47 Minutes Of The Most Brutal Riffs You Will EVER Hear | Meshuggah - Catch 33 | Full Album REACTION!

[@DrewFortune97]

One of the most requested Albums I’ve ever seen on the channel! The only full length album reaction video on the internet - this one’s for the die hards. Enjoy 😉

[@yosupsc2]

You legend

[@ptbempire]

I have 2 full length album reviews that are public ya know :P

[@02SplinterCell02]

@@ptbempire But not of Catch 33 😉

[@Astral0muffiN]

You are now ready for the Sol Niger Within 3.33 Album. Some of us were not so lucky but still ended up loving Meshuggah...

[@tjbay13]

My opinion, the 2nd half of this album is thousand times more interesting than the first half. Some of their best riffs peppered throughout.

[@coldfuzion99]

Autonomy Lost 3:12 Imprint Of The Un-Saved 4:52 Disenchantment 6:28 The Paradoxical Spiral 9:39 Re-Inanimate 12:51 Entrapment 15:31 Mind's Mirrors 19:15 In Death - Is Life 23:46 In Death - Is Death 25:48 Shed 39:11 Personate Non Gratae 42:45 Dehumanization 44:33 Sum 47:29

[@atmghst7112]

dehumanisation / sum are the single best 2 songs in the album

[@8ExtremeRush8]

​@@atmghst7112how?! In death is life and etc is no worse singled up live

[@zhesion7036]

"one syllable...one vowel...A[unskippable ad plays]AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" I've never been so musically blue balled in my life.

[@jessehenderson6071]

WHAT A FUCKING LEGEND!!!! Dude literally is the first serious reaction channel to take on this titan

[@DrewFortune97]

We do it all baby

[@IceKoldKilla]

Right!? I constantly look for reaction channels that react to entire albums or songs from artists that no one reacts to. Or sometimes only their big singles are reacted to. Everyone reacts to Bleed. It's dope to see this happen. Thank you!

[@jasonmcf]

This album is everything. It will teach you to be patient when listening as much as it will punch you in the face. It will make you trance out just as much as it will make you anxious. Top 3 album of all time for me.

[@synhet84]

I'm curious about the other two? ;)

[@jasonmcf]

@@synhet84 reign in blood and dark side of the moon.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

The last grouping of tracks (from Shed onwards) is like an unstoppable, relentless tornado destroying everything in it’s path.

[@toximan2008]

Meshuggah is straight up guitar trance music. I think their approach to minimalism really solidifies this notion. I don't listen to them as if they were a metal band. Pretentiousness aside, feels goodman™

[@jamesblizzunt5753]

Yes, exactly. This album has taught me patience and unbelivable restraint. Also gives me a sense of brooding anxiety that is ultimately relieved during certian parts of the tracks.

[@GiovanniBernardi86]

Kid: do colors have a sound? Me: yes Kid: what does black sound like? Me:

[@brunolivramento5942]

one syllable one vowel 🤘

[@Beanie-Babe]

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[@Omang_Chos]

AAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@decepticonstinger3150]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

[@redshift4123]

Its iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 😂

[@chuckh9168]

“I”. Ego. Self.

[@Kerosian1]

This is like the "Dark side of the moon" album of metal. A masterwork. The pacing, the lyrics and theme, it never gets old.

[@Ninthsignmusic]

Perfectly said! I love both albums and I definitely agree

[@Alter_Ego_V1.1037]

And it's oddly fitting over most films lol

[@GodlessFiend]

I guess?

[@_jm0n3y8oo_]

And it was a big FU to nuclear blast

[@davetorres3906]

Dehumanization is far and beyond my personal fav Shuggah moment, it literally feels like the end of the world, glad you actually took the time to go through the whole thing

[@michaelheise6294]

Its because in a sense it *is* the end of the world. Its the moment when the narrator of the story has a full blown identity crisis and renounces his true self.

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

46:42 Holy shit, this climax is probably the most brutally punishing breakdown I've ever heard. Man... Soo groovy, yet so immense

[@fumped]

I listen to this part every day on my way to work to wake up

[@Suene91]

I had the same reaction like this guy.

