So hear me out, I am the person behind that sweet old lady and here is some background. Her name Is Niki and I aspire to be like her when I grow up. I met her at that concert. I was in the first row waiting for Meshuggah to start when I saw her on the side. She immediately piqued my interest, cause I had 0 clue how she got there. I started talking with her and the story is as follows: She travels a lot and tries to live life as much as possible. One day she went to see an art piece. She really liked it so she waited for the actors after the play. She talked to them and found out that one of the actresses actually went to the same high school as her daughter. This actress mentioned that her partner’s band plays a concert in NY in a few weeks and that should she come over, they will party. Actress happens to be Jessica Pimental and her partner happens to be one Thomas Haake. Niki likes experiences, so she obviously comes (without knowing anything about the band, djent or even metal). When the concert started I pushed her in front of me after the first song, cause we were quite close to the mosh pit and I didnt like her to get injured.. She not only survived the whole thing but was asking questions: “What are they singing about?”, “Why do they have so many lights?” and “Why are people being thrown forward” (about stage diving). She didn't want to leave. When I asked if she was ok she just stoically responded “I never left a single party in my life”. It was like a museum tour for her. After the concert she said “We are going to an after party, I got to meet my friend.” Do you think she had a badge or anything else to prove that she belongs to a band? Hell no! She just had her iron will and persistence. After talking with a bunch of security guys she actually went backstage. I waited outside. After a few minutes one of the crew members emerged and asked me to join them. Damn, Niki fulfilled my dream of meeting Meshuggah on f**king Meshuggah after the party. I don't have to tell you that I consider myself a super fan and how much this meant to me. In the end I got to leave the party early, but when I was leaving, Niki was still there having fun. That night I learned: never leave any party even if it seems crazy and help your elders because they can help you to meet your heroes…
Thanks for the clarification! Yeah from what I remember being next to you and her it went something like this but I didn’t have the whole backstory to explain it on here.
Always use good judgement when helping ne1 of ne age. while yer story ended very well, some ppl's don't. Øystein Euronymous Aarseth helped out Vark Vikernes & look what happened to him, Joey Jordison helped all those bastards in Slipknot get to where they r today & again look where it landed him, I've helped older ppl in my own life & gotten nothing but disrespect of all kinds. Not from all but the vast majority, the pros don't out weight the cons in many cases. Some ppl r just more prone to attracting bad luck& shitty ppl so maybe evaluate yer own history before putting yerself out there to help others. I'm glad yer situation turned out good tho, sounded like a good time.
The other heavy bands are great, they’re just not as pioneering as Meshuggah. These guys built the drum machine that rock/metal uses these days, they pioneered their own sound, and they have a world class live production - they just spoil metal fans because other shows start to not hit the same which isn’t fun.
I saw them in 2012 and the light show was extremely annoying, I couldn’t look at the stage because the lights were beamed straight at the audience, it ruined the show for me. Love the band though, hope they’ve changed show their light production.
To this day, one of the most mind melting live performances I’ve ever gotten the chance to experience. This even includes the part where I’m tackling a dude trying to steal a bottle of booze from behind a satellite bar in the venue mid set. Tightest live band ever
@sadmonk6694 nahhhh, not when it was at a venue I used to work at and in order to get the bottle he had to sucker punch the bartender, who was the only coworker I got along with
Hey man, Exorcism is an absolute banger! And i just got into your music quite recently. Funny how music brings everyone together no matter how far apart.
Dude I literally discovered your music early last year and loved it. Definitely inspired me to give writing non-metal music a chance. Small world indeed.
It’s likely that no band does, but let’s hope that there is an organization or label or group that puts as much care into their production AND live production - lights and showmanship are so important.
@@UnitedYeets ive seen these guys melt faces live so many times. People freak out, it is so powerful and spiritual. Hyptonic Power, sheer Weight and Density. Just unmatchable, the true definition of Pioneers. We are lucky to have shared energy with these Gods
Music is not a contest, there’s people that would argue that Meshuggah sound like lightweights compared to their favourite heavy band, and that claim would sound ridiculous as well.
