MESHUGGAH - Light The Shortening Fuse | First REACTION!

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[@DrewFortune97]

Can anyone recommend any fun tracks to learn for a beginner on the guitar? Nothing too complex please!😵

[@CO6883-o3c]

Good ol' 'Back in Black' is where I started. Also 'Where the River Flows' by Collective Soul 🤘

[@bryanbenn4018]

Ive been playing for 20 years and ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid" is still one of my favorite things to play. The intro riff is just plain old fun. It's good for practicing alternate picking as well.

[@Vall619]

Yo, you're actually playing really well considering it's not been long since you've started. I'd recommend Deception from TesseracT, the breakdown riff is the best, and it's not a hard song overall, just the timing and stuff. The verse is 2 4 2 2 (x2) 2 2 4 2 (x2) 2 (2 | 4) 2 2 (x2) (((The (2 | 4) means the first repetition goes 2 2 2 2 (((((same pattern as the beginning of the riff but with a 2 instead of a 4))))) and the second is (2 4 2 2)))) 2 2 4 2 (x2) And then you repeat. I recommend you to read these patterns while listening to the song slowed down a bit. If you don't get what I mean then sorry lol

[@Ubarberet]

War Pigs It has many riffs, all of them fun to play, not too hard not too easy (excluding the solos)

[@Eccentricjuices]

If you’re trying to get into that djent style. Play some Sevendust; they have a very chunky/palm muted style of playing. It’s groovey as shit. It’ll also help you with harmonics too.

[@markwyman6753]

4:55 Had to take a sip to keep people from seeing you cry. It hit me like that too

[@TheDjentleman77]

Their production/sound on this album is just 🔥🤤🤘🏻 That bass is so brutal. Can’t wait to hear the rest. And I agree, Jens vocals are amazing!

[@papaemeritus5842]

Word! Absolutly dont unterstand some people bitchin about the production.

[@TheDjentleman77]

@@papaemeritus5842 They clearly have earwax issues! Lol. The only thing I kinda miss (from the last record as well) is the eighth string. Koloss is one of my favorite albums, well I love them all but…and just to clarify, I’m NOT complaining! 😉

[@idontcare_wtf]

Production is fire

[@PallahDaOracle]

Is too quiet

[@markwyman6753]

The last few seconds of 'They Move Below', you're confronted with that heavy heavy sound has been a bass the whole time. The sustain~ Dicks true sound~

[@Diesel_Budgie]

I'm so, so pleased with this song. For years and years, the only documented point of light in the dark galaxy of Meshuggah music was that one magnificent atmospheric guitar part in Straws Pulled At Random. Now we have another.

[@jeremyfreemantle2777]

and the end of stifled going into nostrum

[@Diesel_Budgie]

@@jeremyfreemantle2777 How could I forget! One of my favourite moments on the album, preceding my favourite track on the album

[@WeatherStationZ41]

Excellent way of putting it

[@GuniShushev]

Don't forget the absolutely cosmic solo in Dancers to a Discordant System!

[@Itsunclegabby]

Damn, Drew look at you shredding! Sounds good! Looking forward to seeing ya progress. :D

[@offensivebiasmusic]

I agree with you 100% they teased the fuck out of me with those chords in the transition. They just picked it up for a moment then said "I dont want to play with you anymore" Toy Story style

[@bluemario89]

I agree, I wish they rolled with those chords and built onto them for the rest of the song but we kinda got a tease instead

[@offensivebiasmusic]

@@bluemario89 honestly I'm kinda fucking pissed they didnt do that like unreasonably so

[@Meshuggapeth]

They brought more of the original djent sound: muted 7 string power chords from the DEI/Chaosphere era instead of the post-Nothing definition of djent as single-note 8 string chugs

[@VVRAITH6]

imo it works WAY better than the single notes. Meshuggah got put on the map by those mathematic power chords and juxtaposed melody.

[@aleclamb-venecia4838]

I find these songs always take some growing time before you get it. They are masters of checking your expectations and leading you somewhere better. I agree with the points you make, for me its the mental shift that gets you past the hurdles that really make it fun. If i could reccomend an album, Destroy Erase Improve or Chaoshpere. Cheers!

