Meshuggah - Spasm (remastered)

[Welcometothebrothel2]

Solo section = EarGasm

[Invisiblepariah]

When I have seizures, I wish this song would play.

[TheGamermaze]

its funny, if you search on google, lowest tuning on guitar, all of em say about drop a and some drop g.

but this song uses fking drop drop b flat!! :)

[Myfriendfats8]

the connection from my ears to my brain is having a fuckin spasm. no complaints

[TheKaeza]

SVÅRA KILLAR DET HÄR

[Galendramatik]

LÄTTA KILLAR DET HÄR.

[ibarra88]

fuckin cover artwork is very acid

[thenameiwantedwasnta]

Drop Z.

[TheNoxicus]

This wall of dissonant, syncopated awesomeness give my ears a raging boner!

[extrememetal100]

And how i am supposed to headbang to this?!?!!!?

[Chadgod]

@extrememetal100 very very carefully..

[extrememetal100]

@Chadgod

Yeah so fucking awesome song anyway!

[k0litsas]

@Chadgod xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaaa

[mistel76]

@extrememetal100 Listen to the China and Hi-Hat, you'll hear the quarter notes.

[TheFearAsylum]

They tuned it down to K# for this one, I hear.

[TheFearAsylum]

They tuned it down to K# for this one, I hear.

[powershifting]

Fuckin' insane

[Death66reaper6]

Bb Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb is the tuning low to high.

[PinealGlandInfinity]

SO FUCKIGN SICK!!!

[mariusel666]

fuck these drums , tomas haake is fucking awesome



[360391incinerator]

2:34-3:02 no fucking way

thats inhuman as its gonna get

cannot compute rhythm whatsoever

Tomas is a 3-D minded freak!!! in a godly way

[UBConquered]

Closest Meshuggah has ever stayed to a rhythm

[TalonsOfFire]

@djentdjentdJEFF Is it drop drop B?

[EXHellfire]

how can you remaster perfection?

[Djentard]

@EXHellfire You can't, but Meshuggah can re-Meshuggah it

[zebatov]

@EXHellfire

Change 7 string downtuned recordings to 8 string downtuned.

[dondertochop]

@EXHellfire

You can't , you have to be meshuggah to do that

[iAmPesukone]

@EXHellfire Replace the weirdly tuned 7-strings with actual 8-strings. There you go. 108% perfection.

[extrememetal100]

Jizziest song ever

[360391incinerator]

dude.. this song is more dark than heavy

[Skivenski]

Why the hell is I wrestled a bear once in the suggestions?

[RedCl0ud22]

@Skivenski 'Cause that's an awesome band. :)

[extrememetal100]

Listening To Meshuggah And Especially this song is a pure fucking orgasm

[MasterDonut]

My first child will be called Fredrik, doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl

[TheSovietX]

@MasterDonut im going with Tomas

[MrCotopaxi]

@MasterDonut hahahahah;)

[kainname]

@MasterDonut You mean Thomas, thomas made this song and he is also singing this song.

[rololoo]

@kainname

And you must mean Tomas, not Thomas.

[TheGamermaze]

@rololoo And you must mean Tomas Haake, not just Tomas :D

[rololoo]

@TheGamermaze

...How was that funny?

[TheGamermaze]

@rololoo it wasnt

[rololoo]

@TheGamermaze

That's what I thought too.

[TheGamermaze]

@rololoo then were good right? :D

[360391incinerator]

im scared of this band now... youll never know what they do next

[joe15rock]

this song is not tuned to Eb, the lowest note is a C, i checked by tuning my eight string down after trying it in Eb. It may sound like that isnt possible but seriously it is, and i have much respect for meshuggah being mad bastards and doing that!

[rage1331]

@joe15rock In this song, Fredrik tunes his low F string all the way down to Bb. Looks like this:

Bb+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb

In a live setting, it would be extremely difficult to hear this note, and I'm not sure they tune that low live. I would assume they just used F standard dropped a step.

[joe15rock]

@rage1331 yeah, your right about Bb, i checked using a midi keyboard, but i knew it was much lower than other people say, and i didnt know they play this song live, which if true makes me want to feel the Power of that ultra low note!

[sillyness3456]

@joe15rock As far as i know they are not playing this song live, because its sung by Tomas on the record and it is not possible to have a bass guitar playing octaved to it....

[joe15rock]

@sillyness3456 i didnt know thomas did the vocals, but it makes sense not to play it, as thomas has said he really wants to play dancers to a discordant system live too, but he does some vocals in that too, which sucks cause that song is awesome.

[jorn1233]

I'm gonna play this when I get my first child

[sandro4912]

these guitars are so intense



[tritoneblues33]

1 2 3 4

[paperpro3223]

@tritoneblues33 1ie anda 2ie anda 3ie anda 4ie

[ShatteredInside7]

if anyone doesnt know the tuning they're using in this song, it's Eb+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb. I found it off of wikipedia. Go to the The Eight-string Electric guitar section

[DanteLeblanc]

@ShatteredInside7 Awesome. I posted that on Wikipedia.

