposterous

@stevevargo 10 месяцев назад

Imagine the synaptic network firing in Tomas’ brain while playing this song. Absolutely incredible performance and control

@crmsn_ Год назад

Thaaank you for not pausing the video every five seconds and just grooving to it. I very much appreciated that haha if you ever get a chance to catch them live, I HIGHLY recommend it. They're a bunch of super great dudes. Cheers! 💀🖤🤖

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Glad you appreciate the lack of pauses! It’s one of my guiding principles for reactions. Songs are meant to be enjoyed from start to finish in one go. 🤘🏻

@crmsn_ Год назад

You're goddamn right.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

“Say my name…” What an epic tv series that was!

@valleysofneptune 5 месяцев назад

I saw them live at the royal Albert hall in 2022, they were incredible, Tomas is a machine ❤

@WebsterA Год назад

Meshuggah is such a rhythmic shifting trip. I love watching drummers wrap their head around it. You could do a whole series of Meshuggah, man and I'm here for it

@boomerwithatumor4624 Год назад

same.

@marcusderailious Год назад

wrap our heads around it you say! i just focus on that right hand and prey for my sanity...

@brentos5001 Год назад

Meshuggah

@zer0c8l Год назад

"This song has a million drum hits in it." Yes... Yes.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@Mutant1988 Год назад

It did look like you were on the verge of crying for a bit there. Meshuggah is insane.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Haha, crying tears of salty sadness that despite spending years playing drums I’ll never be as good as that man 😭😆

@wesleykorisky8600 11 месяцев назад

Yea dude when I saw them last year they played a 2 hour set. Absolutely unbelievable they are live, best live show I've ever seen, and it isn't even close. When they come through again I hope I have the funds to drop $1000.00 on tickets and take as many of my friends as I can, because just fuckin wow.

@isaacgreenlees2750 10 месяцев назад

Fun fact, meshuggah is one of the few bands that play in the time signature of 4/4

@0bzen22 9 месяцев назад

Imagine Fredrick's solos plays on a sax or trumpet. It's basically jazz. Anything that crazy is jazz.

@swancrunch 5 месяцев назад

there are actually covers of his solos on a flute, trumpet, clarinet and some other instruments. all of them sound absolutely amazing.

@swancrunch 5 месяцев назад

there are actually covers of his solos on a flute, trumpet, clarinet and some other instruments. all of them sound absolutely amazing.

@thehairygull Год назад

4:58 hears the greatest breakdown in metal - alright I’m getting into this now lol I love it. Subbed

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Hahah! 😅

@amjan Год назад

Nahhhh, it's mediocre. Not even close to say Electric Red or Humiliative.

@chrisheist652 Год назад

While clockworks has one of their greatest breakdowns, and others might say the ones in future breed machine or new millennium cyanide christ are better.. I still think their best is at 2:11 of concatenation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TnBMN-2wPKg.html

@rl2699 Год назад

I've been into Meshuggah for around 18 years now and they have been a staple in my musical choice since and still are. The song that turned me on to them that many years ago was "Rational Gaze". I also listen to Opeth which those band members are all friends with Meshuggah. Ever since Opeth went strictly melodic instead of their typical dry vocals a lot of fans talked shit about them but Meshuggah stepped up and stood beside them and and stuck up for them and there new path they are taking. Even with Opeth taking the more melodic route they still sound awesome.

@7judas77 Год назад

I've seen a few vids discussing their timing and the drummer's skill. What is Meshuggah about?

@deleuzersig Год назад

Brain melt is the only viable reaction. Welcome to the club! Also, that giggle at 7:00, I feel it everytime I listen to this song.

@psychotictactoe Год назад

Tomas is just the boss, he's the Bonham of tech metal.

Год назад

Eargasm everytime I listen to this song. Literally

@JiTiAr35 Год назад

I like it when people try to figure it out, the time signature

@DevilWearsAdidas Год назад

what the hell is this drummer he plays this shit live literally every event he's in. Like how can you possibly? I just do not understand the amount of skill these polyrhythms take. Like I can see this in a jam session or playing by yourself but this dude plays these crazy ass rhythms live. What a monster.

@MadailinBurnhope Год назад

an absolutely unrivalled band

@MadailinBurnhope Год назад

"how do you end that song with just a snare flam?" lol

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Perfect ending

@shanegriffin2215 Год назад

You know what? I love the expressions on the faces of people when they listen to Tomas’ playing. Different ways of the same thing: Holy Shit!!!!Priceless!😂

@eyemoeba Год назад

this is a masterful display of a mindmeltingly complex piece of music. a maths quiz is about right with these boys, and humility in front of such greatness is a virtue.

