MESHUGGAH The Violent Sleep of Reason Interview with Tomas Haake | Metal Injection

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  • Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
  • Frank sits down with Meshuggah's Tomas Haake to talk all about creating the new album- The Violent Sleep of Reason, drumming and lyrics, specific song anecdotes, the challenges of their new recording process, and 25 years of Meshuggah memories!
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  • @fragfart
    @fragfart 7 років тому +141

    I didn't realise Zeus was the drummer for Meshuggah.

    • @williamdeely7836
      @williamdeely7836 7 років тому +11

      Rennifer Faceheadiston Zeus trembles in the presence of tomas haake.

    • @joshuasalgado4694
      @joshuasalgado4694 7 років тому +3

      Rennifer Faceheadiston more like oden haha

  • @02SplinterCell02
    @02SplinterCell02 7 років тому +155

    Chuck Norris would weep in the mere presence of Tomas Haake

    • @adam2aces
      @adam2aces 7 років тому +20

      Who is Chuck Norris?

    • @davidpoissant8473
      @davidpoissant8473 7 років тому +1

      Laughing too hard right now lmao

    • @TheMoonchild1969
      @TheMoonchild1969 6 років тому +1

      02SplinterCell02 After bowing reverently and posting his offerings.

    • @TheMoonchild1969
      @TheMoonchild1969 6 років тому

      adam2aces He's a dude that thought he could beat Bruce Lee.

    • @P3t3rPizzarelli
      @P3t3rPizzarelli 4 роки тому +6

      Tomas Haake would use Chuck Norris as a crash

  • @Fiscalvids
    @Fiscalvids 7 років тому +143

    damn he looks good with grey hair

    • @SoilentGr33n
      @SoilentGr33n 7 років тому +2

      I know lol I thought the same thing

    • @samuelconnoranderson7530
      @samuelconnoranderson7530 7 років тому +32

      GANDALF OF METAL!

    • @danutd94
      @danutd94 7 років тому +1

      Fiscalvids Tomas the Grey

    • @verydroll8545
      @verydroll8545 6 років тому +2

      yeah coz that's what i think about every artist with something interesting to say

    • @rafaelalmeida3653
      @rafaelalmeida3653 4 роки тому +1

      Damn, this dude is Oden himself!

  • @shadowcelltheory-band-4925
    @shadowcelltheory-band-4925 6 років тому +85

    It never ceases to amaze me just how excellent his English is.... I mean, the guy's Swedish right? ....I hear next to no accent whatsoever. Mr. Haake here sounds almost like he's from Wisconsin or something lol.
    Excellent album!

    • @morydinx6546
      @morydinx6546 4 роки тому +4

      His English is very good but I would say only 95% perfect.

    • @atvheads
      @atvheads 4 роки тому +7

      @@morydinx6546 Musicality is close to linguistic. Im a Swede to and we are brought up with English.

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 4 роки тому +7

      1. Many Swedes try to remove any accent from their English since it sounds so bad. 1. We all have English in school from the age of nine. 3. Tomas' girlfriend is American.

    • @atvheads
      @atvheads 4 роки тому +5

      The thing is that we text all English movies and programs on tv, other countries like Germany dub it.
      And also as mentioned, we learn it in school from 3rd grade.

    • @morydinx6546
      @morydinx6546 4 роки тому +1

      @@atvheads I was in Germany for the first time a few weeks ago. I found the overdub to be super annoying, because you could hear the English version behind it. The only English channel was Disney l0l.

  • @_math_student_
    @_math_student_ 7 років тому +64

    I enjoy listening to Thomas talk

    • @isaaczaladar1174
      @isaaczaladar1174 7 років тому

      Simnein Morst he's a god genious

    • @stephenl5416
      @stephenl5416 4 роки тому

      Yes indeed. Not the same old same

    • @nihility00
      @nihility00 4 роки тому

      His English has become so good.

  • @gilmeaguitar
    @gilmeaguitar 7 років тому +37

    "so we did a song without a click track..."
    What a band - can't wait for the album!

    • @Slamthulhu
      @Slamthulhu 5 років тому +5

      All of DEI was done without a click track, these guys are absolute rhythmic monsters

  • @dorianwolff9538
    @dorianwolff9538 7 років тому +19

    He looks like a damn wizard.
    A DRUM WIZARD. >.

