no self-celebration. Just a realistic and sincere documentary about life on tour. With its problems, its stressing moments. Great, just great attitude. Thanks to Meshuggah
India has a pretty decent size metal community. They are dedicated and loyal to whatever metal bands theyre into. I don't understand why ppl are always shocked or surprised that there are metal heads in india. A lot of poverty-stricken countries usually have a solid metal or music scene in general because it is a positive outlet.
You can recall any story of any metal band in the 80's and the beginning of the 90's and some of the most wild gigs they ever had were in South America.
Yup. This is what touring is like. Communicating in second or third languages about cables, waiting around, airports, good show, waiting around, bad show, exhausted, energised, waiting around, more airports.
@@TheSadistNat1onI know from experience that it can be extremely tough even in your twenties. If you don't get enough sleep for a long period of time, your body will eventually stop obeying when you're on stage.
I guess it’s all because they were really exhausted No proper sleep,uncomfortable environment,poor sound equipment etc. It seems to me that the only bright thing for them was their fans,so much love and appreciation for band😩
Correction: this is what the 5 star treatment looks like in touring. Still, during these times, I wish I was out in the van again goofing off and playing again.
Also, I love how at 20:21 during their sound check, they've played Rational Gaze so many times, they can smoke a cigarette, look uninterested, pay attention to everything else and play it perfectly. Meanwhile, the rest of us are over here like THAT SYNCOPATION AND TIMING, WTF. Every time.
Metal , always will be the blue collar side of the industry . Some of the hardest working musicians an often the least paid compared to pop trash ! Love to catch these guys in NC !
Man the freaking sound check for Rational Gaze is KILLING at 20:50 on. The guitars sound awesome (you can hear the bass), you can hear the whole band sound, and the Jens starts with his stuff.... I can't get enough of these guys...AND they have had no sleep at that point. Real.
It might not have been a pleasing experience for the band and its crew,but being an Indian I must say that we keep a special alter for metal music and we worship our Gods with all we've got! Long live 'metal' Long live 'Meshuggah' 🤘🤘
I don’t think the fact that it’s India had anything to do with it being an unpleasant experience. If anything, as a Westerner it would be more enjoyable to me not being around the usual random American/European city, if I’m gonna sleep two hours per night anyway I might as well do it in a completely different environment for a change. Cheers from Italy!
Meshuggah seem like a bunch of really even tempered and nice guys. This is a good thing, but it also makes it hard to create a really thrilling documentary about them.
India is a great country and it fills me with joy to see the crowds so ecstatic about seeing Meshuggah. In the West we take the endless rotation of touring bands for granted and would rarely get anywhere near as excited as the Indian crowds..
I am not from India or of Indian descent but I am very disappointed in the ignorance found within the comments. Just because a culture is foreign to you and you don't understand it does not mean they are not every bit as valid and human as the rest of us. India's problem is the population density is insane...too many people in not that large of an area(populated areas.) This is an ancient people that deserve respect. Their skin tone does not mean they are dirty or that they stink. Shame of you if you disrespected these people. We are all humans and more specifically we are all part of the brotherhood of metal!!
Good comment. India is still very much a developing country with lots of challenges to overcome. In our lifetimes, we will see a much more modern India emerge. This should shut up most of the haters...
As a Swede watching this I get why some people view this as boring or depressing but: Swedes generally enter "work mode" during stuff like this, they care more about getting it done efficiently than anything and with lack of sleep, a lot of coffee there is a tendency to enter no-nonsense lowkey energy-saving mode. Which I guess most people do, some just treat it differently. And there's plenty of bad Swedish puns everywhere. Example "jet lite" they turn into Swedish for "Jättelite" which means "very little". But they definitely look like I do during nightshift.
I know it's a low-key documentary, but I can't help imagine the intensity to play there, and how beautifully music brings humans together. Those dudes produced a very original, inherent music in a cave in the north, and here they are exulting with very different people from a totally different world. Yet feeling the same beat, moving the same air together, pretty cool! thanks guys
Makes me proud to see brown metalheads. I thought I was the only one. Thanks Meshuggah. This documentary feels like a comedy in a sort of a Spinal Tap way.
