@@Ragnarockalypse ive watched him do some hand manipulation along with the automation. Like hes playing an instrument of his own. A dream job for a cyberpunk buff like myself.
yeah bro he's legit like a pianist improvising lights to their set, but I think they have preprogrammed stuff too. For sure he plays the effing lights. Its nuts
@@horseradish4046 no the lights are actually played in real time by a guy. There are a couple of videos about him on youtube. Even a couple of fuckups during older live shows
If I had epilepsy, I would request to be taken to a Meshuggah concert as a form of self directed suicide. Either I die, or I truly face and overcome the epilepsy demon and walk out like a gymnast
Watching those lights live is absolutely hypnotic..... These guys were sent by God himself to perform master-craft shows! Ironic too...and modest...as the guys themselves just stand there and play....no need to act crazy or do nutso things....just let the music speak for itself!
@@lostknotdown4ever Oh you should see some bands go *absolutely ape. sh¡t.* while still playing. It's fvcking Incredible. And I've seen countless bands act that way on stage. Big venues and little venues. So when I saw Meshuggah for the first time, to see them completely static, amidst the absolute *INSANITY* going on at their shows, was something of a shock. It totally congrats everything I've seen before. And there's a metaphorical beauty to it imo. The drivers behind this train, The wielders of this power, The wizards of this incredible magic, Stand stalwart and form, unmoving and unfaltering, while stirring up this sheer _maelstrom_ of a show. Like a rock pillar at the center of a whirlpool. Or merely a statue in the rain.
It's like dragonball z or some shit. When I saw them in Seattle, I tried to mosh bro. I literally tried. But instead, I became every person in the crowd at once and something else was flexing its power in that very presence
Randomly stumbled across this video. I've seen them 5 times at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. Kings of small venues. Best fucking band of all time. Hands down.
He is absolutely fucking insane. The lights follow the notes of the instruments, arranged in different ways with every riff and parts of the songs. It is god damn magical.
Meshuggah is one of those few bands where their longest lived, earliest, OG, "true" fans, from way back in the late 80's early 90's, these fans do NOT, as fans of other metal bands usually do, say things like "man, Meshuggah lost their edge", "latest album is uninspired/not heavy enough/thrown together", "'Shuggah sold out!", or just "I like the old shit but the new stuff is too this or that". They have gotten so much better at crafting their brutal artworks with EVERY album, no question. Well that's my opinion, people of course will have their favorites and I believe Obzen is considered #1 and some older shit is considered their most popular or best selling after that, DEI being 2n'd, then Nothing and Chaosphere, but I don't know anyone who was an early fan who thinks Meshuggah went in a "wrong direction" or "got less heavy/brutal/metal/pussyfied, etc" in any way, aside from one guy I know who was into 80's thrash since way back, like early Exodus and shit, who liked all Meshuggah's albums up through Chaosphere. He told me around the time right after Nothing came out, he thought the guitars were "muddy and slimy sounding, and it's too slow maaan", he didn't get it, said the guitars were "like Korn/nu metal", "too slow and odd timed", "no fast double kick drums" "etc etc etc". There are plenty of people who don't like the new shit I'm sure but it's not like with some other bands from way back in the day that put out new music that just seems to have lost that "magic" that the band once had. Meshuggah has fine tuned their magic and continues to do so.
My favourite album is destroy erase improve. Cause his voice was not so destroyed like nowadays. Did you see this little old meshuggah in the studio video, when he was screaming in the mic like he was possesd... And thats what he is fucking doing in the song soul burn. Really intense... But im also completly fine like they sound now and yeah i love "nothing" and "violent sleep of reason" also. I'am trully a fan... And i will see them this year in december here in Berlin Germany. I've never felt so much anticipation in my life befor. Also for the coming album. Cause you know they cannot completly fail with it... like you said.
@@xxxSpite1xxx Haha yeah I saw that vid clip of Jens screaming his head off. He's such a god damn legend lol. DEI might be my fav record of theirs, it's hard to judge, it changes. Can't wait to hear the new one.
It's true, Meshuggah definitely changed a lot. But instead of being a watered down version of their old sound they just created something totally new and equally badass.
That part is just a straight up fucking party! If you haven't already been moshing, that part basically forces the crowd to immediately start beating the shit out of eachother...or give in to the urge to jump up and down:)
hakkenarsk seriously the lyrics just force my face into the Kidman stare and hypnotize my brain to jerk my head back and forth in slow methodical movements
Those guys will never stop suprising me... I mean...fucking destroying my mind. NO ONE PLAYS even SIMILAR TO THEM. Holy fuckin shit. I have no idae how Haake is playing concerts with songs like that.
