Meshuggah - Straws Pulled at Random

Meshuggah performing the song "Pulling Straws at Random" from their re-issued album "Nothing." This video can be found on the DVD portion of the re-release of "Nothing."

[@DeftCrowMk3]

Camera angles pulled at random.

[@asoiro]

6 years late, here is my reply.

[@hansjedermannw5626]

@@asoiro 6 days late, here is mine

[@asoiro]

@@hansjedermannw5626 6 minutes late, here is mine too.

[@tombaddict]

6 seconds late here is mine

[@MeanT241985]

6 milliseconds late, here is my reply

[@killianodwyer6507]

That fucking bass tone. Yes.

[@duncanmacgregor9565]

Hits me deep in my chest

[@TheGero95]

probably one of my favorite outros ever. the guitar solo is so simple yet so fucking beautiful, especially the last note with the bend...pure bliss

[@aglees2b]

I can't think of many solos that communicate so much with so little. Just perfection.

[@vanillebourbon]

I totally agree.

[@kingbassk83]

I agree. it's so much better than shredding at he speed of light.

[@snida316]

Arkeves I also feel that way about a lot of meshuggah, especially in contrast to other metal

[@deweytucker5413]

TheGero95 chills every time. They tear your heart out with precise aggression, then repair it with sweet serenity at the end. Pure genius

[@bangasou12]

imagine being a caveman and seeing this, youll think they are gods

[@rsd338]

ha ha ha yes

[@theyigo9362]

they are metal gods lol

[@davidbrant390]

Imagine not being a caveman and seeing this, it'd make you realize God

[@marymariotti3878]

Omg yessss

[@thewraith93]

@@davidbrant390 OH YEAH

[@delicrux]

its awesome how the singer is keeping timing by tapping his finger on the mic to the beat.

[@solid2553]

absolutely noticing this only now, after all these years of watching/seeing meshuggah live or video

[@atonegames]

Dude, shit. You're right, Jens we got you.

[@Australalien89]

Holy shit, I've seen them live seven times and never noticed this once

[@IceKoldKilla]

I've noticed that too. It's following its own rhythm and time signature lol

[@8man943]

probably the only singer in history who can count lol

[@lord_foob]

3:26 forward is Meshuggah at their peak. The feeling of this section and the solo is top notch. Feels like the sun breaking through the clouds and shining after rain.

[@bobinchainz]

Feels like post nut clarity without any regret

[@bobinchainz]

Feels like post nut clarity after watching one scene

[@bobinchainz]

Feels like eating an entire bag of Doritos without one of them stabbing the roof of your mouth

[@bobinchainz]

Feels like taking a huge dump and not even having to wipe

[@lord_foob]

@@bobinchainz So true

[@dngrouscrgo]

Most melodic Meshuggah song ever

[@Chris-Ian]

Acrid Placidity?

[@Slayyyer84]

Christian of LiqueScent It's an instrumential, just like the last vigil.

[@browiththecoolslidyface9709]

Choirs of devastation

[@andywoodstead2722]

Behind the sun the most melodic IMO

[@Sasquatch33]

@@andywoodstead2722 gotta agree with you there, or the riff in persona non gratae at 0:45 is one of meshuggahs most beautiful and melodic riffs in my opinion.

[@N3ukenInD3K3uken]

5:01 The Meshuggah face...priceless

[@sludgestyle6850]

+skypjuh Yes!

[@F0dd3r26]

Amazing. I like 3:05 too. Jens looks as though he's possessed by some kind of demon. Maybe even one of those demons that Bill Burr mentioned.

[@dante666jt]

When the zeros align

[@TheBandFake]

4:30 Jens dancing like a guy being blasted by a machine gun in slow motion.

[@blueskythinking4745]

Tomas hankes snare is practically a machine gun

[@TheBandFake]

Brendon stacey LOL Tomas Hankes? I think you're mixing a couple of different people up, it's either Tom Hanks or Thomas Haake.

