Meshuggah i | The Decomposer Lounge Reaction and Production Breakdown

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 571

  • @andrejantolik2131
    @andrejantolik2131 Рік тому +330

    9:20 I love the part where he tries to decipher the riff and immediately gives up, classic meshuggah

  • @TheDjpressha
    @TheDjpressha Рік тому +469

    Can we take a moment to give this man a hand for weathering this 22m masterpiece of madness? Well done Geebz!

    • @MrBaverbo
      @MrBaverbo Рік тому +7

      21 actually

    • @Ripla_Flame
      @Ripla_Flame Рік тому

      @@MrBaverbo🤓☝️

    • @rubaidaallen2764
      @rubaidaallen2764 Рік тому +1

      Yes!! 22 minutes of pure GENIUS 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @nathansterling639
      @nathansterling639 Рік тому

      It's not a masterpiece lol. Just really long and challenging

    • @TheDjpressha
      @TheDjpressha Рік тому +3

      @@nathansterling639 it was done for alliteration my guy.

  • @lausonmorgado980
    @lausonmorgado980 Рік тому +165

    14:51 GOTCHA AHAHAHAH
    I was waiting for this, because at this part of the song, when I was listening for the first time, I almost had a heart attack hahaha
    Greetings from Brazil Geebz, I love your videos!

    • @mpk33
      @mpk33 Рік тому +8

      Fresh underwear required...lol
      Happened to me also nearly 15 years ago.

    • @Breadcups
      @Breadcups Рік тому +15

      The only band to ever put a jump scare in a song.

    • @MorgueOfficialMusic
      @MorgueOfficialMusic Рік тому +2

      @@Breadcups Definitely not the only one, but probably the best one

    • @Breadcups
      @Breadcups Рік тому

      @@MorgueOfficialMusic hit me with some other ones?

    • @MorgueOfficialMusic
      @MorgueOfficialMusic Рік тому +2

      @@Breadcups Cattle Decapitation, Darke Complex, every Napalm Death song.. I'm sure there are more but none come to mind right now

  • @Quake18
    @Quake18 Рік тому +135

    "sounds like a good place to stop...*exasperated sigh*.. for god sakes"... lmao Geebz we love you, you dont miss!

  • @rmr5044
    @rmr5044 Рік тому +271

    I listened to this song after taking a strong edible one time and I nearly had a panic attack because parts of this song seemed like they would never end. 10/10 experience

    • @SwerveCity___
      @SwerveCity___ Рік тому +7

      😂 Have had a similar experience

    • @sebastian-gman
      @sebastian-gman Рік тому +9

      I never tried shrooms and I doubt, that I will ever do, but if I would, this here would be the one song I’d def. not listen to! Too much potential to melt your brain under these conditions! 😂

    • @Chimera420
      @Chimera420 Рік тому +15

      @@sebastian-gman If you ever decide to, remember to respect the shroom. You experience things from many perspectives all at the same time and dive deep into the dormant crevices of your mind. Best thing i have listened to with shrooms is the entire Ghosts album by Nine Inch Nails on repeat. One hell of a journey. I try not to listen to metal on shrooms because it becomes very overwhelming. It's not something you want to take just to have a good time.

    • @DionysusEleutherios
      @DionysusEleutherios Рік тому +6

      @@Chimera420 Agreed! Miles Davis on the other hand on shrooms......woah.

    • @bobbyseelye92
      @bobbyseelye92 Рік тому

      🤣

  • @heyyou8714
    @heyyou8714 Рік тому +195

    Agreed. Twenty one minutes of MESHUGGAH is absolutely brain melting.

    • @yhamez37
      @yhamez37 Рік тому +7

      In a really great way for me, personally. I totally get how it could go the other way for most people.

    • @MorgueOfficialMusic
      @MorgueOfficialMusic Рік тому +3

      @@yhamez37 most people are wrong though

    • @yhamez37
      @yhamez37 Рік тому +1

      @@MorgueOfficialMusic from my perspective, I definitely agree ;D

    • @heyyou8714
      @heyyou8714 Рік тому +2

      @@yhamez37 oh yeah, they rock in a way no one else does and kill it in a way no one else could.

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 11 місяців тому +1

      In the best possible way.

  • @LogsMaggot
    @LogsMaggot Рік тому +142

    From the part that starts at 16:45 onwards is the most violent I've ever head banged for any song, ever. This is too much I literally can't drive with this, I almost drove off the road a couple of times no kidding

    • @josephbrenner2278
      @josephbrenner2278 Рік тому +9

      My favorite part as well

    • @AjaxTheYeti
      @AjaxTheYeti Рік тому +14

      So many bands wish they could make a riff this hard.

