Meshuggah interview

[@kbillysupersounds]

'i dont care if a song is tachnical or not, i just care if its unique to me.' WORD.

[@mercury1326]

I saw Tool and Meshuggah play together. Tool is a great band, but honestly Meshuggah blew them the fuck away.

[@WebsterA]

He says the polyrhythms and syncopations just "come out" but they MUST be concious of when they for instance have 4 measures of 7/8 then make up for it with 1 measure of 4/8 (2/4). Plus they write on a computer so im sure that exact aspect is layed out for them. Only in the recent albums has every riff amounted to 4/4 timing and it wasnt too long ago they started writing on computer. I dont think it kills heart or passion but opens up doors and ideas.

[@2006MC]

"The real "career" if you want to call it..." Dude had zero idea how special they were.

[@davidhoxley9818]

this must of been around 2002 if its when the nothing album came out. cant believe he says ''we are kinda an old band'' wow, and these guys are still doing it in 2021

[@Slayyyer84]

My favourite interview with meshuggah

[@Amokeat]

The song in the very beginning is called "Stengah" its from the album "Nothing"

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

For a legitimate *Swedish* guy, *Marten* looks like that cool & friendly uncle from *Texas.*

[@hmb3]

Do my eyes deceive me? Mårten Hagström being interviewed by Petri Eskelinen of Rapture (obscure Finnish band)!? Two guys from two great metal bands!

[@Smackenzieth]

meshuggah,tool,ad opeth...jesus christ i love those bands so much

[@Amokeat]

The song is called Stengah, and can be found on the album Nothing(2002).

[@johannrajan6357]

0:36 The fact that the filter they put on separated the album cover from the original and rerelease is very coincided.

[@slipknot123456781000]

20 years of epicness.

[@luke666808g]

It's like that song 'i want you (she's so heavy) by the Beatles, that hypnotic recurring riff at the end (which they mercilessly cut mid riff after like 2 minutes) except with Meshuggah, it's ALWAYS a hypnotic riff, twisting your mind into a pretzel.

[@liamblack8786]

I'd rate that as one of the heaviest riffs written to this day

[@luke666808g]

@@liamblack8786 that was a pretty cool comment I made back in 2009

[@liamblack8786]

@@luke666808g damn so long ago

[@panikdapig]

Realy interesting. This band is better every time I listen to it. This music is to die for.

[@thurmanmerman6173]

I wish the footage of them playing in this interview was released somewhere on the internet. 3:

[@MarkHarrellJr]

Tool crowd was too scared to throw stuff at them. Meshuggah sound's like an angry mother bear robbed of her cubs.

[@ffr3ak]

I love Meshuggah, one of the best metal bands around! \m/

[@luke666808g]

Well Nothing came out in 2002, so this interview is pretty old, I actually got the impression from the last Tool album that they had been listening to Meshuggah a lot, especially when I heard Vicarious.

[@VHDT10]

Sweet, and so the respect from me grows for these guys. Good shit.

[@neonom1024]

yeah i got the whole album two days ago, even though it's scheduled for release a month from now, at least in the states

[@PanterAmetal100]

I love Marten and Meshuggah! It's pure extreme metal! It's great that Swede and Finn talk on English)

[@XxXxXJonathanXxXxX]

you cant love meshuggah if you've never really listened to it. you cant "hear" meshuggah listen to it! when you find out how unexpected it is you will never get bored MESHUGGAHHHHHHH!!

[@BenjaminKuruga]

@ElielChen762 They did actually Re-do the songs they just replayed them with 8-strings. basically and cleared the vocals and drums up.

[@rvega8038]

let me tell you something. meshuggah nuts all over tool, 24/8.

[@Amokeat]

Perpetual Black Second, from the album Nothing.

[@Amokeat]

Called Stengah from the album Nothing

[@Amokeat]

Haha yeah i know! im totally lost in the Meshuggah swamp, i once met the drummer you know, such a great and funny guy!

[@franziii9860]

Meshuggah is GOD! and btw, great interviewer asking great questions

[@MrYukawa]

Really great interview!

[@staticAcid]

Great post! Thanks a lot.

[@maxx666mayhem]

Yep.Obzen and chaosphere is more addictive than alcohols, i mean in itunes i've played it more than 760 times in just 1 month!

[@steriliuz]

Interview on a fishing boat - that's metal

[@fib112358]

'Mayhem version' is totally killer! :)

[@Amokeat]

I wouldn't say its not possible that it just comes out that way, when you think in terms of the drums you kinda feel something is needed hence the 4/8 in the end of that example. You dont have to count it just make it sound... somewhat natural, if you know what i mean.

[@MickeyLWalker]

damnnnnnnn i love this band.

[@fib112358]

the computer thing is pretty old. my mums actually pals with thomas and jens and they were talking about it many years ago

[@devilevilwayz]

nothng is better than wake up in the morning seach in the refridgerator for a beer and fuckin crank up meshuggah.

[@HeartImpaled]

Meshuggah is Meshuggah and that's great. And IMO for fuck's sake it should never be emulated.

[@Hybbeman]

Great interview; great interviewer; great band - 5/5

[@ElielChen762]

6:44 he said he doesn't REDO stuffs, so why the heck the album that the man was holding RE-released in 2006?

[@alvaro.makes.music1]

That live concert sounds so incredibly clean! Is that Ozzfest?

[@JohnMorProds]

first time i ever listened to meshuggah,i said,incredible technique but they are kinda boring..well,i've listened some more again and again,and now i ve got the point and i'm addicted to this band!i remember myself saying,why do they repeat the same riff all the time?(''rational gaze'' or ''I'' for example)now i want more!i dont want the riff to end!i don't know why,but it happens!just listen every album while you do something 2-3 times and you will find yourself loving meshuggah!!well,i do!

