Tomas Haake rips through the Meshuggah song "Stengah" for the latest Wincent Drumcam Spotlight clip... enjoy! Thanks to Stanley Soares for the sound and audio mix.
@@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.
@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 Instead of adding fake drums that are painfully out of date sounding by today's standards.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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
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.
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
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 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
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.
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.
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
The way he has developed independent motor function in all his limbs to have perfect coordination just astounds me.
Ethan Buck it's so weird to see someone's legs doing completely different things.
Jay Postones is a drummer that plays that way
Ethan Buck you should check out Thomas Lang's meinl drum solo, got some killer limb independence
it's easier when you don't think of it as playing 4/4 instead you think of it as playing in 24/24 and memorizing the song.
Lots of guys with independence. Difference is few of them are in metal.
Jens Kidman absolutely does not get enough credit. His vocals are fucking fantastic. Even live. So much control.
You are absolutely correct. No one cares about him, but he has to have the, “feel” for his vocal patterns. He never messes up and sounds insane live
@@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.
Bruh Meshuggah doesn't get the respect their deserve at all....
@@Sasquatch33i’m pretty sure tomas is the one that does the phrasing, ik he writes the lyrics
@@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.
That snare tone is beautiful
butiful
I met the guy who built his snare. He uses 1,000 year old dutch wood.
Yes it is....Jesus Christ I need to sample that.....
@@TamedAnimals He uses a sonor bronze snare?
@@TamedAnimals Care to elaborate? Perhaps a different snare? This one is bronze.
this is probably the first meshuggah song I ever heard, 14.5 years later it still hits just as hard.
mine was "Sickening" and that shit's still groove-tastical! \m/
mine was "I" :D
Same here, Chris. Opening for Tool.
This clip is obviously from the last/current tour, which I took several friends to. Instant converts!
God is it that old? My first was Mouth licking what youve bled
KingOfKings yeah it was released summer of 2002
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!
Well......... put!
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.
Tomas shines vehicles?
Tomas Haake is one of the most mind blowing drummers I've come across online.
Yup
His feel is UNREAL
Tomas is the Gandalf of drumming!
dafi723 I hope like Gandalf, Haake can return to us sometime after he dies, which hopefully is decades away
Who's the Radagast the Brown of drumming?
Lars Ulrich :)
The metronome follows Tomas Haake.
Many drummers think it follows them, but it is true for Tomas
haha yes 😁
"Nothing" such a great album.
One of my favs for sure, if not my #1 album from them
@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.
Nothing beats nothing
and this is just from a soundcheck.
Why wouldn't it be?
HOW IS HIS INDIVIDUAL LIMB MOTOR FUNCTION SO PERFECT?
I'm so jealous.
With those odd time signatures, I often wonder if he trips over his own feet walking down the street.
Titus S. it's all in 4/4...
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
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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
He looks very comfortable, like driving a car down the motorway. Also DAT 21" China :O
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 china is damn amazing I own the same model and it literally rocks!
Mitch ZImmerman Is he better than Mike Mangini?
fredo gumbo ummm well...Yeah...
Beat Therapy In what way is he better?
I love the fact that it isn’t all about speed!! He creates a monster groove..even in a odd time, that you can’t help but bob your head to
4/4
@@behindthen0thing the cymbal patterns are in 4/4 but he displaces the rest of beats creating odd time/polyrhythmic grooves
@@Rockinroomsrob yeah
Some say he even uses his old sticks as crashes
This never gets old.
@munnomunno the only thing he needs to beat communism is a drumstick
4:10 DAMN!!!!! -Proof that Meshuggah has a BASS player
fun factoid; Haake deliberately performs whilst badly needing to urinate, in order to keep his left foot constant!
Best comment ever in metal history. (If you actually came up with that joke)
“You serious, Clark?”
I tried this... I pissed myself and Tomas is still way better than me. So here I am, sitting in my dirty piss pants crying on my snare.
In fact he has problems with his right foot due to a back injury.
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?
There's so many great things about this vid but the sound of that Sonor snare is amazing.
It's very dangerous watching his majesty, because I forgot to breathe....
one day hes just going to rip of his human mask to reveal a super computer powered cyborg in a human suit :)
He´s more of a god than a machine
Hahahah!
or both
Sgt.James Doakes actually a computer ripped its face off to reveal Thomas Haake.
suprise madafaka
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.
Wauw man. That's a brilliant comparison. Spot on!
Fredrik Thordendal is such a badass lead guitarist as he only improvises solos. He also enjoys the fusion guitarist Wayne Krantz.
