MESHUGGAH - Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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This song title is an excerpt from a quote by philosopher, physician, organist, and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer:
"Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."

[@crowkangi]

It's like a super-brutal Pantene commercial.

[@lesshugah3003]

Crow Kangi And a Guillette commercial too, don't forget the vocalist.

[@molochz]

+Crow Kangi Because you're worth it.

[@iFailGames]

+Crow Kangi For everything else, there's Mastercard.

[@gunfuego]

Pantene : now with 9001% more Djent

[@siberianTiger639]

@@iFailGames maybe she's born with it; maybe it's Maybeline.

[@RafaelPurpleBarf]

Damn, take a look at this metal, they don't use strings, they use bars of raw steel!!!

[@metfan4l]

The riff beginning at 0:29 feels like a fifty kilotonne kick to the balls, absolutely amazing!

[@Dave-oh2sv]

I agree. That riff is bone crushing heavy.

[@curtiswoods2239]

It is definitely f%^kin chunky sickness

[@gitanoeterno]

It feels like a giant spider hugs you gently %)

[@MetalKyMomma]

My two children and I adore Meshuggah and everything that is Metal. I promised my 10 year old daughter years ago that Meshuggah would be her first concert. That time, my friends, has approached and we're ecstatic. Just gotta keep her from the mosh pits. LOL

[@hectorvegasduque2234]

Damn. She is 20 now, did she go to that concert?

[@Jimminityjabooboo]

@@hectorvegasduque2234 throw ‘em in the mosh pit during Bleed. Finis

[@WFly101]

Listen to Void of Sleep. They are similar to Remission - Leviathan era Mastodon.

[@davecrupel2817]

That is fvcking insane. I never got to go to any concerts. Went to my first one when i was 24, seeing the Contortionist. THAT was an amazing show.

[@federz666]

THIS WILL BE MY WEDDING SONG!!!!

[@drhexagonapus]

Break those vows who's rings gave it matrimony!

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

@@drhexagonapus 😂

[@DeaFX]

I just love Jens' harsh vocals. These guys are all about truly perceiving the music completely with all your senses. Thats what i love about them.

[@notjohn100]

DeaFX all that taste...

[@ds698]

His vocals are so pro and perfect for Meshuggah I appreciate the coherent screams though I’m also a fan of dirty dirty brutal unintelligible vocals any day of the week ending in y, both are like can’t for my ears lmao.

[@verawilson2443]

bB4 😂lb. 6y4n.l

[@rafanj824]

His vocals here is just outstanding. I'm not a big fan of guttural, growling, screaming vocals in the entirety of a song but this, this is unbelievably good!!!

[@Sonny-e4o]

​@@rafanj824 I usually lk more melodic sound...but somehow his growls are melodic😂

[@TrueRattlehead]

Sirisly dude? Its not jus one big breakdown, the notes aren't very complex but are chosen carefully, making each one count even more. Their rhythms and creativity are the envy of modern djent. Errbody wants to be meshuggah. EVERYBODY

[@raypettit74]

Fuck yeah

[@keepitrythmic8316]

maybe not, i mean everyone wants the credit that they got for the djent technique as far as the music goes its alright but i can only listen to chugs and single tone screams for so long, its like the machine gun metal deatmetal made so infamous

[@TrueRattlehead]

I get it, it is an acquired taste, at least for me. Same with ' machine gun ' blast beats, i learned to like them but in moderation tho, they get annoying real fast in typical death metal stuff. But yeah, everything to your own taste, that is what makes us all different right?

[@maxklein33]

it's not djent! not that stupid djent! it's Meshuggah!

[@herringtonoso4064]

Freal bro!

[@Pierrot110194]

THIS is the song for a perfect workout. God damn, it's so brutal.

[@manofathousandvoices]

"What are your guitars tuned to?" "Um...for this song...drop Z." Meshuggah rules.

[@guillermolopez1377]

Even with music theory my brain is like yeah Meshuggah going to need their own note in the music staff where they just black it out completely called "M"

[@alexday4118]

Is it E flat?

[@alexday4118]

lol its bloody DROP F

[@alexday4118]

3 octaves lower than standard tuning haha

[@alexday4118]

@ScorchingSkeleton23 think I read it on Google but dunno either tbh

[@SASHIDHARRAOLANKA]

MESHUGGAH always mixes trance into METAL!