    • @alanstrange2421
      @alanstrange2421 Рік тому +8

      The first time I listened to this I was just kind of sitting on my couch like...what the fuck. then the noisy second bit and I'm like, what the actual fuck??? Then the part with the vocals kicked in and I lost my shit and trashed my own living room.
      The first time I listened to Obzen I was driving home from the record store after buying the album. Bleed kicked in as I was pulling into my driveway, and I almost crashed my car into my own house!

    • @donallen8212
      @donallen8212 Рік тому

      Same...sooooo good

    • @majesticpbjcat7707
      @majesticpbjcat7707 Рік тому +1

      This part is quintessential heavy. Everything just leads up to it so well. I still get goosebumps listening to it to this day.

  • @deafmute.9814
    @deafmute.9814 Рік тому +109

    ALIEN MORSE CODE! PERFECT! Absolutely my favorite track by Meshuggah and can't believe you actually took this on. Cheers!

    • @raz0rcarich99
      @raz0rcarich99 Рік тому +1

      LOOOOOL. He captured that so good. My brain is so confused the first few times I hear any Meshuggah song.

    • @williamcozart8158
      @williamcozart8158 Рік тому

      Fredrik's "alien communicae" solos can cause seizures.

  • @Flugmorph
    @Flugmorph Рік тому +85

    almost 20 years later still one of the most transcendenting listens you can have.

    • @Atixtasy
      @Atixtasy Рік тому +12

      you must have meant transcendjenting right lol :D

    • @Flugmorph
      @Flugmorph Рік тому +1

      @@Atixtasy lel true

    • @nbleys5696
      @nbleys5696 Рік тому +1

      Agreed 👍

    • @snail415
      @snail415 Рік тому +1

      Damn. It feels like just a few years ago!

  • @phydauex
    @phydauex Рік тому +34

    Nobody builds tension like Meshuggah. Sits on a riff til you cant take it anymore, then goes just a bit more. Brutal snd brilliant.

  • @APieceOfLiquid
    @APieceOfLiquid Рік тому +154

    Awesome. Would be great if you reacted to the whole of Meshuggahs Catch Thirtythree album. It's essentially all one track. So good.

    • @senseicorey9979
      @senseicorey9979 Рік тому +24

      "One syllable, one, vowel"

    • @lmaosougo3936
      @lmaosougo3936 Рік тому +31

      ​@@senseicorey9979 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @Kerosian1
      @Kerosian1 Рік тому +33

      The last half of that album is the most mindblowingly crushing thing I've ever heard. I think that album is like the dark side of the moon is to rock but for metal. A masterpiece.

    • @honk1419
      @honk1419 Рік тому

      i would just end myself
      the rest of my life could only go downhill from there

    • @shabado0
      @shabado0 Рік тому +14

      He must MUST eventually listen to Catch33. Meshuggah’s peak, their masterpiece. I is amazing as well

  • @f0xcatcher
    @f0xcatcher Рік тому +64

    Meshuggah is so "landscapish". It's like I'm flying above the unfamiliar landscape.

    • @robdubent
      @robdubent Рік тому +3

      Yes I get this as well

    • @MFKR696
      @MFKR696 Рік тому +1

      Sure... Just like flying over an unfamiliar landscape... While being chased by a mechanical Leviathan that wants nothing more than to use you as a chew-toy lol.

    • @hazardeur
      @hazardeur 8 місяців тому +2

      key being "unfamiliar"

  • @THERAMMSTEINFAN490
    @THERAMMSTEINFAN490 Рік тому +47

    The lead guitarist is Fredrik Thordendal.
    He made a STRANGE solo record in the late 90's with LOADS more GENIUS originality - only the fusion jazz influence, which i think in large part inspired "it all"[meshuggah], is VERY obvious. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend listening to it! Its been my favourite record for years!
    Fredrik Thordendals Special Defects - Sol Niger Within.
    Its abt. 43 mins and lists as 31-33 songs, so its recommended to listen to many at once ;P all structured like a sick, twisted classical adventure. The theme is very philosophical, alien and phychological. I recommend either listening to it from the start or going in from the second organ part at about 26 minutes in. ;p and yes, you read correctly, organ part.
    He just reentered the band's touring lineup after some years break and has worked on- and recorded for-, a second solo release during this hiatus. Its process is largely unknown, but a record could also come out at any time really. ;p

    • @grodriguez2620
      @grodriguez2620 Рік тому +4

      Fredrik's style and method are forever linked and inspired by our mentor and maestro: Allan Holdsworth.