[ShatteredInside7]

@DanteLeblanc oh lol

[IsmoLaitela666]

00.58 erotic sunset

[shredjelly]

Also, I fell asleep to meshuggah once. I dreamt in polyrhythms.

[Death66reaper6]

according to wikipedia it's in F standard with the lowest string dropped down to Bb. a full octave below the seventh string.

[BoeufBoy94]

i heard that this song is actually E standard a full octave below o.o makes sense lol, since i regularly play in A#, and this is wayyyyyy lower than that

[Fluffypopcicle]

@BoeufBoy94

No, it's tuned to double drop Bb. That's the lowest a guitar has ever been tuned for an actual song... EVER!!!

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

@Fluffypopcicle Actually dude, it's A# ;) a Whole octave lower than say a 7 string dropped to A#.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@IMusHRooMHeaDI

A# is the same thing as Bb stupid. Well, in this context it is.

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

@Fluffypopcicle oh fuck, is it? :| well I'm a bassist so I only know the standard musical alphabet and stuff

[Fluffypopcicle]

@IMusHRooMHeaDI

It's fine. Sorry for calling you stupid, I'm having a really bad day. Bb = A# Db = C# Eb = D# etc. every flat note can be called sharp and vice versa. It just depends on whether you're ascending or descending. If you're ascending then it's sharp, but if you're descending then it's flat. That's the way it is with the guitar, but with other instruments the whole flat and sharp thing can get a whole lot more complicated. It gives me a headache sometimes lol.

[shredjelly]

@Fluffypopcicle You are wrong. Ascending and descending have nothing to do with the notes name. You can't have more than 2 of the same letter in a scale. It's a theory law, there will always be an A B C D E F and G but there will never be an A and A# in the same scale because of that law...

[Fluffypopcicle]

@shredjelly

That is blatantly not true. You need to learn more scales if you think that. For Christ's sakes the chromatic scale has every damn note there is because that's the point of the chromatic scale. The most common sense way to distinguish the notes you are playing with the chromatic scale is that when you are descending you're going down which = flat and ascending = #. This is common sense theory.

[shredjelly]

@Fluffypopcicle No. You are wrong, because musical notation is NOT written in chromatics. If you've ever seen a piece of sheet music before you'd know that musical scales are chosen for the simplicity of the reader and soloist. I don't know what school you went to but this is how I learned, so please entice me with this common sense theory, because having one note per scale seems easier to read than sharps AND flats everywhere. The world would be a mess...

[Fluffypopcicle]

@shredjelly

That's obviously because there are almost no pieces that are completely chromatic. If you were descending in a chromatic scale then every note would be called and there would be no sharps. This doesn't just apply to chromatics either. I learned this from a choir teacher (she doesn't just teach choir either) and some internet sources. You also took every flat note can be called sharp and vice versa" way out of context.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@shredjelly

Continuing: morphis(dot)com/guitar_lessons­/lesson-17/ this is an example of an internet source. When you ascend a scale it's sharp and when you descend it's flat. I just randomly looked this up, there are plenty of sites that say the same thing.

[shredjelly]

@Fluffypopcicle That's not how it is man, I'm sorry to say. You can't descend an A# whatever and expect to think about flats. If you want to mix your accidentals that's fine, but sheet music IS written with ONE accidental in mind, ascending, descending, mixing, whatever... I've always knows Bb as Bb, never as A# except for when the music is written with an A#, C# as C# and likewise never as Db unless the sheets are written in whatever key contains the note. cont-

[shredjelly]

@shredjelly You won't mix flats and sharps in any key, and chromatic isn't really a key. I forgot the entire basis this argument is continuing, so I'm just going to stop. Peace guy enjoi

[Fluffypopcicle]

@shredjelly

I hate to break it to you, but just about every site I have ever read about this agrees with me. I wasn't necessarily talking about sheet music either. That's a different story. If you ever read sheet music spammed with key changes you would also see flats mixed with sharps. This means that the "convenience" of that is thrown out the window when you are reading complicated jazz sheet music. Btw the chromatic scale IS a scale. Wiki even has a page for it.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@shredjelly

Continuing. speaking of that Wiki page (Wiki isn't necessarily a reliable source, but this proves every one of my points) check it out en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Chro­matic_scale

[griptapesequel]

@shredjelly college rubbish that doesnt work in real life... unless you plan on being a pop star... one...

[shredjelly]

@griptapesequel wat

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

@Pwnersupreme I know they play eight stringers but it sounds like they've de-tuned them quite a few steps xD

[TheManSpider]

@Pwnersupreme

Normally yes; but they tuned even lower for this song specifically.

