Dancers To A Discordant System - Meshuggah (Percussion Arrangement)

Arranged for Percussion sextet by Kevin Zetina.
recorded at the Eastman School of music
performers (Front row): Stella Perlic, Kevin Zetina, Greg Doscher, Victor LaBozzetta, (Back row) David Yun, Kyle Peters
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[@DerHerrMitR]

I swear to god, if you don't seize the opportunity to make New Millenium Xylophone Christ....

[@RKMontgomery]

Xam271 Who says all KZbin comments are garbage? This one is special. I'd buy it lunch if I could.

[@matiasneptuniano2127]

I just screenshoted this conversation

[@nicklausbooks1593]

Xam271 YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BlixTheGoblin]

@@RKMontgomery Lol youd buy it lunch

[@atteiksanas5659]

What...what happened here? There's only four comments.

[@mnvcjhgfckjh]

Meshuggah should be included in music textbooks. I mean, they really revolutionized metal music and practically created a whole new genre of metal.

[@DandelionVolta]

It's crazy how they've been at it for decades and now there are a lot of bands coming up who where influenced by them, even if they didn't get a more deserving mainstream recognition they were still deeply influential for metal in general.

[@TheMeatballMen]

Meshuggah - the influence of the influential, sort of like the actor's actor but for musicians

[@meshuggahdave5607]

Giovanni Ambrosio they are in textbooks. There's a whole class on progressive jazz metal.

[@joshuasalgado4694]

I’ve heard some college professors use there music to teach in classes.

[@Shake69ification]

Tool also seems to translate well ...

[@DJT544]

Somebody should send this video to Meshuggah. They'll be proud of this incredible work.

[@Anthonybrother]

body no *You send it to them , you lazy fuck*

[@camilanebula1328]

Antonio Brother give me their numbers please, I mean if is that easy...Tomas Haake would be nice

[@dngrouscrgo]

CamilaNebula pretty sure they would quite willingly reply if you tweeted them, the days of the “supercilious rockstar” personality are far in the past

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

@@Anthonybrother lmao

[@BenEller]

Holy. Moly. This is incredible. I would pay gross amounts of dollar papers for a whole album of this. Also, sending this to my buddy Per right now.

[@evanwilliamsss]

ikr!

[@moonboogien8908]

UNCLE BEN?!

[@BenEller]

@@moonboogien8908 hi!

[@ayandey137]

Per Nilsson was really awesome, some parts he played live sounded even better than Frederik

[@dale8809]

Holy crap. Whoever arranged this is genius. Gave me chills! Well done.

[@kevinzetina]

Lol thanks! 🙏🏻

[@pierogi5359]

"Arranged by Kevin Zetina" right at the beginning lol. Thanks Kevin!!

[@BeBopScraBoo]

you say meshimba, i say maruggah.

[@baladevaleong4799]

BeBopScraBoo this hasn’t been liked enough. Fucking hilarious!

[@tynannida9642]

Hahahahaha

[@tatoarg9508]

Respect! Glad it's being recognized academically.

[@Unearthlywhales]

Agreed! This would be amazing if this one day would be added as a live intro/transition to the song!

[@francisunderwood2308]

Unearthlywhales I thought the same thing.

[@RaffaeleSansone]

I don't think they tuned their instruments low enough for this

[@takiclintonharness1449]

I agree, but it would be messy once it's done at a very low tuning, percussive units needs to be distinguished in order to sound musical, but hey as I said You're totally right.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

The instruments would have to be custom built to down tune acoustically. Worth the money for sure.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Also the fact this sounds so true even though an octave up is a testament to their skill.

[@mickeyrube6623]

And the vocals are all out of tune. Wrong lyrics, too.

[@gNatflaps]

do you see how big the lower resonators on that marimba are?

[@noctuamagna6724]

Arnold Schoenberg defined musical success as: "When others both study and mimic you." By that definition, Meshuggah is one of the most successful metal bands there is. This sounds like something Pierre Boulez the famous 20th century composer would have come up with.

[@Antukes]

I hope this has at least 10 billion views when I come back next week

[@amplifymysound]

nope

[@cosmoslog5231]

+Joshua Howard stupid judeo christian shut up.

[@jacobwright4653]

Two years later, and only 80K 😩

[@raymondwiik6311]

The original is one of my favorite songs ever recorded. The distortion makes it difficult to distinguish any melody in the original. You brought to life just how truly haunting the song really is. I love it. Thank you.

[@AnkitKumar25]

Haunting is literally the word I was looking for to describe this.

[@q0w1e2r3t4y5]

Human music. Hm, I like it.

[@giuartista2911]

UFO spotted 👽👽👽

[@user-et7nw3us8y]

@@giuartista2911 no, Jarry spotted!