[@Amokeat]

you like chaosphere, and you want them to play slower? ^^ anyway, i havent heard that track... but i love when they go a bit slower sometimes

[@Amokeat]

I think its natural to them at this point :) haha yeah :D i would love to hear them explain a song :D

[@WebsterA]

I totally hear ya.. but they must be at least concious of it. Haake would have alot of explaining to do ;) "Start over when you hear a cymbal!" lol Sweet interview, tho, thx ;)

[@HurpleMonkey]

Well in terms of, I don't know, casual speech, English is relatively easy to learn, yeah. But to learn all the in-depth descriptive words and the similar, it's really quite difficult. I mean, I speak English and Filipino. Filipino is FAIRLY easy to pick up and use it to its potential, but with English, there's always going to be a word you don't know, and some have really in-depth meanings or similar meanings, and you can also get tricked with words such as 'there', 'their' and 'they're'.

[@jwunschie14]

The one thing, like he says, is 'how do you not get bored'? sure they're a freakin awesome band, good death metal, all around. But still what do you listen to to keep your attention through an entire concert if every song is low guitar playing repeated with growling and screaming lyrics, which is also difficult to understand.? please let me know so i can come to appreciate this band more...

[@Grillmouth]

wehat an awesome language....

[@jwunschie14]

Thanks man, appreciated, I'll try my best to do as you recommend. but i think you mean MESHUGGAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -with plenty of h's... ;]

[@wpdonders]

BORK BORK BORK

[@Barmy85]

oherto rimus fuzzigad, ragatag libwib imher ututu ipsil,ipsil...

[@shanebieda]

WE NEED SUBTITLES!!!!!

[@baseddepartment6486]

No we don't. The interviewer doesn't say anything important in Finnish. I'm Finnish.

[@Brom24]

This may be a lame question, but why does Marten have such a North American-sounding accent? Was he raised in NA for a little while before moving back to Umea?

[@Maggot20098]

these are actually decent questions....

[@BleedingCreep]

Wich song are they playing at 8:37?

[@downcard11]

can you imagine meshuggah and tool writing together on their tour bus? how sick would a collabortation be.

[@MethCircuS]

I WANT clips of that show pls contact me to get them!

[@ppgato]

biggest metal band EVER

[@VictorZamanian]

Not really. It has more to do with the programs we watch on television rather than anything else in my opinion. They are mostly from North America. My mom e.g. has a more British feel to her English because she didn't grow up with American programs. And having been to America, one gets a feel for how it sounds (like I have; also my wife grew up in America). But our languages are quite different pronunciation wise. It's a big shift in the mouth to switch from one to the other. Just FYI. :-)

[@Amokeat]

Even on the nothing re-release? cause it sounds MUCH better to me, the original release is crap though...

[@-k-b-]

Marten sounds Irish XD!

[@deftonesordie]

i envy you sir.

[@velixo4197]

0:29 meesh-huggah xD

[@catch3387]

safe as fuck, thanks for posting :o)

[@thordendal4087]

[@xxDISEMBOWLMENTxx]

Whats that guys accent?!

[@shov777]

because in sweden english is their second language, and almost everyone knows it haha

[@jockethebastard]

han har man drukit öl med:)

[@ReverandCiderMan]

Im Dave, how do you do? Anyhoo, my point is (and I believe Martens is) that a Meshuggah riff requires no more planning and forethought than any bother riff from a more standard and generic metal band, infact he states as much, There rifs are unconventional, but no more difficult or time consuming to write, I could write meshuggah-worthy riffs in my sleep (well drunm beats at least, I'm a drummer). Like I said, it requires unconventional thinking, not planning and technical skills.

[@VHDT10]

haha thats like 25 times a day

[@fallenmonkeytieryu]

beginners do plolyrhythms by accident, its basically play off beat. if you play with a manic kind of approach it can come out. but like the guy said if you think on it too much it becomes boring

[@Otium83]

you mean sweden

[@Papotex4306]

eh This is going to be the end of the discussion I hope. He said " I dont care if its technical or not". Thats already a lie because if he doesn't really care there will be more simple things in their albums and that doesnt happened. Im a fan too and its ok to be a pretentious math-head guitar player theres nothing wrong with that. Just keep it real damn it.

[@XxXxXJonathanXxXxX]

I love em but i don't buy the "polyrhythms just flow out of us naturally" thing..

[@Bwick99]

Hi I'm Marten: You know , you know, you know , you know.. argghhh

[@Leaving_Orbit]

I dont agree with you Anglo, but whatever. Whatever they do is good,imo.

[@3dd656]

english is really harder to learn after you have already learned another language. if its your fisrt then its easy.

[@Redspy27]

Most complicated in the world? I'd sooner say one of the easiest in the world! Try learning chinese, japanese or arabic dude, I can't imagen that enlgish is harder to learn than those languages, espacially/at least for people from europe/'the west'.

[@EsotericParadigm]

written english is harder...

[@warmetalpacifist]

Try to learn Polish and tell us about your progress in it. The you'll take back what you've said, and you'll agree that polish is... Definitly harder then english :)

[@ReverandCiderMan]

Your clearly not a naturally talented musician, Its not difficult to think outsdide the box and write stuff like Meshuggah. If your so inclined, it does come naturally. Most of Meshuggahs work is actually quite simple, it sounds complicated because it uses unconventional musical devices, namely overlapping, yet by themselves simple time signatures. I am a massive Meshuggah fan, and I recognise that the bands true genius is in its simplicity, not its complexity.

[@bindoy]

which song is being played at 2:39?

[@rustyshackleford9452]

I know this comment is old as balls but its perpetual black second