[@mindquad779]

+Bob Jones ahahahaha I'm dying

[@jasmeg2844]

Drumming is like a box of chocolates.

[@diogopinto9462]

Fight between Jens and zlatan, who'd win ?

[@bazdesh]

I love that the bass is so high in mix, missing it in studio recordings.. Adds so much!

[@xaxsimplexescapex]

more bass levels should be like this live

[@cfsvillanueva]

its amazing how many renowned jazz artists listen to Meshuggah for inspiration.

[@panchoperfulcro8708]

I know I am late to the party, but can I ask you to please name a few? It makes sense.

[@bhargavabhat9227]

@@panchoperfulcro8708 Tigran Hamasyan is one I know of

[@panchoperfulcro8708]

@@bhargavabhat9227 Thanks!!!! Checking Tigran out now. Also Dude, new Meshuggah Album in April !!!!!!!!

[@vivvus]

i know this comment is older than three meshuggah albums but it was actually meshuggah listening to renowned jazz artists for inspiration. thordendal was HEAVILY influenced by allan holdsworth, listen to thordendal's solo project and/or any of the early meshuggah songs he wrote and that influence is bright as day, like on sublevels

[@mathprodigy]

​@VMunknown Holdsworth what a legend, guy himself practically invented a style of music and guitar playing

[@bowlingotter]

The only time I'm ok with the lead singer of a metal band making stupid faces is when it's Meshuggah.

[@bananaempijama]

Serj from SOAD in another one ahah

[@tobycoxon8138]

Mr bungle is another

[@rsaldivar8]

Scott Stapp makes some stupid faces but shitty music

[@SpiritofPoison]

@XasthurMalefic opinion

[@drivendown84]

Fuck, the soul in that bend 4:42

[@rsaldivar8]

i was think the same thing. that solo is so progressive

[@Tha.Riddick]

+drivendown84 goosebumps

[@deathbysilence0]

4:52 you can obviously see that indeed it took some soul right out of him.

[@johnsirilan4079]

The seizures were worth it

[@Ganruut123]

last 2 mins of this song = amazin'

[@lechedoe]

Needs more camera cuts

[@tylercole5610]

Literally lol'd

[@indiglo1971]

Cowbell?

[@roinujalino1439]

Their metronome is the singers pointer finger. That's how djent they are.

[@Art1stical]

Messhugah is not Djent. Is the other way around.

[@atonegames]

Dude, Meshuggah is not Djent. Lol dont say that unless you want someone to beat you up. Ha. They're the founders of this style of Technical Death-Metal, that eventually Djent kids stole from.

[@NightElveee]

@@atonegames I think you missed the joke buddy

[@atonegames]

@@NightElveee lol you must not play music.

[@NightElveee]

@@atonegames the joke flew way over your head and you still don't get it.., hopefully someone will explain it to you in the future haha!

[@gabrielteixeira7564]

This song brings me peace even if it’s a very aggressive one

[@rsaldivar8]

Agreed

[@andrewpearson1903]

Good heavy metal is like that for me. It’s like “finally, somebody put this impression/feeling into music”

[@MaxCascone-bitovi]

@@andrewpearson1903 i've only recently heard music described as this ... "what feelings sound like" .... and it makes sense

[@BimTalch]

RIP Tomas's ride cymbal

[@ClosedEyeVisual]

+Tim Balch Yeah, but nowadays he uses only ride cymbals :)

[@swanofnutella4734]

+piotrzyca10 All he needs is 5 different sounding chinas

[@wea69420]

It's not like he only has rides and chinas, right?

[@jameschauvet3140]

He use it as a crash..

[@MILITIAGAMER2000]

Juice is the cure!

[@Deathblow85]

Masterpiece, such hatred combined with such beautifulness deserves prizes. It deserves beeing listened too. Shame not a great deal of people do.

[@bangasou12]

listen to the lyrics too, if you listen the last phrase spoken is pessimistic but the song ends ends with a happy note

[@N3ukenInD3K3uken]

this is one of Meshugah's more popular songs, no ?