[@alihijazi4451]

Man, I have to sit down when that breakdown drops.... unbelivable. Hits like a truck every single time!

[@weedann]

What song?

[@stephensmith4952]

@@weedann Dehumanisation

[@Leviathan5213]

*Starts Catch 33 again for the hundredth time* Ah, shit. Here we go again...

[@raz0rcarich99]

39:05 "Just do it!" *gets absolutely killed* 😂

[@JamesHessMetal]

46:41 is what the end of the Meshuggah journey feels like. I had the same reaction the first time I heard that part! It doesn't hit as hard unless you listen to the rest of the album beforehand, but it's always worth it. I'll always believe that, between the entire setup to that point, the lyrical content, and the riff itself, it's the most mind-numbingly heavy thing ever made. Glad you finally got around to this! I can't wait to hear what they bring with their next album, whenever that may be.

[@svengah]

All spoken lyrics are performed (and written) by Tomas Haake, because his English is like that of a native speaker.

[@_Hitechlowlife]

The lyrics are not performed by Thomas Haake, they're performed by Jens Kidman.

[@svengah]

@@_Hitechlowlife Only the guttural vocals are by Kidman. The spoken words are by Haake, on every album (I guess). He said this in some interview.

[@mulejuice4468]

@@svengah Jens performs the vocals. Gutturals and cleans

[@svengah]

@@mulejuice4468No offence, but please look it up before claiming. He does all the live vocals for sure, but we are talking about the studio version.

[@mulejuice4468]

@@svengah I was trying to find my reply but couldn’t. I looked it up right after and saw I was wrong. I stand corrected

[@sp1rals1]

This album is CRUSHINGLY god tier. So glad you did the whole thing man! Next up: “Måsstaden under vatten”, you must 😄

[@TylerJMacDonald]

Not before the first album måsstaden!

[@seanmcadams1216]

Thall

[@satricon]

@@TylerJMacDonald now its måsstaden forte, remixxed and improved!

[@infinitetimewasting7491]

Finally, my favourite album. This was my first Meshuggah Record back in 2005. I could'nt believe that 8 String Guitars were a thing back then. Remember folks, this record came out long before Djent was even a thing. There was nothing remotely similar to this. Thank you for digging into the rabbithole even further. I never thought a youtuber would even dare to tackle the entire album. You deserved it. Keep rockin

[@timothydog76]

The 8 strings really showed up even before that when they made Nothing in 2002. For Nothing they started using 7 string guitars but using the top 7 strings of an 8 string guitar. But they did eventually get 8 string guitars made for them by Nevborn (I think). To some of us real old-head Meshuggah fans, the term "djent" really means something else. :) We weren't calling Nothing and Catch 33 "djent" at the time. The term originally came from the guitar sounds that came from the None and DEI albums where they used heavy palm muting on chords and made this huge "djent" sound. It has since evolved into a whole genre which is associated with really tuned down 8 string guitars and has taken on a different meaning.

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

@@timothydog76 The original release of Nothing had standard scale Ibanez 7 strings tuned down to F Standard. Meshuggah weren’t super happy with the guitar tone, and shortly after their Nevborn 8 strings came in. They re-recorded all of the guitars on baritone 8 strings and Fred remixed the record. That’s why the re-release guitars so much cleaner and brighter.

[@MrBaverbo]

@@timothydog76they used 7strings in dei and chaosphere too

[@heronmaciel7980]

Dehumanization drops like hell, but Sum is like the end of everything, like a perfect ending of that trip,the chaos, feels like the reality is fading, is brilliant.

[@jdvisualz3391]

16:03 that riff on entrapment is my favorite riff of all time. It's so heavy and groovy at the same time, it sounds absolutely disgusting, and then the solo just takes it to another level. I remember it took me a few listens to this album to really understand how incredible it is. Masterpiece.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Most Spastic riff ever and most minimalistic solo ever. Rhythm and lead guitar switch roles since the former plays a lot of notes while the latter just 2 on 2 octaves. Unique.

