Hip-Hop Head's FIRST TIME Hearing MESHUGGAH: "Bleed" REACTION 

When Alex said “It is the skin on the instrument contact” did anyone else’s mind go to the scene from Step Brothers when he rubbed his nuts on the drum set? Haha

He wasn't barefoot the whole song, his socks just burned off...

Legs never skip on Tomas Haake day.

“Supposedly, this is pretty heavy stuff”.... Oh my dear sweet child...

Wish my bank account had that many 000's

Meshuggah are clockwork metal. Their crazy transitions in time signatures are mind bending.

Seriously much respect for reacting to Meshuggah. They're a band that most people don't listen to until they been listening to metal for years... and are exploring progressive metal.

'I'm ready for it.' Your never ready for your first time Meshuggah lol

This song is the final boss in the game of "try not to headbang."

Chino from deftones called mushuggah the quantom physics of metal.

I can personally attest to the difficulty in playing this song on the drums. not only are you dealing with poly rhythms, but with utter concentration and insane coordination, dexterity and endurance. Thomas Haake is in a league of his own. Metal drummers are already supremely talented, but this dude from Sweden is something else. A gift from the halls of Valhalla. None can compare.

Bass drums have nightmares about Thomas.

Lyrics for drummers: "BEAMS OF FIRE SWEEPING THROUGH MY CALVES "

Meshuggah - Clockworks don't waste any more days of your life without hearing this song man it's a masterpiece

If you're a Meshuggah fan, that's it, you're done. You don't have to prove anything to anyone. No one can dispute your metalhead status.

I love the honesty of people’s reactions to Haake’s genius.

Damn, Meshuggah. Fine, fine band!! Progressive, heavy , complex, heavy, intense drumming, 8-string guitars, gutural but understandable voice, amazing lyrics. Man, what A band!! And yeah, The drummer, Tomas Haake is regarded as one of the best metal drummers.

This song is one of the hardest song for a drummer to play cuz each limb is playing in different tempo so pretty much playing 4 different songs at the same time

Tomas Haake is an absolute beast. The double bass in Bleed is super technical and difficult. For more insane drumming, check out his drum playthrough for the song Clockworks. Also, I think you are ready for Animals As Leaders - CAFO. AAL's drummer Matt Garstka is one of the best out there and Tosin Abasi is an unbelievable guitar player.

those beautiful lyrics you admire, you've gotta realize, the whole song is about a brain aneyurism.

7:40 when you realize that metal is the best.

Tomas Haake is a God

they forgot to tell you mans is like 40+ years old

Robber:give me your money Haake: *pulls out drumsticks* *robber loses both eyes and sphincter in 2 seconds*

And this is the day Alex officially became a metalhead

his reaction is priceless... hes like a child being born and seeing world of metal for 1st time.. keep it up bro

I love that we are converting you to the heavy side. ONE OF US ONE OF US. Lol but in all reality you are going through such an incredible journey with all of these songs and you took Meshuggah way better than I thought you would. These guys are are hard pill to swallow even for metal heads themsevles so good on you for appreaciating the crazy heavy side of the genre

Went from Bill Burr talkin about this straight to this video and he nailed it. Nodding to the upper drum set and legs goin crazy

I wasn’t really a Messhugah fan until I saw them live with Devin Townsend. Complete mind altering experience. I just stood and watched, I don’t think I had any beer for their entire performance. Totally entranced. Amazing.

You gotta know about their lighting, it's perfectly in time with the drumming. You know why? Because the guy on lights is Edvard Hansen (I think I spelled it right), he does the lights live in time with the drumming, there's a fantastic video from 2012 where it shows him literally "playing" the lights. It's crazy how tight and in time he is with Tomas. It's so fucking cool. If you can find an audience perspective video of their song "The Violent Sleep of Reason", the lighting, on top of the amazing music, is just fascinating to watch. Much love!

