Meshuggah - Bleed (Live at The Paramount)

[@ListlessSpectre]

There will never be another Meshuggah, nor an equal.

[@pipespeeps5349]

amen

[@scoon2117]

Between the buried and me is their equal

[@BrandonMelvinDrums]

Give it up for Tomas's calves dude.

[@Goreburger.]

52 years old, crazy

[@AndreyMakarov-i7h]

@@Goreburger. i thought he's older

[@Borszczuk]

I saw once a comment about this track like "It's 2007 song and still sounds like it's from the future" :)

[@palleryde7378]

listen to elastic, feels like 2040.

[@LikeWhatever]

Gonna be a long time before that statement loses any truth

[@macaron3141592653]

Holy SHIT this sounds perfect. Its incredible how such a difficult song like this gets performed this flawlessly.

[@snail415]

At night’s end!

[@ThePeca1988]

This was my same exact thought! The last time I saw them was about 20 years ago, and my god they are even better now, they age like fine wine

[@tambian89]

Whole set is to a click, you can see Jens tapping the mic in time with his in ears before the song starts. It’s really damn impressive, they put on such an amazing live show

[@snail415]

@@tambian89 I never look down-upon any band that relies upon a click. Not that you do, but that it’s really a sacrifice on their part. They way they hear the performance compared to the audience must be torture after a while. Nonetheless, they’re legends for doing what’s necessary to be air-tight.

[@tambian89]

@@snail415 I get you and same - I actually think it's more difficult playing to the click live, far moreso than in the studio where you can do multiple takes, even with the live sound engineers they probably have.

[@platetechfonics7006]

Those white Scandinavian beards takes it up 1000%.

[@christofts857]

The concentration on Fredrik’s face. Tightest band I’ve ever seen live. Ridiculous.

[@turkish-delight]

This is the best Jens has ever sounded IMO. Absolutely crushing vocals and perfect execution. Meshuggah is the GOAT 🐐

[@MetalOfAllOwns]

Imagine Metallica being as tight as this, O man. Meshuggah is sooo next level. Jesus christ.....

[@etzenhammer]

I could imagine Hetfield playing this tbh... not Lars though 😅

[@jameswilliams4804]

Been hearing this same thing over and over since early mid 80's. Not impressed by any measure.

[@bigmonk802]

Metallica has better catchier songs still though. And justice is better then any monotone meshuggah album by far.

[@etzenhammer]

@@bigmonk802 Agreed.. but it's just different styles, Meshuggah will never really be catchy something more melodic

[@bigmonk802]

@@etzenhammer also Metallica wanted to sound like a garage rock band. They kept it raw. Who cares how tight it is. Meshuggah uses live metronomes and triggers. They write their songs with computer programs. Some of their albums are literally drum samples.

[@BilateralChatter]

This is reallife mad scientist material, absolutely insane.

[@BW-xz6ol]

Man this is like oxygen

[@Ilshatey]

Here's your 100th like. Listen to it again.

[@ericlucci2829]

i love how drummers all around the world including myself struggle with even 30 seconds into bleed and tomas can play it every damn night on tour. what a fucking beast

[@srgfkct3544]

I think I saw a docu of when they were making the album, and it took him months to be able to play it comfortably the way they wrote it

[@anaguma90]

at 52 years old!

[@blackgrizzly4987]

They also play it as ENCORE...BRO...imagine playing an entire Meshuggah set and then BLEED as fcking ENCORE...Tomas is NUTS...well meshuggeh you could say!

[@meandmebutonlyme6739]

​@blackgrizzly4987 that man probably works and gets healthy. Probably do a lot of cardio and go to the gym. You can't play like that,at his age, drinking alcohol and staying all day on the sofa. They aren't 25 anymore.

[@SleepscapeSerenity]

the timing coming in all together was so tight

[@brettmarkusic]

The fact they do that all night is impressive. No count in with a cymbal, just BOOM into the song.

[@Thunderfork]

@@brettmarkusic they're using in ear monitors, the counting is done by a click track

[@markwyman6753]

@@Thunderfork 6:00 Yar, holding those silences and maintaining the swang~

[@N16HTM4RE]

@@Thunderfork correct. I was gonna say something if you didn’t.