[@OneSekCBeast]

Your journey is mine, 100%

[@abcdefghijkl5408]

That riff is definitely a highlight....well, the whole album is. This is one of my top albums of all time

[@devendasmusic]

I turn into a feral gorilla when It kicks in

[@DioGhark]

atta boy, that breakdown in dehumanization and then the build-up on sum just gives chills every single time

[@khoile4271]

This mans doing things no person should ever be doing. Surviving a straight listen-through of the entirety of *Catch 33* , arguably Meshuggah's most mind-meldingly conceptual and Lovecraftian album of all time. An album maybe as legendary as the epic that is ObZen in terms of complexity, paradoxically intertwined with simplicity, and its almost fractally mathematical compositions completely revolutionising the Sound of Metal itself. Bravo, man. Fekkin bravo. I cannot give you enough praise.

[@DrewFortune97]

🤣🤣 my pleasure bro!

[@MrBaronCabron]

You made me hate meshuggah with this post

[@khoile4271]

@@MrBaronCabron Woah there, calm down, bud. Try to take things in life a little easier, kay? The comment was meant to be over the top and corny lol.

[@greedo69]

@@khoile4271 u typed that shit out like it was a part of minds mirrors

[@victorkelante420]

@@khoile4271 Not far from the truth though, I totally agree with what you said, Meshuggah is in fact the epitome of metal, some bands come close but no one goes as hard while being original and groovy.

[@ghastlylife9836]

The struggle to free myself of restraints, becomes my very shackles

[@1chrisanderson]

That whole-tone ascending riff at 31:49 is one of my all time favorites from them. Perfect placement and HUGE energy boost going to a major key sound

[@adrianthornton-mark3219]

Fuck yes

[@jebslept8515]

uncontrollable, over driven vibe

[@BorisFedonin]

46:41 I wish I could re-live this moment once again. Just erase it from my brain and let me hear it again :( Build-up is insane tho

[@dcko1979]

Ha, for me the most brutal part of the album is just before that - 45:56. It's like death in a car crash replayed over and over or getting stabbed in the heart.

[@carlosagaton4945]

I remember it made me stop what I doing and I just sat there frozen in awe of what I just heard

[@guybuddy1]

I wish I could erase my memory of the countless hours that I've listen to this album, and hear it for the first time again. A god damn masterpiece.

[@Diesel_Budgie]

Also, a bit of trivia for this album. Because they kept changing the rhythms and riffs so much while writing the album, it was impossible for Haake to learn everything in time to record. So for the first and only time, most of the drumming on the final cut was programmed using Meshuggah's own highly refined software (I forget the name), using Haake's samples of course. They actually write or develop most of their music in programming first anyway, so it was by far the easiest route (and it still sounds amazing).

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Drumkit From Hell.

[@Diesel_Budgie]

@@janpoelkamp4229 Yeah!!

[@Law0fRevenge]

Just to add to that, using programmed drums was not a usual thing to do in 2004/2005 at all. Especially since barely anybody could make programmed drums sound so good. They still sound super good even today.

[@DrewFortune97]

HD video is still processing!! If you want the full experience and the best quality video - give it 30 minutes or so and it should be fully processed & 1080p will be available! 🔥

[@foreverh2421]

i would 100% recommend listening to Concatenation from their Chaosphere album. It’s the centre of chaos. The adrenaline shakes you paralysed. The only word I can describe it with is Chaos. Pure, bloodshot chaos. EDIT: Although, I’d highly recommend the Rare Trax version, where it is more slow and groovy. The original one is a bit uhh..

[@mattdubya1037]

Elastic- the last song from that album- he should listen to that one 💯🔥

[@madcrazyhouse-vf8nh]

@@mattdubya1037 pretty much every song of chaosphere that isn't new millenium cyanide christ is underrated.

[@vladimirgumennyy2604]

I don't listen this album! But I will!

[@morganshibby8941]

Clockworks makes me think of Concatenation in the way it's a full controlled chaos.

[@IceKoldKilla]

@@morganshibby8941 The first I heard it I felt lost and anxious. But the feel to wanna understand this chaos drew me in. I was amazed at how well constructed it is. These guys are absolutely incredible. Tomas is insane!