In this day and age, showing that you're not a bigot is unfortunately never a yawner. People as it happens, need to be informed that there is no difference between me and you. It's strange, but it seems to be were we're at. For me, as a swede, I'm just super excited that people from where ever can relate to Meshuggah.
Thanks for the upload, even though the guys seemed to be really tired all the time and it made the interviews quite boring, but a great inside look of metal concerts in India.
02:03 ... I can listen to it 'til I die. I think this particular DVD differs from many videos that we've seen through the years from different bands... It really shows their frustration among gigs, the travelling, the delays, the little sleep time, although the producers do their best. Besides, they are quite calm throughout the video. It's different, but what do you expect? It's Meshuggah. IMHO I think that they are at the pinnacle of their career, but that does not mean that they will not have times like these while touring. Pause at 22:26.
I'm proud of the band n the fans of india 🤘🏻🤘🏻if u watch this with emotion it is not boring at all, some of u guys don't even watch the whole video n writing negative comments
9:05 The guitar parts when they're driving sound like Holdsworth, a lot. I like this because it shows us the reality of touring, it's not epic fun for the band or the crew, but they do it for the fans.
Everything about fredrik is so Alan, the special defects album is like full of it. Melody wise and solo wise. Btw, fredricks dad used to play for Alan or something.. look it up
Thomas Haake had surgery from a herniated disk and it causes for him to loose control of his right foot... that's what he was referencing when he talks about his foot cramping up in case anyone is wondering.
Well the reason why Meshuggah are tired and exhausted is because they have to do LOTs of touring because that's they're only choice to make for a living...Why?? WE FUCKING DOWNLOAD THEY'RE ALBUMS INSTEAD OF BUYING THE CD...I'm not blaming you guys I'm also blaming myself..not only Meshuggah had to do this it's EVERY FUCKING BAND!!
that's true- but not strictly. i made a serious push with a serious band in memphis and got the TINIEST glimpse inside the beast that is the industry. meshuggah? busting their asses for the last 20+ years to feed their families. c.e.os of sony, bmg, warner etc? not worrying about a goddamned thing financially. it's kind of how i feel about tipping at restaurants. if your service was professional and a nice experience then i will gladly go above and beyond to show my gratitude. but for me to feel obligated to fill the gap in someone's wages BECAUSE THEIR EMPLOYER FUCKS THEM EVERYDAY... yeah that's not doing much for me
I've actually bought all their albums, DVDs, seen them live multiple times, have Meshuggah clothing, posters... you name it. If you like the band, support them. If you can't afford to at the time, go ahead and download the album... but don't forget to show them your support later on as well.
A little over a year ago I decided to buy all my music because I felt like an ass stealing from all of these amazing artists. They're out there busting their asses writing songs that make us feel a little better when we're down, or simply put a smile on our face when we hear that epic riff they wrote or that cool drum fill their drummer does. I know it's not much in the grand scheme of things, but it makes me feel better knowing that in some small way I'm making THEIR lives a little bit easier, just as they did for me
I would say their tour was quite badly planned there.. up crazy early every morning... no time to look around.... which subsequently makes for tired and easily annoyed musicians...
I watched the "movie" from the Chaosphere sessions, and this one back to back, and I have to say that Jens is a different person, man. Although, I get that when on camera, he was incredibly fucking tired most of the times.
If you know anything about Indian music and their use of odd time signatures/scales/patterns in their traditional music. You can understand why they're so pumped to see them.
To THE THING FROM THE ARENA: Its because they don't have enough money to fly half way round the world, you think that's bad, see how much Meshuggah tickets costs. You'd be lucky to get them if there not sold out already. Also see how long itll take to go from wherever you are in America to India. AIRFARE+METAL TIX= OO BOY, A TON. So good luck getting airfare tix and meshuggah tix.
That's the real touring-life of a professional band, Just Boring, Exhuasting and Stressing. But when the gig started and met all those lovely people, makes it all worth the trip. I remember my touring days with band, I always said "the best thing of touring, is we can see the sunrise every fucking day..."