The low note you're actually hearing is an A# at the root of a very masculine power chord.

That's 1 semitone below the low B on a 5 string bass.

[AndreEclipseHunter]

never heard lowered Eb before :)

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

woah, what the hell is this tuned to?? Drop D a octave lower or something?? xD

[sandro4912]

this song is so fucking badass

[spartinja3]

if only meshuggah and gandhi were best friends...

[Sprangeful]

I dont understand the top comments ._.

[TTrollor]

Bos

[SunFlightx]

quite possibly the most evil sounding song ever

[LetsGetHighOnMorris]

@SunFlightx Listen to Pheonix in Flames by Converge

[Trawlling]

i find this song to be so peaceful and relaxing

[rrippp]

Agreed with the two highly rated coments... Science has shown us that the universe is 99.99% dark matter... That's why Meshuggah is good imo... Happy music is ok, but does not satisfy the core. It's escapist to have to 'make happy' - spiritual bypassing.

[BenjaminKuruga]

@rrippp Dark matter and Dark Energy are only theories, I like them, but they are still only theories, if I remember correctly.

[TheJochemvanberkel]

Meshuggah Spasm Drum sheetmusic is now available at ''drumsheets[.]com'' (remove the ''[ ]'')

[spunkzilla123]

Bonertastic

[JoeyThe14th]

oh my jesus that's a lot of bass

[itsdrpepper567]

cant believe this song is in drop A octave

[invailed5]

@itsdrpepper567 I cant believe it too, because it is tuned to Eb standart octave below

[itsdrpepper567]

@invailed5 its A octave buddy

[mpattp]

@itsdrpepper567 acording to songsterr its a# :L

[itsdrpepper567]

@mpattp it switches to A# at 3:20 or somewhere around there

[Trawlling]

@itsdrpepper567 3:29

[MrxxSelfxxDestruct]

BOOM BOOM BOOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM BOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM... BOOM BOOM... BOOM ? what da fuck, very hard riff ! crazy swedishes...

[ShaneThompson94]

METAL POWER!! WE WILL PREVAIL!

[MEGALOUD]

boring....

[ThrashMetalMan1]

Everyones been saying that Meshuggah tunes their guitars to F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb. But howcome when i tune my bass to drop B i can play all of their songs? (or atleast try to play lol). I dont think the flat is used.

[pmgallant]

@ThrashMetalMan1 Potentially because the tuning is so low, it's sometimes difficult to distinguish between a flat/sharp or a natural note. At such a low tone, they tend to blend into one another.

[drkenun]

@ThrashMetalMan1 when notes are that low, you can barely decipher the difference between half a step.

[dirthead16]

@ThrashMetalMan1 their old stuff was in Bflat on 7 strings, Because jens could sing best in Eb or Bb but now they tune their 8 strings to a half step down, which is F, and drop D#, but their bass player actually tunes a semi-tone up [high F] and just plays w/ distortion, now he uses a 5 string so he can play old stuff in B on the low string, and the 2nd string F for their newer stuff

[TalonsOfFire]

@ThrashMetalMan1 They use shit tons of octaves and stuff like that, it's practically atonal they follow no rules in music

[Mukadez]

STOLT SVENSK!

[JLRemiel]

My life is 4 minutes and 19 seconds shorter...again

[BenjaminKuruga]

@JLRemiel Ever notice you listen to one Meshuggah song and you say "This is the heaviest goddamn fucking song is the history of anything Ever." and then you go to their next song in the suggestions and say the same thing? thats the Effect of Meshuggah

[TheChildofbodom89]

they're only chugging on one chord the entire song. But because it's meshuggah, they can make it sound sick

[Incisionator]

@TheChildofbodom89 Doesn't even sound like a chord. Sounds like 1 very deep note, with an arpeggiated chord on the top.

[a601lbcatfish]

That guitar tone is fucking scary shit.

[PrismAndGate]

the solo section of this song rapes

[AggresssivePerfector]

spasm orgasm

[loltroll85]

the lyrics are like a wikipedia page about the symptoms of epilepsy in humans

[signorellil]

@loltroll85 No, it's epilepsy incarnate. Believe me.

[Premoguys]

And screw drumming, the lyrics here are a wonder.

[PrismAndGate]

@Premoguys agreed, some of my favorite meshuggah lyrics. The spoken vocals fit perfectly too.

[Premoguys]

"Stroboscopic contortion-assault.

Light bulb language translated into fits.

Codes of tendon flickers i cant grasp.

Focus lost as i writhe and twitch.

Random beats of binding shockwaves.

Erradic suns that twist my eyes.

Flashes pounding at my thoughts.... as the increasing pains multiply."

Seriously, if Haake dies, Kidman has to perform rituals to bring Shakespeare back to life. Otherwise Meshuggah lyrics wont be at the same divine stage as of this moment...