    • @TheOwlripper
      @TheOwlripper 5 місяців тому

      100% recommend this album. So glad Thordendal is back for Meshuggah and there are new tracks of his surfacing. Absolute genius.

  • @Smilenol
    @Smilenol Рік тому +33

    ''Alien morse code'' might be the best description for the feeling i get when listening to Meshuggah.

  • @FIatts
    @FIatts Рік тому +14

    3:23 “I wonder what the time signature is on this”
    3:30 “fuck it”

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades Рік тому +2

      It's 4/4 , just like everything they write.

    • @MadailinBurnhope
      @MadailinBurnhope Рік тому

      ​@@vorpalblades there's always a 4/4 pulse to ground it, but there are multiple different time signatures layered over that
      I see a lot of people say "it's all just 4/4" about Mesh's music but it's not that simple and I think Tomas Haake was being a little self-deprecating when he said that

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades Рік тому +1

      @@MadailinBurnhope it's not different time signatures, it's beat displacement. The other parts aren't always multiples of 4 so they only line up every few measures.
      Playing around the pulse doesn't change the time signature.

    • @FIatts
      @FIatts Рік тому +1

      @@vorpalblades it’s not 4/4

    • @PHVNT0ML0RD81
      @PHVNT0ML0RD81 Рік тому +2

      ​​​@@FIatts It is, everything they do is 4/4. The band themselves have said this. Pick literally any song of theirs and nod your head to a 4/4 beat, you will never be out of time.

  • @ElegantDecisis
    @ElegantDecisis Рік тому +11

    I first heard this in 2004 when it was released. I had swear I had more chest hair by the time it was over.

  • @aluxd.7709
    @aluxd.7709 Рік тому +69

    Great video, your next Meshuggah adventure should be the entirety of Catch Thirtythree. Fantastic album to listen to through and through, gets better every time.

    • @robdubent
      @robdubent Рік тому +5

      In its entirety, in order. Yes.

    • @Frogmilk
      @Frogmilk Рік тому +2

      It's better on shuffle

    • @camw621
      @camw621 Рік тому

      Definitely my favourite Meshuggah Album!

  • @zephyr30
    @zephyr30 Рік тому +25

    You should do a slow burn of their Catch 33 album! ^^

  • @Djcimofficial
    @Djcimofficial Рік тому +12

    There is Heavy and then there is MESHUGGAH!!! 🤘🏻 Catch 33 next!!

    • @dek86s
      @dek86s 6 місяців тому

      yes please1! that cyberpunk part is amazing in catch 33

  • @TheWikkdOne
    @TheWikkdOne 8 місяців тому +9

    The section at 10:03 is just absolutely insane on every level. I love this song so much.

  • @TheBritomart
    @TheBritomart Рік тому +5

    "I'm done counting!!!"😆Understandable

  • @damagon123
    @damagon123 Рік тому +13

    This is hands down the BEST song to listen to when you have a long drive ahead.

  • @RealSavageJef
    @RealSavageJef Рік тому +19

    No way you did a reaction on this! Thank you very much!

  • @andybowman5360
    @andybowman5360 Рік тому +5

    Parts of this song make me feel like I’m inside a top fuel dragster engine running at max rpms.
    I hated meshuggah at one time, then I sat down and really listened to it, and I’ve been a fan ever since.

  • @dustmemory9891
    @dustmemory9891 Рік тому +10

    You gotta do catch 33 next, they actually play some of those songs live

    • @tylerduncan3476
      @tylerduncan3476 7 місяців тому +2

      Saw them earlier in the year, they played in death live!

    • @dustmemory9891
      @dustmemory9891 7 місяців тому

      @@tylerduncan3476 Nice! I caught them on that tour as well, they really killed it. "The hurt that finds you first" was probably my favorite this time around, might catch them again in December.

  • @taipanpete94
    @taipanpete94 Рік тому +10

    I've listened to this song 1000 times, probably the best 20 minute song ever

  • @MadailinBurnhope
    @MadailinBurnhope Рік тому +6

    that little smile at 4:05 when it kicks back in, that's what it's all about

  • @LogsMaggot
    @LogsMaggot Рік тому +23

    Here's a song literally nobody else reacts to: SLIPKNOT'S IOWA! A 15 minutes track off of the Iowa album, so underrated

  • @iancraig5415
    @iancraig5415 Рік тому +20

    Commenting before he even starts the song, but in case you didn't know Geebz they deliberately wrote this song to have random breaks in the patterns, to the point where Tomas and Frederik had to record most of the song bar by bar just to get a finished studio version. Its the reason it'll likely never be played live apart from the endurance needed, becuase in Tomas' own words "nobody knows how to play I"
    Edit: 11:01 YOU CAN PLAY ROSANNA? Half the drummers in your audience just got jealous

    • @NuclearHeadshot
      @NuclearHeadshot Рік тому +5

      There are two kinds of drummers who can play Rosanna: those who think they can play it (and some get REALLY close), and Jeff Porcaro.