[@funnyperson4027]

idk why this album isn't talked about as much it's sooo good. everything after minds mirrors is a literal spiral into insanity.... and the screams on shed dehumanization and sum are so good. not to mention probably the most unsettling meshuggah track ever made imo (sum)

[@Eccentricjuices]

I still don’t understand why some Meshuggah fans rank this album low. (Probably bc of the programmed drums). This album still has some of the best riffs the bands has ever put out.

[@michaelthilges2604]

A lot meshuggah fans didn’t like the move away from the older, thrashy stuff they were doing like chaosphere. Old heads felt like it was a step backwards lol

[@Eccentricjuices]

@@michaelthilges2604 Agreed

[@rubaidaallen2764]

I fn love it. I don't understand that either.

[@greedo69]

i much prefer older meshuggah, but this is the last album that i love with a burning passion, each one had an identity up until obzen were i found they stopped making new songs and started trying to make new *meshuggah* songs, and starts to feel forced (bleed still kickass tho)

[@liamyates5544]

i loved it from the moment i first heard it. but i was a huge stoner back then. also, i think after listening to it (easily) 100+ times.. the recurring riffs kinda get bit old. still a great album though and one that definately broadend my horizons.

[@atzerk3854]

The best thing about it all, I still remember you struggling to find the groove, asking us what to look for, what to listen to, and here you are, bobbing your head in straight 4/4 to frickin' Catch 33. All my wishes granted! Cheers brother! Much love from Hungary!

[@DrewFortune97]

❤️

[@Enydrath]

Yeah especially in the end of dehumanization that's very confusing with all the layers above layers and the guitar changing the pattern in the middle of it...

[@truslyd]

The brown note at 46:43 started and entire genre of extreme metal...possibly the most brutal tone and riff ever created in rock...I'd love to hear Patrick Batemans take on it. Also, the roar would make Leonidas himself cower...

[@luisovares4257]

F... you right..whats the name of the song ?

[@truslyd]

@@luisovares4257 dehumanization @2:09

[@luisovares4257]

@@truslyd thanks man !! \m/ love this shit already

[@sonofbelz]

I'm 90% sure that if this album never existed, Djent would've never happened.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Destroy, Erase, Improve deserves that credit.

[@greedo69]

@@janpoelkamp4229 i think nothing is more like it, i dont really consider dei to be djent (thus why I love it so much more)

[@im_in_immense_pain]

@@greedo69 yeah i agree, i feel like dei is more like thrash.

[@greedo69]

@@im_in_immense_pain nah thats contradictions collapse (also great album) dei is more of a really technical groove metal kinda thing

[@pentexsucks43]

Nothing. other great Djent stuff like After The Burial sounds a lot like Obsidian and Spasm really influenced their sound

[@axlespelledwrong]

Catch-33 is something special. The song structure, tone and general atmosphere is a masterclass of songwriting. The album also matches it's concept perfectly. From In Death - is life to the end of the album specifically is probably my favorite piece of music ever written. I remember ripping this album from Kazaa when it came out and had never heard anything like it. Listening to it semi-regularly throughout the years has only made me appreciate it more.

[@MetallicOpeth]

good on you. this is a stone cold fucking classic from front to back.

[@cgafken]

Now this is a fucking reaction video!!!!! This album was my first experience with Meshuggah so this album holds a special place for me. I would recommend checking out After The Burial, their guitarist is related to Fredrik of Meshuggah. Collapse would be a great first song to check out

[@DrewFortune97]

Have heard collapse man!

[@APieceOfLiquid]

Man you're in for an amazing journey if this got you into Meshuggah. Also After The Burial are amazing. Check out some of their tracks Drew.

[@cgafken]

@@APieceOfLiquid i meant back when the album came out. I bought it as my first Meshuggah album. Since then I have heard all of their music

[@DC33879]

So it’s actually true that they are related?!? Cousins?

[@iamjatan]

That bit in Entrapment is one of my all time favourite Meshuggah sections, the riff and the solo(?) are just ridiculous.

[@isaackmojica8302]

The mighty badass yet super fucking musical SOLO by the always Mighty legendary Thordendal

[@axlespelledwrong]

Might be my favorite solo period. It is not complex but it just has so much stank on it. Starts with whiplash then hits that catch that gets your head bobbing.