[@jsunproter1940]

Trance metal.

[@herringtonoso4064]

The phrase being played is 4 different pieces that just keep getting played in order and the fact they sound like they don't line up but are able to repeat on beat. So where they actually line up is only at the begining and the end. It's similar to the outro of Demiurge, where you have 123 hit 1234 hit 12345 hit 1234 hit and then repeat. It sounds off until it gets back to the beginning then untrained ears are able to hear the genius in these phrases.

[@joshjardim]

I would say.. for this song in particular, and even for most other Meshuggah songs.. it helps me when I think of every instrument as a percussive piece.. makes it more brutal and.. tribal sounding. they're masters of crafting sounds that seem to come from a deep understanding with our complex and brutal nature as human beings.. just my thoughts

[@DW_R]

Damn brah, fkn great summary

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

That’s a great way of looking at it. The guitars and bass here really do sound more like percussion than melody or harmony instruments

[@TTGTanner]

Ong

[@N0TLX]

Phew, those chugs are way too juicy. I need a towel.

[@tylershockley4277]

NotAlecks lmao wtf

[@StevenSagerIsSuperEpic]

I busted too. No shame in it.

[@acutefailure1]

Man. How am I only now, after a decade fully appreciating how much of a banger this is?

[@Walexo45]

Meshuggah takes time to fully appreciated because not a lot of band have bee able to replicate what they're doing, and so they are still on their own mountain. I see Meshuggah as a next-level groove metal band. They're basically pushing boundaries further than Pantera or Lamb of God, but still keep a good groove in the end. Swarm is an excellent example too.

[@JHallDaBoss]

This song is a form of meditation

[@D14V0R05]

Nice production in this video, no thematic stuff, just the band members being focused while playing.

[@LifeHawkeye]

I am SO late to the game on Meshuggah like supremely late. Always knew I respected them to some level but never could really “get it” more or less. I’m a little older and perhaps a little wiser maybe, so I think…I THINK I finally understand what the fuss is about with them lol. Absolute freaks when it comes to time signature! I’m an old metal guitarist and I’d get my butt kicked trying to play some of their riffs. These guys are from a different dimension I’m convinced of it lol. Loving what I’m hearing.

[@LifeHawkeye]

@baiseduezcke2295Is it? This song you mean?

[@LifeHawkeye]

@baiseduezcke2295 You gotta be trolling me. I’m a seasoned guitarist but admit my musical vocabulary isn’t where it should be. I’m certainly no drummer. I relistened and for the life of me can’t believe this is 4/4. You’re not messing with me?

[@LifeHawkeye]

@baiseduezcke2295 My apologies, just a little research confirms you’re correct my friend wow. That is INSANE how the guitars work around the 4/4 in a way that makes it seem odd time signature. Crazy!!

[@sund3r]

3:20 is probably my favorite metal riff of all time.

[@metaloreo8423]

g r o o v e

[@zodiacmanan]

Its almost been 10 years since this song was release, but it firmly remains one of my favorites from the mighty Meshuggah.... just grows and grows on you. Fuck yes!

[@player770007]

Tremors, reverberating Frequency of doom How strongly the violent thoughts of vengeance echo Setting in motion the strings of hate. Shudder Shudder Vibrate This is the soundtrack to our hostility To our malicious intent To the pointless grudge forever held The callow dream The dismal wish to harm Animate now The twisted sounds of our disdain Our rage The notations to our contempt To unforgiveness and loathing A sonic declaration of spite and resentment Its resonance grinding to dust our souls The twine of revenge tightly strung. Its sub harmonics, the undoing of all So enticing The retaliation - chords of man The all-deafening - Oscillation of the damned Let forth the hateful, the murderous Let their malignant prayers resound The reverberant, odious request The wish of death abound So enticing The retaliation - chords of man The all-deafening - Oscillation of the damned

[@kellyrichmond887]

Thank you for writing the lyrics. 😊

[@drhexagonapus]

damn those lyrics are so poetically dark I love it

[@juw4541]

gotta love how everyone is just playing their instruments while Jens is having a violent seizure.

[@StringsOfSeven]

Out of all the songs on Koloss, I enjoy the groove of this song the most. The rhythm chugs along like a staggering juggernaut, and the leads create an eerie atmosphere to complement the vocals as it rolls along. It's just badass.