[@coletrickle6437]

Singer clicks in tapping his mic

[@13_cmi]

It’s funny that this crazy sounding band is just a bunch of old dudes that look like they could play Gandalf.

[@scoon2117]

You got to them top late

[@13_cmi]

@@scoon2117 No? I believe saying they could be actors for Gandalf is a compliment. And I know that these people weren't always 50 years old. This might sound crazy but I do indeed have some brain matter in my skull.

[@scoon2117]

@13_cmi alright alright. I saw them in 2013 and they still looked like a midevel tribe of ostrogoths so ur right.

[@chefnicolay]

As someone who has been skipping Bleed whenever I’m listening to Obzen, I can honestly say it’s probably one of the most important pieces of music of our time. It will be remembered forever.

[@peterdalton9012]

OMG looking at this and thinking about the sheer force that is emitting from that drum set is mind-boggling. :)

[@peterdalton9012]

it's so subtle if you are looking at the video and not understanding the depth of this song. Wow doesn't have enough letters in it!!

[@eskalainen3897]

Wow! Meshuggah have held up so well over the years

[@rhino202]

Remember people, they're playing this at the END of the setlist. Insane

[@shawnmiller7095]

That’s actually me in the background before the song starts saying “let’s fuc**** go” 😂

[@scoon2117]

Nahhh

[@shawnmiller7095]

@@scoon2117 yes

[@SvaroghMusic]

2:43 damn those flash lights in fast kick fills🤩 hats off for their light-man, he also knows this song perfectly 👏🏻

[@EnmaMusicProduction]

Its been known that in meshuggah the lighting is their 6th member!

[@Justamedic77]

Not my style but I'm a drummer and this song has always blown me away

[@afr126]

Oh Absolutely! The difficulty of the double bass of this song is legendary. Tomas Haake is a monster!

[@shanegriffin2215]

@@afr126100% Agreed!

[@brandnewrock8375]

Its most or all drummers fearsong …. even Portnoy said.. hope its not ”Bleed” on Drumeo

[@markmaw8]

Each and every security guard became instant meshuggah fans that night!

[@BunsenMusic]

Bleed is one of those songs that normally id be tired of because its the bands most popular song.. but its so incredible that ive never gotten sick of it. Seeing it live is an absolute assault too. Must see live.

[@lordgunzerker6901]

These guys have the most monolithic stage presence ever, total badasses. The beards make it even more medieval

[@brucedao2360]

Damn I'm going to see them this weekend can't wait!

[@afr126]

Enjoy! I had an amazing night!

[@frankholmes4175]

Tonight!!!

[@markwyman6753]

So damn good. Had to drive to their next nearest show a few days later after I caught them the first time~

[@NakulKrishna]

This is what I imagine primordial hyperspace sounded like when universes spontaneously started existing. Primal intensity that words actually can’t describe but I did my best.

[@ericmorrison8772]

Let there be light

[@deathmetal8259]

0:04 Nice to see Tom Araya come out of retirement to help on guitars over there on the far right

[@HumanScourgeYT]

To still be doing this song after this long and advancing in their years and still sounding like they wrote it yesterday is astounding.

[@NotPhly]

Meshuggah is just a bunch a music nerds that got let loose in the studio. Its great.

[@Chief_kweef2001]

Seen them in Cincinnati and it blew my fucking mind. You’ll never experience anything like a meshuggah show. Up front too. I hope to catch them many more times, sad part is seeing as to how old they are I don’t know how many more tours or albums they have left in them

[@charliestenberg3961]

Many. Dont ask me how i know. But he said they dont want to end as long as they have good health and energy to go on with touring and make music. And they are. I happend to know him!

[@agucci]

Strong performance Meshuggah.

[@metalmuscle5083]

That countdown on the mic. I like that

[@dominiquemorissette7388]

with a click

[@KingWizardArcturus]

Shoutout to the lighting team who are also playing this but with the LIGHTS

[@ballesterosmusicfl1230]

Fredrik’s playing & his guitar are insane!!

[@B33fJerky123]

MY WRIST FUCKING HURTS AND IM NOT EVEN PLAYING THE SONG

[@dudeimtellingthetruth]

What about calves?

[@Kenjames10]

Oh, so the song is that orgasmic? 😅

[@keithriley4890]

They age like a fine wine.