[@c4li]

For me it's always the part at 51:50 that gets me. This album is a monumental masterpiece, especially for it's time. I was first drawn to it shortly after it's release because of it's cool album art, but i was a wee lad and couldn't compute this music until years later. I didn't really like it at first but somehow kept coming back to it - then all the sudden it reaaally clicked...

[@Sasquatch33]

Everyone always seems to overlook this one, but for me the riff at 43:31 in Personate non Gratae is the pinnacle riff of this album, I just wish it was longer.

[@UncleRJ]

They actually play Mind's Mirror, In Death - Is Life and In Death - Is Death live. They were featured in the Ophidian Trek live video, played a bunched of shows in 2007 and 2012-2016. To say it was spectacular is an understatement. And to see Jens just walking around hyping the crowds and aggressively bops his head up and down because he has very few lines to sing.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

They were playing that section in 2005, not 2007 (I saw them live in both years)

[@lionheart01]

@@guitaristssuck8979 they play it on their actual europe tour, we got it live yesterday, i was blown away to hear some catch 33 live theses days

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@lionheart01 I just saw them in London

[@frankov_83]

I remember liking Meshuggah before Catch 33, but this is the album that made it for me around 05, 06. After that I went back in their catalogue and fell in love. Even to this day.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

I purchased Chaosphere in November 2003 because I heard NMCC on the Ozzfest 2002 cd

[@suoreoni]

ok seriously you are the best music reaction youtuber out there, this just proves how dedicated you can be and that you care more about the requests from fans more than views. Huge respect bro

[@DrewFortune97]

❤️❤️

[@42k78]

Oh damn, is that TesseracT behind you? Altered State was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Normally I prefer a screamer but they really made that album work with clean vox. Great taste mate.

[@DrewFortune97]

Yessir. My favourite album man!

[@Catch3318]

Yes Drew! Ive been listening this album since the first day it came out back in 05, and yes, this is my fucking face every time i hear that Deshumanization Riff at 46:41 "A soundtrack to my failure, one syllable, one vowel" - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@morganshibby8941]

Finally you foking did it! Oh man this album, as much as I love Meshuggah, some part are a descent to hell that makes me so uncomfortable, but then I go through it and what a brutal journey!!

[@APieceOfLiquid]

Yes! Good man. Glad you did a long vid reacting to them all. I missed out on Meshuggah tickets for Dublin.

[@APieceOfLiquid]

Actually there's still tickets I think. I may have to buy one haha.

[@DrewFortune97]

I was going to say, for sure grab one man!

[@victorkelante420]

You did it first man, now this is dedication, I was impressed with "I" and now a full album? Let's go!

[@eriakuromaru7768]

Basically my waking up/making breakfast theme. Such an incredible album. Sick reaction, dude! And I honestly can't stress enough how grateful I am to you for ridding the whole thing from yt ads. All my love to you!

[@EthanRadell]

That drop in dehumanization is why I choose to continue breathing lmao

[@Djcimofficial]

I remember buying this Album at FYE!! I was so confused listening to it for the first few times.. didn’t know it was just 1 long song.. long live MESHUGGAH!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ThakkMylde]

This is easily my favorite Meshuggah album. It's a journey, and each time is different.

[@johnarchibald6]

Shed/Personae/Dehuminization/Sum might be the best stretch of music Meshuggah has written but that's just me

[@farmanocotl1419]

Personally, minds mirrors thru in death is death might be my favorite djent song ever. But recently I got a massive appreciation for the last 4 tracks once I really realized what the albums about. It's so darn good.

[@krackkorn1952]

naw bro best piece of music period

[@ianobassman]

Your mind is gonna be blown by their light show in Dublin. Fingers crossed it goes ahead in June!

[@Diesel_Budgie]

Just a side note. As I understand it, with "one long song" albums like these, the main reason they split the piece into so many smaller tracks is so that the album can still qualify as an album and not an EP (which earns reduced revenue in many cases). I think artistically, Meshuggah would have wanted to put the record out as one long piece of music, like "I".

