MESHUGGAH Drummer: 'I Have A Hard Time Seeing Us As Anything Like Legendary'

March 19, 2008

MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake admits that the manner in which the Swedish outfit is revered is sometimes difficult for him to take in. Speaking to the UK's Zero Tolerance magazine, Haake confessed, "I have a hard time seeing us as anything like legendary, but I can appreciate that there's kind of a cult thing with us, probably for a lot of reasons. But mainly it's probably because we've stuck with what we do and we've been doing it for quite a while now. Back [in the early days] we were just young kids and we were happy to know that there was a label who wanted release our music outside of Sweden. We just wanted to write cool, aggressive music with a twist to it and hopefully sell some copies of it. We never looked any further than that, I think." And turning his attention to new album "ObZen", Haake remarked: "One of the aspects that we talked about before sitting down to write this album was that it would be really diverse and each song would be a very individual thing and have its own unique vibe. To me, it's the sum of the whole album that makes it what it is."

Joining MESHUGGAH in the latest issue of Zero Tolerance magazine are fellow Swedes DISMEMBER, plus DIAMANDA GALAS, DEATH ANGEL, SCALD, J2, AZAGHAL, BAUHAUS, CCCC, masses of underground, upcoming, unsigned artists and much more. Issue 022 is also accompanied by a double CD featuring no less than 33 tracks. Visit www.ztmag.com for a full run-down.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).