[@Kalyosa]

skypjuh definitely. Some of the less known amazing songs would be Sublevels, Unanything, pitch black etc.

[@N3ukenInD3K3uken]

I fully agree with you, Hitler with white foundation and doggy snapchat filter

[@Pleurotus]

"Beautifulness" alone deserves a prize. Nevermind the hatred. :P

[@DaSpoonyBard]

I love the ending of this song. The sudden emergence of emotion kinda feels like a sudden parting of clouds where the sun can shine upon a scorched earth, devastated by machines, perhaps even implying the forgotten meaning of 'hope', but only for a brief moment.

[@dante666jt]

Wow

[@Boston_420]

Nice man, like the rising sun upon the scorched earth after we help John Connor defeat the terminators

[@lord_foob]

Y’know whats odd is that is always how I visualized that part of the song in my head. Great minds think alike I suppose

[@flynnl]

man this is exactly the type of thing that i think of when i listen to this song, must be on about 100-200 plays by now and the last 100 or so have literally had me like flying through a burnt out wasteland with like red and yellow light its just an insane song

[@hanzgerberpresents]

Lyrics Pulled at Random, hehe... What solace lies in the arms of fate -The ill embrace of uncertainty When did I leave this in other hands -To be pulled down at chance Ripped away by destiny-claws Am I another of fate's possessions Dwelling the lie of freedom Just another straw pulled at random Reclaimed by deceiving time A silent judgement I can not overrule Drawn back into the origin-vortex Uprooted and ground to dust Retracted into anti-existence A magnet repelled by life's polarity Denied the self control of fate we flow suspended in semi-life Until the ever imminent day when oblivion claims our breath Nowhere indefinitely Not dead, not alive Existence-patterns ripped of symmetry as will and fate divide Have I appeased the gods of fate Am I allowed another day Must I die to escape the scanning eyes of death

[@personinaroom]

I never realized how damn sick those lyrics are

[@bigheavyshoe]

Holy shit. This is legit poetry.

[@richardharrold9736]

​@@bigheavyshoe and written by the drummer!

[@mrartvandelayy]

Nowhere indefinitely

[@mrartvandelayy]

Not dead, not alive

[@oghaze9318]

The groove on that bass fuuccccckkkk

[@jeromesnail]

That ending almost make me cry, every fucking time.

[@amjan]

One of the greatest guitar solos ever conceived.

[@ivanvoronov2763]

Gojira Where Dragons dwell for me

[@juggernautproduktion]

Definitely a feeler for an extreme metal song. Love how Jens is totally feeling his music at the end with that emotive change and breakdown, then the crescendo with Frederik’s lead. Such a stand out song and band in the metal world. Love the fact I grew up with this mastery as an example of extreme virtuoso.

[@Jath2112]

Man...the way dude clenches his teeth and bends that last note ...

[@code.liplox]

its the most metal thing ever

[@juggernautproduktion]

Totally feeling what he’s playing. An extension of soul through kinetic mastery.

[@timmy1506]

Second half of this song is so damn good!

[@Waltzhybrid92]

The first half is underrated...

[@drumkidstu]

@@Waltzhybrid92 yes. As good as the second half is, I love the bounce of the first half.

[@dngrouscrgo]

Am I the only one who appreciates the fast changing camera angles? I feel like it captures the chaotic-ness of the song...

[@dujl]

Oh, man, the rhythm in this song is just so incredible. I feel bad for those who don't hear it, or feel it.

[@Enkelriktad123]

The most talented metalband out there!

[@elissonespinal3754]

Along with Animals as Leaders and Scale the Summit and MANY more... Since they were influenced a lot by Meshuggah

[@elissonespinal3754]

that's true! people enjoy simpler music! except me.... i love complex!!!!!!!

[@elissonespinal3754]

incredibly boring........ very boring! it's always nice to discover and experiment new cool stuff!

