Meshuggah - Stengah (remastered)

[@lichencomputer]

All these tracks say "remastered" but that isn't accurate -- They decided they could do this album better than they did the first time SO THEY RE-RECORDED THE ENTIRE FUCKING THING BECAUSE MESHUGGAH LOVES YOU

[@Pruane35Forever]

yeah, the original Nothing was only done with down-tuned 7 string guitars, while this re-recording is done with 8 strings is is more chonky

[@gemmahodson8300]

Wow I didn’t know that! Brilliant stuff. Shows that they have a true love for the music.

[@serhafiye7046]

Oh my god some legendary trivia here. It's a remake then

[@josephtattum6365]

Essentially, the vocals were the only thing they left alone

[@AshtonFitness]

@@serhafiye7046 I read this in Senator Palpatine's voice. "It's treason, then."

[@darkessraven]

Sounds like an old school printer

[@voldren]

or floppy drive :D

[@Mad1Z]

must be a big one

[@SmokeyRam]

I can't unhear this now. Lmfao

[@rajeshhkkapoor8549]

So ur ol school printer was epic n way ahead of its time . Be proud of it

[@anthonybasonmagday5892]

made my day 🤣

[@macadoolahicky]

Once you understand the rhythm of a meshuggah song, it is pretty hard not to afterward. I love the way this band thinks

[@josephtattum6365]

I have always tried not to "understand" the songs in any sort of mathematical sense, but rather to just learn how it feels.

[@_.gray._]

It amazes me how they essentially make rhythms "speak." It may stutter and pause to collects its thoughts, but it always gets its point across. You may not see this, y'know, eleven years later, but your comment is totally true.

[@patrykdabrowski1788]

@@josephtattum6365 right on dude. I've never actually looked into any of this rhythmical stuff, but if i listen to one of their songs 2 or 3 times my brain just absorbs it.

[@aakkoin]

they made alot of the songs with a computer, and then learned to play it according to the computer, it's quite literally man-machine-hybrid-music

[@animalrave7167]

@@josephtattum6365 Its helpful if your trying to write using polyrythms but you don't need to. Your ear and brain will absorb the rhythmic pattern over time.

[@carot5]

I heard loads of people say meshuggah was hard to play on guitar, I thought it sounded quite simple, I was horribly mistaken, it is truly impossible.

[@manjay49]

Some say Meshuggah is not really music at all. I have absolutely no problem with that. There is plenty of music around. Go find it and have fun. But there is only one Meshuggah. Only Meshuggah delivers the Meshuggah Thing. Beyond awesome.

[@ButteredToast32]

Without Meshuggah, a ton of bands in this day and age would be completely different.

[@BeardedDubstep]

manjay49 Meshuggah are the Fathers of Djent, the bringers of the Metalcore/Deathcore open note breakdown, the beginning of the downtuned 8-string extended range craze, and the inspiration behind most post-hardcore, metalcore, deathcore, djent, and synthcore bands/artists.

[@rockfrolic6249]

+Bearded Rizz And most of that sucks, while Meshuggah absolutely rock. It's very ironic.

[@manjay49]

+Ben Tate True. After having seen them live last year, it is obvious that they are absolutely alone. A category of One. Period.

[@BeardedDubstep]

manjay49 danza and SYL/Dev come close, Townsend coming much closer.

[@chrysathan8356]

what good thing did we do to deserve meshuggah?

[@swamdono]

They come from beyond to protect the planet from extra-terrestrial intruders. The music is their battlecry.

[@brewtalityk]

does that mean they've come from beyond to protect others from coming from beyond...?

[@indecentproposal9473]

*tinfoil intensifies*

[@KaLaka16]

We got trapped in human bodies

[@douglasribeiro412]

existence.

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

Speed is not necessary to create a powerful impact...

[@gareginasatryan6761]

The production is crystal clear. The guitar tone is delicious, reminds me of vulgar display of power

[@brewtalityk]

yeah if you want another song that grinds your bones down slowly 'Scourge of Iron' is an insane one to go to...

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

***** Oh yes, indeed... I love music from Aphex Twin to King Crimson to Rings of Saturn...but Meshuggah is in their own category, IMO.

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

***** I don't like every song by Aphex Twin but there are some really good ones... if you like intense, try "Quoth" "They're here" and "Nightmail 1"...

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

Olle Carlsson: I can ride a bicycle too!

[@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719]

Teacher: the test isn’t that complex The test:

[@Tmpp88]

Such gentle music.