@ChintzMusic Год назад

Banging my head to this song makes me feel like I'm inside a turning washing machine

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@kevinsiegel Год назад

What will really melt your brain is to watch "Bleed" and "Clockworks" back to back and *really* focus on the guitars and drums: In "Bleed", the guitars are mirrored by the bass drum pattern. That repeated herta is what propels the song. But in "Clockworks", the guitars are mirrored by Thomas' hands. The bass drum patterns are the filler. Watch, focus on the hands, and listen. You'll hear and see it.

@thehairygull Год назад

2:13 That’s a tasty groove - lol you’re god damn right it is

@krookedvulture 8 месяцев назад

This is the first video of yours I've seen (probably recommended because I watch this drum playthrough a lot). Love the vid! ... your face sums up my feelings every single time I watch this playthrough lol

@magicbirch7406 Год назад

My favorite song by them. It's so awesome. I can listen to this endlessly. I must have listened to this song 800+ times by now

@whitey211 Год назад

"What a weird selection of notes!" hahaha every Meshuggah guitar solo ever. I love Bill Burr's story about watching Tomas for the first time while standing next to Danny Carey. "Oooh, FUCK!" -Danny

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Yeah that story is cool as fuck. Danny Carey is a god.

@yenza123 9 месяцев назад

Dude you did a wonderful reaction. Thank you.

@alexandreperron6106 Год назад

Meshuggah ALWAYS play in straight times. like 4/4 SOMETIMES 3/4 but they never go with complex time sigs just to fuck with you, they are simply masters of rhythm.

@putradhahfier1738 Год назад

Great reaction! Meshuggah is definitely an acquired taste I feel and still blows my mind to this day

@Liz-cmc313 4 месяца назад

Tomas is my favorite drummer. Meshuggah is the quantum mechanics of music....some say physics but technically its mechanics.

@delightbydelusion Год назад

A cool thing to notice is that this is a live recording from the recording of the album, which was done live in the studio, but this isn't the recording used on the album. You can see cymbal hits that aren't in the track and hear ones that aren't on the video, which just makes it even more impressing.

@Arcticun Год назад

One of my favourite comments about Tomas Haake as a drummer is that while other drummers are regarded highly for their ethereal, polyrythmic ability.. Tomas just straight sounds like he's powering some machinery in the depths of hell. Been listening to Meshuggah for so many years now and they don't cease to melt the fuck out of my brain.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Haha! “Powering some machinery in the depths of hell” - Yes

@skyhahn3918 Год назад

Part where you say "uncomfortable" i was in stitches hahaha but make a valid point, i think meshuggah is great and also as a drummer have my eyeballs popping in and out of what i hear and see, and that is also the "uncomfortable" part i understand and share, cuz i dont really put on any songs often probably because of the many crazy flows my body and ear just cant into, and then almost always they come with many parts that are just as technical but with the "tasty" flow as you mention and am all for it and get very happy and euforic-ish hehe.........i think you have the same steave and if not i was waaay off and just have that myself :D great reaction as always, so enjoyable and sincere, love it thx!

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Cheers Sky! I love getting my mind blown by drumming like this. It’s a joy.

@JBPVFL Год назад

Meshuggah has so much off beat stuff added in, really makes them unique to a lot of bands I feel like. But i'm also a novice when it comes to the science behind music so this is just my layman's opinion on it. :p

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Yeah seems they really lean into that

@wingsoficarus1139 8 месяцев назад

Yep. Drums are written in 4/4 whereas Guitars are doing some polyrhythmic stuff. What makes it even more insane is that the Bass drums are following the guitars which means that this drummer is playing both a polyrhythm AND in 4/4 at the same time!

@RARDingo 3 месяца назад

What people don't get is that Meshuggah isn't really a metal band, they're the world's heaviest jazz band.

@faselblaDer3te Год назад

You know what they say: drummers need metronomes - metronomes need Thomas Haake.

@thqp Год назад

They did clockworks and bleed in their setlist, both near the end ofc, for a pretty long while.

@RockinAfr0 3 месяца назад

Little known facts: when Switzerland invented the atomic clock, Sweden retaliated by giving the world Thomas Haake!

@SteveOGRock 3 месяца назад

😂

@florentmartiniere Год назад

Bleed + Clockworks amount to about 2 million hits I guess Gold stuff : )

@Egoblivion Год назад

Yep, i was just about to comment that those two songs are probably their most physically demanding songs, and maybe “Demon’s Name is Surveillance” at least for Haake as well as “The Hurt that Finds You First.” “Abysmal Eye” and “Armies of the Preposterous” are up there but “God He Sees in Mirrors” seems ridiculous. Not that hard stamina or speed-wise but the groove doesn’t repeat once and Meshuggah hasn’t played live yet. Something like “Ligature Marks” is slow but super-awkward to learn to play but so badass…

@RokDAWG1 Год назад

Crazy unreal awesomeness!,

@nathan_von Год назад

First requirement to drum in Meshuga: NO RIDE. The evolution of the human being in a unique expression.

