Morgan Agren & Fredrik Thordendal "Sol Niger Within" Medley

[Augmantius]

This clip comprises some of the coolest metal I have yet to hear.. I want a full album. That special defects album didn't really do it for me.

[GiobbaWylde]

Wich year was that?

[supah1337B]

The smile on fredrik's face makes my fucking life.

MEEEEEEETTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL

[CentiZen]

holy fuck its toki wartooth in real life

[007Pogo]

That guy is the fucking Morgan Ågren you bitches!!!

[samo1kralj]

AAAARGHH, the only thing I can articulate for this masterpiece

[iplaywithnoshoes]

Haake and Agren = Gods of prog drumming.

[unite909]

wow this argument sucks balls..

tape for the hella crazy picking

amatuers.

[StylesBytchly]

On which part of your brain do you have to have a "botched" surgery to understand this shit? Goddamn chaos; like being at a Saigon cockfight.

[send2sidz]

you just need to get high dude..

[StylesBytchly]

Listen herb child, Reefer is illegal in this country but i do need to know....

Why does this hophead have duct tape on his strings? Is that so he does not somehow damage his prominent "joint rolling finger".

[supah1337B]

@StylesBytchly Dude delete your comment.

"Hophead" No.

The duct tape is their so when he strums, only the top 4 strings ring out,

[Ahmikron]

That tone is godly.

[benyouwhat]

awesome!!!!......I watch this fucker all the time.....this makes life better!!!!......they're both amazing......end of story.......Fredrik seems to get a hard time on here??.....HAHAAA......HE"S AWESOME FOOLS!!!!! xxxx

[coleophysis]

Same here!!! I wach this like 4 times a day, i love t´he attitude!!! Morgan ågren is the most creative drummer ive ever seen live (i saw him playing with Mats Öberg at Fasching in stockholm, FUCKING AWSOME!) plus he is swedish like me :)

[jeffmizzere]

horrible guitar very bad taped strings ? lol very untallented

[spocksbeardanddt]

jeffmizzere

can you even comprehend what time sigs they are playing in?!?!

if you are saying that is untalented you clearly do not know much about complexity of music. you dont have to be playing the fastest most insane solo in the world in a key no one has ever even heard of to be talented, plus i'd like to see you do that!

[CarnalFearAZ]

@spocksbeardanddt its very talented but kinda monotonous ya know? but very impressive rhythmically

[cdrumzi]

tomas haake is amazing! and mastered the drums way before that freakin software was even made man!

but by all means if u can do better than post a vid up

[hiyahaya]

This is not Haake on drums, it's Morgan Ågren. But maybe you were answering GlaForge?

[GlaForge]

Morgan is really amazing, unlike Tomas, he actually can play the stuff he writes and doesn't rely on DFHS dubs.

Frederick is ok, he has a good technique and sound etc but hes shit at improvising live (seen him on many occasions now) - hitting/tapping random notes consistantly throughout a gig for your solos isn't improvising a solo, though in all fairness i guess it works with Meshuggah songs, wouldn't make it my trademark though.

[milleralive]

Fredrik's solo style is way out there, man. He's rockin' in his solos. If you get high and listen to Sol Niger Within,I guarantee you will think differently about his style.

[Galactu5]

You are flat out wrong about Tomas and Fredrik's solos.

[NakedInmate]

2:15 and 4:16 make me wet my pants. damn agren's good!!

[PhrAiLGuitarist]

Fucking. Sick. This video never gets old. If you guys have never heard of him, you need to check out this dude named Acle. He's got a project called TesseracT and if you love polymetric shit, you'll love his stuff. Hit him up at myspace . com / tesseract

[TimatorA]

Tesseract are awesome

they really need to get the stuff out!

proper good!

[mindsmirror]

Beginning of the End of Extraction

Krapp's Last Tape

Bouncing in a Bottomless Pit

Existence out of Joint

On a Crater's Verge

[mindsmirror]

For the folks shit talking Fredrik there I'd suggest actually buying this CD. He is playing the "basic" beat to most of the songs in this video. On the CD he also plays extremely fast/complex riffs. This is not a video to showcase his skills, it's for Morgan and it's a drumming vid... If you've heard much meshuggah he also does some ridiculous stuff on their CDs. The songs in this vid (in order) are clips from:

[embattleddrummer]

damn mogan is good.. fredrik also. too bad i cant find the album in any music stores nearby

[WebsterA]

Dude!