You are welcome. Kind regards from 🇸🇪 Music is universal. Quality is always appreciated by those who are interested regardless of genre/style. Stuff like this makes me proud to be Swedish.
If I ever can and ever get people together, I would love to organize a tour where they are treated like fucking gods that they are. Only luxury busses/luxury cars, 5 star hotel, business class travel, every gig would have 1/2 days gap for them to chill/look at the country. I would do that for them.
![Rig Rundown - Meshuggah's Fredrik Thordendal, Mårten Hagström, & Dick Lövgren [2013]](/img/n.gif)
no self-celebration. Just a realistic and sincere documentary about life on tour. With its problems, its stressing moments. Great, just great attitude. Thanks to Meshuggah
Words.
India has a pretty decent size metal community. They are dedicated and loyal to whatever metal bands theyre into. I don't understand why ppl are always shocked or surprised that there are metal heads in india. A lot of poverty-stricken countries usually have a solid metal or music scene in general because it is a positive outlet.
You can recall any story of any metal band in the 80's and the beginning of the 90's and some of the most wild gigs they ever had were in South America.
like chle
SEPULTURA
Yeah, but in India, it is only the rich and relatively well-off guys who are into metal.
+Saarang Narayan you must be living in the 90s then....the shit you say doesn't make sense at all
Yup. This is what touring is like. Communicating in second or third languages about cables, waiting around, airports, good show, waiting around, bad show, exhausted, energised, waiting around, more airports.
Honestly this is an accurate depiction of touring for everybody. Meshuggah are the only band that have had the guts to actually show it.
well thats not true ha. watch bus invaders. many bands tell it all
@@TheSadistNat1onI know from experience that it can be extremely tough even in your twenties. If you don't get enough sleep for a long period of time, your body will eventually stop obeying when you're on stage.
Yeah the 5am flights are no joke.
I will never be able to do this…
@@TheSadistNat1on mostly bands touring USA.
What I love about Meshuggah is that they're all just normal guys. Their music is so enormous sounding but they're just regular dudes, and kinda quiet
I guess it’s all because they were really exhausted
No proper sleep,uncomfortable environment,poor sound equipment etc.
It seems to me that the only bright thing for them was their fans,so much love and appreciation for band😩
the most real documentary on touring ever. This is exactly what it is, kids, dont let the legends fool ya
Reality: Flat tires, no sex or sleep or drugs and give away your favourite drum sticks.
Correction: this is what the 5 star treatment looks like in touring. Still, during these times, I wish I was out in the van again goofing off and playing again.
@@speedchopperbass do it then
@@behindthen0thing we are still locked down here in united states. We will be back out there when everything opens up
@@speedchopperbass I heard dat my niga
Also, I love how at 20:21 during their sound check, they've played Rational Gaze so many times, they can smoke a cigarette, look uninterested, pay attention to everything else and play it perfectly. Meanwhile, the rest of us are over here like THAT SYNCOPATION AND TIMING, WTF. Every time.
I guess they played it cause its probably their easiest song to play on every instrument really))
@@pioner8614defenitely not THE easiest, but one of the easiest surely
I feel honored and proud that you guys came to India .
lol hvorfor?
lucky bastards. :D
Metal , always will be the blue collar side of the industry . Some of the hardest working musicians an often the least paid compared to pop trash ! Love to catch these guys in NC !
That’s true. They are the proletariat of the music industry. Undervalued as hell.
9 and 10, the blinders....
blinder?
6:52 that's me there in the red t-shirt having a meshuggasm!
Jeez brug must be cool to have gone to a meshuggah show :)
Lucky you!
🤘🤘
Man the freaking sound check for Rational Gaze is KILLING at 20:50 on. The guitars sound awesome (you can hear the bass), you can hear the whole band sound, and the Jens starts with his stuff.... I can't get enough of these guys...AND they have had no sleep at that point. Real.
People saying this is depressing....FFS do you even Swede?
It might not have been a pleasing experience for the band and its crew,but being an Indian I must say that we keep a special alter for metal music and we worship our Gods with all we've got!