[@jonKowalski3210]

*djentle

[@Tmpp88]

jonKowalski3210 /watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

[@MusicAsMedicine88]

No doubt

[@SAVAmusicandvideos]

Meshuggah is beyond time signatures.

[@andersjaevel]

This intro is by far the most mindfucking meshuggah riff to 'hear' in 4/4. I actually broke it down with pen and paper in order to get it.

[@GenericInternetter]

dedication!

[@JBrooksNYS]

Has a 5/4 feel to it but they fit it into 4/4.

[@gaborkrausz5402]

I wouldn't say that, try clockworks or marrow

[@jussiparkkonen9853]

@@JBrooksNYS it actually is in 11/8

[@MrLioncash]

@@jussiparkkonen9853 No it's in 4/4 if youtube let me link thing's I would send you the drum transcription.

[@MegaNebus]

They make complex rhytms sound easy. Makes you think "Well, how hard can it be?" When you pick up your 8 string.. You've got that question answered.

[@metalhed1100]

Thats exactly how I feel man. I tried to learn Entrapment from Catch Thirtythree and it was not as easy as I thought it would be, like not even close. I'm still having trouble with it. Meshuggah is just as weird and as crazy as it gets.

[@venomau5speedz]

Imagine having to play Bleed every gig....:0

[@tomcral5346]

Mesh are the best artists currently living, they have helped sustained my existence in a complex life for 20years. I love them. T parker

[@dlcellardoor]

It's just 4 4...but the devil's 4 4....

[@nuke97]

Hahahaha !! That should be on a Meshuggah shirt or something.

[@mattwilson2568]

Where do you see 4 4?

[@dlcellardoor]

The groove is pretty much basic (for Meshuggah). I can tap along in 4:4 time to this, or at least I can find the rhythm in there. I may have listened to this song too many times though...

[@Maldito011316]

Matt Wilson Just follow the hi-hats, crashes and snare.

[@dlcellardoor]

In the repeating pattern between 0:16 - 0:48 the cymbals are doing 4/4 for 8 bars (32/4 in the pattern), while the pedal bass drum and snare are doing 11/8 with the guitars for 5 bars and then 1 bar of 9/8. This completes the cycle with the 4/4 cymbals because after 5 bars of 11/8 we have 55/8, then the bar of 9/8 brings it to 64/8 = 32/4 as the cymbals for the whole pattern. Saying "it's a 4/4" does not mean much, any polyrhythm can be viewed as 4/4 after some amount of bars, the cycle is always bounded by the least common multiple (lcm function). Viewing such rhythms as 4/4 means you remember (and feel) each note in the whole cycle of 32/4 as one piece (as if it was one long bar), this is maybe the way to study it and play it, but it is not what most listeners feel nor the way to theoretically analyze it. See, simple!

[@feliperibeiro463]

3:49 This might be the most brutal bass line I've ever heard. This groove is just insane.

[@Zearo298]

This is always the first song I show someone as an example of quintessential Meshuggah. Jazzy solos, awesome djenty rhythms, but that are easy to understand, the works.

[@godvandamme9921]

I remember people being so pissed off about this album. "chaosphere is fast and crazy, this is too slow and boring" lol "they're selling out" lol. I was sooo into this album, shit changed me man.....

[@tedpikul1]

Remaster did it for me. Now it's a favorite.

[@rubaidaallen2764]

I fn love this record. What's wrong with it? It's a fn masterpiece.

[@hijpot]

I CANNOT poop to THIS!!!!

[@jasontaylor284]

Ahahahahahaha. I can't breathe!

[@craftcrate6602]

I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AHAHAHAHAHA

[@mastermike666]

try harder

[@toprak3479]

LMAOOOO the best compliment they could get tbh

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

That's funny, guess what I just did.

[@motormouth_35]

4:33 "The coffee was only HEATED!"

[@paradoxical33]

correction: The coffe only was HEATED

[@juanjo55lol]

@@paradoxical33 can not unhear now! lmao !

[@Nico8DS]

Best alarm clock ever

[@jo3daddy260]

Lol. I remember this one time where I thought it'd be a good idea to make Bleed my morning alarm. On the first night I just about had a heart attack and had trouble sleeping for a few days after

[@nico_lapache]

ooohh god you make me laugh.. really badly

[@GenericInternetter]

@@jo3daddy260 why did you set your alarm for night time?!

[@jo3daddy260]

@@GenericInternetter I set it to go off in the morning, but the noise startled me

[@eddiegekko420]

Nahhh future breed machine bro EE-EE-EE-EE-

[@adamhall1189]

This is heavy enough to level a goddamn building.