@@corydinsmore1117 already have posted them in my channel although I should post more of their full tracks - something about my last post didn’t really click with YT
Love the name boss, there are other Avant-Garde metal bands out there but they’re still growing and haven’t hit their critical masses like Meshuggah’s Rational Gaze or Bleed or this track to really take off. I’ll be putting out a few of them as I continue to upload and attend new shows.
@@dregonskreper7609 two great recommendations. Ulcerate and Ashenspire. Are you into blood incantation or gorguts? I love the more experimental side of metal…Deathspell omega , imperial triumphant , artificial brain, etc stuff like that.
Funny comment but so much misinformation about the actual sagas and mimir and the Asir and Vanir Tribes of old Norse history. I liked the game and all but dam, Odin is the good guy and Mimir is a giant/god like Odin. In fact in some sagas he is Odin’s brother and helped make humanity lol. It was the Vanir Tribes aka Njord Freya Freyr and so on that severed mimirs head when Honar was unable to lead the vanir tribe or make critical decisions without Mimir at his side being one of the wisest of beings. So they cut his head off and sent it back to Odin as an insult. Odin then used his magic of necromancy and the runes to bring Mimir back to life in his severed head to continue to help Odin and so on. So yeah God of War really trashed the real even cooler story then what Kratos did in both god of war games.
Years ago, i had this track queued in the CD player of my car. I was giving a buddy of mine a ride, and he's an aspiring rapper. He recognized that the song was building up to break down and as soon as it hit, he started freestyling. Was sick AF. he wasn't into metal, but I've heard that rappers still appreciate the energy and beats in metal.
Man, this takes me way back. Went to see their support, Hypocrisy, in .. 1996 or 1997 in Germany and went in totally unprepared. That was some mind-melting stuff. Have been a fan ever since. Friend of mine, now a professional drummer, used to always stand as far to the side as possible just to see the drummers more clearly. That dude was shaking his head for the whole concert in disbelief. Insane band. I love that they are finally getting broader appreciation through a lot of reaction videos. RU-vid done good here :)
I read the title and I thought “Please tell me it’s Future Breed Machine” and you did not disappoint. Shit goes hard every single time and never gets old 🤘
Went to that show. My group just couldn't help but laugh at how bad converge's vocalist sounded. Gave me the perfect chance to walk away and buy meshuggah merch lol
Certified Face-Melters all day. I was able to record this set completely in NYC, then the Orlando location for half of it, while the other half I was able to enjoy some crowdsurfing and moshing - and in certain tracks just stand back and just take it all in. Every single time I’ve seen these guys feels like the first time.
@@UnitedYeets first experience was listening on Spotify to Future Breed Machine through Deftones radio. when that bridge hits I was amazed how awesome it was and that solo dude never heard anything like it in my entire life.
@@ptbempire wow through Deftones huh? Another fun band that gets many people into the rock/metal from other genres. My first listen to these guys was Bleed back many years ago, but that track didn’t “click” to me. It wasn’t until I stumbled upon sequences of Catch 33 like “Personate Non Gratae” that I knew these guys were another breed.
@@ptbempire Stef & Chino don’t know how influential they’ve been to the existing alt-rock scene. If you really dig that signature alternative sound, and you consider yourself an exploratory person with music, try this site out: everynoise.com It’s a nodemap of all genres out there, on the right side of the site you can search your favourite artists and get a similar map of artists within the genre it returns back for you. All nodes in the map have sample links, if it’s a genre you can get a sample of what it sounds like and if it’s a artist you get to hear what they sound like specifically, it’s my goto tool for music discovery aside from live shows.
Yeah…they do that to people - and each time seeing them, at least for me, feels like the first time. This past tour I was able to catch them twice, this one in NYC and again in Orlando - with plenty of recordings like this to share still. I hope they continue to stay active, as they’re getting older now - Jens will be 60 in four years.
Greatest breakdown in history. No question or competition. They wrote this “breakdown” when there was no such thing as “breakdowns” Game changer. Over 20 years old and still heavy and modern.
