Meshuggah - Making of Koloss

Frederik Thordendal everyone: Can count extremely complex polyrhythmic riffs, but loses count of scoops of coffee

I love how Thomas speaks fluent english without a trace of an accent, but then turns around and goes all viking out of nowhere.

"We have no guidelines. We do whatever sounds Good. It could be soft, hard, slow or faster. There are no Rules, Really. We have no clue How we do it.. We just write Music." I will always listen to this band!

"They were kind enough to make me a signature stick... so... it would be weird if I didn't use that."

There's something pleasingly Nordic about the way they all quietly get on with writing stuff on their own rather than constantly firing ideas at each other.

"No need to use a traditional amplifier anymore" Uses 13 tube amps on the next record

Meshuggah. Part-time Viking warriors, full-time council of the elders of all metal.

I would love to hear a totally ambient soundscape project by them.  I've always enjoyed the softer moments of Meshuggah, with that inimitable guitar...very emotive, and terribly spacious

Just discovered this band recently after hearing the comedian, Bill Burr, talk about seeing their show. Un-freakin'-believable, complex, beautiful music. Never thought I'd say that about Metal, but now I am a believer.

Over a decade later, to return to this…it’s just pure gold. Need a documentary on the latest stuff.

Introvert vibes, all of them. I love this band.

End of vid is like they are all died after the recording

I pray for Jens throat to hold for another 10 years at least.

its so cool how the drummer goes from perfect swedish to perfect english, accents and everything, at the tip of a hat.

It makes me a little sad to see Marten say they can't really do everything they want. Guys like these, some of the greatest musicians, incredible innovators, and leaders in musicianship and composition, should have so much money thrown at them. It's a shame the way it worked out won't allow us to have every bit of creativity we could possible get from their brains.

'I always lose count when making coffee"... is it even possible any one of these four guys can lose count of anything? Ever?

"I forgot to breathe, but it worked out." Fuck yeah it did. \m/

"they were kind enough to give me a signature stick... it'd be weird if I didn't use it, right?"

I love seeing the writing process in other musicians, because in the bands I have we always have so much frustration.  When I listen to a band, I always find myself thinking that someone just came up with one part of it and everyone else wrote their parts verbatim.  It creates stress and pressure in your own band when you're writing your own parts, "why can't I write something perfect like so and so?"  I always find it incredibly refreshing to hear from Meshuggah how they create their music. And I find it especially fitting that the absolute chaos of Meshuggah's music comes from just that -- absolute chaos.  No rhyme or reason, no order, no guidelines -- just panic, chaos, and desperation. I mean fuck they don't even play together.  They just get together every now and then and decide to spontaneously write an entire fucking album.  Jesus, man.  It's like they break themselves so there's nothing left but the core of who they are when they record.  Tired, lost all rational thought, braindead, they just keep going. This album is so good.

The Last Vigil is at the same time the odd one out, and an almost nostalgic, melodic epilogue to a neck-breaking, heavy album. These musicians know their shit really well.