  • @jlae111
    @jlae111 Рік тому +12

    I discovered a work colleague of mine listens to metal and I asked if he liked Meshuggah. He said he'd never heard of them. I thought "Bleed is where most people start, but I think I is their greatest work (or Catch 33) so give that a listen". See him a few days later and he says "I thought I knew what metal was, but you have proven me wrong. THIS is metal."
    Awesome review of an awesome piece. Well done. Keep up the great work.

    • @RobertT1999
      @RobertT1999 Рік тому

      That's really strange because "I" was also my first Meshuggah song, by chance. Randomly came across it and thought "A 21 minute song by a band I've only ever heard of before. Sign me up!" 🤣🤣

    • @Divisibly9610
      @Divisibly9610 Рік тому +2

      and then everyone clapped

  • @snyderphysique
    @snyderphysique Рік тому +8

    11:32 "32nds would make it sound too bdddddmp-y" 😂😂 props to you for sticking this out, Jeebz.

  • @demiurge2punchU
    @demiurge2punchU Рік тому +23

    Bought this the day it was released. Listened to one full playthrough and put it down for a few weeks. It was so insane and brilliant. Still love it today. Meshuggah is my fave metal band. First song id heard was New Millennium Cyanide Christ. Blown away ever since.

  • @craigroaring
    @craigroaring Рік тому +8

    Those jumpscares in their music work so well because they hit just before the beat.

  • @gothicfog
    @gothicfog Рік тому +6

    I need Opeth's magnum opus, the one and only Black Rose Immortal

  • @michaelcapps8619
    @michaelcapps8619 Рік тому +5

    Fun fact: This EP was recorded on Fractured Transmitter Records. The founder is Jason Popson or J Mann from the band Mushroohead.

  • @allthedeeps
    @allthedeeps Рік тому +7

    😂I love the jump scare at 14:50

  • @SayBiird
    @SayBiird Рік тому +17

    Such a beast for doing this whole track. Please continue your meshuggah journey you’re jumping down the rabbit hole and we love it.

  • @bobjones2253
    @bobjones2253 Рік тому +12

    Holy hell! Think I've requested this track on just about every content creator's channel. Never thought anyone would ever tackle this beast! RESPECT Geebz!.
    Seriously, this is some Olympic gold medal worthy composition and stamina. Oddly enough, "i" contains some of Meshuggah's most catchy riffs IMO.
    Man, just a huge "Thank You!' for diving into this one!
    Oh yeah, gotta toss a recommendation - Oranssi Pazuzu - Uusi teknokratia. They're a Finnish psychedelic black metal band. Very interesting listen.

  • @SayBiird
    @SayBiird Рік тому +3

    PLEASE PLEASE DO
    ** CLOSED EYE VISUALS **
    PLEASE PLEASE DOOOO IT

  • @TheYokeOfFaith
    @TheYokeOfFaith 4 місяці тому +1

    "Just go ahead and punch your boss.." Never a more precise description. Love this guy.

  • @XViTNg
    @XViTNg Рік тому +3

    I really really wanna near you tackle Converge. As a band, Jane Doe - You Fail Me - and No Heroes - are their best albums.
    However - it’s not even just the band I want you to check out - it’s cause Jacob Bannon, the singer, also has s label called “Deathwish” and the guitarist Kurt Ballou is also a producer and has produced some of their best music -but Deathwish/Kurt Ballou has made such a massive impact on the underground hardcore/metalcore. Nothing as mainstream as Meshuggah or gojirs or anything - but that’s not really the kind of music they tend to record.
    But i would love to hear you so the song “Heaven in her Arms” by Converge. And then follow them down the Converge/deathwish/kurt ballou rabbit hole (cause I’m sure you will get thousands of suggestions after uou do a reaction t any of their songs from Jane Doe
    (Jane doe is always in the top 50 best metal albums on big websites and magazines bsck in the day )

  • @FolkArtistry
    @FolkArtistry 3 місяці тому +1

    His reaction to the drop at 12:33 is great 😂

  • @trowabarton222
    @trowabarton222 Рік тому +8

    Now you have to watch the Meshuggah Wolf of Wallstreet video. You will really get a kick out of it. Lines up perfectly with you're intro.