@carlsteyn5089 Год назад

Had a good laugh at 7:46. BSHH ..dgrap.. finished! 😊 Great reaction

@rubaidaallen2764 8 месяцев назад

Wait till you see them live 🔥🔥🔥

@i_never_asked_for_an_alias Год назад

Great stuff.

@markop.1994 Год назад

The time signatures in meshuggah songs are typically a polyrhythm with an added odd measure to make a total of 16 or 32 beats. So like 7:4 gives you 28 pulses plus 4 more makes 32. So its like reaalllly long deceptive 4/4. The kick and the low guitar are practically in sync, so the drummer is kicking the riff while holding 44 and doing accents to the polyrhythm

@marcusderailious Год назад

it 'looks' easy because all the effort is being done in his brain, it's why i love being a drummer. It's literally the only time my brain can be purely in the moment. It's the amount of training he would've done over years for that muscle memory that's the part we know we can't do lol

@joshuaboudreau5258 Год назад

1 has left the building!

@rumble8806 Год назад

His nugget stays completely still the whole time whilst he slaps the devil's grooves. Incredible to watch and incredible rhythm

@brysonrichey6707 Год назад

I second the confusion over the term nugget, please elaborate

@elevenAD Год назад

he such a unique drummer! These are the only guitar players he has ever jammed with so his mind was warped from day one, he started jamming with Marten at12 years old.

@SlothsPlayGames Год назад

They say each time Tomas Haake is defeated in battle he cuts his hair

@davecrupel2817 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for indulging us by subjecting yourself to the machinistic insanity that is Thomas Haake. The drummer for Meshuggah. We apprecuate it very much! 😁 I know i certainly do!

@timothylepisto6862 Год назад

Dat Ghost snare when doin all those patterns.

@aaronsetzer9247 Год назад

SOOO COOL !!!!! You said my name on RU-vid ........IM A STAR NOW !!! thanks Steve😜

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@papaemeritus5842 Год назад

Check out the drum play for "NOSTRUM" also mind melting!

@RobiBanerjee87 Год назад

This is the drummer that made Danny Carey go "Faaaaaaaark" in pure mindblown awe, in concert.

@SmorgasLord Год назад

face melting haha good stuff

@anotheral 10 месяцев назад

the whole song is secretly in 4/4 at 115bpm, starting with the four hi-hat eighth notes. (one and two and BOOM)

@planetgame779 Год назад

MORE MESHUGGAH

@Minotaur-ey2lg Год назад

That’s why he is the GOAT.

@WorldOfPain666 10 месяцев назад

Good stuff, my man. I'm not sure if you know who 66Samus is, but he did a song with Devin Townsend called Hear Me. There is a drum cam, so I thought you might want to check it out if you haven't already.

@Vikteurable Год назад

He played the drums like an octopus

@impossivel2006 Год назад

It's actually quite easy, you do this with the right hand (⬆⬇⬆⬆↕) and this with the left (⬆⬆⬆⬇⬇⬇↘➡↘↙⬅) in alternate times and at the end of each bar you add a (⤵🔃⤵⤴). The feet play this (⬇⬇↕↕↕↔⤴↪⤴⤵⬆✖⏬⏬🔽⏫) and you add some (🔺🔻🔻🔺🔺🔻❌🚫🚫🔃🔄⤵⤵↗⬆➡) avery bar that ends on an offbeat or a ➰. Quite easy once you get it.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@Shablagoo7861 Год назад

3 hats one for foot stomps one for open and one on the far right usually permanently closed tight

@Mark-iv6yg Месяц назад

All the RU-vid drummers wanna cover Bleed, don’t nobody wanna cover Clockworks 😂

@aaronsetzer9247 Год назад

He never plays "cross handed" ie right hand (high-hat) over the left hand (snare drum) ...Always open playing position ...just a tidbit of info for those who may not have known ...😁

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Good knowledge!

@aaronsetzer9247 Год назад

@@SteveOGRock well I try ...lol ..but no thank you good sir I may have said it before but I love love love the channel

@SteveOGRock Год назад

@@aaronsetzer9247 thanks Aaron! It truly means a lot to hear that kind of positive feedback ❤️ So glad you enjoy what I’m doing here!