Long live 'metal'
Long live 'Meshuggah' 🤘🤘
YO YO - i hear you from FINLAND \,,/
I don’t think the fact that it’s India had anything to do with it being an unpleasant experience. If anything, as a Westerner it would be more enjoyable to me not being around the usual random American/European city, if I’m gonna sleep two hours per night anyway I might as well do it in a completely different environment for a change. Cheers from Italy!
21:36 considering who these guys are, the airport "metal"- detectors must be out of order...
Hahahaha
Hilarious
Best comment right here
i did that joke one time in the airport with a metallica shirt. the guy just looked like he wanted to punch me
I have a feeling that they are not coming back :D
Meshuggah seem like a bunch of really even tempered and nice guys. This is a good thing, but it also makes it hard to create a really thrilling documentary about them.
India is a great country and it fills me with joy to see the crowds so ecstatic about seeing Meshuggah. In the West we take the endless rotation of touring bands for granted and would rarely get anywhere near as excited as the Indian crowds..
Good to get a real view how touring is.
Playing shows are awesome, but everything else is hell at it worst.
+Morten Nestander Varsi what's the song playing on 25:53
+Raynor ''Sum''
I met Meshuggah while they were on this tour!
14:07 no wonder the light guy is so damn good at his job, that's Tomas Haake's brother lmao.
Cousin.
Hahahaha I had the exact same reaction when I saw his name above "Lighting Director". Suddenly it all made sense hahahah
4:07 that horn sounded like future breed machine lmao
hahaha!
Woman: would you consider yourself progressive metal?
Jens: If you wish so...
respect to the meshuggah fans in India! Saludos!
Hahaha classic India, child care room right next to smoking room
Can't get enough of these Meshuggah documentaries where we get to follow unfiltered just all that happens.
I am not from India or of Indian descent but I am very disappointed in the ignorance found within the comments. Just because a culture is foreign to you and you don't understand it does not mean they are not every bit as valid and human as the rest of us. India's problem is the population density is insane...too many people in not that large of an area(populated areas.) This is an ancient people that deserve respect. Their skin tone does not mean they are dirty or that they stink. Shame of you if you disrespected these people. We are all humans and more specifically we are all part of the brotherhood of metal!!
Good comment. India is still very much a developing country with lots of challenges to overcome. In our lifetimes, we will see a much more modern India emerge. This should shut up most of the haters...
Virtue signal somewhere else
MrAlienautopsy w
@@Blackbeard62090 Edgy comment bro.
Thanks man, I was getting pretty sad about the views of many people here.
As a Swede watching this I get why some people view this as boring or depressing but:
Swedes generally enter "work mode" during stuff like this, they care more about getting it done efficiently than anything and with lack of sleep, a lot of coffee there is a tendency to enter no-nonsense lowkey energy-saving mode. Which I guess most people do, some just treat it differently.
And there's plenty of bad Swedish puns everywhere. Example "jet lite" they turn into Swedish for "Jättelite" which means "very little".
But they definitely look like I do during nightshift.
That's what I thought. Their work ethic is through the roof and perhaps on autopilot when so tired.
You should do something with your crazy liberal politicians
Do you work at Ikea factory, ja big boy?
Tends to be the same with all nordic people. Maybe it's got something to do with living in darkness 90% of the year
Man I'm Indian and i really hope they do a show on India again. I will legit cry if they do. It is my dream to see them live
22:24 this Documentary in a nutshell
Meshuggah traveling, dogs, meshuggah sleepy, dogs, meshuggah on stage, more dogs.
Period.
Dogs love metal dogs deserve metal
@@kusumsharma979Cats are more metal tho. Cats deserve metal. Cats are literally the animals of metal.
Summary: Catch 33 is the best album ever made. (docu soundtrack).
I know it's a low-key documentary, but I can't help imagine the intensity to play there, and how beautifully music brings humans together. Those dudes produced a very original, inherent music in a cave in the north, and here they are exulting with very different people from a totally different world. Yet feeling the same beat, moving the same air together, pretty cool! thanks guys
Makes me proud to see brown metalheads. I thought I was the only one. Thanks Meshuggah. This documentary feels like a comedy in a sort of a Spinal Tap way.
The lighting director is the drummer’s brother. It totally makes sense now.
He's actually his cousin.