[@02SplinterCell02]

That's exactly what happened. Meshuggah wanted to release it as one track but the record label demanded they split it up into tracks

[@Diesel_Budgie]

@@02SplinterCell02 Don't know if you know The Mars Volta, but their album Frances the Mute had (I think) five songs, of which one was 32 minutes long but also split into parts. Very interesting band btw!

[@02SplinterCell02]

@@Diesel_Budgie I heard it a few years ago and it reminded me of Red Sun Rising on crack. Honestly wasn't a fan of it

[@axeslinger94]

@@Diesel_Budgie I was thinking of this exact album and band before I saw this comment. Yes! FTM isn't my fave album by them but that is a really good example of this "long song split up into suites" practice.

[@Nebuloid1]

19:45 when they played that at Graspop my ankles actually collapsed and had to lie down for a while... All the time shouting the words ofcourse.

[@gerardlevangie9060]

Yes!!!!!! Let’s go!!!!!!!! Also do Born in dissonance. Ty for the vids brother I enjoy the hell out of ‘em

[@TheGringuish12]

43:30 yes, my face is always like this in that riff

[@Ledjent]

You did it! My all time favourite album, proud of you my man!

[@smashrhythm]

This album was my introduction to Meshuggah and it’s been my favourite ever since. I used to meditate to it, I would press play and not move for the entire CD. It sent me to different realm, it’s the closest I’ve ever been to Astral Projection. Still till this day, the big breakdown at the end sends shivers up my spine. I love seeing people relate to great music, thanks for the vid.

[@kylereece1979]

I only really know of this album through various comments over time, and the odd dip in and out of a coupla tracks online over the years. Not a huge fan of the band, but I gotta say fair play to ya lad for uploading a full reaction to the album like this, offering instant emotive response and commentary. A great idea and vid for fans to jump in and opine on their own favorite massive moments, and I hope the gig goes ahead nxt year for ye.👍

[@cerberus3504]

Didn't know thomas haake did a vocal part on this, but i think he did it on "mind's mirror" Also for the programmed drums, they said that during the reccording process, they keep changing the riff/tracks every times so to avoid Thomas learning new riff every day, they made the drums with a drum machin call "drumkit from hell" wich is basically 600 sample from Thomas drums. and at the end, they keep it cause they though the sound was good Bruh and your face during mInds miror LMFAO XD

[@Enydrath]

Drumkit from hell was also used by Devin Townsend in the first Ziltoid album, and what a masterpiece it was!

[@gtay6726]

This is the record that completely made me love Meshuggah!! I had listened to Nothing and I, but I was all in with this one. Obzen is definitely my favourite, but In Death Is Life/Is Death are by far my favourite Songs! When they played them live, I lost my shit!!! Edit: Wrote the initial comment before your reaction to Is Life!! Hahahaha. Your reaction says eveything about those tracks! Meshuggah showing why they are their own entity!!... "Where's the neck brace??? If they play this live? We're all dead!"" Having experienced it, can't believe I'm still breathing!!

[@DarkSideOfLucca]

My favorite album of all time since this thing came outtttt hell yeah

[@19RaxR91]

Okay - honestly I had grown tired of reactions in general, but this one I will definitely watch.

[@SamuelWinters]

Saw them in Nashville a few years ago..by FAR the best performance I've ever seen live. Precise, awe-inspiring chaos and with the light show, it was the one of the greatest things I've ever experienced. Excited for you to see them!

[@APieceOfLiquid]

46:45 is when Drew had to change his jocks afterwards.

[@FRUTZK]

'tis my favourite part of the entire album. Such a crankable moment.

[@toximan2008]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@SwerveCity___]

Unquestionably the most sonically awe-inspiring thing I’ve ever heard and will ever hear. Hands down my favourite Meshuggah moment.

[@SwerveCity___]

3:03 you literally put the best part of the album here with the DF logo/intro! That part never fails to make my hair stand on end. Complete and total sonic Annihilation.

