I played the drums for close to 30 yrs. Just keeping time with what he’s doing with his arms alone are insane. Let alone the feet. This is a testament of what the human mind is capable of

Even his ghost notes have ghost notes.

The glove is because he said his right hand gets sweatier than his left so he needs the glove to not lose the stick since that's the "tempo keeper" in most Meshuggah songs. Also they're Swedish . . . not German lol

I love watching musicians geek out over each other.

It's no joke when a god comes down from Asgard with drumsticks in his hands.

"Meshuggah is the only band where 3 persons headbang at different speeds to the same song and none of them is off-rhythm."

You can see that he is very focused on the pulse, everything else just comes naturally by feeling it. I'm convinced that he's a cyborg from the future

Beeing a musician myself and a Meshuggah fan for several years now I have to say that they made me appreciate music in so many new ways and there is always something new to discover in even their old tracks. They are just awesome!

Ok, now imagine getting the timing down with not only his hands, but the altering speeds his feet are also putting out. Its complete limb independence, and I can only think of a couple of drummers who can truly do this. I think its the truly defining factor of whether or not someone has really mastered the drums.

Already loved this channel but now you’re breaking down Meshuggah? Fan for life! Thank you!!!

They´re from Sweden, not Germany! Great reaction though, keep em coming :)

Watching musicians (react to) go nuts over Meshuggah is one of my favorite past-times. :D

Haake's so perfect that when he makes a mistake you kinda celebrate it but not in a mean way.

YOU HAVE TO DO THE NOSTRUM PLAYTHROUGH TOO! You really get it, man. One of my favourite Meshuggah reaction videos. Thank you

Amazing band and Tomas is legit one of the best drummers on earth.

Bro! Watching you react to music is just plain awesome! You can tell you can FEEL it! And that is what Music is really all about. Keep up the good work, man!

Death Metal before lunch...whoa! Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.

My favorite part besides everything is the massive bomb that drops at 9:53. Absolutely crazy. Another thing are all those ghost notes on the snare and the high hat on the left is still going. Thomas is absolute masterclass drumming. What a beast! :D Subscribed! Please do more meshuggah reviews. They're one of my all-time favorite bands ever! :) Edit: Just say Thomas Haak-uh

It is all in 4/4. The rhythm just rotates around it. It’s the anchor that holds it all together, like you said.

Dude, your passion (and musical knowledge) is amazing, reflects in your eyes. Great stuff!

Now we're talking

I love seeing someone else (fellow drummer) as happy, excited and astounded all at the same time when watching Thomas as I have been for over 25 years!!!🤘🤘 The pleasure of seeing these guys live is not to be missed when touring resumes. Awesome reaction man, thanks.

Swedish lol

I have accepted Tomas Haake as my personal Lord and Savior.

I clicked on this so fast Edit: but still never as fast as Thomas

My favorite thing about Meshuggah, is that you can pretty much count “1, 2, 3, 4” through the whole song, just the down beats hit in different increments. Like, for a person that has music theory knowledge, they are truly nuts to listen to.

your explanation at the end of what makes Meshuggah is excellent and applies to literally all awesome art. it has the surface level appeal which consists of layers that can be pealed back to reveal more and more depth and more levels at which to appreciate it, all of which just amplify the initial surface level appeal.

Excellent analysis and infectious appreciation. Well done!

Nice to see that you have as much fun as I have watching Messhugah! They always put a smile on my face and I have no idea why.

I can't stop shouting everytime I see this video or this song. And even more when someone does a reaction video. Love it 😂

This is a great change of pace. Love your content man!

Is Haake still human or a machine? ;) Look at his strength, timing.... effortless. One of the best drummers i know. And he won*t stop

Leprous - The sky is red (drum playthrough) is an amazing drum playthrough as well. Check it out.

great reaction! it'd be really interesting to hear your take on some of their guitarwork as well. as for rhythm-based guitars it seems to be on virtuosic levels to me. not in the shredding-speed kind of way, but "Bleed" for instance is really fast and difficult rhythm-wise to keep up with. it's a part of their music that seems to go underappreciated.

10:53 You got one thing wrong there. He doesn't ride on that Crash. He crashes that Ride 🤣🤣🤣

Your facial expressions are great. You look like you’re living and dying with each drum beat!

I've listened to a lot of metal, this one is top 5 material no doubt absolutely relentless

Is so good to see someone so excited with meshuggah and Tomas crazy stuff

I was on your live stream a few weeks ago recommending plini. As a drummer this one of the greatest reaction to thomas.

On the channel Metal Music Theory, there’s a video called “Introduction to Meshuggah’s Rhythmic Style” which does an *amazing* job of explaining their time signatures and what he calls “Meshuggah counting.”

You are amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It actually is in 4/4, as are almost all Meshuggah songs. ;-)

Finally somebody explains Meshuggah's poly-rhythm technique correctly!!!! Thanks bruh...💯 P.S. they're from Sweden...

He mentioned in an interview that he only wears one glove, because he sweats a lot and the right hand stick has a tendency to slip out of his hand. He doesn't like to tape his sticks so he tried one glove and that kept the stick in his hand. That why he only uses one glove.