  • @Slyness64209
    @Slyness64209 Рік тому +15

    The first two parts of this song are so absolutely genius and amazing I love it, the first part is very tense and tight and it goes on for just a little bit longer than comfortable, making you long for the holy moment when the tension gets released. And then there's this half a second of break that makes you think the moment arrived. But no, it gets even more intense and violent, the thightness left for sheer power and rage but the tension is very much still there, which is a very smart way of making it even longer, just to make it even more satisfying when the tension does finally drop and the grooves come in. Things like this are why I love Meshuggah so much

    • @Weeping_Somnambulist
      @Weeping_Somnambulist Рік тому +3

      Yep, there are whole parts of this song where you're like "how much fucking longer can they do this?" and then they suddenly stop. Absolutely intentional. It's hard to believe this was released nearly 20 years ago.

  • @0bs0l3t3
    @0bs0l3t3 Рік тому +5

    You finally did it! Catch 33 next my dude!

  • @Diesel_Budgie
    @Diesel_Budgie Рік тому +9

    This is quite uncanny. In the first moments of the video you referenced the exact movie scene that was used in a beloved meme that also had Meshuggah's Rational Gaze playing through it. Just fits I guess!

  • @MorgueOfficialMusic
    @MorgueOfficialMusic Рік тому +3

    One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded

  • @hazardeur
    @hazardeur 8 місяців тому +2

    at 10:00, he had to hold on to his hat to make sure it doesn't get blown away

  • @Dax11eleven
    @Dax11eleven Рік тому +7

    If you are keen for more longer tracks.
    Check white ward - leviathan
    An abstract illusion - in the heavens above,you will become a monster.
    Gaerea - To Ain.

    • @mvunit3
      @mvunit3 Рік тому +1

      Thank you for that, listening now to White Ward and REALLY awesome! Look forward to Abstract Illusion and Gaerea \m/.

    • @Dax11eleven
      @Dax11eleven Рік тому +1

      No worries 👍
      I recommend listening to the entire album of an abstract illusion - woe.
      It’s fantastic. That’s why it’s my profile pic lol

    • @mvunit3
      @mvunit3 Рік тому +1

      @@Dax11eleven Enjoying it as I type. White Ward was awesome as well!

    • @Dax11eleven
      @Dax11eleven Рік тому +1

      I love the jazz elements in false light. Their album previous to that is great aswell mate. 👌🖤

    • @Dax11eleven
      @Dax11eleven Рік тому

      Ps I’ve requested this one aswell.
      DISILLUSION- ayam! Wow 🤩
      My favourite album atm

  • @isaiahstorm4502
    @isaiahstorm4502 Рік тому +2

    that just rewired my brain lol

  • @Zinfidel1
    @Zinfidel1 Рік тому +8

    To this very day I regret not buying the single copy of Meshuggah's I at my local record store 20 years ago. I knew it was amazing but waited too long and someone scooped it. Broke teen years! It was hard to find for a while. Of course, nowadays it's easier to play on YT or Spotify. XD. Meshuggah continued the "long AF single track" idea on Catch-33 but broke it into 13 individual tracks. I bought _that_ CD right away.

    • @mvunit3
      @mvunit3 Рік тому +2

      If I'm not mistaken, they re-released it :).

    • @mpk33
      @mpk33 Рік тому +3

      Easily available on cd & vinyl these days.

    • @Zinfidel1
      @Zinfidel1 Рік тому +2

      @@mvunit3 True! But for a time, it was a big regret because I collect CDs. This record store (House of Sight & Sound, Salina KS) was awesome and they carried a lot of these hidden gems that would later become hard to find, officially. Limewire had it lol. At least until Discogs, Spotify, and bandcamp re-releases became a thing. Also regret not picking up Dillinger Escape Plan's first EP.

    • @Zinfidel1
      @Zinfidel1 Рік тому

      @@mpk33 Easily available _now._ Aside from re-releases, I do regularly browse ebay and discogs. Let me clarify, I regret not buying the original release for a normal price. :) However, I'm okay with streaming I.

  • @dronmusicsound
    @dronmusicsound Рік тому +2

    WooooooooOOOOOOOoooooooooW! You did "I"
    Here is my HUGE appreciation!!!

  • @Slyness64209
    @Slyness64209 Рік тому +9

    Yes, one of the best things about Meshuggah is how they manage polyrhythms : there can be dozens of odd and highly complicated rhythms going around all at once, or just a few, but there will ALWAYS be that dominant squared one, firstly to let you cling onto it and not get lost, but most importantly because that's the foundation of the whole composition, it's what everything's revolving around. What's the use of doing all these fancy tricks if you can't understand what they're based on? It'd be like preparing hot dogs, and using extra fancy and special bread, homemade original recipee sauce, amazing bonus ingredients that were never before seen in a hotdog, but forgetting to put in the actual hotdog sausage at the end. Suddenly what could have been an amazing dish becomes just a sum of random ingredients that don't make sense lol

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades Рік тому

      They don't play many polyrhythms.
      It's beat displacement.