  • @muhammadosama4383
    @muhammadosama4383 5 років тому +5

    If you look closer at his wrist gestures and arm movements it almost feels like he is putting in so much effort holding back his hands from air drumming , they are shaking and he is trying to hold those monstrous wrists from crushing the air atoms around him and creating a black hole

  • @WraithTimid
    @WraithTimid 7 років тому +20

    Excellent interviewer, very calm and professional, and with top-notch original questions. Kudos!! (Also, the album is fuckin siiiiiiickkkkkk)

  • @Star_Sn1per
    @Star_Sn1per 7 років тому +7

    Fucking 10/10 this album is one their greatest!!

    • @Slayyyer84
      @Slayyyer84 7 років тому

      I have to agree with your there.

    • @Slayyyer84
      @Slayyyer84 7 років тому +2

      sadly critics did not get it.

  • @sanidhya13
    @sanidhya13 7 років тому +15

    "we did a song without a click track". How many bands can actually dare to say that! Pure inspiration this band is. |m|

    • @S3lvah
      @S3lvah 7 років тому +1

      And the interviewer commented he didn't even notice! Haha.

    • @Anaximander29A
      @Anaximander29A 7 років тому +3

      I don't get it... you don't need a clicktrack to record. Of course the drummer must have the ability to keep the time, but that is the purpose of drummers actually. Meshuggah are awesome btw. but to record without a clicktrack isn't such a big deal.

    • @sanidhya13
      @sanidhya13 7 років тому +1

      +Anaximander29A man. if you've ever used DAWs to record you know it how tough it is if tempo goes out of sync. And having watched the band's Koloss docu, remember the part where Fredrik got very particular when the tempo of the drums wasn't in sync at all?

    • @Anaximander29A
      @Anaximander29A 7 років тому

      Sanidhya Satpathy Yeah, I know this. A sync with your DAW might be cool for some effects or for organizing your regions, but this shouldn't be the reason for it. Sometimes bands simply sound better without it.

  • @user-bu3mb7gk3e
    @user-bu3mb7gk3e 7 років тому +14

    This interviewer did a SUPERB job. One of the bet interviews I've seen in a while. Subbed! Great job guys!

  • @Shane-zo4mg
    @Shane-zo4mg 7 років тому +26

    GREAT QUESTIONS!

    • @Shane-zo4mg
      @Shane-zo4mg 7 років тому +4

      Finally an interviewer actually listens to older interviews and avoids asking the same questions.

    • @tobytruman33
      @tobytruman33 7 років тому

      Yup. So fed up with the shitty questions some of these people ask.

    • @Shane-zo4mg
      @Shane-zo4mg 7 років тому

      I dont get why its such a hard concept for some people. What, you think this is the first youtube channel ive gone to to hear an interview with a musician I really like? your dreaming hahaha

    • @acenumbah1
      @acenumbah1 7 років тому

      the lyrics question was stupid af... "most other drummers wont even know the lyrics" fuck outta here, lyrics have rhythm just like any percussion, its easy to see the correlation.

  • @celestialscripture
    @celestialscripture 7 років тому +12

    Haake's got that good hair.

  • @Akiachrounoumena
    @Akiachrounoumena 7 років тому +12

    "no one ever asked me that".... that's an indication of a successful interview right fuckin there....thank jesus there were no goddamn gear and "how do you approach writing?" or "are you excited for the new album?" questions.

    • @stephenl5416
      @stephenl5416 4 роки тому +1

      I was just thinking the sammmmmme thing!

  • @Okshake
    @Okshake 7 років тому +67

    why is the dude on the left so blurry? lol

    • @TheMeatballMen
      @TheMeatballMen 7 років тому +3

      it's an X-FIle

    • @mrbgnle
      @mrbgnle 7 років тому +90

      Haake consumes all the available sharpness

    • @tristacomand
      @tristacomand 7 років тому +4

      some kind of aberration caused by a wide angle lense that's been cropped, or at least that's what i think is going on, i don't really know though.

    • @JB-lb7yu
      @JB-lb7yu 7 років тому +3

      hahahaha, cracked up , nice one 10/10 :-D

    • @ExtremeBogom
      @ExtremeBogom 7 років тому

      Not even remotely funny. Try harder next time.

  • @6hypnone
    @6hypnone 2 роки тому +1

    Would be fun to interview him. So open and friendly

  • @cyclopsvideo1
    @cyclopsvideo1 7 років тому +2

    Tomas is so chill,this release cant come out soon enough.1st day purchase.

  • @GibberishPoetry
    @GibberishPoetry 7 років тому +14

    MESHUGGAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @FlyingWhale213
    @FlyingWhale213 7 років тому +46

    Tomas seems like ancient greek god!