[@toximan2008]

***** AAL, simply put, is music for musicians.

[@hannsbowers780]

***** ...And?

[@eddiehaydn6295]

right now im so obsessed with the end of this song i feel like it is a pinnacle of human musical achievement. that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but man what an amazing rhythm, and really nice notes too

[@mammi7699]

Check out "Sol Niger Within" by the lead guitarist

[@IsraelSilvaMonje]

Theres a loop of the outro on KZbin

[@JJJ111JJJ]

I think ultimately we've created nothing musically in the past 50 years that Beethoven, Bach, Brahms and Mozart haven't already done. I like Meshuggah but come on.

[@eddiehaydn6295]

@@JJJ111JJJ they definitely didnt have 8 string electric guitars. or rhythms anything like this!

[@JJJ111JJJ]

@@eddiehaydn6295 Yeah but I mean in terms of composition. Obviously the aesthetics and instruments are different, but polyrhythm, counterpoint, leitmotif, and all our scales, moods, tonalities etc were already invented before the 20th century. I'm not trying to slag Meshuggah or any other modern music, but it's pretty remarkable that nothing we do in art is truly new anymore.

[@TheWhiteShaded]

Jens is one of those vocalists that just never run out of power. He nails his growls perfectly live every time.

[@mr_guy661]

This video pretty much got me really into their music

[@CruxalYT]

Yeah I think i'm about to experience the same thing as a result of being recommended this and watching it... Goddamn this was fucking crazy. Only ever heard bleed before.

[@Abrahamhamham]

The bend on the end of every measure during the part that starts at 3:03 are hypnotic. I could easily go in a trance just by repeating that part over and over

[@tristangieler]

I keep coming back to this song. heaviest of heavies

[@boilingpoint3]

You know a band's good when they can release energy in yourself

[@IndigoRoses7]

Still, 13 years later so fucking God like. The instrumental to this live gives me goosebumps Everytime I hear it.

[@Kornhell]

Meshuggah playing with the lights on? WOW

[@odbq]

Behind The Sun

[@jameschauvet3140]

OdbQ perfect comment

[@jasonking454]

I wish more bands played like this!

[@WereWulf1981]

This is one of those bands that when you start listen you cant stop!!

[@LunarLionheart]

This song is the definition of Meshuggah,a rhythmic,groove-laden masterpiece. Makes me proud to be a music lover...

[@HgHgHgHgHgHgHgHg]

That last riff is so mesmerizing

[@woobi4739]

I love how hard you can hear how hard Thomas digs into his kit. He really doesn't hold back.

[@CyanideSovereign]

All to often we take for granted the fact we are Metal fans. Without which we would not be here, appreciating Meshggah.

[@zacksteele128]

at 3:45- 4:25 is one of the most POWERFUL segments of a song I have ever heard!!!! I seriously listen to it OVER and Over...just hypnotising

[@MatheusManente]

Oh man, Meshuggah is so amazing. Compositions full of intense emotion. Something rare to see in Extreme Metal bands. They're mad... Awesome.

[@deweytucker5413]

One of the coolest songs ever written, in any genre of music, ever. Dominating, powerful, beautiful and innovative.

[@williamclarke5157]

the snickers stage. certainly got some nuts after this performance

[@hazardeur]

many a metal fan certainly nutted to this performance, so yes...

[@soulmetal2012]

My favorite band and i have never seen them.

[@Partofme2]

Gotta love how they sound the same live as they do on record. :)

[@olyjfitness]

The energy produced in this song hits me with a wall of emotion. So much so makes me want to cry. Can't explain it. Bores a hole into my soul

[@ericluque6573]

4:43 He fucking knew it. so good

[@raphaelcalado4335]

My Meshuggah experience is something crazy, i’ve heard bleed and it blew my mind with its heaviness, after this i’ve got. Into Demiurge, than Dancers of a discordant system, and them Marrow, and so on so forth, But i can say these guys are my favorite metal band and my love for their songs just grows with time

[@Lolaandcassidyadventures]

Meshuggah - pure power that you can groove to… go see them live it’s life changing!

