Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) - Sol Niger Within - Medley

[demonsdime324]

guys is 1:33 a song ?

[vixomerino]

name of the song???

[ZTOID]

Holy fucking shit the drums are mindblowing.

[AmMartinsson]

When the song ends there is a text "dagens övning" which in english means "todays practice".. But im not gonna do that, im going to be a rocketscientist instead, because its way easier..

[mammalspod]

DAMN! Sammy Haggar can play those drums!

[Therealgeekyswede]

I love Fredriks smile at 1:05

[TheAuburn69]

These guys GET THE FUCK DOWN

[djcocho]

Dat Distortion.

[lashway420]

Its Toki Wartooth and Pickles with his braids out lol. Good stuff

[Jaccob1111]

AMAfuckingZING

[MetallNL]

F U string 1,2 and 3 i dont need you *Tape* Ahhhh Thats Better :P

[Destructerator]

meshuggah invented "djent"

[luchobassify]

1:53 Damn!

[Tfr3sh17]

Ginger Baker lookin' mother fucker

[jonathanplatt26]

Nerds.

[gamnackejevel]

bETER THEN CHULIO IGGELISIES. NOT so god tacktfeelignonooo im sRY. i call do beter

[KevinoKadyroDeliro]

O.o Verga!!! algún día tocaré de esa manera y todos me la chuparán :D

[inamoratasamazing]

Waited for him to do something other than chug the low strings.

Still waiting.

[Scraatch]

@inamoratasamazing

See those bottom 3 strings? FUCK EM!

[ShadoTheBrainTheif]

@inamoratasamazing You're listening to the wrong guitarist.

[GhostFramez]

@inamoratasamazing This is a drumming video, so he's just playing simple riffs so the drum can go apeshit on them.

[xxxYugooxxx]

@GhostFramez

And my simple you mean a thousand levels above most provisional guitarists.

[xxxYugooxxx]

@xxxYugooxxx

Spell checker fail! but you knew what I meant try playing this!

[rawmathius]

@inamoratasamazing this is from Fredrik Thordendal's side project, the cd is called Special Defects. A lot of what he plays is chuggy cause it's all about the polyrhythmic side of things but when he does is super jazzy solos he shows his true talent. Fredrik's a genius. Plus yeah it's a drumming video so they play the part where Fredrik is letting the drummer shine. Which indeed he does.

[heeerro]

@inamoratasamazing that's what a rhythm guitarist does in metal...

[Nicozeno]

2:04 ... "So what? I do this every morning while eating my breakfast..."

[winoINC]

oh my holy Djent!!

[MisterJetta]

The inlay on his guitar sould have been "4 3", not "3 3"

[TravelerMETAL]

Isn't time signature arbitrary anyway. It's funny that you are all arguing when the music will sound the same regardless.

[nobodysuspected]

anyone understand the tape on the string(s)?

[AnimatorBolu]

@nobodysuspected he uses this to mute unused strings

[JonasBGuitar]

I bet the dislikers hear this in 4/4...

[BlessureK]

@JonasBGuitar

it is in 4/4. listen to the pulse

[VoyagerAbove]

@BlessureK The drums are in 4/4. The guitar is not.

[BlessureK]

@VoyagerAbove the guitar is still in 4/4. its playing a 4/4 meter but its a syncopated so its sort of like a polymeter. its still 4/4 though. he changes riffs after X amount of 4/4 bars. meshuggah does the exact same thing, look up the interviews where they explain it

[davo664]

@BlessureK I think the most important part to finding the accents is to focus on the rests. Focus on where theres silence. Helps me find the groove easier so it can flow easier yanno.

[Guada1upeCruz]

@JonasBGuitar pretentious anti 4/4 fags like you give this sort of metal a bad name.

[JonasBGuitar]

@Guada1upeCruz

u mad?

it was just a joke, so chill... I didn't mean to offend you or something.

[azombiestool]

I love how all the actuall heaviness is carried in the drums here. Its sick. I love Fredrik's rythms so much.

[CorpsesOfDeth]

I bet Fredrik can count to 100 better than anyone.