It was at this moment that Alex Hefner realized he had a fetish for djent drummers. (Don't bother fighting it, we all do.)

this song is so dense. if you just watch Haake's hands, you may think it's all basic 1234 stuff. but underlying that simplicity is a ton of patterns. there are many groups of smaller patterns throughout the songs, very distinct stuff. hard to hear if you aren't used to this style of music. the main double bass one is easy to hear, but there are patterns where they do 3 groups, then 2, then 1, then 2, then 3, etc. things like that - and the guitars are doing it too with the kick drums. so while 1234 is happening so we can bob our heads, there is CRAZY stuff happening all over the place to make this an insane song, aside from just the stamina needed to play it! so while he's not doing the typical "flashy drummer" stuff to appear good, there is a lot going on, layers among layers that are just crazy! i'm so glad you enjoyed this and recognized some of what's going on! there's many who would hear this and immediately say "it's just screaming." there is so much juxtaposition with the growling vocals and the amazing lyrics... pure emotion exactly as you said.

Everyone in Meshuggah is the drummer xD

Their concept of timing is unreal

IRON MAIDEN - FEAR OF THE DARK LIVE JUDAS PRIEST - PAINKILLER They must be done Alex.

Not only being one of the best drummers in history, Tomas also wrote those poesy of lyrics... in his second language. If Alex knew he might have (ironicly) had an aneurysm.

I love that he inverts the rythem half way through the first verse he goes tripple double tripple then switches to double tripple double , Haake is insane.

Choosing a drumcam for a first meshuggah video was a great choice. Meshuggah is sum of more than its parts but Thomas on drums will always be the heart of that machine. It's like you said, he makes it sound like that there are at least 2 or 3 drummers doing all that. But it's also bass and guitar playing those rhytms from bass drums that makes it sound so heavy. It's very peculiar sound.

watching Thomas Haake playing drums for the first time is like watching Discovery Channel as a little and shouting HOW THE FUK

You do not call Tomas Haake 'boy'. It's Mister Haake, Sir, Lord Tomas Haake or just Tomas.

The way he sits low with the snare nestled in tight has him playing heels up so the majority of his power is from the hip flexors, thighs, & hams...not just his calf’s. It’s the same way I play...Hold on...I am in no way saying I hold a candle to him. I can’t...but I can totally appreciate the insane talent and dedication it takes to play this way.

If you want to see some unbelievable drumming then check out Fleshgod apocalypse - the Violation

Dude, Haake is a fucking metronome. His timing is incredible, and it seriously looks like each of his arms is acting independent of one another and his feet are doing their own thing independently. This man is utilizing 99% of his brain power on his drumming. Purely epic. Check out his videos for Clockworks and Nostrum if you haven’t yet

The sound of Meshuggah is like heavy machinery, literally. Beautiful.

👌One does not simply head nod to *Bleed by Meshugga* and feel like they are in time.

Oh he thought he was ready, cute ^^

The energy is from the metal bro lol you're slowly becoming a metal head living off the energy of the metal. When you hear Erra you'll see that whole feeling come together.

listen to "art of dying" by Gojira

“Oohhh my AASSS” -Alex Hefner 2018

Honestly the lyrics are very well written. But Thomas Haake IS Meshuggah. Without him, this band falls apart. His drumming carries the songs and fills in the gaps between the guitar work that without his drumming, would be super repetitive.

you’ve listened to the masters. Their distinct guitar sound spawned the genre of djent although they don’t like their music to be associated with djent. They are just Swedish extreme metal. Haake doesn’t have legs but he has pure bionic limbs smashing those base drums

Meshuggah it's one of my favorite things about being alive.

What's more impressive is that the entire band is synced up with the kick drum rhythmically. Syncapated like crazy! Hands down my favorite metal band. Also note, this is the only song Tomas uses a trigger for.

Also big shout out to their lighting tech who’s matching the strobes to the bass drum patterns. He does all that shit manually.

Here i go again... Periphery - "The Bad Thing" attempt 6 or 7, i don't know just do Periphery please 😂

"Supposedly this is some pretty heavy stuff." Oh, you sweet summer child

His face when the breakdown happened 😂👌🏼

You are progressively getting into heavier genres of metal, awesome!!! Behemoth Cannibal Corpse The Faceless The Black Dahlia Murder Goatwhore Job For A Cowboy Give those a try !!!!

You should really check out trivium drummer Alex Bent

Since I heard “Bleed” for the first time in 2011, I held that drum track in the highest possible esteem! I thought it unbeatable!.. until.. I heard the drummer from Strapping Young Lad for the first time less than 3 weeks ago. Gene Hoglan, The Atomic Clock. I’m now 52 years old and have seen proof that there is a drum god!

2:43 I can confirm this is a legit reaction 😂

Do "CAFO" by Animals As Leaders.