[@nigelbarker7759]

Yes, nearly all of their songs have a common 'pulse' to them, or else you would not be able to headbang or mosh to them. However, all of their songs contain polyrhythms, two rhythms which have something in common, like.. 5/4 (or 10/8) 7/8 polyrhythm. They have a commonality, but they are different and give the song a staggered, erratic feeling. Organized chaos, baby!

[@pedestrian_overkill]

This is abstract metal at it's finest

[@kennygates1192]

Oh wow, this song is in 4/4! *rest of band kicks in* never mind!

[@robertbentley5604]

+Kenny Gates actually, it is 4/4 with polyrhythmic changes and odd riffs

[@kennygates1192]

Robert Bentley Haha I know. Sure doesn't sound like it though!

[@williamkoscielniak820]

I used to fall asleep to this music because it matched the chaos of my brain, and therefore the ruminating thoughts stopped and the music soaked it all up.

[@nyororomeowelas1225]

Man you must've been a bit messed up lol. I have tried listening to this band as I'm falling asleep and I always wake up when the album is over feeling awful

[@Alostwanderer88]

Oooooo yet another 'look at me heavy music calms me aren't I quirky 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪'

[@linnstr8609]

As a musician, Meshuggah is the first band for which I totally understood what was happening rhythmically, had the sheet music in front of me, but I couldn't "feel" the rhythms, quite literally. I could memorize and sing the riffs by themselves, but as soon as I tried to tap my foot along in 4/4, I got lost. I knew the polymeters and everything, I just couldn't feel it.They really opened my mind to different rhythmic possibilities and challenged me to become better.

[@starrgazer9]

All my life, I've been looking for THIS kind of metal, my quest is now complete.

[@highpony11]

DROGA

[@vojvoda-draza]

jeste brate

[@cris18188]

Condivido

[@valeriobertoncello1809]

Lacerating pains of degeneration speed through your trembling mind Still, in machine-like strife you gain another mile The temporary elusive goal: To reach the solace, to feed once more upon the synthetic reaper of loss No matter the outcome, the cost Cold and stinging needs tearing through the halls Of your defiled, flesh made temple with its closing walls Still you claim the worshipers pose and you bow. You kneel Control: once superior, now a docile pet at chaos's feet Pulling the leash as it trails the scent to where all hurt recedes Your past a blurry patch in mind, your future once; now thin dreams filed Toward the lights of need you strive - to drink into your vein the shine Beaten to the unforgiving ground Lashed into submission by the inner starving demon, by its unrelenting hand Still you claim the worshipers pose and you bow You kneel to the syringe Answering only to authorities of sedation Their calls the only ones heeded A worn out soldier touched by their contagion A battered drone at their feet You're the one betrayed An outcast set afire by your inner war Your burning self so far astray A combustion fanned from within your core

[@tedpikul1]

The person who wrote the words to this one knows how it feels.

[@JBrooksNYS]

Heroin addiction

[@JacobL221]

that guitar solo is one of the best ever written

[@levimeisch4775]

Best opening song ever.

[@Vildbrusj]

Djent is used to describe a certain kind of guitar tone characterized by medium-high gain, a quick-release noise gate to emphasize staccato playing, a cut of most bass below 200Hz for a tight low end, a slight boost around 800hz for clarity, and a noticeable boost around 1.6Khz to emphasize pick attack. When a two-octave power chord is palm-muted with this tone, a "djent" sound is created rather than the typical chunkier sound.

[@nvil82395]

1:05 This riff can crush coal into diamonds, makes me wanna run through a brick fucking wall

[@anweshbhattacharya8017]

Meshuggah's influence on Misha Mansoor is pretty apparent with this song

[@AnshAswal]

they are performing in delhi,india on 19th dec.cannt waittt !!!

[@dujl]

This song really makes you feel stressed out, nervous, sweaty, like you're strung out or something.

[@gemmahodson8300]

Nope, that's just the cocaine

[@BeardedDubstep]

Stengah is Swedish slang for Heorin needle.

[@noahnordenstrom3175]

@@BeardedDubstep är det?

[@jackerikson3139]

Well that's exactly what the song is about 💯

[@IndigoRoses7]

I took a trip to Kentucky with my fiancee last weekend. He's not a big Meshuggah fan, but I played Straws Pulled at Random, Bleed and this song from my ipod for him and it seemed to enhance his driving experience lol. It always does mine :D

[@ddavis_drums]

Every Meshuggah song is a math problem to me for the first listen. I have to find when and where to headbang in their songs before I actually can. It took me about 5 listens before I could headbang to Stengah. Love this song

[@Deminese2]

Bill Burr approved

[@GoreF1en4]

my favorite Meshuggah song

[@Fleshaga]

My alltime fave Meshuggah track. Don't know why this song drags me back but DAMN it's good.