[@j.l.starling8934]

Hahahahahaha

[@DrXaOs]

''MESHUGGAH HAVE NO MELODY'' MYTH --------------------------> DEBUNKED!

[@MaXaNoMaLoUs]

Screwyouguysimgoinghome People need to listen to Meshuggah the same way you listen to Jazz and Classical. You really have to use your brain and pay attention, and then you start to realize how fantastic it all is.

[@pj4717]

I'm glad I don't have to use my brain when listening to Meshuggah.

[@miserirken]

To be fair...

[@Flushdrawsuited]

there was no such myth.

[@HoxVox]

don't worry about people that consider great music what they can easily sing under the shower. They are cretins with a big mouth.

[@Murkyyy]

I'm blown away by the arrangement and performance. I am aware that a band like Meshuggah can be hard to listen to bythose who dislike extreme metal music. Nonetheless this is a perfect translation of the original piece. Wow

[@kevinzetina]

Thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@Gothenburg1]

when you look at these guys, you now understand how huge is Meshuggah in terms of actraction spectrum.

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

oh yeah i realize that now thanks

[@conservativestrawman9837]

Any musician worth thier salt would appreciate Meshuggah. I have played in jazz bands, orchestras, and many other more modern bands. Music doesn't draw borders. People do.

[@TheApostleofRock]

wow in this context, i realize how odd the melodies and such are.

[@meshuggahdave5607]

TheApostleofRock this is the proper context.

[@cyn7696]

i always think of an indian dance with aggressive foot stepping

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Those accidentals are killer

[@MeshuggahDave.]

@@cyn7696 like a type of beleganjur

[@pxe_wrangler]

Percussion Director- "I have a new piece for you guys!" Students- "Cool! What time signature?" Percussion Director- "All of them!" Well done! I wish I did something like this when I was in ensemble.

[@razors98]

Not every song. Just a good majority

[@razors98]

I is one www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/meshuggah-i-tab-s12657t1

[@razors98]

This song is in 4, but it could also be written in 12/8, which is 4 with a triplet feel. Just depends on whether or not you feel like writing down triplets or 1/8th notes

[@TheMeatballMen]

ego also check out their song Beneath. 6/8 for the beginning part. There's also a sick video of a drum line rockin that song out on KZbin to a group of spectators that don't really know what's going on hahaha

[@ezassegai4793]

clockworks, perpetual black second

[@TVdinnermasterchef]

The same piece as Meshuggah, but a totally unique feel and atmosphere. Amazing, you guys should have been so proud when you composed this.

[@rottbot3361]

"Good job kids. That was a fantastic job with Mary Had a Little Lamb. Next up, New Millennium Cyanide Christ."

[@usmh]

The gong at 7:50 is so exciting. He literally just strikes it once but it creates a whole atmosphere of its own.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Gong are like that. Often they're only used for a single hit in an entire gig, over-used they lose all the impact.

[@randomizedcharacter1442]

Are you deaf? He plays it twice lol

[@h.p.dominocus]

effin awsome. Fredrik Thordendal is a great composer. I like this interpretation of the song. Very cool.

[@Soulwax80]

It just makes me so happy to see gifted and curious musicians getting inspired across genres. This cool arrangement almost becomes the soundtrack for There will be blood or a Hitchcock movie - perhaps North by northwest.

[@kurukq]

i swear the kid on the left is a ghost

[@AlecBridges]

Opacity 60%

[@suniso370]

I hope Meshuggah know about this. Amazing arrangement and performance, guys!

[@VikramShankarMusic]

You guys should really get this recorded properly in a studio at Eastman or something. Super sweet arrangement!

[@meshuggahdave5607]

The new apocalyptica

[@kanvolu]

I like that you kept a tactus along most of the arrangement, its quite an important part for meshuggah's music so I really apprecciate you kept it

[@PacoTyson]

Cela montre la valeur des compositions de Meshuggah Merci à ces artistes de les avoir mis à l'honneur avec grande qualité.

[@jayarias8027]

This is my all time favorite song of Meshuggah, gave me goosebumps from the start till the end. Amazing arrangement you guys did right there 💗💗

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

ME TOO

[@xandolio865]

Lmao, you can totally tell which one of these people convinced the others to do this song. The guy in the center with the beard is so much more into it than everyone else hahahaha

[@octothorpian_nightmare]

Amish dude on the marimba is gettin' down!

[@TCM215]

I think Meshuggah is already on the curriculum and has been for a while, there are interviews with the band talking about this:) They donated a whole bunch of instruments to the music school after a fire also.

[@szodas_lova]

He's the only one not using sheets of music.

[@crowing3886]

@@szodas_lova he has two sheet stands right in front of him.

[@Si-Al-Ti]

Josh Hulbert do you remember which interview? :)

[@Wooblidoo]

Half a year later I find myself back at this video. You guys did an excellent job.