[@mehakchauhan5435]

fadefury says This song title is an excerpt from a quote by philosopher, physician, organist, and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer: "Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."

[@ProppeShred07]

Meshuggah is groove incarnated.. it's an acquired taste like alcohol but once it hits you, omfg there's nothing else to match it

[@metalhos]

speeding up = less powerfull, less dynamic. prefer original, perfect swinging vibes through the entire body.

[@twenty2twenty216]

never heard an actual song that sounds better being sped up or slowed down... maybe if you are on hard drugs it would be better...

[@raiden490]

agreed

[@gmatty2975]

Theres like a rhythmic pulsing black heart..... that wants to engulf you in an eternal embrace. ;0)

[@zodiacmanan]

Oh sweet embrace. And they do that. You are lost. hallucinating. And then they pull your head clean off.

[@CyanideRevelations]

The singer is fucking awesome one of the best in metal bands today

[@AcidSh33tz]

i just saw meshugghah i got to meet jens and martin and i got martins pick during the show.. ive listen to all of Catch 33 the week it came out on 3gs of gold caps.

[@-cfh-architector7963]

Marten & Fredrik is Legendary Duo...8 String Power!

[@leathonjeftha6591]

This entire video is what I can consider the litmus test of Meshuggah as a whole, the energy they generally give off is captured in this video, and the meaning behind this vivid lyricism can give insight to their works, especially with the quote the title originates from, showing off their songwriting.

[@DC33879]

This song slams on a good car audio system. In fact, the whole damn album does!

[@mattstiglic]

This song slams on a talk boy in a toilet bowl.

[@TheHipsterSloth]

If you have 8 strings I feel bad for you son, I have 99 strings but I only use one.

[@MrDameDred]

rofl

[@stefanolorenzo4375]

Best comment 🤣

[@concordguitarlessons]

I've seen Meshuggah 4 times over the past 11 years and I'm actually considering NOT going to see them live this tour, because songs like this one are so fucking heavy that I'm pretty sure I will just end up getting badly hurt. That being said, they are still the best live band I've ever seen.

[@SandisRozuleja]

This video clip is without any unnecessary things!, just pure Meshuggah saw ceiling!...

[@000sicair]

This has to be one the smoothest polyrhythms between the guitars and drums I've ever heard. Half the time I don't even notice the up/down beat switch in that beginning riff.

[@CadaverSplatter]

The genius is in the subtlety, lay back and give yourself to it, and you will feel it pullingg you in, keeping you interested. it's all be design too.

[@maximburmistr2663]

Even after 10 years, this song sounds very good

[@BlckSbthMan]

The riff played during the chorus ('so enticing...') is absolutely disgusting... hands down one of the best riffs ever. Mesmerizingly grotesque and inconceivable. 5:17

[@riffgroove]

Uh, It's Meshuggah. the fact that it's crushingly heavy is kinda a given...

[@marcoshapax]

From Spain... Wow!!!

[@TrueChelsean]

HELL YEAH! I am proud to have Fredrik Thordendal's guitar pick >:D

[@facedspaced]

These guys refuse to fall into repetitive cycles. Each album always surprises me, being everything I never knew I wanted to hear.

[@Premoguys]

"The struggle to free myself of restraints becomes my very shackles" Doesn't matter. You broke the restraints many fucking years ago. Proud for you guys, you finally get the recognition you deserve since Destroy,Erase, Improve.

[@gmitrev]

this looks soo much better with the dark background

[@Xslices]

I'm punching concrete.

[@zeesupahgerman]

The cymbals and general beat count usually never go up or down as far as bpm is concerned, but this band is more known for the guitars being the stable aspect. The drums in this band are playing polyrhythms in polymeters. Polyrhythms are when at least when half of what the drummer is doing isn't completely matching time meter for time meter...but eventually has a "catch up point" with everything clicks and starts over. That is USUALLY the general concept, especially with this band.

[@randynewmanwillkilly]

does anyone else find it odd that this kind of music pumps everyone else and simply calms me down and centers me?

[@cannibaldee]

not at all.. i have always told my family and friends that if you hear me blasting death metal .. im prolly in a bad mood and im trying to calm down

[@omgnuub]

it's a clean cut video. throw back to what's important. the music. the preformance. that's it. I like it.