[@holygroove2]

Love how these cats use texture in their sound. When they really want to make a point, they strip away everything except that tight sick riff for what I guess is the chorus (1:46-2:07 and 2:40). It's just that riff drums and vocals. In your friggin face man.

[@thomasdecorail8825]

When I hear somebody designate musicians with "cats", I know they're the real deal

[@LeCheeZy]

this is so timeless pioneering

[@eliash8903]

How to sing this intro: dada da da da DA, dada da da d DA, da da da da, Da dadadada DA , da dada dA, DADA DA DA DA DAAAAAAA, DA DA DADAAAAAAAAA, DADADAA D, AAA DA DADA D DADADDDDD DDDA, DA DA, DDD, DADADADADA, D, d,d,d,d,,d D,DDDD,D AA. fucking love it.

[@martyg8137]

Wish they'd do another album in this style

[@MortonGoldthwait]

I also get the feeling that Nothing is one of the bands personal favorite albums. They would by no means have done this for Contradictions Collapse.

[@PraisedLink]

An absolute treat to listen to this BOMBASTICALY groovy tune! Only MESHUGGAH can Scratch that specific... MESHUGGAH-y itch. Unreal band, and even more unreal live 😍🤘

[@GoatMee]

I'm challenging all my friends to find the beat during the intro of the song. :) Then when the band kicks in, everyone is like O_o wut? ... and then they try to help themselves with the hi-hat and still struggling, their faces funny as shit, awesome. :)

[@ebgbees]

I do that with my friends all the time XD

[@sakarimakitalo3288]

i remember when i first heard this song when i had it as a homework from my drum lessons and i thought it was hard as fuck to nail the beginning but when you just sit and do it a while its easy to be honest

[@GoatMee]

Sakari mäkitalo I guess "sitting and doing it a while" would make some difference, yes :)

[@PeripheryFanboy]

Snelle Fjöll Try the snare solo in Spasm! Much more difficult to follow.

[@sakarimakitalo3288]

Not too hard to be honest its the same pattern if you just get the hang of it :)

[@garrettwebstar1574]

2020 and I'm still jamming classics....love Thomas Haake!

[@abadmajin4671]

Favorite periphery song

[@deadeyes2803]

some stuff sounds like ragnarok

[@shortleged1]

You mean Ragnarok sounds like Meshuggah...10 years later...idiot.

[@nightlessexplosive3641]

Good b8 man

[@ValhallaBeckons]

This album changed my life.

[@GaleSilverwind]

Anyone wanna get a Soul Train pit going if they play Stengah live?

[@michaelhurley5665]

I'll join in to Neurotica, too

[@xCynder]

ill give you my longest yeah boy if i see you when it happens

[@supertaldo10001]

I just listen a song of meshuggah and I like it! Meshuggah is the best!!

[@mysteriousDSF]

4:37 *I want a soldier touch my neck*

[@LeatherCladVegan]

Jesus christ this is so good. This is prolly my favourite Meshuggah track so far. It's the groove-heaviest track I have ever heard.

[@macadoolahicky]

i could give less of a shit how meshuggah tunes their basses and guitars, as long as they make pretty music like this i am happy =]

[@claytoncardoso4538]

TAN TAN TANTANTAN TAGGNTAN TAGGNTANGTANNNNNNN

[@claytoncardoso4538]

TANUUNNNNNNN TANUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN... TAG TAG TAG TAN!

[@Dukefist]

Masterpiece...

[@josephtattum6365]

There were musical itches that I could never scratch. I was looking for something, but not sure what. Turns out it was Meshuggah.

[@a1211121121112111]

On the album "Nothing", Meshuggah downtuned their songs three and a half octaves lower and slowed them by an additional 924% to reach optimal heaviness. My bet is that they also used 32 exhaust pipes on their new adamantium guitars

[@tobee_gamer5816]

You have to listen to this song closely to hear the massive funk this song gives

[@lordmorgoth7]

lascerated piece of degenaration. most brutal insult ever

[@vicepc8]

*Lacerating pains of degeneration* speed through your trembling mind

[@lordmorgoth7]

yeah missheard it but still brutal insult

[@Superkick2925]

Rainbow Gravity took me here

[@juanslipknot97]

periphery?._.

