@@robbieclymore7877My favorite thing about him is his ability to somehow pick the perfect phrasing for their songs. It's almost like his voice follows along to the drums a lot of the time. And all at the same time his vocals are just pure brutality.
@@reeeeeee3966 Yeah Tomas does a lot of the lyrics and song format. But it still requires some damn good breath control and talent to make those phrasings sound as good as Jens makes them, especially when you're doing those metal screams.
Apart from the fact that Meshuggah are such a great vehicle for Tomas to shine, his musicality in the context of such technically difficult music is unparalleled. If you have ever heard a Tomas Haake drum track soloed, it is so musical even with no accompaniment. There would be very few drummers in this genre who would achieve this. When you consider that Meshuggah and Tomas pioneered a whole new genre of music requiring unheard of independence and skill and are still so cutting edge all these years later, it show what exceptional musicians there are.
You damn right,they're amaizing! And Tomas there just no words,what great drummer!! So few drummers out there in this immense sea of today metal drumming,that got this kind of sensibility and be able to be technical,catchy,clean,with tremendous groove and power and still somehow sound classic. What a musician!
This is true. Also true is that he plays which such an incredible consistency. Strange to say for a drummer - but he keeps time. His pacing and his dynamics are so damn even, he plays like a drum machine - and that's not a knock, it astounding. Especially given the technically demanding nature of the music and need need to keep everyone in the band together. I've seen Meshuggah live a few times and its blown me away each time.
Chris Adler also does a pretty good job at what you said too. Listen to the isolated drum track of Now you've got something to die for. The way he makes melodies with his cymbals and kick drums definitely makes him stand out.
Jayson Lee well, not all of it. but this song is 4/4. and it's amazing that's it's 4/4 because it feels like it could be so many different time signatures
Its more polyrhytms. 4/4 base with odd time over it as a layered beat. This guy doesn't trip on his feet walking he juggles between hand and feet to walk with ease. Tomas is a lot like Neil Peart in the sense he composes drums and lyrics/vocals.
samuel desbiens no, it's syncopated 4/4 patterns mostly. only real polyrhythm I can think of is the lead guitar over the rhythm guitar in their song Spasm
The best part about this video is that it was clearly shot before the show at soundcheck, as evidenced by Mårten in his PJ's at around 4:25. Awesome to see his band supporting Tomas
@cranglepiano Fredrik should have just remastered the first album since they rushed it the first time supposedly. Instead of adding fake drums that are painfully out of date sounding by today's standards.
Outstanding album. Groovy as f*ck. Listened to the re-recorded version first and i loved it. Now i listened to the original, and fell in love completely, especially "Straws Pulled at Random" and "Stengah" because of the drums sound.
Beat Therapy that's the secret to playing like Tomas. learn to make every movement count, don't expend energy in a useless fashion. he hits hard as hell, lays down visceral pounding beats, but stays sooo loose.
This one about Opeth's Wreath is also a fun comment: Is it true that that this song was inspired by an incident where Mikeal Alkerfieldt split his glass of milk, which made him become outraged that he had nothing to dunk his cookies in, he started writing this song?
I love this band. They sound like the Thrak line up of King Crimson with cookie monster vocals. The lead guitarist sounds like a cross between Robert Fripp and Allan Holdsworth. Tomas Haake is on another level. Before him I never heard metal groove. It was always so linear and machine like. Now it sways and bobs.
What must be going on in his brain when he's doing this? So fucked up how he keeps rhythms going so independently of others. That left foot keeping the hi hat going underneath everything else! Holy shit
Ye that always amazes me, among other things. I can't even keep up with what all of his limbs are doing, but that left foot is always on time and doesn't miss a note.
His brain probably isn’t doing much this is all the culmination of thousands of hours and many many MANY years of practice. This is all basically muscle memory at this point
There are multiple ways to interpret music. It's not like it definitively 4/4 or otherwise, because that only matters when you're writing transcribing. I think you're confusing the quarter note pulse throughout the song for it meaning that it's somehow in 4/4, but if you analyze the musical phrases it would make more sense to transcribe (and way easier to read) into bars of 5/4 and 6/4. I'd rather read consistent musical phrases then have to read how some rhythmic motif is shifting between bars of 4/4. Quarter note pulse does not equal 4/4
This is a really awesome quality video cam. Well lit, great angles, high quality etc. But the most awesome part of this video, to me, is the quality of the audio. It's a really awesome live mix, and exemplifies how relentlessly tight this band is when they're on stage. Fucking. Incredible.