My heartbeat goes along with this stuff. Respect.
SuidAkrA1 you must have arrhythmia
AmNeenja Polyarrhythmia
@@2006MC hahaha good one
The practice make the master... absolutely brilliant god Haake!!!
His quick fills are among the tastiest out there. What a master of musicality!
all killer, no filler. If I could have any drummers skill set, it would be his. So tight, so groovy, so heavy and all in perfect service to the music.
Tomas Haake is an absolute legend...And so god damn humble..🤘🤘🤘
The more you learn about playing kit, the more impressive Tomas Haake is. His playing is never not humbling!
4:48 is deeeefinitely the hardest groove to play
And it's the best one in the whole song! So satisfying
5 seconds in, already a huge fucking grin on my face
And not a single note was played incorrectly that day. I'm so proud to be a Swede whenever I see this shit.
yaay offentlig sektorrrr
Men ÄR DU en rotfrukt eller?
Tomas has so much swing!! I fucking love it
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.
4/4 never sounded so good.
what? 😳😮
This clearly isn't in 4/4. People need to stop repeating this on every Meshuggah video just because they heard it.
@@molochz have you thought tjat maybe they play 4 bars in 7/4 at times? If you can't count it in 4/4, it is not 4/4.
That simple
@@molochz if you say so
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
i really like this recording of stengah
This is some of the most UNREAL drumming. It’s all about the feel. That double China part is RIDICULOUS
The pocket is so deep with his grooves.
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.
Nothing better then an artist who loves to play his music :) Good job Haake
One of the best drummers ever ❤
That fill on 3:24 is one of my favourite drumfills of all time!
yesss!
Agreed
Everybody likes that one
I’ve been studying it for years and still can’t tell if he’s playing triplets or what exactly. Plays it so smooth!
@@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
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
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.
I don`t belive in superheroes, ...until now... This is sick 🤘🏼
insane!!! Mad respect for Thomas that he's still able to play these songs to perfection regardless of his age-
4:31 Marten Fashionable trousers tho
I really admire this man. Biggest fan...
He's like a fucken cyborg octopus
Rafid Ahmed I see what you did there
This guy is incredible. Love his playing.
I absolutely love the harmonic relation of bass and guitars in this sound. Stanley Soares - dude...
damn, i love his drumming, so cool !!
Incredible to watch
Such a god
Everyone sayin Bleed is the ultimate Djent song. Stengah deserves the same attention!
Tomas is not from this planet, it's that fucken simple. He is another life form in a human suit.
I’ve never seen anyone play such coordinated madness with such ease
This guy is an amazing drummer!. He's on my top 10 drummers list.
timeless masterpiece
The most accurate time known to man is the Decay of a Atomic
nucleus , then those scientist met Thomas Haake and had to Re-Write the science books!!!
Beautiful.
Its the space between the snare backbeat cause so much beautiful uncertain tension in the music
This was recorded live? One hell of audio quality!
God damn so damn good, such an inspiration
this made me laugh out loud hahaha it’s literally beyond human understanding
The greatest of a generation.
I actually look forward to seeing this band as old geezers out performing the youngsters, like The Rolling Stones of the future.
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.
This band is the truth. Never lose the 1 my friends.
his playing is incredible and that kit sounds amazing. I think this is the only video I've seen of his where he actually plays the left hi-hat.
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
God of drums for sure.
QUE RETRO CHIMBA DE TEMA... One of the best songs of MESHUGGAH
Без базара Томас лучший
Monstrueux tomas haake
Meilleurs batteurs de la planète
The man is a Drum machine!!
Timeless.
dun dun dun dun BOOOW dun dun dun dun BOOOW, God damn thays got to be one of my most favorite grooves
HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE
Stengah - YES!!!
That's how you play!!! AWESOME!!!
Fredrik solo
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 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
think that's actually mårten but yeah totally hilarious regardless, this band is so based
Padjama pants, in djentspeak.
flawless
Just insane
Kudos for Hagström's pijamas
This song was so good like
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.
Best drummer in the world ❤️❤️❤️
just watched this again. still fucking amazing
TOP 2 inspirational drummers as in separation of limbs and playing it simple, donati then haake!!!
he makes me chuckle out loud as my brain shuts down attempting to understand what hes doing
Great choice of song.
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.
Incredible
All that precision and groove while he's thinking about fishing and such
Tomas Haake is not from this planet,
davian moua His flying saucer was parked outside 😂
they all are :[
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
Best drummer ever
just a regular day for God in his office
I'm a proud Wincent drumsticks user! :)
Brilliant drummer