[@juggaknot93]

Damn it, I got into Meshuggah. my favorite bands sound like shit now..

[@smoktcherry4434]

Word

[@znoahmarhoadskill]

the hurt that finds you first is all about the ending. it's a tiring journey and the end washes you up on the shores of the most beautiful place. it's all about patience

[@olihulbass]

"What should we do for our video guys? Something awesome right?" "I like headbanging." "yea thats cool"

[@darkmoondoll]

Messugah's songs sum up my whole life thus far . Been a rough and rocky road

[@0LionKiller]

Lamb of god and Meshuggah #FTW

[@donnythedude8]

Saw them @sonictemple 2019

[@nathanhouk402]

Archspire!

[@smoktcherry4434]

Did we just become best friends!!!

[@nathanhouk402]

That's what it seems like, all of us here, actually. Cytotoxin is also great. I'm on FB, if you care to FR. *Tips hat*

[@disco4535]

How does this only have 500k views after 10 years??

[@AbeCastDrums]

Now that I've watched this, when kids ask me if I'm a virgin I can proudly say no.

[@5avengedsevenfold5]

put this at 1.25 speed \m/

[@BigButtEater]

How? :v

[@5avengedsevenfold5]

Michael Marnies click on settings and then go to speed and change it to 1.25

[@ZeddZayne]

Fucking perfect. \m/

[@nick.maldonado]

Jordan, that's brilliant. like hearing a new song! sick too

[@N0TLX]

xfubar Put it on 0.5 speed. :o

[@carolmcinnis1252]

Fire burnating.

[@gebass6479]

If diesel locomotives could walk

[@johnborke6561]

lucky man ye be! im in montana NW. wish i would have known,would have drivin over, its only a few hours.evans g-2 heads im assuming? Damn lucky...Thomas has been on my top fav5 drummers since around 98.you could really start to him progress around that time.now every drummer is tryin to immulate his and danny careys styles.

[@NecroticPrimary]

Protest the Hero!? That's NOT even in the same ballpark as this kind of music. lol. Clean vocals over this kind of metal sounds like shit. And the bands that do it are garbage.

[@skylord081]

Man!! i bow to you most accurate description ever. just explains all about them you knew but just couldnt put in words

[@robshane6634]

This riff is sooooo heavy 🤘

[@wpdonders]

"A combination of the powerful and the avant-garde, the band is as visceral and imposing an act as you’ll ever see and hear, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal, Mårten Hagström, and bassist Dick Lövgren hammering out lurching, monolithic riffs as they headbang in robotic unison, vocalist Jens Kidman barking out surreal verses like a twisted drill sergeant while gesticulating like a puppet on strings." - Adrien Begrand (PopMatters)

[@Sohrab544]

Firstly, check up on your music history, I think you'll find Meshuggah came way before Disturbed. Secondly, this group deserve the fame Disturbed has at least if not more. These guys are pioneers in metal, no one can write like these guys. There are bands out there that only dream of writing in the same way as this band. I'm not saying Disturbed are a bad band, but it's an insult to Meshuggah to compare them to any band. There is metal with all its denominations, and there is Meshuggah. Thats it

[@tomkruze1304]

Meshuggah makes all my favorite bands feel less special, they provide something so utterly unique

[@guiledoug]

Just waiting for my new Meshuggah CD to arrive! You're the best. Consider coming to São Paulo once!!!!

[@dilbophagginz]

its actually really simple. meshuggah are so crafty, they can make simple rhythms complex and really complex stuff sound simple.

[@HermanAparicioSr]

You're absolutely right. I'm a rhythm oriented guy so it's easier for me to get into them, but the only way I can enjoy it is if I surrender to the sound. Let the rhythm guide you.

[@eyemoeba2]

@Shnergen91 eye dare say that most people get Into meshuggah via the drums or the guitars, so brilliant are their playing, and many of those will not have been into metal. Growing up in a pop culture doesn't prepare you for such intensity. The hardest thing eye ever listened to as a kid was the jam. Metal was comedy. Then an unhealthy interest in drumming, Rush, and finally Tool helped me cross over. I truly believe both Fredrik and Tomas are geniuses, and therefore to deliver genius music, the others have to attain similar levels. Reading the lyrics along with the song is the best thing to do if you want to ramp up your appreciation for what he does and the message they wanna convey. Getting into them in my fifties means I am a bit late to the feast, but means I have meshuggah into my old age.