I think about that a lot lol. I feel like there's a lot of metal bands that if i was thrown on stage i could fake my way through most of the songs. With this shit I wouldn't last 8 bars
Jens is definitely better some shows more than others. I notice sometimes he does his more monotone screams, other times hes practically singing but with vocal distortion. The Japanese show from the Alive DVD is the best example of him at his best. I guess that shit is impossible to keep up night after night
Okay smartass. So why don't you prescribe a vocal style that more fits this band's instrumentals, hmm? Prescribe a vocal style that works in tandem with each of their songs as another rythmic instrument *BUT DOESN'T* "outshine" the other instruments themselves, i.e making IT the focus rather than the song. And should I remind you, Jens is pushing *PAST* his *mid-50s* , the guy's still belting it out like a beast even after suffering massive damage to his vocal cords (2016), to the point that he couldn't even whisper, and arguably this makes him now much more awe-inspiring than any other vocalists out there.
As the old guy, my first thought was how lame the crowd is just standing there while they're being pummeled by a thunderous freight train of punishing sound instead losing their fucking minds in an insane pit....and then I remembered this was 2016 and not 1996. Them Swedes are just as ferocious as they were when I first heard them back then.
Dude handling the lights should get an award or something.
It's pre-programmed with MIDI. Still a killer job just programming it!
Thelema he is the brother of tomas
@@Ragnarockalypse ive watched him do some hand manipulation along with the automation. Like hes playing an instrument of his own.
A dream job for a cyberpunk buff like myself.
I know right 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@Ragnarockalypse it's manually controlled in the old days
Coming from a light designer, this is an incredible show to watch. This lighting comes from someone who knows the band and their music. Amazing job.
i liked this video its the drummers cousin lol
Also I read that the light guy actually does this live as the band plays
@@-LTUIiiin he does! Look up “meshuggah lighting operator” on here. There’s a video of him doing his thing. It’s crazy!
yeah bro he's legit like a pianist improvising lights to their set, but I think they have preprogrammed stuff too. For sure he plays the effing lights. Its nuts
This video does no justice! Being there is like listening to the album on steroids!
Had that expercience myself yesterday yes! holy shit!!!
Lucky bastard I want to go again, I went almost 2 months ago, it was one of the best shows, and ive been to A LOT of shows
czcams.com/video/iKc33CA1WmY/video.html
It's hilarious how amazing Meshuggah is live.
I got tix for december - crossing my fingers it'll happen!
The crazy thing is, the light operator has to be on time also. To me it's just mind blowing
This light set is programmed and they're playing to a metronome.
@@horseradish4046 That's interesing, thank you.
@@horseradish4046 for people believing you are serious. No it isnt and no they dont.
@@horseradish4046 no the lights are actually played in real time by a guy. There are a couple of videos about him on youtube. Even a couple of fuckups during older live shows
@MarcoLongoMusic It used to be that way, but I've read somewhere that they started to use pre-programmed lights in like ~2017
shit, that break at 4:39 always hit me hard
Meshuggah is a blessing to music.
Best party for epilepsy people
Kelele Head yup
If I had epilepsy, I would request to be taken to a Meshuggah concert as a form of self directed suicide. Either I die, or I truly face and overcome the epilepsy demon and walk out like a gymnast
@@S4MBONE I had epilepsy as a kid but I’m pretty sure I grew out of it cause I can watch this just fine lol
I actually don't think there's any other band that has lights like Meshuggah. Just simply out of this freakin' world.
Def man, they got one of the best light shows around, probably the best actually like you said.
6 people playing the music there.
Couldn't agree more.
TOOL ...
Yeah, tool has a pretty wicked stage/light show too. Dillinger Escape Plan too, mostly strobe lights though
Holy shit, I did not know these guys were so incredibly good live. Dayum. Time for me to watch them live, I guess.
Watching those lights live is absolutely hypnotic.....
These guys were sent by God himself to perform master-craft shows!
Ironic too...and modest...as the guys themselves just stand there and play....no need to act crazy or do nutso things....just let the music speak for itself!
Sent by gods? THEY ARE GODS
"just stand there and play" yeah cos it's so hard to play you don't have any brain power left to do anything else lol 😂 still incredible of course
@@lostknotdown4ever Oh you should see some bands go *absolutely ape. sh¡t.* while still playing.
It's fvcking Incredible. And I've seen countless bands act that way on stage. Big venues and little venues.
So when I saw Meshuggah for the first time, to see them completely static, amidst the absolute *INSANITY* going on at their shows, was something of a shock. It totally congrats everything I've seen before.
And there's a metaphorical beauty to it imo.
The drivers behind this train,
The wielders of this power,
The wizards of this incredible magic,
Stand stalwart and form, unmoving and unfaltering, while stirring up this sheer _maelstrom_ of a show.
Like a rock pillar at the center of a whirlpool. Or merely a statue in the rain.
