the violent slippers of reason

Haake T-800 model. Cybernetic organism. Living tissue over metal endoskeleton.

he is really determined that no one ever cover this song!!

how do you think I'm supposed to even begin to table-drum this

"Yeah these slippers are pretty great, I use them as a crash." - Thomas Haake

Those slippers are more metal than I will ever be

I just started playing drums. Is this a good beginner song to learn?

I can't stop looking at slippers hahaha. Love this band!!

The equivalent of Bleed with the hands

Take note: No ride cymbal, plays two hats at once, bigger hi-tom than snare, and only one hi tom, and his drum work is still getting better in each album. Wow.

This man is 45 years old. The metal drumming GOAT!

Never listened to any Meshuggah tracks before, never knew the band, any material, live, studio, anything. This video made me a fan

I'm a BASSIST with over 30 years of Jazz and Theory training and I'm jealous of that. I've never seen a more MECHANICAL style sound so awesome.

Holy shit. He plays so fluid and easily... really impressive.

Those Bart slippers though...

Tomas while writing the song: Little shits covering my songs like it's nobody's business, let's see them try to play THIS...

These graphics for Drumkit from Hell have gotten amazing

this is for the hands what Bleed was for the feet!

Siiiiiiick Tomas fy fan!!!

3:30 sounds like Meshuggah went all Super Mario! And its AWESOME

I thank my lucky stars that I was alive and witnessed when Meshuggah roamed the earth.

I just removed my like on this video so that I could like it again. Haake is God.

Who the fuck disliked this??? Finger must've slipped

Thank Odin for this band.

Meshuggah reinventing its own genre, and Tomas Haake performing a drum part more impressive than 99,99 % of drum solos. I finally love 2016.

I am a professional drummer, formally trained in Jazz and Latin percussion, and play progressive and extreme metal, with years of onstage and studio experience... I still struggle to play a lot of this man’s time signatures and off beat fills and ghost strokes... Dude is on another level!! His ambidexterity is fucking ridiculous, and he makes it look effortless!!!

Im a guitarist myself, so I dont know a lot about the drums. But I know a bad ass when I hear one. Haake is one of the drummers that makes me want to go get a nice set of drums and start learning. The very first time I heard Meshuggah was at Ozzfest 2002 in San Diego. I had never heard of them before. So I'm leaning against this brick wall smoking a cigarette when I hear and feel this insane rumbling coming from behind me. Then I hear 2 or 3 random double bass drum rolls, followed by this insane death threat in the form of a growl/scream that would have made any Marine Corps Drill Instructor proud. Then (I would later ID this song) "Straws Pulled at Random" began pulsing through the air as gracefully as an avalanche of boulders tumbling down the side of a mountain, leaving scars to mark their territory. Three people were carried out of the venue on stretchers during the hour long Meshuggah set alone. The pit had three levels. The inner most part was hauling ass in a clockwise direction. The middle "layer" was hauling ass in a counter-clockwise direction. And the outer layer was hauling the most ass in another clockwise direction. Not a single person was in the center. This wasnt a moshpit. It was a vortex....a VIOLENT vortex. This was my first Meshuggah experience.

And the Bass-Player Dick Lovgren is playing Guitar in the Background with Bart Simpson Flippers... How can you not live these guys!?

This has become one of my favourite songs from Meshuggah.

the day meshuggah stop playing,that go to be a sad sad day for me . Tomas is the best ever

Wow.

This guy must have ate his spinach when he was younger

Dick's Shoes... rofl amazing

"This video is unlisted. Be considerate and think twice before sharing." FUCK NO ima share it!

The more one actually listens to what they are doing, without getting *too carried away*, the more one realises how truly revolutionary they are. It's astonishing. So glad to have seen them live twice. Beyond amazing with the lightshow. If you haven't seen them, do.

Tomas hakee is one of the baddest drummers out there right now period.

the zoidberg slippers are amazing

"Djent" does not = Meshuggah. All the bands that fall under "Djent" are just trying to Meshuggah and they can't even Meshuggah. Not necessarily saying all those bands suck, but THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!! All hail the kings of the genre I've always known as.... Meshuggah.

3:44 on.. even Buddy Rich would admire!

New Milennium Cyanide Slippers!

Tomas is just amazing. I can't imagine Meshuggah without him.

His playing is as smooth as butter. I should have brought some toast...

Don’t let the cymbals stop moving!!!! 🤣 this man is a God

Damn, that solo, its almost as if there's NOSTRUMming at all.

How a band this far along in their career can create something so breathtaking is just downright impressive. I'm glad Meshuggah has stayed true to the sound and has always been about the music.

Absolutely fucking AMAZING. His technique is so relaxed and powerful, and his coordination and creativity to not only compose but execute drums parts like this is freaking INSPIRING AS FUCK. God DAMN IT I love this band

This man is just who everybody strives to be... Viking looks, army trained, committed and driven, insane drummer, amazing lyricist, humble and down to earth good human being!

Tomas and Meshuggah always set the standard

Those ghost notes....oooofffff!

Still the only "djent" band worth any sort of a damn.

3:14 - 3:43 heating up. Beautiful. 3:43 - 4:16 absolutely insane.

I hope they release a DVD with all this studio footage one day, also the tour that accompanied this album was the best I've ever seen/heard by far.

