Tomas Haake
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| Tomas Haake | |
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 Tomas Haake in Stockholm in May 2005.
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| Birth name | Tomas Haake |
| Born | July 13, 1971 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Technical Metal Thrash Metal |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, Lyricist |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, Vocals |
| Years active | 1987 – Present |
| Label(s) | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Meshuggah |
Tomas Haake (born July 13, 1971) is the drummer for the Swedish technical metal band Meshuggah.
Haake is noted for his technical abilities, as his drumming style is characterized by 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, Devin Townsend's Ziltoid the Omniscient, and Ben Wienman of The Dillinger Escape Plan used it to program drum parts for their album Ire Works before they found drummer Gil Sharone. 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.
MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake has been named the 1 drummer in the "Metal" category in the July 2008 Modern Drummer magazine's 2008 Readers' Poll. The Readers' Poll results appear in the July 2008 issue of the magazine, available on newsstands now.
Haake is also featured on vocals in Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal's solo album Sol Niger Within.
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[edit] Equipment
[edit] Current Tour Kit (2008):
- Sonor Designer Series Drums & Sabian Cymbals:
- Drums – Walnut Roots or Birdseye Amber
- 10x8" Tom
- 12x9" Tom
- 14x10" Tom
- 15x15" Floor Tom
- 18x17" Floor Tom
- 22x18" Bass Drum (x2)
- 14x6" Cast Bronze Sonor Artist Series Snare
- Cymbals – Sabian
- 14" HHX Rock Hi-Hats
- 15" HHX Stage Hi-Hats
- 22" HHX Legacy Heavy Ride
- 22" HHX Stage Crash
- 21" HHX Stage Crash
- 19" HHX Stage Crash
- 21" AAX X-Treme Chinese
- 19" AAX X-Treme Chinese
- 19" Paragon Chinese/15" HH Thin Crash (stacked)
- Drum Heads - Evans
- Toms: (10",12",14",15", 18") Clear G1's - top, Clear G2's - bottom
- Bass Drums: (22") Emad Clear (w/Emad Damping Ring) - back, Standard Sonor Head - front
- Snare: (14") MX Gold Marching Head - top, Clear 300 Hazy - bottom
- Sticks - Vic Firth
- SHAA Tomas Haake Signature (L = 16 7/16 ", Dia. = .645")
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- Tomas also sometimes uses the "Drumkit From Hell" in the studio.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Meshuggah
- Contradictions Collapse (1991)
- None (EP, 1994)
- Selfcaged (USA version) (1995)
- Selfcaged (1995)
- Destroy Erase Improve (1995)
- Chaosphere (1998)
- Nothing (2002)
- I (EP, 2004)
- Catch Thirty-Three (2005)
- Nothing - Re-issue (2006)
- obZen (2008)
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