[@Justmemyguy]

This is the song that single handedly made me rethink my entire guitar picking technique when obzen released my junior year of high-school. I hadn't played in years and just started playing again and holy crap, it is still the endurance workout I remember it being. Lol

[@harpernicholson1]

so lucky to see them live in toronto last winter. Actually, this video is from a week before i saw them! amazing musicians

[@michaeljohnston8891]

As someone who spent 5 months to be able to play this half-decently on guitar, the fact all 5 of these guys can STILL play this song in perfect sync seems downright inhuman

[@collintansey9508]

Bleed and cold cheese pizza......a wonderful night.

[@JoeyBullet222]

Fkn legends 🙌 playing a legendary song perfectly.

[@spiderprint]

I saw these guys in a basement in Sweden, circa 1996. It was pretty cool. Jens wasn't with them. They did a an hour and a half of their songs and answered questions from the audience. We were like 45 nerdy dudes. At some point the entire band left Mårten by himself and went for a piss, he was obviously uncomfortable being alone on stage and they knew it. Hilarious! They played a lot of stuff from None and Destroy, Erase, Improve. And they did requests! Was a good night.

[@snail415]

I’ve been a fan since ‘99. I couldn’t be happier or prouder of these guys. They (and Devin Townsend) have made the last 25 years a real listening joy. Glad they’re still slappin’ bitches on a nightly basis.

[@kgcane5195]

Meshuggah is just on another level!

[@JuhaPuuma]

So amazing and so brutal!! Damn they're good and this the understatement of the century.

[@Itsoeasyafterall]

Tomas looks like hes about to fall asleep

[@CRTW]

Tight as fuck! Sounds killer!

[@kaamos79]

Holy shit they're getting old. Holy shit, I'm getting old.

[@SebastianS39]

Love this guys

[@NE0MAS]

Did Jens count in the song with mic taps in the beginning? :D

[@efa666]

More likely it's a visual cue for the lighting guys.

[@dominiquemorissette7388]

@@efa666 click track ... and the lightshow is preprogrammed and timecoded

[@kennyvdh]

"Is there also a epileptic friendly version of this song?"

[@baulzzzzzzz2278]

I’m glad metal has Meshugga Cattle Decapitation, and cannibal corpse I’m not the biggest fan of Meshugga but, their live abilities and quality breed a culture of bands that want to continue that same trend. It’s working too, I’ve gone to 4 metal shows in the last 2 years and all the bands were going hard sounding tighter than ever

[@davidamarat]

Love how Jens marks tempo :)

[@astel_xviii]

tapping your microphone to count in the next song is actually genius

[@randymarsh5509]

Yes, tapping along to the time-keeping device in his ear. Real genius. How are you so stunned by the simplest things???

[@astel_xviii]

@@randymarsh5509 what the fuck is your problem? of course im gonna be surprised if ive never seen anyone else do it before

[@benhughes2563]

@highskymtvYes, the vast majority of bands do these days.

[@Transfixion]

I thought they retired this song because Tomas couldn't play it anymore? Anyways, glad it's still on the set!

[@storfarbrorn489]

No, i believe he had some problems with eczema. Not sure though.

[@Ammazzapupazzi]

Yeah, he had a skin condition that needed to be treated, and they canceled a tour in 2022. I am one of the victims of that cancellation

[@skyhunter996]

Apparently he still can, demonstrated here

[@DIESIONAENSEMBLY]

Virtuosity!

[@tobee_gamer5816]

that bass drum is clicky as HELL

[@DanielilloPapelillo]

Excelente video, no me habia fijado q tenia una hermosa decoracion de flores de bajo de meshusggah xD

[@afr126]

jajaja! Si hombre, fue para celebrar la Navidad.

[@silaswintersguitar]

Bro as a guitar player myself i just gotta say the real magic in this band is Thomas because holy hell....

[@PlanetMuu]

how tf they sound better live!?!?!