[@Itsunclegabby]

I didn't even know this was out. A buddy filled me in, and it started playing automatically on my drive home yesterday. I had to keep an eye on the speedometer, holy f&#k! I figured you might enjoy this one more than the last. I can't wait to have my face melted by them in May!!!

[@TheProxy1987]

can't wait for this album to drop !

[@tennenyt5311]

Your guitar playing is coming along great! :)

[@DrewFortune97]

Thank you bro!

[@illbeback9441]

Track is fire. I'm sure the track will grow on you a bit more the more you hear it my man. You said first single grew on you a bit I'm sure this one will to.

[@thecheif00]

Dude , keep it up! Don't ever quit ! 🎸

[@jeremyfoot4264]

I find the song to be really badass, especially the first half and that atmospheric slow part that just makes me feel like I'm on top of a hill watching a city on fire. And even though the chugging end with Jens vocals is sick, I feel as if there's missing a climax, a change, or a breakdown. Something like taking up the speed like that part in "ObZen" would've done the trick. But I would've been cool with them doing the same thing as they did with Straws Pulled At Random to this song with that slow atmospheric bit.

[@mertallica96]

Hey Drew! I had the same feelings listening to it for the first time. Now I'm on my 18th replaying of this track and slowly yet suddenly started to really get into it. I believe that we will have similar experience. Also checkout and try to analyze the rapping of vocals,lyrics . Jens truly is unbelievable for his age! His voice even gets stronger and angrier :D As you listen to it, your mind collects the structures and patterns, then automatically combines it together and you shake with the shape of the song.

[@TheDjentleman77]

I forgot, you might like a band called Atlas and their song Uhri. Worth a listen! 🤙🏻

[@DaveJay9000]

Please do "swarm" from KOLOSS, it sounds like the theme song for Hell's armies coming to lay waste to all creation

[@mahmoudharmel1569]

I thought the same about the breakdown. But after a year of listening, it's one of my favorite breakdowns! it's not about the breakdown itself. It's a hard riff that just sits there for 2 whole minutes, repeatin again and again. It gives a feelin of relentless determination!

[@michaelhidlebaugh496]

The ending breakdown grows on you. I believe it is a teaser to what this album's musical theme will be.

[@Gravityys]

I appreciate your honest thoughts as always! Do let us know if it grows on ya after a couple of listens.

[@TheLordHate666]

You should check the band Haunted Shadows. It's a brand new metalcore band from Italy and they just came out with their first single "Black Sheep". I think you're gonna love it!

[@thewildhealer541]

You're a beast at guitar mate. And also this felt more like a track that's supposed to be like in the middle of the album because there's no real start to the song I feel.

[@lebaguetteeater6306]

So my thoughts: instead of a guitar solo we got this kind of atmospheric part you can say , which itself sounds absolutely great and the transition into and out of that part sound just right to me, however it felt a little off not having a guitar solo or something like that in a song that heavy and groovy. feels a little like Born in Dissonance without guitar solo yea just...off. not much else negative i can say tho. insane rythmical arrangement (no surprise, its meshuggah afterall), really nice riffs+vocals and the atmospheric part sounds really good even though it might have not been the optimal choice for this song but hey, noone can be perfect not even meshuggah even though theyre really close to it^^ for me its a solid 8/10

[@ya64]

I don't know if it's due the way my brain is wired, but these repeating patterns just feel so soothing and I could listen for hours on end. Meshuggah's music just feels right.

[@toxendon]

I just started playing back in January and trust me.. You don't suck lmao

[@DrewFortune97]

Thank you bro! I guess I had to preface that I sucked because the guitar experts will be breaking down every little thing I’m doing wrong lol

[@toxendon]

@@DrewFortune97 Yeah that's no fun. But don't listen to them and do your thing!

[@kylereece1979]

Im certain y'know this anyway lad, but when getting the easier riffs down, keep playing along to a metronome. I made an arse of my practicing so many times by trying again and again to play something like Master of Puppets without slowing it down, and working it up pace by pace. Its like running, or weight training. You need to be at a good tempo thats relaxed and cool with you, then add more tempo when you feel ready to practice the riff a bit faster. Master of Puppets is like, the "Holy Grail" of the Downstroke practice. I actually gave myself a form of tendonitis akin to tennis elbow trying too hard to practice and play it faster than I could each night one time! 😂😂😂😂 I felt like a right aul' muppet, and had to go back and tackle it slower.

