MESHUGGAH - Immutable... But It's Only The Heaviest Riffs

[@BaenaCarcosa]

THIS. WAS. HARD. Props to anyone that can figure out that Phantom riff... it got the best of us. Audio, Stems, Tabs here: ►www.patreon.com/baenagalactic

[@jdc6927]

Sounds pretty good, guys. 🤘😎

[@Lordnat1]

Alot of people have no idea how hard this shit is, it's like Astronomy n shit.....So.....well done boys. That first riff man, just unbelievable!

[@sparkinton]

Was it the drums in the phantom breakdown that was hard to program or the guitar part that was hard to play?

[@OHBJJ9634]

@@sparkinton drums that tomas played. Tomas theres a very low chance they will do it live

[@Necrobutcher777]

Objectively not heavy. Thanks for making more digital waste, shitheel!!!

[@treagonmoss]

Can’t believe this wasn’t just an album playthrough

[@virvum_cypher]

Loop the sections a few dozen times and it basically is a full playthrough. Love the album, it's weirdly zen, but it's very repetative.

[@MegaLaban12345]

Sure you can.

[@kevinrox666]

"They Move Below" is slowly becoming one of my favorite Meshuggah songs. It's just one 9 minute badass instrumental.

[@illyw6144]

Yes, with Visual video, it became creepier but calmer

[@LarryCatanga]

I f*king agree 🤤

[@carryingfire286]

The way it resolves towards the end is so bizarre and satisfying.

[@ThatGuney]

If this video had only the heavy riffs then we’d have the whole album.

[@honk1419]

past tense at the highest spot though

[@MegaLaban12345]

Good one.

[@VeritabIlIti]

"I couldn't figure this one out." Yup, it's still Meshuggah alright.

[@aastralplane]

3:08 i died, it fits so well too

[@KadeKalka]

Hell yeah, y'all nailed it! I learned "God He Sees In Mirrors" and it's so weird without a 9-string lol.

[@BaenaCarcosa]

It’s just weird in general haha, that was by far the hardest riff to figure out in this video

[@Knightmurder]

Great riff

[@therichardnogginproject9012]

Yeah I just have an 8 too

[@metaloreo8423]

@@therichardnogginproject9012 Yeah, I actually think it’s played on an 8

[@patriotstreammedia3635]

I haven't even heard the new album, but these riffs are devastating so I'm definitely checking it out very very soon and the song phantom is gonna be first. Thanks for delivering high quality content as usual Andrew. Can we get a newly released heaviest riffs of the month video from now on??! That would be huuuge.

[@BaenaCarcosa]

Thanks! I try and do a heaviest riffs vid about once a month I'd say

[@blendernoob64]

God He Sees In Mirrors' intro riff is one of my new favorite Meshuggah riffs. That guitar sounds like someone burping its so cool!

[@heavenly2k]

bruh some of these versions yall did were so gnarly. i love that i can crave the sound of both the original and the versions yall created using your own tones.

[@GodlessFiend]

Armies of the preposterous reminds me of demons name is surveillance from their koloss album, drums and everything

[@postrockforthemind128]

Once jens yells "Phantoms" and at the end of Ligature marks is the section of the album I keep coming back to the most. The guys absolutely nailed this album.

[@dgbjackgibson]

That riff to Phantoms is actually in 4/4! Try and listen to Tomas' hi-hat and his snare drum carefully and you should hear it as a normal 8 bar thing. When you find the groove it is an INSANE riff. But it's so easy to get thrown off (like with most Meshuggah riffs) because the guitars are so syncopated and Tomas often does fills in places you wouldn't expect them. But if you sort of ignore what Mårten, Frederick and Dick are doing and listen to Tomas, you can often ascertain the rhythmic foundation using his hi-hat stomps, snares and cymbal rhythms as reference points. THEN you can start to work out how the guitars are syncopating around him. A little 'breakdown' of the breakdown structure for you. Split it into 8 bar pieces and it helps a little better: (By the way, these time-stamps are for the original song not for this video!) 2.54 - 3.03: [Only worth 4 bars] Guitar riff enters (don't even try to count this on your own, it was definitely recorded with a click) 3.04 - 3.20: Band enters on downbeat (3.04); very short snare fill at end of bar 8 (3.20) 3.21 - 3.37: Overdubbed guitar starts fading in during bar 7 (3.34); drum fill starts in the middle of bar 8 and continues into bar 1 of the next section 3.38 - 3.55: Section ends with longer fill on bar 8 (3.53) 3.56 - 4.12: Drum fill starts in the middle of bar 8 and continues into bar 1 of next section (Second guitar harmony fades in during this fill) and then there is a 'late' snare fill during bar 1 4.13 - 4.29: Section ends with longer fill on bar 8 (4.28) 4.30 - 4.47: Song ends on the downbeat Phew, hope that's understandable and helpful to some. Sorry it'd just the drums. The riff is surely a bitch to tab out. But I believe it repeats every 8 bars (potentially 4) which is why I've broken the structure down like this. Honestly listening to Meshuggah is like a science. They just defy every musical instinct. But hopefully this may shed some light on the obscurity of it for some. (And that's just ONE riff!) 😁