[@lemetaleuxdu1391]

Wow ! Amazing ! So cool and perfect 😮😮😮👏👏👏👏👏 Very nice job everyone ! 👏🔥✨

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

This is the only comment I have ever used this account for on a video that is not my own. This is amazing. I just had to log in and tell you that. Just....wow. One of my favorite songs by this band and you just kick it up a whole new level. Stunning.

[@RagnarRipper]

I did not expect to get goosebumps from this but oh wow! This was amazing and I cannot believe it took me this long to stumble upon it. You all did an amazing job!

[@Lucasryan]

Well, headbanging to that piano around the 3 minute mark was a little weird. Felt right though. This is top tier nerding and I absolutely LOVE it! You LEGENDS!

[@rustammazhidov2050]

It's sounds like soundtrack for PS1 adventure game

[@lapompemusic9047]

You guys are insane. This video is gonna blow up

[@buffalophil3630]

La Pompe Music it sure exploded...not

[@milkmanswife93696]

precise, bass-heavy, and just right

[@colins7771]

This is absolutely fucking insane... Amazing in every way.

[@thekidontheporch]

Bravo. Thank you for all of this. We need this perspective of music. Great arrangement and performance. I truly enjoyed this. Thumbs up if you agree.

[@itypewithmykneecaps1]

Huge, huge Meshuggah fan. This is my favorite song by them. And I live in Rochester. So this is making my day. Awesome stuff.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Fight me.

[@carlosneves3]

Probably my favourite Meshuggah cover in the entire internet

[@DarthCalculus]

This is incredible. I can't believe how well this works on percussion

[@DrXaOs]

MESHUGGAH NEED THEIR OWN ''S & M''

[@MarkArandjus]

Meshuggah: Kolossical

[@luke666808g]

I think the only composer who could match the crushing tone of Meshuggah would be Hans Zimmer.

[@adriandelarosa2537]

@@luke666808g i think Stephen Reich, Phillip Glass or Arvo Pärt fits better

[@giuartista2911]

Meshuggah doesn't need S&M, S&M need Meshuggah 😈😈😈

[@azizal-azfar1930]

@@luke666808g Tigran Hamasian maybe?

[@digikaininja5]

really eerie. epic unsettling stuff that would compliment THE CONJURING and other such movies Masterpeice

[@Fliegenpilzkonsument]

This brings out the meditative aspect of Meshuggah's music. I could imagine this being played in a temple in Java somewhere. Incredible cover! Such devotion.

[@Gusgetsgoodtime]

Greatest cover ever..... nuf said. This is a song for specific ears, ears to appreciate all those beautiful chords that were going on in the beast. You made my day for sure, great job all of you!

[@EjLaczo]

So glad this showed up in my recommended.

[@alexeidmitriev6235]

This is the kind of musical fuckery that truly makes me happy. I just sit here at work with a big idiot smile on my face and won't shake it off for straight 7 min already.

[@jimanaz3318]

Meshuggah is not a metal band. Meshuggah is a avantgarde jazz camouflaged as metal. Hearing jazz musicians playing Meshuggah simply just sounds like straight up jazz. I love it!

[@timmyb8694]

1st time in my life that I think I've ever headbanged to xylophone....

[@fejuliano]

This is beyond words, this is pure gold, amazing amazing amazing, I got chills every second. You made the song even more amazing, it's on a whole new level of expression. Please please give us more!

[@LeftyBassATL3]

Once again the beauty of meshuggah transcends genre, instrumentation, and cultures. Absolutely brilliant

[@ianfromspace4740]

This is absolutely SICK

[@nelbo148]

you know a song is good, when its played on other instruments and still sounds awesome. well done guys. chose your instrumentation very nicely.

[@danielcoates1103]

It's an absolute crime if the band hasn't seen this

[@michaeljoefox]

Doesn’t matter what instruments it’s played on, 4:36 is still the heaviest riff of all time.

[@mahmoudharmel1569]

hell f''ucki'n yeaaah dude, the sudden transition is insane

[@c.t.8706]

Freakin love you folks for this.

[@Shake69ification]

I am in the (greater) Rochester area, and it is awesome to know that such great stuff goes on here. I'm already a fan of Break of Reality, who also, I believe came together at the Eastman! Keep up the great work!

[@lightwaveexplorer5258]

While listening to this, I either: pictured myself as a crab with very squinted eyes, dancing erratically along a sea floor, or sat here grinning, and occasionally laughing hysterically while rocking side to side. I say this coming from a place of respect. Thank you.

[@pharaohanakaris]

the steve reich + meshuggah style overlap we all deserve. amazing

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

4:06 total chills. man that was good. and 5:19 nice!

[@AlexanderBeardman]

Seriously just amazing.