[@DrewFortune97]

Hahaha! I felt that one man. 100% agree though. “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”

[@rmr5044]

Meshuggah is love, Meshuggah is life. I also just got into Vildhjarta--their newly released album is god-tier. And they're super influenced by Meshuggah. You should check it out! It's VERY dense and emotional.

[@MadailinBurnhope]

I like this one more than Abysmal Eye the groove is back, as you say; and then that open chord atmospheric section in the middle that I always want to go on longer, but then just teases you, till the slow groove drop; nice

[@thestoo8328]

I've not enjoyed the new tracks much but it is Meshuggah, their tracks do tend to grow on you especially when listening to the album end to end a few times. Looking forward to it coming out. I have tickets to see them at the Barrowlands in May, can't wait.

[@sicdedworm09]

I feel like this will be a born of dissonance type song for this album. Little underwhelming at first but after the album drops it’ll become one of those groovy hits that you just keep playing in your head at work. The drums as always change the feel just enough throughout to make you go “wait a minute what?”

[@Diesel_Budgie]

I'm also intrigued by how these new tracks carry traces of their earlier music. I swear this one makes me think of Combustion at times. The Abysmal Eye had hints of Catch-33 and Obzen's best vibes. You know what other influence I just realized? The more melodic brutality of Gojira. I knew it reminded me of something.

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

The 'melody' you're referring to is pure DEI.

[@Diesel_Budgie]

@@Pragnantweggyboard Never heard the term DEI, what's that?

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

@@Diesel_Budgie Destroy Erase Improve

[@Diesel_Budgie]

@@Pragnantweggyboard Oh yeah of course! But it does seem like Meshuggah influenced Gojira over the years, and now vice versa, at least a little bit.

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

@@Diesel_Budgie Surprised you didn't hear that? They even said that they would be bringing those elements back.

[@Kenjames10]

I agree that the climatic moment was a little underwhelming but maybe this track's purpose is to be an interlude to something bigger and better. 🤷 The first half of this song was my favourite and indeed kicks ass and will be great live. Overall I would give this song 8.1/10 whereas The Abysmal Eye was like 8.6/10. These singles have been solid so far but I think the upcoming album will probably have a bunch of amazing vintage Meshuggah tracks in store. The Violent Sleep Of Reason by Meshuggah is indeed an amazing album to check out before Immutable. In fact the title track is one of my favourite Meshuggah songs of all time. You can see how they sounded in their previous album compared to the upcoming album which would be ideal. Oh and your guitar skills are actually suprisingly good already 😮

[@officialrhythmicthoughts]

Good choice of a song to try to learn, Lavos is a fantastic song

[@jitseslump3756]

I think you haven't listened to marrow by Meshuggah yet. I would really recommend diving in, not many people know of the song let alone reacted to it. Cheers!

[@jrhaney11]

Meshuggah is really awesome but very difficult to listen to. The monotonous riffs can be brain frying, but they sound so huge and awesome. I still listen to them but only for small amounts of time, my brain gets worn out. I have seen them live like twenty years ago when they wrote more thrash type songs and they were amazing. I don’t know if I would enjoy their live show as much now, just my opinion and others may disagree. Destroy erase improve and Chaosphere were my favorite albums!!

[@BlingShyne2]

The end of this song sounds like the heavens parting for huge alien space ships to zap the earth to dust 🤘

[@ありちゃん-t5k]

That outro felt lacking the first few listens but after a while you realize it's absolutely perfect

[@ilovejazminnn]

The beginning sounds so badass honestly

[@kylereece1979]

My favorite band of all time is and always will be Nirvana. 30 years listening to them this October. Their songs are super catchy and are often a gateway into learning songs.As a teen in the mid90s, it was a thrill to get those riffs right!, be it Teen Spirit itself. Nailing a song, knowing the chords yer playing, and songs like that can then get easier to work out and play along to. An obvious one in metal is Metallica's Enter Sandman. It uses a "palm mute" chug in the verse with a nice easy chord change to work up yer downpicking and precision in the practice of it. The main riff itself is a great piece to practice, as it works skills like single sting picking, and palm muted power chords. Its one of their easier songs to get under yer hands and utilizes things that, are essential in metal playing. And, since a lot of metal is in the same key of E, its fun working out lots of other bands riffs that sound like other songs and incorporating them together.