The fact that it is such a techniocally difficult song and he does it with no problem at all shows how good he is. The fact that Meshuggah pioneered this kind of music aswell and all songs are written in 4/4 but still people get confused. It just amazes me how good he is at what he does. Amazing.
@@skifihls6858pretty sure the fill is KRLRL x 2 KRL x 2 The groups of 5 are jammed into a triplet feel and he kinda hits harder on the last 2 notes of the five groupings
Really can’t see how anyone could say there is a better percussionist in the industry right now. Especially among metal drummers, he’s as good as it gets. Something special.
right? a lot of people dont realize theyve been around since like 87 lol. gandalf beards and grey hair lol, still setting the standard so high, most cant even touch it. the great jazz guys get it, but its too much for a certain percentage of metal heads and bands.
Apart from the independent motor function on display. What always marvels me is how he's able to concentration on playing with the light show happening all around him. It's disorientating for me and I'm just sitting in my chair.
I was absolutely mesmerized in every little detail and then Frederik walks by in his pajama pants and the whole thing went from being astounded to hilarious in half a second
Juma I searched for this comment just to like it haha. I love how Thordendal keeps getting better and translates his evolving skills seemingly on the fly. I love people's faces when I tell them he plays a different solo every show. That one there was somethin' else.
I love this song, it's so much fun to play on drums once you take the time to learn it (then again so are all Meshuggah songs though.) I tend to get a bit lost in the bit at 3:10 during the guitar solo sometimes lol.
this is how to make a drum cam video. multiple angles on stands and decent audio pulled from somewhere other than the air. well done. everyone w a phone and a ticket to a show seems to think they can make drum cam videos these days smh
my word they are so bad ass. haake's drumming is the key. imagine what Vinnie would do here. straight time 4/4 with the snare on the cliche 2 and 4 beats, up tempo. cool for pantera but meshuggah is next next next level stuff. it's mesmerizing. best band on the planet... still!
Thomas's drumming is just in a world of its own.for me to get my head around these beats is just boggling.i can drum 1 song all the way through from meshuggah and that's combustion.probably one of their easiest songs.
4:49 begins one of the most mind blowing segments Meshuggah has to offer. fuck that's nuts to watch him drum. I can't even focus on what he's doing hahaha I just feel bewildered
Jajebe, jak oni wymiatają :D Zarejestrowali tu kilka drobnych nierówności, ale też rozumiem jakie są okoliczności nagrania ;) Jadę ich zobaczyć w czerwcu, drugi raz to będzie i w ogóle moja kobieta jedzie tam ze mną - to będzie emocjonalna miazga :D
This is a fascinating video, I love to watch him play the drums. He's no doubt a bad ass drummer. Sad thing is when I went to see them live on this past tour they had spotlights on the stage aimed at the audience that basically blinds you and you cannot see the band at all. I only went to watch him play so if you're looking forward to seeing these guys live wear sunglasses and don't expect to see of the musicians.
Due to chronic back pain I was planning on buy a throne with a backrest, but was shy... after seeing the god himself using one I suddenly have a smile on my face :)
I've always said that my 2 favourite drummers are Steve Gadd and Tomas Hakke. Recently though I really do think Tomas' playing has just gone up a level to the point where I actually prefer it to Gadd's and thats really saying something as Im a die hard Steve Gadd fan. For me I think its pretty reasonable to say he's one of the very best drummers who's ever lived. Possibly even THE best. To my tastes anyway.
Haha for a second I thought Tomas was playing live with just his socks on and I was like "my man!" but then I saw Marten stroll past in his pyjama pants and realised they were sound checking
I'm older & have a bum shoulder now, but back in the day I could hit hard, broke some sticks & cymbals & heads. This is like therapy. PS drummer's always like to compare "styles".. would be cool to see Tomas do some jazzy Krupa thing filmed in a b&w setting just to show off?
Anyone know or can explain Tomas' education or training in music? Like did he go to music school, have someone train how to get that sort of independence in addition to the musicality of making it sound good in the context of the song? Or did he juts make it up as he goes along and become this phenom? (this is coming from a non-musician, so pardon any ignorance!)
