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Tomas Haake is noted for his technical abilities, as his drumming style is characterized by the heavy use of polyrhythms, while often maintaining a steady 4/4 beat. This signature style has become one of the most recognized features in the music of Meshuggah. He is also known for stacking his cymbals in a variety of configurations to give himself a unique sound.
Haake also writes the majority of Meshuggah lyrics and also contributes spoken vocals on several songs (“The Exquisite Machinery of Torture” on the album Chaosphere, “Spasm” on the album Nothing, as well as on several chapters on the album Catch Thirty-Three and on the song “Dancers To A Discordant System” from “ObZen”).
The drumset Tomas Haake uses has been meticulously sampled in full for the software instrument Drumkit From Hell Superior made by Toontrack, with Haake performing all the hits himself. It since has been used by many bands, including fellow metal act Clawfinger and Devin Townsend’s Ziltoid the Omniscient. Meshuggah later went on to use this software instrument to program all the drum tracks for their album Catch Thirty-Three, and the re-release of their album Nothing, using no live recorded drums by Haake.
Below, you will find the first of a 2 video interview we conducted with Tomas. We would like to Thank Tomas and Loana at Nuclear Blast, for the time and opportunity…
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