THe more metal you react to the more headbanging yoou do. You are becoming a metalhead....

I got confused watching the drummer's feet and arms! Great vid Alex \m/.

As Bill Burr said, it’s like he’s playing two different songs at once. Even people who don’t play drums realize how absolutely incredible this level of playing an instrument is.

Dude has bionic legs! One of the best drummers in metal! Great reaction!

I love meshuggah, I'm a guitarist and I love the machine-like style and the different type of solos. If you liked this check out Clockwork, Dancers to a discorded system(live!), future breed machine(LIVE!!!) and/or combustion

Can we give the rhythm guitar some love? He was playing the same thing and the combination of drums and guitar is what makes this song so amazing

You made me smile so big. I’m from Sweden and grew up in these boys. Saw them 20 years ago and you have to like ....appreciate it in a very perculiar way. Thanks for the video!!!!

Haake (hock) is a monster! He's the master of polyrythms. Now dammit it's time for FIRE FROM THE GODS!!!

Heaviest Matter of the Universe by Gojira

As one guy said "Legs are never missing Haake's day".

Dude doesn’t get the nickname “the human metronome” for no reason. He’s an absolutel BEAST

This will go down as one of the most epic reaction videos ever made! Meshuggah is easily one the most influential Metal bands of the last 20 years together with Opeth. Can't really think of any othe bands on that level.

this is one of the hardest songs to play in drums in terms of stamina and coordination.

Dude I love your excitement. Even though I’ve heard every song a hundred times.. when I watch your videos it’s like the first time listening all over again. Thank you

Dude the first time I heard that song was back when they released it on their MySpace and I was already a fan of theirs. Needless to say I was utterly blown away. Drummers have always been my favourites in the metal genre and Tomas Haake is just on a completely different level.

Eluveitie! Check it out, you'll like it, promise.

I honestly find the rhytm guitar picking to be way more impressive than the drumming, strictly due to the sheer tightness, speed & endurance required for the gallop

just even playing 2 different beats at once for 7 minutes isnt easy but seeing the tempo he keeps it up with is gnarly even the guitar riffs are insane although its only a few notes most people cant play this song in its entirety

Meshuggah: * exists* Me, a beggar child: "Excuse my poor arse, Sir, doth Thou hath some spare metal coin to giveth?"

"I can't imagine what his calves feel like".. Dude - they herta lot. (lets see how many drummers we have in the comments section).

You must hear The Dillinger Escape Plan. One of the pioners of Mathcore. And you must check The full album of the Meshuggah's lead guitarist And Morgan Ågren (hiper-talented drummer ).

Thomas don't shred. He fucking thrashes. Love this dude.

"BOY'S GOING BAREFOOT ON IT?!" hahahaha!

7:15 It's an interlude brother, not a breakdown. A breakdown is basically, the heaviest part of a song.

I listen to Bleed or Combustion every time go for a PR in the gym!😀

I feel you! That playing is out of this world! Gives me adrenalin and goosebumps! I get that rush when musicians shred like that!

Meshuggah is amazingly original

Yo Alex react to Fleshgod apocalypse - The violation. They're an Italian symphonic metalband, the drums are even more insane and resemble a machine gun. Very interesting song with some clean vocals and of course the classical instruments

Thomas haake has supernatural powers

Alex why did you do this to me? I can't stop playing or watching it. I'm insane.. Dope man🤘

Dude you've come super far in 6 months. I was not into Meshuggah the first time i heard them and i had been listening to metal for years at that point. Super cool to watch your metal journey.

Suicide Silence - YOLO ( Mitch Lucker memorial Live, Randy Blythe on Vocals ).

Thanks for reacting to full! Finally somebody did that!

WOW - You took my request man! Thank you! - This song, actually this band is just such GROOVE man - You can't not bob your head lol - This band is one of the best bands out there in ANY genre today and they have been SHREDDING for over 25 years!

It was cool that you took the time to read the lyrics and you could appreciate how hard it is to do this.

Stop calling yourself Hip-hop head

You should watch the Behemoth - O Father O Satan O Sun official video.

Does anybody here also realizes that *it's not only the drumming what is HARD as mother hugging hell with this song?* Guitars are also a killer with this. I've learned quite numerous songs of Meshuggah in guitars, but Bleed, I just can't (yet) bruh.