    • @dying_allthetime
      @dying_allthetime 5 місяців тому

      ​@@vorpalblades depends how you want to define beat displacement vs polyrhythm. The snare playing 9 against the hats 4 is definitely polyrhythm.

    • @baiseduezcke2295
      @baiseduezcke2295 Місяць тому

      ​​@@dying_allthetimeI agree with your sentiment and believe relaying definitions is annoying when everyone already "gets it" HOWEVER:
      Meshuggah chooses almost never to play a nested tuplet which is how a polyrhythm is defined in theory (9 in 4, 9:4 = polyrhythm, or measured division; 9 over 4, 4/4 or 9/4 = polymeter, or measured addition)
      Meshuggah often creates polymetric sections of music by repeating various metered phrases which often truncate to fit the common-time framework they write in. In other words, if you zoomed out and examined how a long section which repeats fits against the common-time framework, it might look similar to a polyrhythm, until the point where the pattern truncates to fit the framework. And, the section itself feels and can be considered polymetric until the point where the pattern truncates to fit the framework.
      In other other words, they're doing their own thing here

  • @johnladd8421
    @johnladd8421 Рік тому +4

    ALIEN MORSE CODE. lol😂 beautiful! your a brave man for doing this one. i’ve never seen anyone react to this song.

  • @mrunoreversecardiamimmune8335
    @mrunoreversecardiamimmune8335 Рік тому +4

    WE still need the new millenium cyanide christ reaction, the song is amazing. heavy as balls the vocals are insane. and it has one of the grooviest breakdowns of all time. even the music video is great.

  • @PrimoSchnevi
    @PrimoSchnevi Рік тому +2

    good song

  • @alangray9117
    @alangray9117 5 місяців тому +1

    This is the first time I've ever heard this band and I REALLY like this. The energy of the instruments with those super aggressive vocals, all the overdrive just blows me away.

  • @farrex0
    @farrex0 Рік тому +1

    I just got recommended this video, saw the title and said.... Damn, you are in for a ride and I do not think you are prepared for this.

  • @pouyanvahedi7540
    @pouyanvahedi7540 4 місяці тому

    I love his reactions to meshuggah,🔥 the part he said "ok im done counting"👽👽👽

  • @kippekaffemetal4651
    @kippekaffemetal4651 Рік тому +1

    "I'm DONE counting" 🤣🤣 i feel you!

  • @educostanzo
    @educostanzo Рік тому +3

    I remember exactly when this was released, I was in love with Tool and The Mars Volta and had recently heard the album Nothing. Wasn't prepared for the brain melting experience of this piece. A friend at the time defined their music at this point as "Rush on steroids"

  • @viivic.9136
    @viivic.9136 Рік тому +4

    Try any carbomb song

  • @williamcozart8158
    @williamcozart8158 Рік тому +4

    Hahahaaaa, great reaction Geebz! You were visibly trying in each section to "grab hold" of anything you could to follow the craziness. They went out of their way to make this track very random. People will tell you that the drums on this track were programmed but they are wrong, the drums were done live by Haake on I, they are thinking of the album Catch Thirtythree, where each band member programmed some of the drums for the album. There is video of Tomas Haake in the studio behind the drumkit actually recording parts of I.

  • @WebsterA
    @WebsterA Рік тому +9

    OMG!!
    I can't wait to see this!
    What a great idea of an undertaking!
    This track is insane!

  • @metalninja2474
    @metalninja2474 Рік тому +2

    this sets itself completely separate from Prog songs that are really long, this is just pure exhausting (and I mean that as a compliment), although the breaks definitely help with recovery between each mad section

  • @walpurgisnacht9234
    @walpurgisnacht9234 Рік тому +8

    You are the best Jeebz. So happy to see someone like yourself showing love to this kind of music.