Get it somehow!

I got it off a buddy like 10 mos ago and STILL havent taken it out of the CD player!! Best patterns and independance shit ive ever heard. Solos are amazing. Best Album ever written and recorded.

[statgee]

i just foudn it on amazon, started at 40quid cheapest tho ha! definatley going to get it tho

[josidiah]

... Turkish T-Shirt ???

[SabuPtolemy]

Thordendal & Agren were a match made in tech metal heaven. 'Sol Niger Within' is the greatest modern guitar album, bar none. I'd love to see these 2 guys do another album together.

[dirtbagdarrell]

i freaking love this video. no matter how many times i watch i never get bored

[Punchbear]

Awesome, like a metal Autechre.

[Redlegnav]

ohh jeff. you wish you could hang with either of these guys. shit I would like to see you hang with these guys. IN YOUR DREAMS BRO!

[frigoffer]

jeffmizzere loves linkin park 'cause he doesn't know shit about music. Thordenal is ALL!

[rizbo69]

FORZA SVERIGE!!!

[jeffmizzere]

lol yaaaaaaaa ahhhhhh look how good he made those power chords sound id like to him on an acoustic guitar

[degas]

if he can handle a 7 string..think he can handle an acoustic just fine lol....something tells me if that was played on an acoustic if wouldnt quite have the same effect....thats like saying Danny Carrey cant play very well on a 3 piece kit...come on

[huthottubbot]

just because he can play a 7 string doesnt mean he would be good with an acoustic

[degas]

evs

[taches]

Swedish Metal is the BEST!

[optomagis]

jeffmizzere > actually, he's probably one of the best guitarists in the world. Steve Vai said Fredrick Thornendal actually confuses him.

[skogsogge]

Kung xD

[jeffmizzere]

ya he probally is pretty good just doesnt really show in this vid !!!

[jeffmizzere]

the drmmer is pretty good but the guitarist is shit!!!! he actually taped his bottom 2 strings ...nice ibanez geetar tho ...but not very talented at all

[gaunten]

the drummer is insanely good, and the guitarist is among the best there is, you cant judge him just by hearing a medley that is made for a drumprogram for tv, which only includes rhytmparts of the record, he taped the strings so they wont ring out, since he aint playing solos in this medley. havent you heard meshuggah?

[cdrumzi]

uh yeah your not very smart if you cannot see the difficulty and creativity in what frederick is doing

[mavering]

I'd suggest you listening to his solo album "Sol Niger Within". You certainly will retract your statement.

[WebsterA]

In case yas didnt know!

This is a medley of an actual album.

Theres amazing solos, bass and vox all throughout!

Get it!

"Sol Niger Within" "Frederik Thordendal's Special Defects"

I know 1/2 of ya know, but i seen this vid for like a year till i got the album. Best shit EVER. Like another side of Catch33. omfg.

[Galactu5]

Revan2021> This is so true! If you don't get it, move on away and watch whatever floats your boat. I will not be upset that you can't marvel in how good this is. Music for musicians some say...

Thank goodness I'm a musician!

[Revan2021]

This is not music ment for "most folks" to understand...

[pulsembody]

musician's musicians!!! this stuff is way too difficult for most folks to follow. i get a little better at listening each time i watch this... i'm very grateful for what these cats are doing, in this A.D.D.-afflicted world.

[luxlathor]

Just outa quriosity; how does a guy like Morgan stand up internationally? Has he been featured in Modern Drumer Mag. or such?

[bedrockhead]

I like the taped together bottom 3 strings so they don't just squeal awy a bunch of ubwanted noise. Like he really needs them anyway.

[MIND4eva]

Fucking awesome - well, hard to listen to stuff like that, but it's simply amazing stuff! And (at deppen:)I can understand ur friend sold his drums^^ when i see sth. like this here, I am a bit dismotivated^^

[deaTHEDude]

it's cause he's been playing since the age of 4 (i think... i could easily be wrong). this is humanly possible, just hard to find.

[blodninja]

Morgan is f*cking amazing

[deppen]

That drummer was at my friends home once and shortly after my friend sold his drums. It's sick!

[str1ngcheese]

I dont know how Morgen does it.....Its humanely unimpossible...Therefore, Morgen is Inhuman...