[MrAwsomeShit]

dameeeeee

[uesama1994]

かっこよすぎｗｗ

[mdbouton]

thats toki in real life

[TruthTheSpeaker]

damn

[NoaOno]

Hahaha dagens övning

[NoaOno]

This is too hard for the band xD

[gotmson1]

holy pooped my pants

[FanaticDrummer]

The drummer def put more into this....

[ben2nd]

@FanaticDrummer you say that, but don't forget how much concentration the guitarist has to put in aswell to follow everything lol

[MercilessShred]

@FanaticDrummer You'd be surprised, man.

[TheChrispablo]

man, i wanna have polyrythmic sex now

[Rhandahl]

Toki Wartooth!

[thkust]

апекс твин играет на гитаре

[thkust]

за барабанами макаревич!

[DePetru44o]

morgan agren is a rythm

[kircheisable]

If anyone knows of a heavier guitar/drum medley than this, please let me know because I haven't heard it.

Near the end, shit got so heavy I thought they would successfully summon Satan.

And only about 150k views? What the fuck?

[Cambrand]

@kircheisable Check out Periphery and their song called Zyglrox for example. Not as experimental of course but crazy as feck

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

@Cambrand

Vildhartja has some crazy ones also

[oookitties]

Toki Wartooth.

[kircheisable]

5:20 is groovy as fuck. The snares are fucking perfect.

[SEVENTHSON89]

Heavy shit

[lordloligator]

why is there some type of tape thing on his strings?

[crazyparkour017]

@lordloligator Maybe he doesn't play those strings for this jam, so he didn't want them resonating. That's crazy, though.

[antido]

@lordloligator to prevent ringing

[ss4sithlord]

@lordloligator string mute

[Pezeh]

haha this is so heavy stuff

[ojmguitarhero]

this slowly made me smile eventually.... haha

[lahbl]

Lol, niger.

[espalexi666]

@lahbl Sir that is so disrespectfull...Lol, niger within.

[Rhandahl]

@espalexi666 stfu

[atrumluminarium]

FUCKIN EPIC RIFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JesusWasADerelict]

1:47.. so this is where Tesseract got their stuff :P

[LunarLionheart]

@JesusWasADerelict

I linked this video and made a pretty much identical comment on their wall after the Concealing Fate EP came out. They embraced the influence!

[d3tach3d]

@JesusWasADerelict Them along with all the other new age shitty metal djent bands that cant even compare the Fredrik and Morgan's originality.

[d3tach3d]

@d3tach3d The only band I can see owning up to this style is the track Vildhjarta - Deceit

[Mootilated]

@JesusWasADerelict Tesseract got ALL their stuff from Meshuggah and Thordendal lol

[lifeofzeno]

@JesusWasADerelict Excactly what I thought when I heard it too...dam that sounds so familiar

[spiderjerusalem100]

This video just made my ears pregnant.

[petas874]

At 2:14 and forward I die a little inside...

[DreadlockDrummer]

great medley

[TheMetalOracle]

Soul Nigger Within

[neo69hk]

Anyone knows what guitar amp does Fredrik Thordendal use ?

[thedrip]

@neo69hk last time Meshuggah toured that i know of they were using Axe FX for their guitars.. They're using Axe FX on the Alive DVD.

[xxxslayerxxx666]

ughhh...why does mike portnoy have to show up in the related video sections? especially a video titled "impossible drum solo by mike portnoy" this isn't even a solo and mike couldn't play this at all, and no way in hell could he play an actual solo from morgan agren....this "impossible" solo from mike portnoy is nothing but a trite display of FILLS....he's still good, his ideas are great....but that's it, he's creative but has no TRUE virtuosic skill!

[JeffreyMulac8]

Morgan Aagren is one of the drumming greats. Every time I watch this I get metal groove goose bumps. An instruction manual in polyrythms.

[Bassreactor]

5:20 Pure fucking brutality

[yashasvi666]

This is sex for the ears.

[jcezary]

the fucking intro kills my buzz, fuck

[TheUnrequitedTruth]

Just...LISTEN to it. It's not that complicated. Hear the incessant bash of the cymbals?

Constant pulse. Snare on four. Just COUNT the notes between.

[retardification1]

k whats up with the tape on the upper strings?

[ladicius]

@retardification1 noise prevention, i assume...i've seen it done with bands (video footage) whilst recording.