I traveled from New Orleans to Houston to see them because I passed up the opportunity to see them last time they came to New Orleans. I haven't been to terribly many shows, but the energy when Meshuggah played was unmatched compared to anything else I'd seen. When they played THIS song for the encore SLOWER than on the album, the mosh pit was at the peak of its intensity -- absolutely nuts. Really home they come back to New Orleans. They have an incredibly imposing stage presence too, which I only got to observe the few times I wasn't getting thrown around like a ping-pong ball in the pit. lol
@@adiv2181 dude that show was P A C K E D. I was talking to someone else there who said that that's a normal thing at Houston shows. I also almost didn't get to see the show because I went to put my merch in the car without knowing you're not supposed to leave the venue after entry, but they let me off the hook, thankfully.
@@adiv2181 Yeah, well at least they let me back in because I didn't know that that was something that music venues did. lol Kinda baffling though because I'm so used to people going outside to smoke during the breaks.
@@NoctisReitop2 as it happens, I think their old stuff is so much better than everything after Nothing Their first album just sounds like Metallica on steroids
@@JobForAMaxboy I completely agree. This is one opinion of mine that I've felt has been a horribly unpopular opinion. Soul Burn is another favorite of mine. Soul burn and Corridor is what I imagine and feel first when I think of Meshuggah... (and then rational gaze 😇)
got to see these guys every day Ozzfest 2002 as a roadie for another band. wish i paid more attention and asked more questions. very chill and approachable dudes. glad they’re still around.
I’m slowly uploading when I can. I upload across all genres. Within Metal/Rock, what breakdowns would you want me to upload? It’s likely I have already seen it and I’ve already recorded it live.
Definitely gotta see these guys before I die. I'm not a huge fan of their music but you can't deny how skilled they are and to see them execute this shit live has to be another level of mind blowing
I've been to a ton of concerts. I saw them last year for the first time in Pittsburgh. I assure you it's as amazing as you think it will be. I was blown away.
I started to cry from that pure happinesss vibe I sensed from all audience bursting when song unleashes breakdown - I have been to MESHUGGAH concert few times and OH BOY, it is an adventure of lifetime 🤘💙
Glad you liked it! There’s a similar feeling in the crowd, a moment of lifetime-achievement it seems, during Straws Pulled At Random. Check out that track in my channel!
@@UnitedYeets I absolutely will check all possible MESHUGGAH content you have - just found your channel by random, so I be digging in - and THANK YOU for sharing \,,/
@@mikakettunen7939 the full versions to each of the clips on the video feed are found in the descriptions as they’re all unlisted. For a collection of them, you can see my public playlist of the full versions here Meshuggah ru-vid.com/group/PLqnwnEOdrvlchvva8Z1jEfrXG5Uba2FfA
I agree that Meshuggah has some of the best riffs and breakdowns in metal history. There are some new bands that are coming out with crazy songs . Darko and Oceans Ate Alaska are the only modern bands I can think of that reminds me of Meshuggah the most. In terms of technical heaviness.
I’ve seen and recorded over 110 artists this year across various genres, the combination of showmanship plus musicianship just doesn’t compare to anything with what I’ve seen ever. I’ll be increasing my upload frequency to show YT more like this, but I can say that too many artists nowadays who don’t have an organic growth to their following, seem to have better showmanship and eye candy than their musicianship - maybe it’s a 2022 Tik Tok / Eye Candy is more important kind of trend. In some 5-10 years we’ll have another batch of artists who are doing great now but their showmanship is poor or their live production is not that much of a spectacle yet.
Humanity's Last Breath, Vildhjarta, and Loathe should be on the list of modern heavy stuff granted, Loathe sounds a lot more like Alternative Metal/Rock, they still have Meshuggah-ish parts in their songs funny you'd mention OAA I like their music too, but don't find them that heavy, they still sounds like Metalcore even with the latest album being slightly closer to Deathcore not an elitist, I enjoy both, including old and new stuff EDIT: also Tesseract sounds incredible live despite not necessarily being a "heavy" band, they have their moments and deserve a mention when talking about Meshuggah.