I come back to this video when I'm sad

Getting back to your metal roots, I love it

loving the reactions and analysis! please please Nevermore - this godless endeavour. Insane riffs and sweeps by Jeff Loomis and mid intro is the uncontested best riff of all time

Love your shirt man

Outstanding reaction Michael! I can see you thoroughly enjoyed the skill set and beauty of this amazing track! Awesome!

seeing them tonight and will be headbanging in 4!!

I'm pretty sure this guy is inspired to play drums now. Machine has motivated man today

Im a huge deadhead but i get my rocks off with heavy heavy music and Meshuggah is ridiculously nasty

Don't forget the feets Michael, listen to that bass drum, those patterns makes it SO MUCH amazing.

You gotta check out the art of dying by Gojira. Either live at garorock in 09' or just a custom drum chart by some fan, its a blast just like this. 🤘

I think he wears the glove on the right hand because he hits his cymbals so much with that particular hand, combined with how he uses big crashes and rides as crash cymbals. The reverberation from hitting those big cymbals probably causes fatigue after a while.

I thought they were Swedish...wait, I KNOW they're Swedish...but you're in top 5 of reactors love it good job brother

The channel "Time consuming" has done a time signature breakdown on this. I think hes a genius.

Might be a late answer but he doesn't wear a glove on his left hand (he tried) because when he hits rimshots on the snare he lets the stick slip past his thumb (into the web of finger and thumb) to absorb some of the shock of hitting so hard and with the glove that stopped from happening and hurt his thumb. So glove went away. Makes sense.

Hey Micheal! I would highly recommend listening to Charley Crockett. Texan guy who’s got a lot of original material and a cool story as well. _That’s how I got to Memphis,_ and _9lb Hammer_ would be good songs to start with. Hope you’ll have a look ;)

Yessss he went back to the breakdown

Do you make those faces when you watch videos without us watching? You're awesome. Guitargate is also awesome.

Thomas is a magician.

Meshuggah are the masters of hidden complexity in their music. I've noticed Devin Townsend and Gojira seem to borrow that from them a lot.

3:53 You’re not gonna believe this. But it’s actually 4/4. It sounds like nothing but polyrhythms because everything is syncopated around the fundamental 4/4 rhythm.

Tomas haake is a monster!!

Nothing like a 37/15 time signature to tap your foot to while enjoying your morning coffee.

Reminds me on my work at the press workshop

Loving your content! Even if you don’t do vids please check out wintersun sons of winter and stars, Karnivool change, Karnivool we are and twelve foot ninja one handed killing they are amazing

Probably been answered but he wears the glove on the right hand cause that hand does more work as a drummer. He started developing Carpal Tunnel. The glove is very grippy so it takes less effort to hold onto the stick. Also helps with holding onto the stick when hands get sweaty. Also, the left hihat is going to mark time. Thats literally all its there for. he only plays the right hihat with the stick.

Hakke just completely slays

He only wears one glove because he says he likes to feel the stick more in his left hand and doesn’t like a how glove interferes with his feel with that hand.

Hand cramped up,saw in a interview he did.

9:53 Heaviest riff on the planet is about to blow your mind. Damn

Mate, you need to watch Petteri Sariola’s cover of ” I still haven’t found what Im looking for” it’s an amazing piece of work!

Love the insight. Focus on groove. Make groove massive. Force people to feel it. Repeat

Best reaction. thnx

i'm not saying it's complex, but it took me twenty years to be able to listen to it.

This can actually be done without being really good at odd time signatures. I think they said that they're basically using a metronome with a 4/4 timing when writing stuff and then just do weird stuff around it. They are incredibly good at knowing where they syncopate or tie into the next measure. So really everything is written in 4/4, but it can be interpreted as an odd signature. Or they're just insanely meticulous and plan everything out in a theoretical sense, which could be the case as well. They are very diffuse about how they really accomplish their stuff, and I think they're doing that on purpose. They want to keep it a secret.

The glove is a throwback to when he played in a Michael Jackson cover band...

LARS should playing this song!!

Its not poly rythm its poly pattern. Totally unique. Musical radical genius. Watching people try to find the meter and measure is hilarious.

The dude is a machine.

Clockworks - when you think it's over it's barely beginnig

According to what has been said in interviews everything is written in 4/4

I think it's been discussed that their songs are usually in 4/4 but the guitar lines offset and it takes 2 or 3 measures for the guitars to come back around to land on 1. And if you really want your brain to hurt, watch a couple Matt Garstka videos....especially the ones where he talks about beat displacement.

Apex of metal IMO right here

Haake is a machine

Best band ever.

Guitar Teacher REACTS: Buddy Whittington

Aah YES!

I know this video is two years old but did anyone even find out why he is wearing just one glove? I thought it might be because he catches cymbals with that hand and doesn't want to get cut up. My old drummer used to cut his knuckles on cymbals occasionally.

I believe its pronounced like the sport, Hockey (Haake), but maybe its a little more like Haw-Kay.

Check out the snare transition at 8.48

The most important member of Meshuggah is Haake's right hand.

Everybody is actually headbanging on different rhythm :) in meshuggahs songs :)

Check out Zildjian Live sessions. The one with JD Beck is one of my favorites!

The stick is more likely to fly out of his right hand because it moves around the kit more, while the left hand tends to stay planted near his core. Therefore he wears the glove on the right. I would imagine he learned the hard way.

Craziest gallop I ever heard

0:12:16 ...when even @MichaelP's video stop and go's are in time with Meshuggah.

Do not look down!