In this day and age, showing that you're not a bigot is unfortunately never a yawner. People as it happens, need to be informed that there is no difference between me and you. It's strange, but it seems to be were we're at. For me, as a swede, I'm just super excited that people from where ever can relate to Meshuggah.
Not just relate, worship
There are difference between me and you. That isn't the point. The point is that those differences don't matter.
This was really great, thanks for posting
Thanks for the upload, even though the guys seemed to be really tired all the time and it made the interviews quite boring, but a great inside look of metal concerts in India.
If they come again these days could be much better ❤❤❤😢😢
These touring docs are my favorite!!! Being a performing musician who's been on tour before, its cool to see how each band travels. Rock on \m/ \m/
Love this band. Love this album. What a great tour too.
I can only imagine the pain when the they saw what the toilets were like
Apparently the locks are on the outside haha.
They probably cleaned the toilets up especially for them
They were in a 5 star hotel ..so no problems there
Thanks a lot for uploading this. I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed this, just bought 2 albums on vinyl, already had them on cd
02:03 ... I can listen to it 'til I die.
I think this particular DVD differs from many videos that we've seen through the years from different bands... It really shows their frustration among gigs, the travelling, the delays, the little sleep time, although the producers do their best. Besides, they are quite calm throughout the video. It's different, but what do you expect? It's Meshuggah. IMHO I think that they are at the pinnacle of their career, but that does not mean that they will not have times like these while touring.
Pause at 22:26.
I'm proud of the band n the fans of india 🤘🏻🤘🏻if u watch this with emotion it is not boring at all, some of u guys don't even watch the whole video n writing negative comments
This is awesome. I echo the sentiment of many of the comments here; this is a very clear portrayal of the unique ennui of touring.
Great atmosphere!
I can’t get over how little of an entourage they have. Such a direct hand in everything.
9:05 The guitar parts when they're driving sound like Holdsworth, a lot. I like this because it shows us the reality of touring, it's not epic fun for the band or the crew, but they do it for the fans.
Everything about fredrik is so Alan, the special defects album is like full of it. Melody wise and solo wise. Btw, fredricks dad used to play for Alan or something.. look it up
Amazing band, love them more and more. Koloss has got to be one of the top 5 heavy (and I mean HEAVY) albums of all time. Stunning!
Thomas Haake had surgery from a herniated disk and it causes for him to loose control of his right foot... that's what he was referencing when he talks about his foot cramping up in case anyone is wondering.
This is like modern day missionary work. I'm all for it! :)
The indian metal scene is real as fuck, tons of killer bands.
Everybody knowing what living in Asia is will enjoy this.
Everybody also knowing what touring with a band is will double enjoy it.
Well the reason why Meshuggah are tired and exhausted is because they have to do LOTs of touring because that's they're only choice to make for a living...Why?? WE FUCKING DOWNLOAD THEY'RE ALBUMS INSTEAD OF BUYING THE CD...I'm not blaming you guys I'm also blaming myself..not only Meshuggah had to do this it's EVERY FUCKING BAND!!
that's true- but not strictly.
i made a serious push with a serious band in memphis and got the TINIEST glimpse inside the beast that is the industry. meshuggah? busting their asses for the last 20+ years to feed their families. c.e.os of sony, bmg, warner etc? not worrying about a goddamned thing financially.
it's kind of how i feel about tipping at restaurants. if your service was professional and a nice experience then i will gladly go above and beyond to show my gratitude. but for me to feel obligated to fill the gap in someone's wages BECAUSE THEIR EMPLOYER FUCKS THEM EVERYDAY... yeah that's not doing much for me
I've actually bought all their albums, DVDs, seen them live multiple times, have Meshuggah clothing, posters... you name it. If you like the band, support them. If you can't afford to at the time, go ahead and download the album... but don't forget to show them your support later on as well.
A little over a year ago I decided to buy all my music because I felt like an ass stealing from all of these amazing artists. They're out there busting their asses writing songs that make us feel a little better when we're down, or simply put a smile on our face when we hear that epic riff they wrote or that cool drum fill their drummer does. I know it's not much in the grand scheme of things, but it makes me feel better knowing that in some small way I'm making THEIR lives a little bit easier, just as they did for me
I agree on that having a CD collection is cool and great maybe in the future when you get older you can look at your CD's and think of the past :)
In my case, I can live without buying a CD.