[@SuperGorak]

they all are in 4/4 unfortunately

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

@@SuperGorak I don't know that that's unfortunate. They play in 4/4 and manage to make it sound like they're playing in anything but. That takes an extreme level of skill and creativity.

[@Raptor717]

I love the Faultless riff. Could listen to that shit all day

[@johnnygotgrowls]

Thanks for doing this Eric so I didn't have to!

[@BaenaCarcosa]

Hahaha

[@Kenjames10]

Well done guys for figuring out these riffs in such a short period of time 😏 Meshuggah is the most badass band on earth! Bunch of 50-year olds playing some of the most technical and extreme music there is... 🔥

[@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL]

I don't understand the hate this album is getting I think overall it's they're best since ObZen. And in my opinion their best overall album every single track Smacks 👌😤

[@XxAlmsivixX]

Agreed, Thomas and Mårten said in an interview that they've pretty much done what they "need to do" to impress the metal scene so with Immutable they wanted to focus on "impressing themselves" and play/create the music they've always loved to, and it shows!

[@MadailinBurnhope]

it's an amazing album, definitely one of their best

[@MrDivagation]

Didn't see any hate towards it 🤔

[@jonovah]

Catch 33 got hate when it first came out too.

[@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL]

@@jonovah re-inanimate and entrapment are bangers.

[@zerk555]

Armies of the Preposterous is my favorite track. I cant stop listening to it

[@benmoody02]

Ligature Marks, what a banger. 👌🔥

[@WittyName44]

My new favourite Meshuggah song. Agree.

[@nj1255]

I've had this album on constant repeat since it was released.

[@vector_____]

There's a dude that's already tabbed like half the album, looked like you guys were on point on almost all of it! Nice job!

[@Fleeta]

The Faultless intro has gotta be my favorite riff off the whole album…

[@sarco_imperator2670]

Fucking eh' dudes. This is so brutal. Love your tone. This album is on another and you guys capture it perfectly. Kaleidoscope might be the heaviest song in the universe right now.

[@bastian4260]

You fckn nailed that riffs, they're hard af

[@CurtisSpiers]

Armies of the Preposterous and Broken Cog make much more sense groove wise if you count them in 6/8 or with a triplet feel in 4/4 (One-and-a-two-and-a-three-and-a-four-and-a), to also avoid brain melt at 3:10 :)

[@AndyDuckala]

People have taken huge dookies on this album but I honestly think it’s one of the most straightforward and hard hitting albums. Also have a like for the green guitars

[@liamblack8786]

Who's shitting on it?

[@AndyDuckala]

@@liamblack8786 I’ve seen a couple people reviewing it and they think it’s a bit fluffy sounding

[@liamblack8786]

@@AndyDuckala fluffy? Weird times we live in

[@fredriksvard2603]

I think its better than obzen as a whole

[@xezmakorewarriah]

the only downside of this album is that it's gets boring a few times but overall its a great fucking album. mushuggah became heavier than ever

[@Three-LeggedCat]

I was listening to Phantoms last night and I was telling myself what the hell is going on in this riff? There are so many subtleties, it's ridiculous... I love this video for the fact that you expressly stated your inability to crack the code of this riff

[@h.p.dominocus]

NICE!!!! I noticed a lot of Special Defects sounding riffs on this album, even though Fredrk didn't write anything. So many great guitar riffs.

[@The_Crooked_Path]

That mix is huge 😍

[@tfwnoyandere]

fr

[@papaemeritus5842]

The Main Riff of the faultless3 is so nasty! Love it!

[@danpalat1911]

Ligature marks is skull crushing could only imagine how it would go down live 🤯

[@hdrevolution123]

Beautiful!!

