Meshuggah Metal Riff Lesson Part 1

On May 1, 2008, when Swedens technical metal giants Meshuggah came to New York on Ministrys C-U-La-Tour, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Marten Hagstrom (above left and right, respectively) stopped by MetalKults Manhattan headquarters for a video interview and riff lesson.

Meshuggah were also touring in support of their latest album, Obzen, which was released on March 11 on Nuclear Blast.

In this rare footage, the guitarists talk about their eight-string guitars, extraterrestrial solos, challenging polyrhythms, and time-signature misconceptions, before demonstrating how to play some classic riffs from their catalog, including Rational Gaze, Bleed, Electric Red, Pravus, New Millenium Cyanide Christ, The Mouth Licking What Youve Bled and Future Breed Machine.

Check out all this death-tech goodness below!

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[NACHOTHEIST]

Fredrik can talk!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheArchangel07]

@swedisheinherjer The orgasm happens when you get to start playing it afterward. \m/

[JonasBGuitar]

4:18 and 4:40

I heared it the first time.

[360391incinerator]

Fucking gods

[TheChrispablo]

i bet they both can count to 100 better then anyone else

[CallMeIshmaelGuitar]

"this is actually a bass string"

*THHHUNK*

"..yeah it is"

hbahahahahahahha

[drthunda]

I watched the whole interview to see what Frederik had to say.

[JimmyVDitti]

I want those fucking pickups..

[Xephler]

5:17 I din't know Marten played the banjo rofl

[NotoriusWhitey]

Their signature is gonna be bitchen! Price is way to high though. Its like 6k!!!

[linitweapon]

@EliteNoodle249 they have one coming out in 2012