Watch the live in spain, they loose their shit(:
4:40
"A LIEEEE WHAT ONCE I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!"
(tadadadadadadadadadadada)
4:39 I've never headbanged so hard to a video
I swear some physicist somewhere is going to invent time travel after hearing this song
when I saw them in London the mosh pit was already 15 metres wide before the first verse
It's like dragonball z or some shit. When I saw them in Seattle, I tried to mosh bro. I literally tried. But instead, I became every person in the crowd at once and something else was flexing its power in that very presence
I was there that night...that intro was absolutely chilling.
I am going to see them next Friday, i know High on Fire are playing too, was there an opening band that played before High on Fire?
such an incredible song
TheMeatballMen yeah its insane. the drum changes the guitar tone .heavy as fuck
The lights change along with the music to the point of being a defining feature on the show !! Very good.
Randomly stumbled across this video. I've seen them 5 times at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. Kings of small venues. Best fucking band of all time. Hands down.
Flawless performance. Haake is such a beast.
4:39 When the eye of the hurricane goes over you and you think to yourself "Oh thank god, I'm saf..." 😲
wooooow the light engineer its a crazy one!!!!
He is absolutely fucking insane. The lights follow the notes of the instruments, arranged in different ways with every riff and parts of the songs. It is god damn magical.
Meshuggah is one of those few bands where their longest lived, earliest, OG, "true" fans, from way back in the late 80's early 90's, these fans do NOT, as fans of other metal bands usually do, say things like "man, Meshuggah lost their edge", "latest album is uninspired/not heavy enough/thrown together", "'Shuggah sold out!", or just "I like the old shit but the new stuff is too this or that". They have gotten so much better at crafting their brutal artworks with EVERY album, no question. Well that's my opinion, people of course will have their favorites and I believe Obzen is considered #1 and some older shit is considered their most popular or best selling after that, DEI being 2n'd, then Nothing and Chaosphere, but I don't know anyone who was an early fan who thinks Meshuggah went in a "wrong direction" or "got less heavy/brutal/metal/pussyfied, etc" in any way, aside from one guy I know who was into 80's thrash since way back, like early Exodus and shit, who liked all Meshuggah's albums up through Chaosphere. He told me around the time right after Nothing came out, he thought the guitars were "muddy and slimy sounding, and it's too slow maaan", he didn't get it, said the guitars were "like Korn/nu metal", "too slow and odd timed", "no fast double kick drums" "etc etc etc". There are plenty of people who don't like the new shit I'm sure but it's not like with some other bands from way back in the day that put out new music that just seems to have lost that "magic" that the band once had. Meshuggah has fine tuned their magic and continues to do so.
Oh yeah and The 'Shuggah has also kept their live performances so tight. They are one of the best live metal acts around, I'd say.
My favourite album is destroy erase improve. Cause his voice was not so destroyed like nowadays. Did you see this little old meshuggah in the studio video, when he was screaming in the mic like he was possesd... And thats what he is fucking doing in the song soul burn. Really intense... But im also completly fine like they sound now and yeah i love "nothing" and "violent sleep of reason" also. I'am trully a fan... And i will see them this year in december here in Berlin Germany.
I've never felt so much anticipation in my life befor. Also for the coming album. Cause you know they cannot completly fail with it... like you said.
@@xxxSpite1xxx Haha yeah I saw that vid clip of Jens screaming his head off. He's such a god damn legend lol. DEI might be my fav record of theirs, it's hard to judge, it changes. Can't wait to hear the new one.
It's true, Meshuggah definitely changed a lot. But instead of being a watered down version of their old sound they just created something totally new and equally badass.
Yeah the live performances literally get better year on year. They are GODS in my opinion and will never be dethroned by any other metal band.
What a hell of an opener
Another great performance from the shuggah daddies
This light technician is a keyboard wizard! Check him out on CZcams, Meshuggah light operator
okang okang its haakes brother.
4:39 my heart skipped a beat here
That part is just a straight up fucking party! If you haven't already been moshing, that part basically forces the crowd to immediately start beating the shit out of eachother...or give in to the urge to jump up and down:)
The Gods have spoken.
... And there, on the throne, he reigns ...
hakkenarsk seriously the lyrics just force my face into the Kidman stare and hypnotize my brain to jerk my head back and forth in slow methodical movements
I can't make the cake, somebody stole meshuggah.
DISMANTLING THE CLOCKWORK
THAT MAKES ME THE CYNIC
\m/
DarkSideOfLucca SO FUCKING METAL
Holy fucking shit, that light show! :0
Machine. Absolutely insane
The guys handling the lights should receive nobel prize
I think Thomas lost his stick at 6:54 lol, all good though. Meshuggah kicks ass! That light show is amazing too...
so he *actually* makes mistakes?
Only human.
BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAK!!! BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAK!!! BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAK!!! THIIIIIIS DECEIIITFUUL MAACHIIIIIINE!!!!
huuuuge props to the lighting guy!!! so sick
I genuinely shed a tear.
Bravo
what a show
Even the lights has a time signature
Thomas is being like an demoniac heart pulsating on the background in the darkness
When I need the precision, I use this song to tell time.
I’m wearing a tuxedo for the next Atlanta show. I can’t wait to confuse everyone while we wait in line.
This makes any EDM rave look like a circus
I feel like I would be frothing at the mouth if I attend a Meshuggah show.
I don't even have epilepsy or anything.
That breakdown was off the charts, holy fucking hell.
Those guys will never stop suprising me... I mean...fucking destroying my mind. NO ONE PLAYS even SIMILAR TO THEM. Holy fuckin shit. I have no idae how Haake is playing concerts with songs like that.
4:39 beast mode activated
jeSUS! Where the f**k has this band been all my life. These monsters ROAR live, don't they. Wow.
Bill burr loved it!
I always think about that after he said that lol
Look no further. I found what's at the center of a blackhole. This...
First time they played this live i think, cant wait to see them in Philly with High on Fire.
They played it at the first show of the tour in Orlando!
Cant wait to see the new stuff live when they hit Philly in 2 weeks.
4:41 obliterates everything.
I was at this show...frikin insanse!!
this is so fucking great !
CTM, las luces me dejaron flipando xdddd
esto es puro poder
Lightshuggah
surreal tu e louco!!! brutalidade demais!! melhor banda de todos os tempos!!!
WTF light guy....!
Meshuggah kicks ass!! I went to the Lawrence, Ks show on 10/25/16
Amazing light show!
Love me a good show at a tabernacle
Lights!
I'm a bit surprised that Jens doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but think it's cool too.
Tool and Meshugggah , should be anthem for ppl who have epilepsy
I have seen them open for Tool and yes.
6:53 they had an oopsie
It seemed like a drum stick was lost
This was the show Bill Burr attended right?
No I think he went to the one in LA if I’m not mistaken. :)
The drummer got stroke at 6:54. thank god he made it!
great video!
the light make their music sounds better.
That lights guy is the sixth man of the band
6:53 even Haake makes mistakes
The numbers in the title are the date or the time signature?
Yes
That drummer, damn....
Meshuggah uses super computer to program lights
que verga tan chingona es esto NO MAMEN MESHUGGAH MIS OIDOS TE PERTENECEN
to apply as the Light engineer for Meshuggah, the light engineer has to be an expert in applied mathematics and non-linear differential equations
LOL Hillary Clinton could never go to a Shuggah show.
"WE NEED TO BUILD A WALL...OF DEATH."
haha awesome !
The feeling of being abducted by aliens
666 LIKES LET’S GOOOOOO
I wonder why Fredrik walks offstage at 1:49?
Needed to pump up the gain a little more.
To take the last bite of his The Varsity hot dog
Imagine being one of them trying to play...
I think about that a lot lol. I feel like there's a lot of metal bands that if i was thrown on stage i could fake my way through most of the songs. With this shit I wouldn't last 8 bars
Where the fuck is the fucking pogo? (:
es como miles de patadas en las bolas
Well I quit
grrrrrrsaysruspur
A shame the instrumental talent here lies in the hands of a monotone voice. (sigh)
Jens is definitely better some shows more than others.
I notice sometimes he does his more monotone screams, other times hes practically singing but with vocal distortion. The Japanese show from the Alive DVD is the best example of him at his best. I guess that shit is impossible to keep up night after night
Okay smartass. So why don't you prescribe a vocal style that more fits this band's instrumentals, hmm? Prescribe a vocal style that works in tandem with each of their songs as another rythmic instrument *BUT DOESN'T* "outshine" the other instruments themselves, i.e making IT the focus rather than the song.
And should I remind you, Jens is pushing *PAST* his *mid-50s* , the guy's still belting it out like a beast even after suffering massive damage to his vocal cords (2016), to the point that he couldn't even whisper, and arguably this makes him now much more awe-inspiring than any other vocalists out there.
@@khoile4271 Well said, Jens isn't meant to outshine anyone, he's merely another component of Meshuggah's style
@@khoile4271 really? I know he had flu in 2013 which forced him to miss a couple of shows, but I didn't know he'd suffered problems in 2016...
What the f are you talking about? His voice is perfect for meshuggah. Stop bitching and complaining and enjoy the music
As the old guy, my first thought was how lame the crowd is just standing there while they're being pummeled by a thunderous freight train of punishing sound instead losing their fucking minds in an insane pit....and then I remembered this was 2016 and not 1996. Them Swedes are just as ferocious as they were when I first heard them back then.