[mattwildchild]

@retardification1 he is not using the upper strings here, he taped them so they dont make any unwanted noise.

[SoundChiefProduction]

I AM CONSUFED ! :S

[landslide85]

Flipping awesome, some of the best drumming I have seen in ages

[472chef]

ab 4:16 ist es völlig klar ,das sind keine menschen

[ludzikmarudzik]

sol invictus

[japangiveortake]

The rhythms they use... FUCK RIDICULOUS. All I can do is watch as my brain melts.

[rhiandalea]

Love this jam, always great to go back to it and be re-inspired.

[Andrewvv1]

I'm not sure if Tesseract stole the riff at 1:47 or what :O The song "Epiphany".

[rwmerlot777]

aworld better than djentagram. meshuggah kicks all ass and divides bye zero

[TheRealMetalFox]

self indulgent..only good for a technical geek..

[crayonitred]

@TheRealMetalFox says who? you? your comment is self indulgent and pretentious

[Ridaeon]

And by the way Mishuggah is Yiddish not Hebrew and there is a big difference in that Yiddish is derived from Middle High German.

[Ridaeon]

Song kinda sucks actually. Though I guess it does have trance quality. Maybe that is the point.

[scandinavilous]

@Ridaeon you're stupid

[secondfish]

@Ridaeon Its not a song, its a Medley...

[BackToZion2012]

Fredik has fucking style

[BodomChildBreeder]

btw.. this beats those 'djent' boys

[robotsforever]

The look on his face at 1:06 when the drummer launches back into the groove.

[Neltheros]

meshuggah's style is "mindfuck" metal

[lifeleech]

isn't it weird that some who's awesome at guitar has the face of someone that's awesome at guitar?

[coolerman2004]

Ils sont très hot......

[snowblind956]

15 people think travis barker is way better cuz he can like, hit one cymbal with two sticks at the same time and stuff

[Belial5150]

These guys are not human. They can't be lol \m/

[sebkw96]

15 people are george michael fans

[skezness]

I like how this is regular TV in sweden... damn!

[Djentard]

@skezness Swedish TV is a huge fuckup atm, really... you won't find stuff like this anymore there.

[midkay]

thumbs up if sebastian olsen sent you here!!!!

[reet12337]

What does it say on his t-shirt?

[RacerXFrenzy]

@reet12337 it says "turkish"

[reet12337]

@RacerXFrenzy does it have any kind of meaning :P ?

[RacerXFrenzy]

@reet12337 they make cymbals. and also refers to people who live in turkey. ;)

[halvierd]

Damn...Morgan's drumming is just unreal. What planet is he from?

[LordAvgasror]

@halvierd

A planet called Sweden. :P

[jeezuschryst]

@limeman2 wtf are you talking about?

[limeman2]

haha, älskar att det står "UR" uppe till höger ;D

[baranismen]

@FreeByrd007 A# open

[ThrashingBastardHell]

El PAPI del Math Metal mierda!!! Thordendal = THE FUCKING "DADDY" OF ALL THE MATH/DJENT METAL BAND'S!!! fucking LOVE this guy and Meshuggah EVER!!! FUCK the "Djent" term... is simply "Shuggah Metal"!!!

[guitarheel99]

Everyone look at Fredrik's foot at 1:28.

[untoldNH]

@guitarheel99 awesome!

[samusoctology88]

This is beyond epic. Just stumbled upon this. Replayed it about 4 times or so to let it sink in fully. Yes!

[MrSaulgravy]

If anyone reading this hasn't heard of Blotted Science or Spastic Ink, you should look that shit up. You don't have to report back to me or anything, but do that shit

[Polaf3456]

you know shits goin down when they smile at 1:46

[hexagondemon]

this man is the greatest guitar player that ever lived. my personal inspiration.

[octamaniac]

I LOVE FREDRICK´S FACE AT 1:06, ITS LIKE SAYING: FUCK THEM ALL, WERE THE FUCKING BEST!!!!!...

[3074861]

1:27 - 1:29

Fred's foot is in 51/16 time signature.

The guitar riff is in 93/8 time signature.

Fuck.

[rgrainger09]

@3074861 howd u work that 1 out

[Nebuchadnezzer385]

@3074861 It's in 4/4. The whole album is, apart from the more ambient songs. Not joking.