@RyTrapp0 Год назад

Absolutely LOVE how his kit is setup - 100% ergonomics, everything within close reach, never has to stretch for anything, most of his stick movement comes from a LOT of wrist motion without a lot of arm motion. Cross-over playing today is kinda like traditional grip; yea, you can totally play drums that way, but why if you don't have to? Remote hi-hats FTW! lol But I'm a gear & technique nerd, so...

@danp207 9 месяцев назад

It's so incredible that it sounds like it were all programmed in MIDI & that there were no actual human beings playing any of this. From the guitar to the drums and bass. Out of fucking control. Learning some of these guitar riffs is so freaking hard because the drums throw you off when you listen to the song, on top of the fact that they too, are incorporating some crazy timings AND perfect picking techniques. The guitar riffs for say, Tool, are easier to learn (not all but most) because they aren't played at the speed that Fredrik and Maarten riff at. Danny Carey, I'm sure you are aware of his existence, is another alien drummer.

@themankool Год назад

Any chance at you checking out Hear Me from devin townsend? The drum playthrough video Seamus posted

@deefman123 Год назад

NO GHOST NOTES ALL FULL STROKES

@Grantesq Год назад

Tomas Haake, for when bar lines don't exist.

@wormskull2454 Год назад

@2:00 the best part!

@luizz_k 10 месяцев назад

Clockworks

@Sacred_Silence 11 месяцев назад

One does not simply just follow along to Meshuggah.

@NicklasNylander87 Год назад

Meshuggah means "insane" in hebrew, I believe. So your on point there.

@thomaskauser8978 Год назад

Ghost notes gives me nightmares.

@MechaAkuma Год назад

Please check the drumming by Clowncore. Their album "Toilet" or their album "Van". Thank you.

@Dustin_Platt 2 месяца назад

1 and 2 anda 3 andaandanda 4 andandnandannda 19

@trev1978 7 месяцев назад

Only a few other drummers in the world could play that song perfectly. Gene Hoglan maybe?! Tomas is not human 🤟

@Nolnocnaes Год назад

Eloy Casagrande - Alethea (Sepultura) - Live at Codimuc Studio

@fitzeflinger Год назад

most of the time it‘s a repeating odd number pattern over an even number of 4/4 beats. that‘s why the last pattern repetition ist most of the time shortened to fit the rest of the 4/4 bar.

@mjolnir3504 Год назад

Its literally a complex count pattern with 4/4 hat most of the time. Y'know, easy enough noone else can do it.

@SteveOGRock Год назад

😂

@aaronsetzer9247 Год назад

Ok Steve , the next meshuggah song I have to bug the shit out of you to react to is demiurge it's more straight forward than this one was it's got a hell of a groove to it

@SteveOGRock Год назад

Haha

@Justin-nq6kf Год назад

If you pay close attention theres cymbal hits and misses that dont exist in some parts in this video so Im skeptical this is actual drum audio from this video. Like at 2:50 he doesn't hit a crash but you hear a crash hit, 2:54 he hits the crash but you dont hear it, 3:28 he misses the hi-hat but you hear a hi-hat. Also the fill at 3:55 definitely not seamless

@thejtown1 10 месяцев назад

The video is from the recording of the album. They used the album audio but video from a different take.

@liosscip Год назад

wanna get your head even more f*ed up ? look for "infant annihilator c crusher drum playthrough" (;

@hazardeur Год назад

dude, that's lame crap and it's programmed on top of it. who still cares about that fad?

@cobra1995xx Год назад

The first time i heard it. When you hear the music building to the break.. i lost my shit.. soooo fuckin smooth.. sooooo fn heavy .. this songs got it all

@gjc278 Год назад

If you like this check out the drum play through of Dissolved Orders by Ulcerate.

@TheUfoProject_ 11 месяцев назад

Dude, 85% of the songs are in 4/4. And even before the guitarsolo when you try to hit the timesignature, its in 4/4. They adjust the beat on the kick or the snare and so on. And they use syncopses alot. But 85% is in 4/4.

@stanislawrybinski 9 месяцев назад

just simple Swedish rock music in 4/4

@aaronsetzer9247 7 месяцев назад

Well Steve ....it's been weeks now and still no reaction to knights of cydonia drum cover from our Spanish friend El estapario......I'm a little sad but you could make it up to me ......😊

@SteveOGRock 7 месяцев назад

😂 mate life is so frickin’ busy my end at the moment. I can make no promises I’m afraid.

@aaronsetzer9247 7 месяцев назад

@@SteveOGRock it's all good Steve I'm really just fuckin with you but weather you do or don't ....still love the channel brother 👍