[@23ograin53]

I didn't like Abysmal Eye any more with each listen; this one gets better every time I hear it, as Meshuggah usually does for me. These two songs sound to me like leaning a bit toward industrial, the way they don't vary much from the main riff. Not as adventurous as previous songs/albums.

[@alee7275]

True

[@Weeping_Somnambulist]

not yet, but from the multiple reviews i've read from listening sessions, there is going to be some of that on the album as well. i think this is interesting because it shows Meshuggah doesn't have to be overly complicated to still crush everything in its path.

[@VVRAITH6]

10 out of 10 for choosing atmosphere over solo.

[@VirgoKing89]

This track is incredible! I totally agree with you about the climactic moment. There should’ve been a heavy breakdown after it! Having said that I can’t be any more excited for the record (Animals As Leaders as well)☺️😉😊🔥🔥🔥👍🏽

[@smokejc]

AAL has already leaked

[@VirgoKing89]

@@smokejc yeah but I don’t want to hear until it’s officially out though.

[@tjbay13]

Bro I felt the same way. Jens is a beast. It's kind of nice to have a song where he really stands out. It's a bit older school Meshuggah style vocal. Got more rhythmic attack on it and his tone is just fierce. Overall I'm noticing a very narrow focus on both of these singles. Some cool variations in there but pretty much dead on target with what it's aiming to achieve. This leads me to believe the album will be best appreciated as you go track-by-track all the way through and the whole picture will come together. In regards to that breakdown that you felt didn't deliver, I can definitely hear that too. It honestly felt like they should have went into one of those old-school floydian interludes that they used to do. DEI style. Get jazzy with it, bust out the trippy thordendal solo.

[@danieljohnston8638]

The first half is perfect. I was expecting a massive drone riff at the atmospheric break, but they didn't do it. A little upset over that. Great tune nonetheless

[@WebsterA]

I thought the same thing! It's like, coming out of that nice break, there's no big "hit" for us to sour milk face out to. It all seems to blend, which is fine, I guess. But like you say, a bit underwhelming because us as listeners; as huge fucking fans, want it to provide goosebumps and it's just a pretty easy 3 over 4 thing with no big cymbal to bang us into it. I'm complaining on an entirely different realm here, I gotta keep in mind. I probably expect too much, like they're going to invent a new chug every time they pick up their guitar. Haha Still bass ass as fuck and smokes anything I know of that's been available to hear since, I dono, 2016?

[@nobodyspecial7205]

I really hope you are going to the tour if they come to your country, I would when they come to mine (USA) but I’m broke as a joke

[@DrewFortune97]

Seeing them in Dublin next month!

[@nobodyspecial7205]

@@DrewFortune97 have fun

[@davidhoxley9818]

i thought this one was better than abysmal

[@CthulhuTheGAWD]

Anyone here heard the new Zeal & Ardon album? African-American spirituals with HEAVY black metal. I’ve never heard anything like it. It’s wildly good.

[@josephtattum6365]

I really recommend to people to not try and figure out cycles and time signatures and just learn how it feels

[@GodlessFiend]

Perfect doom song

[@jonovah]

I like the first like minute, but it definitely got duller as it went

[@Mr_Riffman08]

Gen z's and this groove aspect 🤦

[@justinfalzon1613]

For me that outro part is a let down. Just nothing interesting happening and the song ends with a whimper rather than a bang.

[@02SplinterCell02]

I have a feeling it is acting as a bridge to the next song

[@Dev_UI]

@@02SplinterCell02 Phantoms

[@nicke5056]

Couldn't disagree more

[@intoc8727]

I haven't been excited about a new Meshuggah track since Obzen

[@thomashorsley8485]

Stop saying an album is being dropped. It is being released.

[@smokejc]

Ugh

[@jaysonmerritt6666]

Repetition

[@illbeback9441]

Like 95 percent of bands lol most bands stick to their sound bud