    • @egg6493
      @egg6493 7 років тому +1

      He looks like a norse god to me, but I can see it

    • @SpokenFlesh
      @SpokenFlesh 6 років тому

      He's a modern Swedish god ^)

    • @mikedegrazia
      @mikedegrazia 6 років тому +3

      An-djent

    • @emiliospowerballer1441
      @emiliospowerballer1441 3 роки тому

      I dont know where youre from but he certainly doesnt look Greek

  • @ENEshorty14
    @ENEshorty14 4 роки тому +2

    3:58 i cant help but to just headbang to it 😂😂😂😂🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 only meshuggah has you like that 🤘

  • @Spieleschummler
    @Spieleschummler 7 років тому

    Thank you, Metal Injection! :)

  • @Orfeodrumshit
    @Orfeodrumshit 7 років тому

    saw them last night in toronto, they are unreal live

  • @1adoremusic
    @1adoremusic 6 років тому +3

    He's beautiful.

  • @osloslosl
    @osloslosl 7 років тому +22

    How come Haake is doing 100% of the media for this album?

    • @Purkinje90
      @Purkinje90 7 років тому +29

      Because Fredrik doesn't talk?

    • @TheUnQuake
      @TheUnQuake 7 років тому +10

      have you been in Sweden?

    • @RustyFiReWorKs
      @RustyFiReWorKs 7 років тому +1

      Can anyone give a real answer to this question? I'm very curious myself.

    • @knaperstekt7953
      @knaperstekt7953 7 років тому +12

      Don't know for sure, but I would assume that the other lads don't really want to do it, and Tomas is good at it.

    • @alistairdimmick2886
      @alistairdimmick2886 7 років тому +11

      Haake wrote almost the entire album, music and lyrics.

  • @Chromosome1919
    @Chromosome1919 7 років тому +1

    finally! a new album! i needed some shuggah in my life! 😁

  • @inwardmovement
    @inwardmovement 7 років тому +4

    Nice Gandalf interview

  • @JJJthebest
    @JJJthebest 7 років тому +1

    Thomas is just such a beautiful fucking man, he knows how to keep his image well!

  • @TheMeatballMen
    @TheMeatballMen 7 років тому

    I think Clockworks is that song in the Wincent Studio update, just from the way Tomas described it, and I cannot wait to hear it

  • @dcking1738
    @dcking1738 4 роки тому

    He needs to do a drum DVD!!

  • @panchoperfulcro8708
    @panchoperfulcro8708 4 роки тому +1

    Anybody else thinks that White Haake is clearly on another level than the previous Brown and Grey Haakes?

  • @greatezalor
    @greatezalor 5 років тому +1

    The thumbnail is fuckin glorious!

  • @billclapp7029
    @billclapp7029 7 років тому +15

    something I find interesting: In this interview he mentions how Marten wrote 4 songs for the album, in another interview he said he (tomas) worked on 6/10 songs with Dick the bass player. Sounds like Fredrik didnt write anything for this album? Thats kind of a disappointment.His songs have always been some of the best (bleed, Dancers, most of chaosphere, Closed eye visuals, rational gaze, etc..) His songs have a catchiness that the other members don't quite achieve in their songs imo.

    • @_math_student_
      @_math_student_ 7 років тому

      I agree

    • @luciano9755
      @luciano9755 7 років тому +1

      That's actually my main concern. Fredrik and Thomas are the big minds behind Meshuggah's evolving sound. Born in Dissonance felt so uninspired that I'm starting to think he wasn't as involved in this album as we'd want to.

    • @pcmapas37
      @pcmapas37 7 років тому +4

      I believe Thordendal is working on his own "Special Defects" project.

    • @Desmigalhation
      @Desmigalhation 7 років тому

      "Has we´d want" has so many wrong things on it!! Are you trying to say Fredrik should work harder to please you/us? lol can you see where i´m going?

    • @billclapp7029
      @billclapp7029 7 років тому +1

      All I'm saying is I love what Fredrik creates and everytime meshuggah releases a new album I look very forward to what new ideas/songs he brings to the band. So to have no new material by him is kind of a bummer. The other members are brilliant writers as well and I love their material, but Fredrik is the original creator behind meshuggahs sounds so it just feels weird not having him involved in the writing process.

  • @joshuasalgado4694
    @joshuasalgado4694 7 років тому +5

    The Norse god speaks!

  • @TheMoonchild1969
    @TheMoonchild1969 6 років тому

    Tomas the Wizard of Drums...

  • @PrSndreLrsn
    @PrSndreLrsn 7 років тому +3

    Sick! Thomas Haake smiles at 3:10

  • @TheMathPipe
    @TheMathPipe 7 років тому +5

    he has perfect English

  • @nroks
    @nroks 7 років тому +1

    is the concert they're talking about on the web somewhere?