[DubbesMusic]

@3074861 Let's all thumb this guy up even though we cant confirm he's right but it sounds smart!

[mostlyjewish]

@3074861 Lol... OMG the sky is falling! I'm pretty sure fredrik is just over laying 5/16-7/16 over top of a 3/4-4/4 phrasing. With a few other time switches. But still only based around 4 (8? how ever you want to count it) part phrasing. You should buy a metronome.

[thedRtfarm]

@mostlyjewish if anyone reads the interviews he has he says that everything they play in 4/4, its the grouping and phrasing of the notes that give it that feel you are absolooooooootly correct sir

[jagjaghuh]

@3074861 Good luck tapping 16th notes with one foot unless it's like 20bpm

[amykeyslynch]

@3074861 i dont think it is

[zakkah93]

@3074861 It seems so much harder to play when you say it like that! 

[ctuliebs]

@3074861 4/4

[zekeLindgren]

@3074861 thats gotta be a joke right? they definitely didnt play a length of 93 8th notes to even give you a reference. polyrhythms are there ya, but in single digit increments, maybe a tad over. not in 50's and 90's. he would have to play 11 measures for there to even be 93 8th notes hit. i dont think they played 11 measures in 2 seconds.

[TheSaneMe]

@3074861 what the fuck are you said ?

[mouldeck]

is that the same drum set that dennis chambers has? would it be a pearl artisan set?

[arsehole420]

is that duct tape???

[NecroButcher91]

@arsehole420 Keeps the high strings from making noise when you're playing rhythm parts.

[holygroove2]

Yah and the pronunciation is "Nigh" (like night) "Ger" like germ, or Germany. Niger and the other racist word that people might be thinking are two different words. Niger is a country in Africa...on a lighter note - I haven't heard a band outside of Meshuggah whose riffs are as earthy/gritty/ head smashing delicious. You *have* to nod your head to these riffs. No surprise that the leader is Freddie.

[JohnTheHater]

Only 120,000 views? Good lord, everyone should see this shit.

[ElvisBluntman777]

the drummer is god, so is fredrik

[TheDrawingshadows]

smth. similar to Tesseract's 'Concealing Fate' begins at 1.47)

[Chileandude18]

I know the character was not inspired in Thordendal,.

but every time I see this video I see Toki Wartooth

[evilgr]

@Chileandude18

hahah totally

[goatgoesbahhhhhh]

@Chileandude18 Actually, Toki is partially based off of Fredrik, ha ha ha

[666MetalMatt]

@Chileandude18 From what i understand Toki is based of Fredrik or Michael from opeth.

[Som1onu2be]

@666MetalMatt It's both. They took facial parts and combined them. That's why he looks like both of them a bit.

[djcocho]

@CojoGuitarWorks I thought this 2 months ago, because i'm chilean & Sol is Sun in spanish! I thought it was a compilation of several languages, but did not believe it!

[CojoGuitarWorks]

Morons.

Sol = A Roman sun god. In latin: Sol = Sun

Niger = Dark or Black

"Black 'Sun or God' Within

The title has nothing to do with race.

[AlbThirdEye]

@CojoGuitarWorks until the middle ages Sol Niger was in fact the name for Saturn

[ElvisBluntman777]

@CojoGuitarWorks so i can say that my phone is a niger cause it's black

[BodomChildBreeder]

@CojoGuitarWorks LMFAO u telling me that peole are calling this 'sol nigger' - guess folks wont have to worry about fredrik calling the black peolples population as declined to one,...oh no you said' sun' dint you

[Polaf3456]

@CojoGuitarWorks True besides the racial slur is pronounced NIGGER.... niger has been used in several languages for black due to the god

[pancakebot]

@CojoGuitarWorks either that or he cant spell for shit c;

[humanice2]

@CojoGuitarWorks I can't believe I saw a comment like that.. seriously are people saying the title sol niger within sounds racist? and you're defending it already?

[BenjaminKuruga]

@humanice2 Yeh Niger is too close to nigger, so immature degenerates wanna bitch.

[humanice2]

@BenjaminKuruga SUN NIGGER WITHIN!!!!!!!!!

[BenjaminKuruga]

@humanice2 haha