[@IAmTrashhy]

The first album from any band I actually liked every single song from.

[@fearvo]

Fantastic. Very well done guys. Great stuff to see.

[@YetiHopscotch]

Still can't get over how much of the new material is in 7-string range

[@sawyeratkinson]

Cause the whole album sounds like dei or chaosphere bsides

[@joeysollazzo6025]

Surprised to see Eric on here!! Glad to see your doing good since I met you at rockfest! \m/

[@Raygun222]

If the album had this production, it would be infinitely heavier.

[@Retsea]

disagree, those kicks are way too loud

[@Raygun222]

I personally think the mixing could've been better.

[@tfwnoyandere]

agreed

[@robbieredrum5953]

Stop making me jealous with all these beautiful guitars! 😍

[@seanmc1554]

Great video!! Love Meshuggah!

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Awesome job, guys!!!!! Bravo!!! 🤘

[@therichardnogginproject9012]

Hell yeah! Good job fellas!

[@alexanderreimann8967]

Ligature marks and god he sees in mirrors are quite possibly the heaviest riffs ive ever heard shits mental

[@Aoekin]

pure heaviness :) love your guitar collection.

[@Combustion47]

Absolutely brilliant 🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@BhargavaMan]

Maaaan that tone sounds wicked

[@shreddthegnar]

Love The Faultless riff

[@gamiensrule]

Ligature marks makes me want to dismantle a skyscraper with my bare hands.

[@226butters226]

That Phantoms breakdown makes me feel... 'Nothing'

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Stengah!

[@mafh80]

That Iceman is massive!

[@inalingthedead]

So, the whole album then

[@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns]

Riffs on Ligature marks are amazing

[@therandomman6647]

God He Sees in Mirrors did NOT get enough credit

[@Sychonut]

A guitar with the top 3 bass strings is one needs. And skill of course.

[@PontschPauPau3451]

2:25 Great video but this part stood out to me because I made the same mistake learning this song. Those are 16th note triplets, not 16th notes. Getting those groups of 6 tight at that speed was tricky as HECK.

[@ddtpopo3454]

The faultless is flawless

[@d.o.9808]

God he sees in mirrors is soooooo sick

[@pekkalaitinen8769]

If Meshuggah was a person he would be so heavy he would need seven gastric bypass surgeries

[@robertfan332]

Gahd I Am That Thirst sounds sick on this video. Grimier than the album even because I can hear it clearer.

[@NikoKozlowitz]

Man, this guitar is MASSIVE!

[@dudeduder2006]

wow ha haw ha ha haaawwwww, Dudes.... Holy Fuck.... God bless You, your families, and all you know! That was legitimately epic, Brothers. I am a drummer that knows every other Meshuggah song...you got me.... ...an' I shure dun' gotchewyou, Boys! ! !

[@l0rd_breeigo-sama954]

Gonna tanke me a million years to learn phantoms

[@j03y224]

Ligature marks is phenomenal

[@denisherry]

HAHA Phantoms... yeah... feel you man!

[@BaenaCarcosa]

Best of luck to anyone that can figure that out haha

[@denisherry]

@@BaenaCarcosa Haha yeah i will wait to see and enjoy watching other too :D

[@JakobStrand]

Only the heaviest riffs? Oh you mean THE WHOLE FUCKING ALBUM?! Absolute killer album!

[@ID1visor]

What is that kick tho, jeez

[@supermot34]

Ah good you remembered to bend in the Ligature Marks main riff

[@BaenaCarcosa]

That was kind of a guess haha, at first I thought it was an octave below A# but I think this is most likely how they played it? I also put a low F on the bass underneath the A# chord rather than having the bass also play A#. Again basically just guessing but to me it sounded close

[@supermot34]

@@BaenaCarcosa I think the bass is a whole octave below the guitar now, that's why it sounds so crunchy

[@sebabrodensen9646]

F...... awesome . Hell yeah.

[@Micruv10]

Thank you

[@Crazyclay78YT]

i think i like that riff from armies of the proposterous the most here

[@GodsNode]

Fucking rare. Nice.

[@robbledot7290]

I Am That Thirst needs some love

[@NiKOliDANBURSKi]

Well that ruled ☺

[@BlastbeaterPT]

This album is so freaking good!!!!