  • @FLS713HTX
    @FLS713HTX 6 років тому

    Damn what a sharp dude, he looks like a greek god

  • @ernestob4332
    @ernestob4332 6 років тому

    Gandalf plays some wicked drums

  • @PrSndreLrsn
    @PrSndreLrsn 7 років тому +2

    Zero dislikes. There is no sleep of reason here.

  • @rafaelalmeida3653
    @rafaelalmeida3653 4 роки тому

    Is Oden the drummer of Meshuggah? Didn't realize that.

  • @danielemmanuel6261
    @danielemmanuel6261 5 років тому

    Odins eye really did heal up nicely

  • @aronvankeulen8547
    @aronvankeulen8547 7 років тому +1

    he has great skin, dayum

  • @isaaczaladar1174
    @isaaczaladar1174 7 років тому +3

    i would ask him what he listen and actual influences

    • @franlovelsimic8421
      @franlovelsimic8421 5 років тому

      Cynic, Rush, Frank Zappa, Pantera, Sabbath, and a lot of underground stuff. Also, prog rock and jazz.

  • @Downpickeverything
    @Downpickeverything 3 роки тому

    Whats the show he mentions at 11:10 ?

  • @Yojimbo711
    @Yojimbo711 7 років тому

    Nice thumbnail xD

  • @VertexHero
    @VertexHero 7 років тому +1

    @ 2:10 ...Neil Peart \m/

  • @Convisis
    @Convisis 7 років тому

    Tomas is just an almighty dude among men.

  • @ununseptium7961
    @ununseptium7961 6 років тому +1

    What do you actually hear on a click track? Is it just a metronome?

  • @Dave72584
    @Dave72584 6 років тому

    Can I just shake his steel hands he is not a robot he has too much soul and cool accent.

  • @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power
    @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power 7 років тому +3

    bwahah, that thumbnail.

  • @satanamogila9251
    @satanamogila9251 3 роки тому

    7:32 that's what she said

  • @panchoperfulcro8708
    @panchoperfulcro8708 3 роки тому

    So, we are all in agreement that White Haake is on another level, right?

  • @tunami6914
    @tunami6914 6 років тому

    tomas is swedish??

  • @SamanBeuneun
    @SamanBeuneun 6 років тому +1

    I was gonna like the video, but it's at 666 likes and I just can't bear taking that away.

  • @kevinmm20
    @kevinmm20 5 років тому

    Tomas looks like he came from lord of the rings.. like a wise fuckin wizard

  • @jasonjoyner1834
    @jasonjoyner1834 3 роки тому +1

    English is his second language.

  • @Deadscone
    @Deadscone 7 років тому

    :D

  • @Consural
    @Consural 4 роки тому

    9:25 Hahahahaha

  • @8man943
    @8man943 3 роки тому

    All members of meshuggah look like Greek and Norse gods. Coincidence? I think not.

  • @slowpace1984
    @slowpace1984 5 років тому

    *LÖric*

  • @twinborn6028
    @twinborn6028 5 років тому +1

    Jesus play something besides bleed

  • @tingkagol
    @tingkagol 7 років тому

    Why won't Jens write the lyrics?

  • @limenode
    @limenode 7 років тому +4

    What's with all the Swedish metal guys that just sound like guys from Wisconsin?

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 4 роки тому

      Could you give any examples of this? Words etc...

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 4 роки тому

      The band is from Umeå in the far north of Sweden and their dialect affects the English I'm guessing.

    • @alexbaum2204
      @alexbaum2204 4 роки тому

      Wisconsin and Minnesota are chalk full of people descending from
      Scandinavia. My guess is that this is how English naturally comes out for a Scandinavian. In the case of that region of the country (I guess N Dakota and the UP as well), the accent of their grandparents and great grandparents probably stuck.

    • @nihility00
      @nihility00 4 роки тому

      A lot is to do with TV from the US too. I think Arch Enemy watches a lot of British TV and you can hear this in their accent.

  • @verydroll8545
    @verydroll8545 6 років тому +1

    VSOR= most unexciting shuggah album ever

    • @drumkidstu
      @drumkidstu 3 роки тому

      Wasn't supposed to be. They intended the record to be massive and super complex, and that it was.

    • @gemmahodson8300
      @gemmahodson8300 3 роки тому

      It’s an amazing album but there are a few boring tracks in there that actually sound TOO dissonant. Complexity for the sake of complexity too.

    • @Midnight.Wisdom.
      @Midnight.Wisdom. 2 роки тому

      Immutable: "Hold my beer"..

  • @sexhaver420
    @sexhaver420 7 років тому +1

    There's no way the album is not about Muslims.