@@aprioris.knowledge2765 I’ll be uploading Fallujah in about 3 weeks ish. Their last tour was great. Problem with Fallujah is that, for RU-vid, their production is just small - all they have to carry them is their musicianship and while it gets them very far, they’re still not popular enough to put up a “show” show that people could easily watch even if they don’t know them.
@@caixiuying8901 I know your comment is for the creator of this thread, but Loathe’s Hardcore Punk influences makes for a different experience. On my channel you’ll see Kublai Khan TX and I’ll be uploading my recordings of Loathe when I can - seen them twice this year - but it’s another example of a band with great music and a small but rising live production. They have some lights going now and can headline, maybe in 3-8 years they might be able to match their live production to their musicanship because man can they move a crowd.
There was nothing like this before, during, nor will there ever be again. This Entire Album is still flying over everyone’s head. I seen MESHUGGAH open for ‘tool at The Palace of Auburn Hills in 2001. From what I remember, they Opened with Future Breed Machine; I had never heard music like that, it was exactly what I was searching for, my brain was going insane from the excitement. literally everyone I could see was just standing still like they were mannequins, felt like a movie. When the intro started, I had no clue what to think and than it was INSTANTLY THE GREATEST SONG EVER!!!!!!!! 🤘🤘
Yeah what people don’t realize is that this track is how this track is 27 years old. That’s like kids who grew up in 2000’s listening to Korn and Fear Factory also respecting The Grateful Dead as being just as good. Wild
@@ARG0TSuffocation is fantastic, but I don’t have a recording of them. Closest recordings I have that are good enough in quality to post up at any moment is: Aborted, Psycroptic, and Fallujah.
All of the newer videos have their full versions available in their descriptions, the full version to this one is just still being worked on/processed lol. When the new video is done, I’ll add it to the description of this video and to this public playlist Meshuggah ru-vid.com/group/PLqnwnEOdrvlchvva8Z1jEfrXG5Uba2FfA Thank you for the kind comment/feedback!
@@UnitedYeets ah so you always do it like that :D I allready spotted a few full versions in the comments of older clips wich i instantly put in my playlist. Nice to know that there is more on the way. Im always down for some high quality meshuggah content. Thanks for youre work here!
Hell No They Dont Make Breakdowns Like that one anymore Future Breed Machine is an amazing Opening To A Legendary Meshuggah Album That Goes By The Name Of Destroy Erase Improve
@@UnitedYeets Hey dude! I think my last reply got deleted cause i shared my website link, but if you go to my page here on youtube, there's a link to my website and you can contact me directly there! Would absolutely be open to answering any questions!
Same here. I watch this one and the Catch 33 sequences that I have up. Bleed from the last tour in 2023 has some portions of it that are as majestic as this one, I’ll have to upload that one when I upgrade my editing rig soon.
Jens literally just stands there and has some of the most stage presence I've ever seen, up there with Ross from Haken who is up and moving the whole time. This dude is the EMBODIMENT of what the kids call "aura"
If you can, play it on an OLED TV at the 4K60P+ HDR, most of the videos on my channel are set up this way. If you want full versions of tunes, you can only find them here - the videos are unlisted but the playlists aren’t. Meshuggah ru-vid.com/group/PLqnwnEOdrvlchvva8Z1jEfrXG5Uba2FfA
Was able to see them again in NY for the same recent run/tour; they all did great and the crowd’s hype matched the performance! I have videos from it but I’ve been slacking on the uploads haha
Does that mean I get a sub? Lol Watch it on an OLED screen in 4K60FPS + HDR if you can. All of my other newer videos are in similar quality. Glad you liked it!
The first time I saw them live, it wasn’t my first metal/rock show by far, but I was shocked at how intense their light show was…I had a headache for several hours after the show back in 2016, wished I even wore glasses. Now, I’m more used to it, but yeah this video and some of my other videos on HDR monitors and OLED devices have some crazy flashes, especially with the 60FPS.
I remeber watching them live as the opening act in my small town (40.000 people) in northern Sweden way back in 1998. Now they are, trough hard work, getting big. Like realy big. Headlining big festivals. It feels good to see them reap the benefits