[@none53227]

everytime I think I have the beat dialed into my head haake throws me off with those different time signatures

[@CharlesUrich]

when both fred and marten are hanging their heads.. first fredrik goes up and then just after Marten goes up. Reminds me of the seats in a Gravitron ride. Meshuggah should play in the center of a giant Gravitron while the audience spins around in the seats. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS haha

[@Iheartdgd]

Omfg lol I will literally put my entire life’s savings into a gravitron just to experience this.. great idea xD I used to love that shit as a kid lol

[@jamdwhi]

Someone needs to go back to film school. That shit made me nauseous.

[@elijahoelker3411]

jamdwhi it's the film equivalent of djent ;)

[@jamdwhi]

Elijah Oelker Hahaha perfect. Yes exactly. But I think the art of djent should be kept in the musical medium.

[@Catstew]

jamdwhi You might suffer from slight epilepsy

[@joshblackwood8667]

This live version is something else ... lost count how many times I’ve listened to it now

[@sparkinton]

This is probably my favorite, or is in my top 5 favorite Meshuggah songs... maybe ever. The ending of the song makes me think of riding on a very turbulent flight and then suddenly the plane splits open and while falling from the sky I come to the realization..."...I'm going to die very soon....let it be.".

[@Nullllus]

One of my favourite solos of all time.

[@diabeticmonkey]

Love the meaning behind the lyrics, and the solo gives me chills every time.

[@tradito]

this video was uploaded to youtube in 2006. humanity done right.

[@ennuiandthensome]

one of the most precise live acts ever in the history of metal. pure awesome. MESHUGGAH FOREVER.

[@trevvo9055]

I love the outro to this song so much. It's such an amazing song as it is but the outro males it so much better. It's the simplicity of it that makes it so unique and special. It creates a kind of euphoric atmosphere and is so uplifting. This will always remain as one of my all time favourite songs by one of my all time favourite bands.

[@littlegoobster8890]

A monumental song. Possibly the greatest achievement in human history aside from sliced bread and running water.

[@alexvarvaressos8949]

lmfao

[@Iheartdgd]

Thordendal’s lead tone is so mysterious and ethereal I love it

[@ennuiandthensome]

one of the most precise live acts ever in the history of metal. pure awesome. MUESHUGGAH FOREVER.

[@appacana]

this is actually my first time listening to Meshuggah, my friend told me about them and their 8 string guitars, and I was expecting heavy shredding.

[@majnjord]

Så jävla vacker låt! Meshuggah är grymma! Och tack för inspirationen ni gett Tool! :D

[@michaeli8505]

saw meshuggah at house of blues last year in Chicago ,,,,awesome kick ass show

[@zagadape109]

Jens Kidman is a legend. MESHUGGAH changed everything for me, and I'm sure there is a lot more people holding the same statement. That's what this band is. Pozdro666

[@luv2eatpuss79]

i like the live version better than the studio version

[@boston4715]

why the fuck are we watching everyone except the lead guitar all through the solo?!

[@N3ukenInD3K3uken]

like the 1000 camera cuts per minute in the beginning weren't bad enough.. Filming Jens and his weird slo-motion dance (especially @ 4:33) I can sort of understand..he's an entertaining guy to watch.. but for the entire fucking solo except the tidbit at the end is just scandalous.

[@bateriaeletronica]

This is amazing. All people should appreciate this. Drums and voice perfect.

[@cjw3883]

I will agree with that. On another note, I saw Meshuggah in Philly 2 weeks and it was amazing.

[@philippmuller-litz7588]

3:08 so this is where the gif is from

[@sjn_]

Which gif? Can you link me

[@robertnagy3942]

@@sjn_ So... Did he link you that gif?

[@sjn_]

@@robertnagy3942 Nope lol, I had even forgotten about this comment.