[@garlandpoolfredpool]

Ahhh...good to see they've got some security guards along the stage to protect the AUDIENCE from these maniacs 👀 LOL

[@mikakettunen7939]

I do not even comment on any of these MSHGGH live videos anymore because

[@HugoFrederick]

meshuggah live video bingo: thomas haake is the best drummer in the world man meshuggah are so tight, even after all these years can we give props to the amazing lighting technician please? i saw meshuggah in 19xx. they completely changed my life i wish they would do more melodic stuff like the end of straws

[@doctamoneystacks]

"*insert song title here* was written in *year* but it sounds like it was from the future!"

[@Godless-Being]

Looks like Fredrik is growing his hair out again, noice

[@khaledelsayed5357]

This song is ridiculous. What makes it worse is how they always find a slightly different pocket to sit in every time they do it live…. The song is an absurd idea. The record version was intense. Yet I still seek out live versions, hard to say about any modern metal acts frankly

[@squidious1662]

Fuckin' unreal.

[@vadimkorob2689]

Bleed for Meshuggah like Smoke On The Water For Deep Purple

[@tanishqjoshi9430]

Holy calves!

[@Captain1674]

what do you use for a camera? badass 🔥

[@afr126]

This was filmed with a IPhone 15 Pro Max. Mic got heavily distorted with me being right in front of subwoofers.

[@hockeyfreak66666]

Is this supposed to cause a seizures on many levels? If it weren't for the 20 second (ish) break I might have been in a bad place

[@paulgrudowski4383]

I'm not a fan at all of Meshuggah's music (trust me, I've tried for many years, don't bother 😉), but I truly appreciate the love and respect their legion of fans give them.

[@irishdrums4753]

Was thinking…how do they know when to hit…if anyone is off by a millisecond…the song is screwed….then I saw the finger tap on the mic!

[@dominiquemorissette7388]

Click track

[@mr_blue8208]

Most underrated prog rock band of all time! ❤️

[@dudeimtellingthetruth]

Who said santa is not real?

[@mhilton19]

I’m so amazed at how they counted this song off…the singer? Really?

[@dylandigby1776]

Click track in ears

[@mhilton19]

I’m sure that could be true, that’s not what it looked like

[@dominiquemorissette7388]

@@dylandigby1776 the lightshow is timecoded so I'm sure there's a click track... Forgot to bring sunglasses for the show

[@mr.keiser4259]

Ain’t no way a band this big doesn’t play with a click going on in their ear monitors. Doesn’t take away the talent it takes to pull this off. I know musicians who cant play for shit with a click going

[@dominiquemorissette7388]

@@mr.keiser4259 who mention the lack of talent ?

[@davidbays6717]

Tomas Haake even when lars was he young can't touch this guy, the dude is next level on the drums. Mesuggah are top tier.

[@BloodClungeOfficial]

Don't ever put Lars in the same sentence as Tomas Haake💀

[@RamCharan-of9vk]

It makes me to rip my speakers

[@ItsMinarmy]

They don’t play this song in Europe anymore

[@rstelford3532]

No count in or fuck all. Straight on without permission.

[@Sicel1304]

Pretty sure the band is wearing in-ear monitors with a metronome counting in the song. Notice the singer tapping his mic a few beats before the rest of the band comes in.

[@bmstrr]

I don’t get it. How are they this good?

[@Ahlem_DMC]

I swear if u delete this!

[@nicodamian7602]

Sleepy crowd

[@GANON13467]

The lights make this unwatchable for me

[@chaddrumm6809]

I’m not a fan of screamo shit, but damn this groove is sick!

[@dangerx7697]

This band would be unbeatable and super badass more than they are if they only had a good singer front man or at least one you can understand a single word

[@XerXies2112]

What are you talking about lmao

[@mattstiglic]

Dude.......what?

[@biggest_man4151]

🐶💔

[@MarcusLee-lm2wx]

You can indeed hear more than one word from Jens, such as "BLEEEEDDD" Besides, his vocals are very distorted so it would make sense that not every word is heard Also, the lyrics of a song need not be clearly sung, I like to think of the vocalist like an instrument that adds to the song

[@EyeTunz]

What am I missing? This sounds awful.

[@thedavidponyboy1239]

because it's recorded on the phone. when u r in the audience It sounds perfect

[@randymarsh5509]

You wanted actual music but ended up here, like I did.

[@thedavidponyboy1239]

@@randymarsh5509 watch official recordings of full concerts. u'll hear, what is the sound quality.