[@connoriquada5429]

Entrapment is my favourite track on this record. The weird leads over that absolute monster of a riff is like the actual nastiest thing in existence. Shits fuckin viiiiile dawg

[@tomeshuggah]

Amazing reaction video as usual! That is a tremendous album, unbelievable. Next stop: Sol Niger. Please 😄🤟🏼

[@jasonmcf]

I remember mentioning you should do this a couple months ago. Awesome man.

[@VirgoKing89]

I’m so happy you’re giving this record a listen all the way through! It’s such an insane one. My favorite part of the record is the riff at 18:25. By the way, all of the drums are programmed and it’s all Jens on vocals. 🖤🖤🖤☺️😉😊🔥🔥🔥

[@im_in_immense_pain]

Actually Thomas Haake does all the spoken vocals.

[@ondrejtvarozek242]

Your stank faces at 16:40 are perpetually all of us when it comes to this record. That twitchy fucking solo and that groove under it is incredible.

[@TVQuimérico]

full album reactions needs to be a thing on youtube, few people do it, thanks for reacting to craziest meshuggah album ever when you see meshuggah live its going to be an EXPERIENCE, they are even better live

[@progperljungman8218]

A magical album! So glad you enjoyed it (certainly not for all....)! Truly original (ever for them) and a bit of a slow starter but then... oh my god!... Favorite track(s) In death is life/is death.

[@evosquad2474]

One of my favorite musical experiences of all time, absolutely phenomenal. Thank you for giving it a listen!

[@quicksam9941]

drew, want to share some love for ya here! i really these full album reactions. because it's an entire album, it makes it feel more genuine to watch for me. it can be disappointing when I'm watching react content and the people end up seeming like they are taking their reactions, but I wanted to tell you that your content always feels legit. even when you exaggerate a bit for the camera, it still always feels like it's coming from a genuine place. im so glad you love this album too. catch 33 is my second favourite meshuggah album, koloss being my first fave. if you haven't heard it yet, I suggest giving it a good crack! would love to see you react to that one! good on ya mate!!!

[@TCM215]

l float through physical thoughts, l stare down the abyss of organic dreams. thought manifests reality

[@DanikaOliver]

That part 39:06 was funny you ask'em to do it, then comes the AAAAH. Your face was priceless.

[@danny.chulo.]

I love that you loved that solo as much as I do, as soon as I saw you were doing this album it’s the first part I thought of

[@GuyWithACamera23]

Going to see them in Glasgow next May. Can't fucking wait!

[@SayBiird]

Awesome dude great video you’re a legend 🤘 It was said that Thomas used a drum kit for budget reasons on this album, maybe they found it cheaper then renting a studio at the time I’m not sure. He plays the In Death is Death section live all the time

[@drumkidstu]

It was a actually because they kept switching riffs around and stuff. The whole record was composed in front of a computer. It just made it easier to do. They play parts of this record live sometimes so it's all playable.

[@choronzon69]

"My brain is trying to process these signatures." 😅 Well technically it's the odd groupings, the time signature remains 4/4, but their riffs are odd groupings that cycle over that, creating metric displacement/polymeters. They're mental on this record. 😅

[@d0m0b40]

It took a while but this has become one of my favs from them. Moments like minds mirrors and the end of in death- is death are so unique to this album and I love it for that. Sum still gives me goosebumps

[@DigitalTiger101]

Yoooo mad respect for doing the whole thing at one time! That's awesome!

[@toolrjm]

Not an album you can put on "shuffle". This'll keep me entertained while I work for the next hour. Thanks for doing this!

[@19RaxR91]

I appreciate you liking my previous comment, Drew - that one earned you my Like! First of all, I had forgotten how absolutely Avesome this album is, and why it has been my fave Meshuggah ever since I started listening to it 10+ years ago. No other shug album do I like A-Z like this one. You asking "how come this isnt reacted to more?" is definitely something Ive wondered before, as I truly think this is a Masterpiece, though unfortunately, as you so rightly put it, Really under radar. Btw, Thomas wrote the drumtracks to be playable, since he probably has at some point played them himself, and in this case he just opted to use a drummachine, which used samples of his own entire drumset.