Haake for President.

[TabZa123]

@Premoguys

Haake for king, he is Swedish :D

[Premoguys]

@TabZa123 lol

[maggot902]

FUCKING AMAZING !!!! "blasts of irregular, pulsar radiation, triggering the process of mind and body control!" so random and so composed, what a song!!!!

[nostealthebucket9009]

What is this song even tuned to?!

[FreestateofOkondor]

@nostealthebucket9009 this song is played on an eight-string tuned down 6 half-steps and then the lowest string is dropped by a whole note making it an Bb-dropped-tuning a whole octave lower than the regular Bb-tuning

[indefexeposthardcore]

@FreestateofOkondor nope, they play it in drop E2 (or standard E2, not sure)

[metalshredmartyr]

@nostealthebucket9009 I don't really understand the complicated gibberish that "FreestateofOkondor" replied to your comment mate, but this song is basically Standard tuning on an 8-string, except a half-step down (F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb), and then Freddy takes that low F even ridiculously further down to a Bb, a whole octave lower than the 7th string. Hope this makes sense dude lol :D

[sillyness3456]

@nostealthebucket9009 To make it short for you: take a five string bass, tune the low B down half a step and then tune the rest of that bass half a step up, then you can play this song, if that bass features ultra high output pickups and you own a Mesa Triple Rectifier to make these frequencies audible.

[indefexeposthardcore]

@nostealthebucket9009 They play in Drop E2. 

[dukedase7]

The lyrics to this song are so weird

yet the song is just .... so awesome

[Escebar]

I just shit on myself...

[mee11mee]

The guitar tone of that ending riff births babies.

[N0SLAV3]

fuck djent, just bands ripping these masterminds off and re-hashing whats already been done, YOU CAN"T BEAT MESHUGGAH

[TheWhocares233]

@N0SLAV3 Nah man Periphery is "Djenty" and they are an amazing band who is original.

[69OneTime]

ERATIC SUNS THAT TWIST MY EYES!

[Tool78Maynard]

God this fuckin song is amazing!! I love the solo..the enitre band at that point is just..RIppin shit! It gets me so hype!!

[ravagenodge]

I like the Harmonics :)

[Spermwhales93]

This is probably the lowest that anyone has ever tuned a guitar to ever.

[Corestore16]

Anyone think this makes them more calm and in tune with nature and the universe?

And with themselves

[signorellil]

@Corestore16 Me

[KRSTOPHER14]

@Corestore16 agree 110% i fucking love mesuggah if only everyone was as amazing as these guys

[TalonsOfFire]

@Corestore16 Who's "them?"

[ThisIsBull45]

Who else gets angry when they listen to this song?

[nwahs6022]

All I can say is "a wordless thing, a thingless word, a lightborn malformation"

[randompinc7]

meshuggah is the only band that has ever given me nightmares... this song is a perfect example why... double drop B flat is all i'm sayin'...

[Tool78Maynard]

@randompinc7 Im not much of a music reader, etc..but can you give me an understanding of what exactly that is? Double drop B flat?

[audiedrdoom]

@Tool78Maynard

when you tune your 8 string guitar to b flat

there's more to it but I don't think you'd care to know you don't speak guitar or music (no offence)

[Tool78Maynard]

@audiedrdoom yeah..ill just say its beyond my intelligence concerning musical patterns, set up, etc. lol but it sounds so bad fuckin ass either way. Thanks anyway man

[CHUMPADONKYESSA]

@randompinc7 i thought this song was in drop e? maybe i'm mistaken, epic song though.

[randompinc7]

@CHUMPADONKYESSA i'm pretty sure it's in double drop Bb, it sounds much lower than E, to me anyway and i'm certain they've done a couple of songs using that extreme low tuning but yeah, i agree, 'tis a totaly epic song :)

[Cleveraccountname]

riff @ 3:03

SO FUCKING GOOD

I mean the whole song is but thats gotta be my fav meshuggah riff ever

[davesravens45]

this song is what i waited to hear my whole life. this song is perfect.

[FRr3AkOnALEaSh]

How the fuck do they tune down to a B Flat? I mean i know HOW, but how do they make it that stable?

[signorellil]

Everyone who listening to this song feels an eerie familiarity with it, of an ever more eerie sense of peace, is a long lost member of my tribe.

[drbrunch]

@signorellil Weird isn't it? Like sonic honey. Hello tribesmate.

[generalten]

@signorellil hello brother!

[adultricola]

@signorellil your tribe uses youtube?

[signorellil]

@adultricola Right now yes

[KATTANATEMA]

the brocolli, the agony in the system..

[madmadmarko]

@KATTANATEMA l0l wut

[CyanideSovereign]

"Divde by Zero" Metal.

[Laidstallion1992]

@CyanideSovereign clever