[@johanlonnholm4732]

Loved it

[@Onamorata]

I think faultless has the nastiest riff on the whole album. Followed by ending of phantom… And then ending of abysmal eye. That shit hits HARD live. Saw it last night. 😩

[@pekkalaitinen8769]

3:14 lmfao

[@simondoAF]

MESHUGGAH - Immutable... But It's Only The stuff we can easily learn

[@MT-yb1dx]

Ive been trying to figure out Phantoms. Its the coolest riff on the album.

[@YouTubricant]

1. Phantoms, God He Sees in Mirrors, and Armies of the Preposterous are not played on 9-string guitars; they're played on 8-string guitars with the low F tuned down to Eb. Meshuggah has done this on other songs over the years, like Nebulous. 2. Ligature Marks is not a power chord starting on the fifth fret of the F string with the root note bent up; it's a power chord starting with the open Bb string with hammer-ons on the first fret. 3. Some of your notes on Kaleidoscope are wrong. 4. Some of your notes on The Faultless are wrong, and also you palm-muted certain notes, whereas the actual riff has no palm-muting.

[@062276]

Bad ass!!!

[@optimusprime1139]

Can anyone share the tuning pls? I decided I finally need to pursue this sound, so im gonna start with tuning for now.

[@BaenaCarcosa]

F standard for anything with an 8 string, C standard for 9 string

[@02SplinterCell02]

I still can't figure out the verse drum pattern on Ligature Marks...

[@BaenaCarcosa]

I don’t really get it either, I just did my best to try to memorize it more or less. I think Tomas is doing something to indicate when patterns shift with the closed high hat accents but I couldn’t make sense of it

[@02SplinterCell02]

@@BaenaCarcosa Usually with Meshuggah I can get the gist of the pattern down in 5 listens if I really pay attention. But on this album aside from about 4 songs, I just can't figure out what they are doing. There is a lot more to this album than meets the ear on the initial listens

[@eliotsjhoughton9039]

What hoodie was Andrew wearing 😳

[@BaenaCarcosa]

SHIBORI Threads - Slaughter To Prevail x Brand Of Sacrifice mashup

[@tfwnoyandere]

insane

[@jdvisualz3391]

kaleidoscope sounds straight from doom. I mean that in a good way. Probably my favorite song off the album.

[@d3th_2_all]

Weird how I saw this comment right when it came up in the video 😂

[@Cestariarts]

I can't believe how bad the Stoneman looks with this non ebony fretboard

[@AndrewKlinger]

No idea what meter/hypermeter is going on in Phantoms. Guitar is in groups of 2 and 5 for 90% of the breakdown. As soon as I pay attention to the drums I get lost

[@BaenaCarcosa]

yeah it is A TRIP. The guitar is only one note but I absolutely could not nail what was going on

[@patrickwilliamson29]

One question, why not the whole album? It's just all the heaviest riffs lol

[@thenecessitarian]

Might as well play the whole album.

[@irodmac9331]

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲✨✨✨✨✨. Saludos from 🇨🇱 CHILE 🇨🇱👍😎✌️

[@whenphipp156]

How does perfect notation sound like Meshuggah from Wish

[@mrm1dn1ght53]

Ceiling fan

[@absolutelyfilthy5118]

You had Broken Cog and you didn’t play the intro riff???

[@tekra8971]

The phantoms outro riff is really simple. Its the same riff as the riff before it. It just repeats. I'm surprised that you got God He Sees in Mirrors and not Phantoms being that God He Sees in Mirrors is actually much harder.

[@ipwntehn0obz]

А, группа поддержки! Вижу, что вы - барды. Кхем-кхем. Но, спасибо! Сами играть - ловкости не хватит, да и другие дела есть. Слава Сатане.

[@h.p.dominocus]

Are you using a 9 string guitar on certain riffs? I noticed a few songs on the new album sound way lower than normal. Noone seems to know whats going on. Could be Drop tuned 8 string or like the Tool thing on Prison Sex where it is 6 string with low E tuned to B. No idea. Sounds pretty accurate though.

[@The.Adam.D]

No Black Cathedral 😢

[@ThatGuney]

Tres Hevi

[@SmexiiWade]

Never been this fast to an official upload! Said it was posted 24 seconds ago!

[@SmexiiWade]

Love the humility. Gonna give Eric a follow

[@ethankuczynski4636]

Wish the album mix sounded like this.

[@tfwnoyandere]

bass tone does

[@ShymNoiz]

I'm glad it doesn't sound like this