[@lennarthyland666]

Love this album. Had the 33 shirt on a day at Yellowstone years ago, and when i was to pay for some snacks at the General store at Mammoth hot springs, the lady behind the counter started laughing at me. Turned out she was jewish, and since meshuggah means crazy/insane in yiddish it made sense.. Anyways, lovely lady. Off we went to check some geysers out and then a big guy yelled behind me. He saw the Catch 33 print on my back, so there i was talking Meshuggah again :D

[@kylereece1979]

I really really like the piece of music at 35min. Its like a morbid woozy walk though a nightmarish nocturnal landscape from a horror movie. An eerie lucid dream of melted memories and painful premonitions. I think too, it sounds both super chilled out like your floating aimlessly in haunting deep space, or underwater in a deep icy abyss. Its very cinematic, haunting, and evoking. I appreaciate the heavier side of the band, but that creepy interlude was it for me.

[@DrewFortune97]

Yeah man it’s creepy as fuck

[@robertpavey5615]

Best section of the album for me. That and the wall of guitars that occur on Sum.

[@schpleeb]

*YES* Drew! You legend! Do check out Jens Chinman’s rendition kzbin.info/www/bejne/boGai4Z-Zt6aqaM

[@DrewFortune97]

🤘🏼❤️

[@SonderCreationStudios]

Bro I LOVE that you were like "I can't get that time signature, I feel like I'm back in the beginning here," because that is EXACTLY how I feel about Meshuggah EVERY time lol. I am ALL about time signatures, I'm a musician, and I fucking love odd time sigs, but I'm like, 'wait a fuck, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SIGNATURE lol.' Love this and your openness with your love for music and all your vids. Cheers man.

[@Enydrath]

The funniest is knowing a track by heart and not even knowing what the f is happening if you look closer. Like in do not look down, very easy to "sing along" but it's so groovy and organic you don't even notice the guitar changes key in the middle of a pattern every time. It's just the same pattern up until the solo whatever the key is and just occasionally comes together with the 4/4... Baffling.

[@SonderCreationStudios]

@@Enydrath Haha yes exactly!!!

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

Thank you for not just saying it is 4/4. It is far beyond that simplification.

[@christophersessions3375]

Cheers. I have been a metal head my whole 55 year long life and this is tied with Nile's In Their Darkened Shrines for best metal record of the aughts. This, in my opinion, was where everything Meshuggah had been trying on the previous albums came together. They perfected their style and creativity on this album. They built on this in the albums since, but this was a perfection moment. Also it just fucking KILLS.

[@himbourbanist]

my favorite Meshuggah album. I love that it plays like it's one long song. Dehumanization is my favorite Meshuggah track, it's so shocking.

[@bluemario89]

Pleeeaaaase can you do Chaosphere next? I feel like that album is so underappreciated and it is so incomprehensibly heavy all the way through

[@IAmTrashhy]

The dehumanization breakdown is a neck breaker for me

[@drewdavidson6976]

Awesome! Please revisit Between the Buried and Me

[@lparksession]

Full album react to Colors and Colors II? A man can dream lol

[@johnarchibald6]

New Vildhjarta album Masttaden Under Vatten is a must listen bud

[@brismithejedi]

This was awesome man! I can't believe you did this. Definitely Legend status!

[@ZenataUSA]

LMAO that edit at 49:10 is god-tier 😂 😂 😂

[@APieceOfLiquid]

Also drew here's a suggestion for your next Band. Ion Dissonance and their album Minus The Herd. I recently got into them. They're heavy, groovy and djenty as fuck.

[@InnoMori]

Wow! Someone else finally agrees and has heard of them!

[@APieceOfLiquid]

@@InnoMori started to listen to Vildhjarta and saw that Ion Dissonance was a band they were inspired by so I had to give them a go.

[@joecalabrese8979]

It was like I was watching my child get amazed by something I was amazed at when I was their age. I relived that Dehumanization moment through you. A truly memorable experience for me dude. Cheers!

[@DrewFortune97]

What it’s all about. Appreciate it bro, glad you enjoyed ❤️❤️

[@jamesblizzunt5753]

My fav Meshuggah album. Others are great and so close, hard to choose, but this one is something special for sure.

[@MegaLaban12345]

My man! Been a while since I did a full listen of this album, will be reliving it through this reaction.