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

Honestly the guy on drums still has one of the most challenging jobs here. Gotta find that 4 and cling on to it for dear life

[@guitarmanplayzloud936]

Absolutely brilliant!! 👍👍👍

[@coyzerclekerem5455]

Top notch work. Very nice pushing the time and listening in to each other. I bet people in your studio had fist fights on who was getting to play on this piece. Very enjoyable, I like it better that the original, but I might have a percussive bias. ;)

[@nubfaceforthelose]

Bro. Took me like 700 years to learn this song on bass. This is just incredible.

[@colins7771]

you're old

[@BFG-hv2ml]

I can honestly say, that this sounds like nothing I’ve heard before. Very strange, yet very interesting.

[@christosandrews4149]

I always thought meshuggah sounded extremely similar to well composed jazz and classical, but in drop-d with distorted guitars and screaming. I’d love to hear more adaptations like this. Definitely can help non metal fans appreciate the complexity and creativity of the music beyond the heaviness.

[@cassbaron3682]

Drop d😂

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Meshuggah in fact is an operatic progressive metal.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

And they are tuned lower than D. I believe the lowest string can be A and sometimes F? I don’t really know but it’s somewhere around that low.

[@snail415]

@@MeshuggahDave. Everyone knows it’s Drop Q.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

@@snail415 of course. I just haven’t looked into my enharmonic repository deep enough. It’s there somewhere, give me a moment

[@rskityaev]

I'm speachless, that's so amazing!

[@michaelhowell5215]

Sometimes the only things that get me through a rough day are brilliant meshuggah covers like this

[@patrickwood9724]

This has to be the coolest and strangest redo. Unreal! Well done.

[@michaelstonedrums6877]

I WOULD PAY TO SEE THIS CONCERT.

[@UrMumsaDangler]

This is so amazing! I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the break down and it delivered!

[@jabp1807]

This is brilliant

[@spanishnoname]

Incredible! Congratulations for that work. Great polyrhythm lesson

[@saedt]

Beautiful!

[@lvl99raidboss]

This literally gave me chills. Amazing arrangement and execution. Love meshuggah. LOVE THIS!

[@TheJunkieBox]

Best song by Meshuggah plus my mom got her Master's here. Much respect.

[@kevinzetina]

Yay!! My time at ESM was incomparable, such a special place!

[@bessgolunoff5981]

please develop this project. this is a very cool dude

absolutely incredible. thank you for that masterpiece!

[@NeonblueIndustries]

Fantastic Cover! Brilliant!! Beautifully hypnotic, just as the original. Great job to to all. HOPE TO SEE MORE!!!!

[@keithmurray8278]

Tomas Haake would be proud 😍 this song still slams in any instrumental language!

[@enriquetorres-duque6802]

So cool of the guy in the striped shirt to reappear from the dead and contribute to this amazing video

[@DenEz_TV]

It is so cool! It would be fabulous if you guys recreate Catch 33 album in the whole.

[@darkySp]

That breakdown still goes hard as fuck even if it sounds like a creepy Banjo Kazooie level

[@kevinzetina]

Haha thanks? 😂

[@Moonfreeze]

props to the girl on the right, hitting her high notes arpeggiated.

[@TheMeatballMen]

wow! absolutely crazy

[@twitchrareswedishki11errabbit]

insane performance!!!

[@FelixMediaBoard]

LOVE IT!! plesse more Meshuggah!

[@TheDmolitionMan]

i think this might be my favourite video on youtube

[@rodneynoble6046]

This would make an awesome film score!

[@musomuzo]

Excellent work folks!!

[@22fret]

Sounds almost like Indonesian Gemelan music at times. I'm sure Zappa would love this...

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Certainly a beleganjur of sorts

[@vikingexpress2632]

That is fucking amazing! One of my fave songs from them as well so much depth. Big ups from a Meshuggah fan!

[@nocturne.nocturnal]

Added to favorites playlist

[@micahsnyder7299]

Djentleman Rody Name Is Djentleman Rody Has nothing but Nightcore uploaded on his channel.

[@nocturne.nocturnal]

K r e e hey, I saw you on an ASMR video

[@micahsnyder7299]

Djentleman Rody you did, I just didn't want to be the guy to point it out. interesting overlap of tastes.

[@nocturne.nocturnal]

K r e e yes, huh. Also, I find it cool to do nightcore of djent songs. I personally like it and I know there's people who like it as well. But I have videos about other things related to music, if want to check it out

[@micahsnyder7299]

Djentleman Rody I'll have a look, didn't realize it was Nightcore of Djent.

[@jalalsalehofficial]

I knew id come back to this 😌 Amazing you guys

[@chlenz]

Meshuggah's style transcends genre. Amazing work

[@seanmichael8202]

So friggen... cool! What the hell? Skill complimenting skill... they had too much fun with this. Just awesome...

[@S3lvah]

This video is worth watching from start to finish even if you're impatient. Give it time. It's great.

[@gregwaste2594]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.