[@tiprifleson3544]

So enticing...

[@ferchisimom]

that was .... fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocking awsomweeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MagnumEvolved]

Just because Obzen was consciously less rhythmically complex doesn't mean they 'sold out' or anything. They just wrote the music that they wanted to write. That's what they always do. And look at Dancers To A Discordant System! That song is crazy.

[@FTTFOfficial]

Meshuggah are among one of the most innovative metal bands out there (this is pretty much fact as opposed to opinion), and a band I've been following intensely for a few years now. Creed are the reason I picked up a guitar (Mark Tremonti is beast). Nickelback were a huge influence on me when I was younger. I love Dubstep, especially some of the more rhythmically complex stuff. Music is music and everyone has personal taste. Shut yo' jibba jabba.

[@TheMetalMag]

saw these guys back them for destroy ... tour with obituary! it was awesome

[@YungusCH]

wow, so nice of you

[@Harmsown]

Throw melody out the window...don't look (listen) for the typical melody to get stuck in your head. This is a pulse you get stuck in your head. It's all based off rhythm. Put headphones on and lay on your couch, and just listen. Once you "feel" their music, I guarantee you won't go back. If that doesn't work, see them live. It's worth taking the time to warm up to their sound, they have been perfecting it since the late 80's.

[@incubo_Morbid]

great!!! you amde video of my favorite song of the new record!

[@bugasmike]

why don't people like live action videos? i think this is beautifully shot and edited very well.

[@holygroove2]

Love what these guys do and no one has been able to take it as influence and surpass them in the way they took old Metallica and so many other bands and surpassed them. They've found something unique and I love it!

[@sagan1976]

That's a great definition of Meshuggah. The world's heaviest jazz band.

[@leandertilstedkrist]

Bleed is indeed an awesome song, BUT all other meshuggah songs are pretty awesome too. New listerners to meshuggah always fall in love with bleed, because it is a very technical song, BUT meshuggah has never been about being technical. It's about grooving your ass off and a true Meshuggah fan loves all the songs, not just one.

[@hookandjet]

It turns out the scientists were wrong. The way the guitar sounds is actually the sound a full grown Tyrannasaurus Rex made.

[@000sicair]

Whether you like them or not is beside the point. The fact is they are viewed by a very large portion of people, and are being marketed by magazines like Guitar World, as flag runners of the "djent" genre. Thus if the do happen to take off, quite a few people who wouldn't normally have been exposed to this kind of music will be.

[@juscallmechris1]

My favorite video from Meshuggah.

[@cynaptyc]

Love the darkness in this album!!!

[@nuthinfayce]

Awesome.... There isn't a band out there that can touch this stuff..

[@Dunamis_010]

Proud to be a fan.

[@vargen341]

This is the best of the best, and thats it.

[@murdock3760]

tjeng tjeng tjeng tjeeeaaaahhh....yeah man! love those riffs!!!!

[@patricioguillermoegea9926]

Super de brutal!!! Musica Celta, budista by emocional cósmico galáctico

[@JakobScheidt]

Incredible

[@tingkagol]

the concept of this video is quite cool

[@stiken4421]

I love title of this track

[@chuckinator13]

I love This MUSIC!!!!!!! It's Awesome! Odd Time is the right Time!!!

[@MrFragglerock75]

The intro reminds me of Mighty Trust Crusher by Godflesh. And that is a good thing. Meshuggah flattens all.

[@Aldragor101]

PERFECT explanation

[@kriscore69]

Sounds like all instruments set to "Beast Mode" I saw them in Nottingham two days ago! Fookin amazing sound!!! period

[@000sicair]

...and if that happens the faces of metal and rock will undergo a permanent change. And it's really not fair to compare anyone to Zappa. He's on a completely different level altogether.

[@Sohrab544]

Each to their own. The original reply to PlanetaryEulogy81 was about the incorrect comparison of Meshuggah and Disturbed saying that Meshuggah is influenced by Disturbed, which is incorrect for the reasons that I gave. Whether Disturbed is better or not was never the matter. The point was about the originality of the music Meshuggah write. I'm not asking for anyone to like the band, but more to appreciate the originality of it and the influence it has on the metal genre.

[@XxAlmsivixX]

I think that would be to much awesomeness to handle, though, a dream come true