Probably the most original piece of metal drumming for at least 20 years. Probably longer. 10/10 absolutely amazing. I grew up listening to loads of metal. I kind of got bored of it after a while, but Meshuggah is the only metal band that have maintained my interest for the last 15 years. Best band in metal hands down. There is simply no competition in my eyes.

Another important thing about this video: it is a lesson in drumming ergonomics - notice how relaxed he is - the top view show eh is not over reaching for anything. Everything is easily accessible without extending his arms, which explains why he doesn't tire out easy after playing all that at full bore. Brilliant drummer, easy going and humble just like all of us should be.

The promotional video material for this album has been fabulous

Back to were they where , love it , flawless drummer incredible ............................... !!

PLAYthrough. Yeah right!

Antes de cada disco de Meshuggah pienso que no me va a sorprender por que ya lo hicieron todo,,,,pero me equivoco!!,,definitivamente no tienen limites,,, que gran banda!!!!

A diabolic-mechanical etude with a divine harmonic ending & culmination. What a piece, what a drum part, what a band. Thank you.

I just love this simplicity

This track ‘Nostrum’ is one of my favorite ones on the new album to play,” Haake continues. “It’s definitely got its fair share of ‘instrumental technicality,’ but more importantly I think it ended up having a cool, crazy, erratic-type vibe to it, as well as a playfulness, making it interesting and enhancing the song to beyond its mere technical aspects. This one also has one of the coolest guitar solos on it, played by Fredrik Thordendal of the band

Thank you mr Haake for the awesome, masterful energy management tips you gave me at NAMM 2018!

For some reason i never really listened to the end of this song, but damn, the chord they switch too at 4:39 for that little ten second part is just the vibes i wanted rn, its got an uplifting feeling, like pushing through the sorrow and finding peace, amazing… i love when they bring in that ethereal vibe, like they did at the end of Straws Pulled At Random, now i will have to listen to their whole discography again looking for those moments haha Oh wow i just realized the lyrics leading to that part is “Gazing to the skies.” How fitting, that harmony feels like im gazing into the sky…

I have listened to this album every day since it came out on on the day my son came into this world but nothing could have prepared me for the slippers.Great view of one of the best drummers around.👌

DRUMS ONLY VERSION PLEASE!

How does they work out to compose such mind blowing stuffs. Can never think of such amazing grooves

Just bloody beautiful

Ok there a great drummers and then there is Tomas, who it absolutely flawless it's really incredible he doesn't miss notes it is perfection every single time.

I am a professional drummer of Jazz and Latin music and I have been playing professionally for over 40 years. I've toured the world over 2 times and I have read many fine books.... Sorry, I forgot what I meant to say.

this is my new favourite song

Круто!!!!!! С нетерпением ждём выхода альбома)

The part just after the guitar solo....so awesome^^

This was filmed in that big monolith on the moon from Space Odyssey.

Dancers to a Discordant Slippers.

Wow. Just wow. He's got to be my favorite drummer right now. That's an incredible performance.

Beast! And nice how he keeps that quarter note pace with the hi-hat throughout the song..

best of the best

haha!! Those slippers man! I almost died choking on my coffee! Would have been the most brutal death though

Yes this confirms what I heard - instead of intense foot work, he's got intense work up top with the hands. Great work and I'm super glad that they've decided to post Thomas doing his own song because many of the covers don't pick up the nuances. It's nice to know what the band actually played before moving in your own direction with your own music.

i love this man.

This is the best song I heard in my entire life! I just keep listening to it for hours. Its the perfect expression of what I always felt towards religion and god.

The whole album recorded live? Honestly freaked me out a bit hearing they did this with 'Violent'. Just finished my first listen. I'm good.

best track from Meshuggah ever. and they have made AMAZING tracks, I know, but this one is ... from another world.

astounding

When you play drums and you start laughing while watching this video because you realize you will never play this sh¨t cause it's fcking impossible and you're not that good :ccc

I could not contain myself after watching Haake here and ripped the foam stuffing out of our new $1800 sectional sofa like a rabid dog. This music makes me fucking aggressive. Jesus Christ this is next level Meshuggah when they ran out of levels to take their shit. OK I'm done.

Haake is definitely no hack, this is fantastic. I also really enjoyed his head-bobs, the drummer's equivalent of the bass face

Love his melodic use of the those crashes. Very nice.

This is how Vikings fucking play the drums!

this is just fucking nuts

Always the best!

I really wanted a video like this. This might be my favorite drum track from Meshuggah

inhuman...! no jaws left to drop

"Let's see those djent geeks try to cover this one" Haake said to himself right after casting his most powerful witcher concentration spell.

Best live performers I've seen hands down. New album is so gnarly too

Tomas Haake and Danny Carey are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the universe's clock and the earth's rotation consistent. Screw the atomic clock, these 2 men are the metronome of the universe.

3:44 OMG. And correct me if I'm wrong, but has he got total independance of each arm and leg at 0:39 ?

how do you top bleed? show all those trapped in double kick world what serous snare work can sound like!

One of the most awe-inspiring videos I have ever seen. The China bridge section as sell as the coda are completely amazing to me.

ça joue les musiciens de ce groupe! beaucoup de recherche sonore, beaux solos de guitare et jeu incroyable de Thomas ! complexité mélodique et rythmique, des "chercheurs" ! J'aime beaucoup !