  • @TheOwlripper
    @TheOwlripper 5 місяців тому

    I love to watch people listening to Meshuggah, when they are like 'Oh, I get this riff and how it's repeating, and... oh... what? it changed THERE? Okay!', and then that idea repeats a few times and people think 'Yep, I got it now', and they drop a note, or add a note, or half a bar is moved somewhere else!
    Lots of teasing you in with the 4/4 counting, and twist the head off with all the rest of the weaving patterns around it. Meshuggah are the masters, and 'I' is definitely a real masterpiece.
    That pause and silence at 10:40 🙂Made me laugh! It says it all really. Haha.
    14:40, the quiet warped harmonic sound... you know something brutal is coming, but you don't know what, and you don't know when!! Proper horror jump scare tactic, and brilliantly done. That whole section that follows is one of my absolute favourite Meshuggah parts; it really shows off how the vocals weave in and out of the riffs, meeting at times ('chaos to chaos to chaos' at 16'29 matching the snare hits as well. Just another level of incredible detail).
    28:05 - That last riff is forever gonna be known as the 'Just go ahead and punch your boss' riff! 😀
    Again, you know something terrifyingly monstrous is coming, but you don't know what it is.... when that section drops in, fuuuuuuuuuuucccckkkk!! After everything you've been through in the song, that journey, and they still have that monster up their sleeves!
    Even the feedback at the end of this track is divine!
    Total kudos for doing this video. I am SO happy to see someone doing a react and a breakdown of this track. It's wonderful to hear you talking about this band so excitedly, knowledgeably expressive, and in a really fun but not that typical annoying/cheesy/over-the-top performing fashion that puts me off so many videos of this style. So happy to have found your channel 🙂

  • @shagspasticify
    @shagspasticify 5 місяців тому

    It was great to see someone else notice the things that I notice while listening to Meshuggah.

  • @tomspring213
    @tomspring213 Рік тому +4

    You would totally love a band called Samael. In the late 80’s-early 90’s they were Black Metal.
    Then something happened and the drummer started programming his stuff in order to focus on the accoutrement.
    Long story short…debut in that catalogue was “Passage”.
    From that album…you should check out “Moonskin”.
    I bet you can figure out the keys immediately.
    My kids and I wanna see it, lol.

  • @Dr_Norp
    @Dr_Norp Рік тому +1

    You sir, have forced me to comment. Thank you for taking this one on headfirst. This is why you earned my subscription a long time ago.

  • @MarshTheDarsh
    @MarshTheDarsh Рік тому +3

    need some Phantoms by Meshuggah up in you Geebz

  • @Zhgarr
    @Zhgarr Рік тому +2

    I was listening to you without the video on and these comments caught my attention:
    "sounds like a good place to stop..." *sigh*... "for God's sakes"
    "I'm done counting!"
    "I was really getting into the DOO TA DOO TA DOO DUMM - NIYYYYYYAAA"
    That was quite the song to go through, kudos for getting through it based on it winning the poll. I figured since you had to sit it out to the end, I did the same for your video. I don't think I'd listen to that song on my own from front to back, but ofcourse, to each their own!

  • @kvideogame
    @kvideogame Рік тому +6

    Keep in mind, if nobody said this before, that this song is created kinda at random. At least for the drumming, its programmed as far as I remember. But still insane work nonetheless. Edit: It's not programmed, but mostly random Sessions put together.
    I think there's a short interview with Thomas Haake (the Drummer) to this Song here on UA-cam.

  • @ScreamerProductionss
    @ScreamerProductionss Рік тому +8

    So good to see you finally check this one out! Been waiting on this one since the start of these videos. What's interesting about Meshuggah's "alien morse code" is that the more you listen to them, the more you're not only able to decipher it, but you start to recognize how they write music with it. It really does feel like learning a whole other language, even just rhythmically.

  • @thrashsis5412
    @thrashsis5412 Рік тому +1

    16:46 I dare you not to headbang!

  • @goodluck2597
    @goodluck2597 8 місяців тому +1

    intro reaction = longest meme ever

  • @hashira9166
    @hashira9166 Рік тому +3

    This song has been one of my favorite songs since it came out. Thank you so much for listening and appreciating it's technical and musical prowess!

  • @erreip_
    @erreip_ 5 місяців тому +1

    12:10 guys guys, this whole section, thomas haake, the drummer, is playing at least 3 different speeds at the same time. We glossed over that. You hear the Toms, Hats AND bass drums all going at different counts, thays ONE "human" doing that. OH and he adds patterns on the bass drum to match the guitars. DUDE. dude. Duuuude? Dude.

  • @davecrupel2817
    @davecrupel2817 7 місяців тому +1

    This is easily the most insane song I've ever heard from Meshuggah.
    *Easily.* no contest.

  • @2kpurp879
    @2kpurp879 Рік тому +1

    They play the music we hear in our minds 😂

  • @dek86s
    @dek86s Рік тому +3

    A love meshuggah but lately got really hard on the cure!! you need to react to prayers for rain from disintegration album and sinking from the head on the door, hits really hard like meshuggah

  • @Wavedboat
    @Wavedboat Рік тому +4

    I really wanted to request this song, didn’t think he’d do a 21 min track. Major props. Thank you

  • @KyleDanielson42
    @KyleDanielson42 Рік тому +3

    Oh shit, he's finally doin it.