[@DNed08]

+Superkick2925 i love periphery too :D

[@DanDonk]

+Superkick2925 Nah dude, Tesseracts track Epiphany is the original Rainbow Gravity

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

Meshuggah brought me here.

[@PanasonicTooth]

Meshuggah bought me a pony.

[@dolan_7647]

I could hear 5:00 to 5:17 on loop, what a monster riff

[@DiminishingAugmentation]

This song hurts my brain.

[@lr4537]

In a good way i hope.

[@distantcreation]

😨

[@bleakantiquity5281]

welcome

[@BJforthelife]

Thats a good sign

[@cyclopsvideo1]

Great song,great album-super fade.

[@holygroove2]

I think they're clamping down. I'm glad that I bought all their albums!

[@1982AntonioC]

...thick impenetrable deep dark wall of sound they create...

[@SevenFootWake]

The time signatures are so much fun.

[@glassmoon0fo]

damn this sounds soooo good! love the remastered stuff!!!

[@Loopedge]

Thank God there's the cymbal, or I would have had serious problems headbanging.

[@JNighthawk7x]

the thing i love bout this music on guitar is tht its not the notes that are hard to play its the rhythm

[@zeltontheroulde735]

Back when I used to drink a lot of alcohol this was my jam! Whenever I was taking a shot of something really strong and was struggling, I would put this song on and just hearing the opening riff and Jen's monstrous screaming made it easier to get it down. It's very Ironic though because I heard the word "Stengah" is a an alcoholic mixed drink. Who woul've known! 😂

[@ZACHBROO7AL]

lol you know this song is about addiction, right?

[@zeltontheroulde735]

+Zach DiMundo yea so I heard bro. In the second chorus part he said "beaten to the unforgiving ground lashed into submission by the inner starving demon by it'a unrelenting hands" and also he mentioned "you kneel to the syringe" that's addiction right there. Thanks for reminding me. I been clean and sober for 8 months now btw. I still love this song though.

[@ZACHBROO7AL]

+Zelton Theroulde me too. I'm actually 6 months clean off of a very long heroin addiction, so this songs lyrics hit VERY close to home.

[@zeltontheroulde735]

+Zach DiMundo wow! congrats man! keep it up! well done! I was never on drugs. it was just alcohol and cigarettes for me and after it cost me my last relationship I decided to change for the better.

[@madfinnishgamer38]

My favorite Meshuggah tune.

[@supertaldo10001]

What a incredible solo!!!!!!!!!!

[@GhostsOfJenova]

their best album, in my opinion

[@s8terseeyal8teryah8t]

I still agree

[@CannabisCureTV]

Painfully beautiful

[@MrTisjeboy]

If you want to see something mind blowing, check "'Stengah' by Meshuggah with Indian classical musicians"

[@holygroove2]

The riff in the beginning of this song still blows my mind.

[@blickblocks]

I would have never heard of them without youtube! I love Meshuggah.

[@jessechalif2428]

0:16

[@ecdm311]

Everyone is a time signature genius

[@Clarke789]

i love this tune. it sends me up the wall!

[@NyssaB]

Ahh... my favorvite relaxing song.

[@TheOrangeFondler]

I love that solo

[@dujl]

There's guitars as well. I mean, the whole approach of the instruments and the tone and pace of the song is what makes it special. I don't think you can listen to this as just "metal". Meshuggah always has something else going on.

[@dujl]

ARGH! I Love that heavy, beafy tone!

[@spiderjerusalem100]

This is the sound of mountains being reduced to dust!!!!!!!

[@meshugganaut]

The most important band in metel.full stop!!!

[@hlslayer123]

Can we just say they're both awesome and play complex stuff and get on with our lives? :p

[@edmega332]

WOW! I never knew there were guitars during this song. :)

[@cHoELL12]

thats not easy to play, thats for sure. i cant stop listening.

[@deweytucker5413]

I’m wearing a tuxedo to the Atlanta show just to confuse everyone in line for the show.

[@HasanBabasi]

I love this kind of metal funk.

[@KrewNaPosadzce]

Zakochałem się:)

[@redsledgehammer4085]

its kinda funny hearing how high the guy's scream was back then. I only have Meshuggah's live CD/DVD so far, and obviously his scream is much deeper now lol. kick ass song though

[@RonLinfect]

Here after Marcel put cd in F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

[@GenericInternetter]

"My left ear really enjo- oh nevermind lol"

[@dujl]

The solo is one of the best things I've heard ever.

[@celkat]

Powerful and moving -- a modern, more mechanized and brutal incarnation of Master of Puppets.