Meshuggah Megamushthread!!

[DLG]

looks like a tool video from the 90s

 

[TasmanSam]

Creepy as all fuck, but very cool

 

[jonajon91]

Holy shit that was spectacular!!
its going to take some beating for my video of the year!

 

[axxessdenied]

Came to post the new video! I fucking love it!

 

[MF_Kitten]

Marten is the interview king. I feel like the other guys do an 1/8 of the amount of interviews he does, but He always says things that make complete sense. I feel like his (and their) ability to keep their heads on straight is what defines success.

Mårten and Tomas, I'd say.

Edit: Aaaand Mårten touched upon the thing that I feel is missing to make Djent a "proper" subgenre: A clear direction. According to the people who claim to love djent, Keith Merrow and Animals As Leaders are both Djent. There are so many bands that are supposedly djent, but I don't see how they all relate to tie into this new subgenre. The places where they meet are already subgenres: Progressive metal, Tech metal, etc. Djent is basically just a sprinkle of a few subgenres with a certain tonality to it... Except the bands don't always have that tonality either. So yeah, it's confusing, and it's the subject of a huge amount of misconceptions and misunderstandings.

 

[vampiregenocide]

New music video is their best yet. Reminds me a lot of Tool's videos for tracks like 'Parabol' and 'Schism'.

Mårten and Tomas, I'd say.

Edit: Aaaand Mårten touched upon the thing that I feel is missing to make Djent a "proper" subgenre: A clear direction. According to the people who claim to love djent, Keith Merrow and Animals As Leaders are both Djent. There are so many bands that are supposedly djent, but I don't see how they all relate to tie into this new subgenre. The places where they meet are already subgenres: Progressive metal, Tech metal, etc. Djent is basically just a sprinkle of a few subgenres with a certain tonality to it... Except the bands don't always have that tonality either. So yeah, it's confusing, and it's the subject of a huge amount of misconceptions and misunderstandings.

That's why I've always considered it a movement rather than a genre, like nu-metal. Nu-metal had a huge range of influences: rap, world music, industrial, progressive etc, while maintaining common elements. But I don't want to turn this into one of those threads...

 

[Scar Symmetry]

New video is fucking awesome! I'm slightly irked by the immediate comparisons to Tool though, it detracts from the incredible art direction of this video, the best music video I've seen in a very, very long time. Ho hum.

 

[DLG]

this fuckin guy...

 

[Alberto7]

That music video... holy fuck! Best music video I've seen in so long.

 

[Doug N]

New video is fucking awesome! I'm slightly irked by the immediate comparisons to Tool though, it detracts from the incredible art direction of this video, .

I hear what you're saying but stylistically it's very similar to a few old Tool vids, hard to argue with that. That doesn't make it a bad thing.

 

[DTay47]

I hear what you're saying but stylistically it's very similar to a few old Tool vids, hard to argue with that. That doesn't make it a bad thing.

If anything I would say it is a compliment, as the Tool video's it is being compared to are awesome. Seriously great video though.

 

[yingmin]

this fuckin guy...

I see your clapping and raise you hand-farting.

 

[Rap Hat]

That captures the feel of the song perfectly! What an ending too, the build-up is great and you're thinking "ooh show me the goddamn colossus!" and then there it is!

I think it encapsulates what made the earlier Tool videos good. I thought Adam Jones' move to 3D animation detracted from the overall experience; the sickly feeling that stop-motion gives, the visual realism (no uncanny valley stuff) and scale thanks to a shallow DoF. This is more of a continuation of those ideals than a throwback, and I really like it!

 

[Kapee]

Saw them first time and it was awesome! I think i got tinnitus from that gig, but i think its worth it!

Encore was fucking awesome

 

[dreamermind]

recently came across this cover . my brain hurts...

 

[isispelican]

^ wow!

 

[spawnofthesith]

That video made me feel like I just dropped a shitload of acid

 

[Genome]

I'll just leave this here

 

[blisterguy]

Love it.

 

[Maku]

Saw them yesterday in Estonia with Decapitated and I must say that it was indescribable. No regrets.