[@sjn_]

@@robertnagy3942 But I think I know which gif he is talking about. When I searched for Meshuggah in some social media's gif search feature, Jens making the Meshuggah face comes from this exact show.

[@DeclanProud]

He has a terrifying set of lungs on him

[@lethargicastengah572]

3:28 Not using mic when making the crowd cheer. Finally, a vocalist who doesn't disturb the moment.

[@joeybroussard8717]

Tomas Haake just trips me out.... Brought the word "polyrhythm" into my vocabulary.... impeccable timing AF \,,/

[@numbers9696]

Ah 2006. Simpler times

[@alsvartremperor666]

interesting is the "counting the beat" finger of the singer's hand that holds the microphone. He's like "ok hmmm now I switch from a 9/10 at 123 bpm to 3/5 at 78 bpm, and then I will just improvise, probably doing a herta with my vowels, accelerating by the square root of the tempo from the snare drums every 2.4 sec. Easy.

[@thebenevolentsun6575]

9/10?

[@jessejohnson9321]

3/5?

[@TemalCageman]

LOL... this song is all in 4/4...

[@CpLKaNeZA]

@@TemalCageman At this point I honestly believe people commenting odd times on any shuggah track must be trolling. I can think of maybe 2 tracks that actually have an odd sig in them

[@TheGringuish12]

Out of all the nasty and deep shit I've ever listened to in my life, lyrics wise, "Must I die to escape the scanning eyes of death" is by far the most brutal and unsettling piece.

[@deweytucker5413]

I have listened to this at least one thousand times. It will never be enough.

[@jesdaniels]

This song, I take out to battle ! To the mat !

[@dlcellardoor]

Then you will never lose, your breath might leave your body, the shadows may claim your consciousness, fists may pound you, but you will never lose.

[@Nicole-mg5nd]

messhugah - camera angles pulled at random

[@liamrehders]

Best comment I've read in a long time.

[@staticpiece]

Nicole Guenkine -_-

[@pedestrian_overkill]

This video is 14 years old. At the day when it was uploaded on KZbin i celebrated less count of my own birthdays than this amount of years.

[@Alejandro4891]

i wish there was a love button for this.

[@mario9536]

Cameras pulled at random

[@roinujalino1439]

even the camera is so djent.:D ahahhaha

[@B3L13V3R]

He stays on course like an admiral sailing the storm!

[@Marianobass]

spirit of humankind revealed to us as true nature.

[@Nig0]

Swedish Audio Drug

[@salihgunay6915]

cameras pulled at random.

[@Mugenloo]

That joke was funny the first 5 times

[@menezesadv]

This is the most beautiful and emotional extreme music ever made. Change my mind.

[@jasonblakehustling]

That face is mandatory when listening to this

[@MegaLotusEater]

How the fuck do they keep in time?

[@MrBonokyra]

+S DDathi its really hard but its just practice and practice all day long, i can play a few songs like the intro from bleed, behind the sund and do not look down. its awesome to play them. its like a puzzle to find out how the time signatures work.

[@Rad631]

+S DDathi they all use in ear monitors and they have a click... but, for the polyrhythm idk, just the way they compose

[@roinujalino1439]

+S DDathi you idiots. check out the vocals pointer finger. thats how they keep in time. woooo

[@mikepostdrums]

At first you analyze and count.. after a while you just start to feel it, really.

[@Rberg1105]

It's all feeling and groove. Most meshuggah songs can actually be counted out in 4/4. If you listen to Tomas playing drums, he almost always has something going at 4/4, whether it's his lead hand, snare hand, or hi hat chick

[@greatpower30]

Look how those people stand there in pure awe over the Musicianship.

[@jaycielle]

_"Crying for the right reason"_ is the closest I've come to explaining how this outro makes me feel - I remember when KZbin started & this is still one of my all-time top 10 vids

[@samual42]

i get sick from the random camera shots....why must you blow my guts out MESHUGGAH!!!

[@mindmurder666]

I can't stop listening to this song