8 years ago.. I was there in PUNE.. Who else remembers in 2020
great Indian rock festival.. what a kick ass show/,,/
Did anyone else catch Fredrik laughing in the background at 1:48??? Best thing I've ever seen
I love the vibe in this. Must have been exhausting thou.
Most depressing metal documentary ever.
Yep... They're humans after all :P.
hahaha don't know if it is the accompanying music or the country. Looks like one big ant hill...
I know rite !
Depressing because If you have been in India, you will notice they were treated like kings.
I would say their tour was quite badly planned there.. up crazy early every morning... no time to look around.... which subsequently makes for tired and easily annoyed musicians...
India has such an amazing metal community!
100%. Every Indian metal fan I've met has been good people.
Metal community is a international thing. Its always amazing and pleasant :).
But ye India for sure checks off the vibe check
I usually watch this video when I need some sleep. I don't know why, but it makes me tired.
I absolutely love India.
I was there it was awesome!!
The glamorous life man, sleep, ride, rock.
Pretty cool to see the hard part of touring. Having done it for years. I try to tell people but it is much better to see it. Cool.
Opening with Bleed is the best thing ever
I watched the "movie" from the Chaosphere sessions, and this one back to back, and I have to say that Jens is a different person, man. Although, I get that when on camera, he was incredibly fucking tired most of the times.
Would love the soundboard audio from these shows man.
If you know anything about Indian music and their use of odd time signatures/scales/patterns in their traditional music. You can understand why they're so pumped to see them.
Pink Floyd tee @ a 'Ssugah concert.
Now I've seen everything!
This band..this band!!! Oh brother!!
Meshuggah are beautiful people !!!Hope to meet and greed with them someday!!!
Meshuggah and Fear Factory. My personal favorites :)
New album inspiration for Meshuggah
I feel this video expresses the sadness of being a high requested band abroad, mostly in countries where bare life struggles.
It's interesting, the contrast between the insanity of the fans and the calm way that the band conducts itself.
Professionalism
Rational Gaze is sooo sick live!
it's Mind's Mirrors from the Album Catch 33
Watch their videos when they were younger. They're fun as fuck.
pretty cool video!
..thank you
It looks like it. It's an amazing snare.
Filmed by the guitarist of At The Gates, awesome!
To THE THING FROM THE ARENA:
Its because they don't have enough money to fly half way round the world, you think that's bad, see how much Meshuggah tickets costs. You'd be lucky to get them if there not sold out already. Also see how long itll take to go from wherever you are in America to India. AIRFARE+METAL TIX= OO BOY, A TON. So good luck getting airfare tix and meshuggah tix.
That's the real touring-life of a professional band,
Just Boring, Exhuasting and Stressing. But when the gig started and met all those lovely people, makes it all worth the trip.
I remember my touring days with band, I always said "the best thing of touring, is we can see the sunrise every fucking day..."
You are welcome.
Kind regards from 🇸🇪
Music is universal. Quality is always appreciated by those who are interested regardless of genre/style.
Stuff like this makes me proud to be Swedish.
I know the headache of flying on vacation with a carry on. Couldn’t imagine this type of scale.
The literally look like Vikings visiting foreign lands hahah
The end always makes me feel a bit sad. Great video though.
From Meshuggah to Anvil, there's a fine line actually...
Perfect to watch if you want to take a nap
haha, metal fans are the same everywhere
I love metal’s international fandom. We’re one people.
Surreal/superb. (Y)
I wish there is more of this, they seem like such chill humans
yeah, nowadays everything is just chaos, this documentary is just chill
23:40 RIP Dude
Haaaaaa! a shit joke!
0:37 jens sounds like a demon
If I ever can and ever get people together, I would love to organize a tour where they are treated like fucking gods that they are. Only luxury busses/luxury cars, 5 star hotel, business class travel, every gig would have 1/2 days gap for them to chill/look at the country. I would do that for them.