  • @joshualegroulx9629
    @joshualegroulx9629 Рік тому +8

    SICK!!! Such a great album/EP...thing. Thanks for doing this one ^^

  • @sybentley6675
    @sybentley6675 7 місяців тому +1

    What I love are those who say "well it's all in 4/4 time you know" Like it's some f**king Rosetta stone they have to understanding Meshuggah. Like saying a black hole is "just a load of atoms tightly grouped together" ....Thanks genius!

  • @xedgeforeverx
    @xedgeforeverx Рік тому +7

    Thomas Haawk admitted the reason they will never play this live is because they dont remember how to play it

    • @Rassalcon
      @Rassalcon Рік тому +3

      Isn't it more because they've never known how to play it?

    • @FPAudioLabs
      @FPAudioLabs Рік тому +4

      @@rickerlife9113 They are not! Tomas did play them himself and there's studio footage of it, the problem is that he improvised them and then the band built the riffs on them afterwards. Catch 33 is the album you're thinking of with programmed drums.

    • @rickerlife9113
      @rickerlife9113 Рік тому +1

      @@FPAudioLabs You're right!

    • @t3hgir
      @t3hgir 9 місяців тому

      Thomas Haawk lmao

  • @adamhenton6221
    @adamhenton6221 Рік тому +5

    I haven't listened to this song in a long time. Listening to it again while you kind of describe certain sections of it was pretty interesting to break down. It's just an insane track. Nothing else like it

  • @boogabuga7657
    @boogabuga7657 Рік тому +2

    Now you'll need to do all of Catch 33 for a great Meshuggah slow burn.

  • @johngst2657
    @johngst2657 Рік тому +2

    "No one knows how "I" goes" - Tomas Haak about the reason they (will) never play it live

  • @CirclePuller
    @CirclePuller Рік тому +2

    So the entirety of Catch 33 next? :D

  • @Wrightworth
    @Wrightworth Рік тому +1

    19:08 I remember Vildhjarta giving you a good jump 😆 Epic journey!

  • @unfortuitousash
    @unfortuitousash Рік тому +2

    hardest meshuggah song to headbang to. 10/10

  • @johnholmeswebb8162
    @johnholmeswebb8162 2 місяці тому

    2005, the band I was in at the time, after band practice we all went to my apartment to listen to this album when it first came out.
    We all sat in silence for the entire album, with the occasional, "OH SHIT, DID YOU HEAR THAT ?"
    2005, nobody was on their phone, we just listened, intently.

  • @johnholmeswebb8162
    @johnholmeswebb8162 2 місяці тому

    When I saw them live, October 3rd 2005, they played like 3 different 8 minute sections from this album.

  • @putradhahfier1738
    @putradhahfier1738 Рік тому +2

    Wow, 'i' huh? I would have preferred Catch 33 over 'I' but all g for you taking on the monster that is I :P

  • @tomcook5600
    @tomcook5600 Рік тому +1

    So stoked for this one

  • @emilklamer6938
    @emilklamer6938 Рік тому

    love that you did this

  • @D3nni5inn3D
    @D3nni5inn3D 9 місяців тому +2

    Pilini “Papeleo” next!

  • @roseredflechette-vidya
    @roseredflechette-vidya 8 місяців тому +1

    20:35 IDK why people don't seem to love this solo as much as I do. It sounds like Fredrik is wringing his guitar's neck and his guitar is like omg help me. however it sounds to anyone else, this has always just felt like one of his most expressive and charged solos to me.

  • @loudneiv4653
    @loudneiv4653 Рік тому +2

    What a great review!
    Quite funny to see that one being reviewed. I fell into the Meshuggah rabbit hole about a year ago, realizing their immensity with Catch 33 in the middle of a memorable night. I then proceeded to discover their discography, starting with their later stuff. It was not an easy journey but I eventually became well aquainted with that part of their career. I had listened to I at least once, and I failed to appreciate it fully, especially that first hectic part.
    While trying to appreciate their early work, i was amazed to grasp the sheer scale of their evolution over time. I must admit the mix of Chaosphere prevents me from enjoying it. Nothing was also very hard to get into but I now get most of it.
    I knew I had yet to listen to I once again though, and I was a bit anxious to see whether I would manage to appreciate it genuinely. I was very glad to find that I now absolutely love that first part ! It's as compelling as Catch 33 !!
    I must say I am tremendously grateful to Meshuggah for improving my musical taste enough so that I can enjoy myself a nice bit of Car Bomb.
    @Geebz, you should review a bit of Car Bomb by the way. It think their work is even more weirder (in a good way) than Meshuggah's !