Tomas Haake
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{{Short description|Swedish drummer (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tomas Haake
| image = Meshuggah - Rock am Ring 2023-44313.jpg
| caption = Haake in 2023
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|07|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
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| genre = Progressive metal, extreme metal, djent, avant-garde metal, groove metal, thrash metal
| occupation = Drummer
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = Nuclear Blast
| associated_acts = Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
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Tomas Nils Haake{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/915896903 |title=ARMIES OF THE PREPOSTEROUS |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 17, 2023}} (born 13 July 1971) is a Swedish musician known for being the drummer of the extreme metal band Meshuggah.
Known for his polymeters and technical ability,{{cite web | url= http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=3498 | title= Interview with Tomas Haake | website=mikedolbear.com | first=Gemma | last=Hill| accessdate=7 August 2014 |url-status=dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130820225816/http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=3498 | archivedate= 20 August 2013}} Haake was named the fifth best "Modern Metal" drummer by MetalSucks.net in 2012.{{cite web|title=Top 25 Modern Metal Drummers|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/03/26/5-tomas-haake-meshuggah/|date=26 March 2012|website=MetalSucks}} In the July 2008 edition of Modern Drummer magazine, Haake was named the number one drummer in the "Metal" category, as decided upon in the magazine's Readers' Poll.{{cite web | url= http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Tomas_Haake.html | title= Tomas Haake | work=Drummerworld | accessdate=30 July 2008}} He was also included in 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time list by the Rolling Stone magazine (occupying the 93rd position).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/tomas-haake-27753/|title=100 Greatest Drummers of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=31 March 2016}}
Career
Haake writes the majority of Meshuggah lyrics and also contributes spoken vocals on several songs ("Choirs of Devastation" on the album Contradictions Collapse, "Inside What's Within Behind", "Suffer in Truth", and "Sublevels" on the album Destroy Erase Improve, "Sane", "The Exquisite Machinery of Torture" on the album Chaosphere, "Spasm" on the album Nothing, as well as on several tracks on the album Catch Thirtythree and on the song "Dancers to a Discordant System" from obZen).
Haake also provides spoken vocals on Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal's solo album Sol Niger Within and vocals on the song "Futile Bread Machine (Campfire Version)" from The True Human Design.
Influences
Haake has cited musicians from heavy metal, jazz fusion and progressive rock as influences. He cites English bands such as Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath, American bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament and Metal Church, and Canadian band Rush. His favourite drummers include Phil Rudd (AC/DC), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), Vinnie Appice, Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Dave Weckl, Sebastian Thomson (Trans AM),{{cite web|title=Louder Sound – Meshuggah's Tomas Haake: The Drummers That Changed My Life|date=30 October 2016 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/meshuggah-tomas-haake-drummers-that-changed-my-life}} Sean Reinert (Cynic),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMfrdOXHks 1995 Interview with Tomas Haake of Meshuggah] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325224721/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMfrdOXHks |date=25 March 2016 }} Neil Peart (Rush), Ian Mosley (Marillion), Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons and Frank Zappa), Vinnie Colaiuta and Gary Husband.
Personal life
Haake is married to actress/musician Jessica Pimentel, beginning their romantic relationship in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/meshuggah-tomas-haake-orange-is-the-new-black-jessica-pimentel-podcast-preview/|title=Meshuggah's Tomas Haake + OITNB's Jessica Pimentel Talk Relationship|first=Graham|last=Hartmann|website=Loudwire}}
Equipment
File:Meshuggah 2017 Gear Drumkit.jpg
File:Meshuggah Stage Design 2022, Tomas Haake Drumkit, Ancienne Belgique, Belgium. 03.jpg
- Drums – Sonor SQ2 Series{{cite web |url=http://www.meshuggah.net/text1_10.html |title=Tomas Haake - M e S H U G G a H - T h e . O f f i c i a l . W e b s i t E |accessdate=25 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626143344/http://www.meshuggah.net/text1_10.html |archivedate=26 June 2015 }}
- 14x14" Tom
- 16x15" Floor Tom
- 18x18" Floor Tom
- 22x18" Bass Drum (2x)
- 14x6" Sonor Artists Bronze Series Snare with Tama Power Hoops
- Cymbals – Sabian
- 14" HHX Compression Hi-Hats
- 19" AAXtreme Chinese
- 19" HHX Stage Crash
- 21" HHX Stage Crash
- 20" HHX Stage Crash
- 19" Paragon Chinese/15" HH thin Crash (stacked)
- 15" HHX Stage Hats
- 22" Legacy Ride (as crash)
- 21" AAXtreme Chinese
- Drum heads – Remo
- Toms: (12", 14", 15", 18") Coated Emperors, Ebony Ambassadors – bottom
- Bass drums: (22") Powerstroke 3 Coated – batter, PowerStroke 3 Ebony – front
- Snare: (14") Emperor X – top, Snare Side Hazy – bottom
Discography
Meshuggah
{{mainlist|Meshuggah discography}}
- Contradictions Collapse (1991)
- None (EP, 1994)
- Selfcaged (EP, 1995)
- Destroy Erase Improve (1995)
- Chaosphere (1998)
- Nothing (2002)
- I (EP, 2004)
- Catch Thirtythree (2005)
- Nothing – Re-issue (2006)
- obZen (2008)
- Koloss (2012)
- Pitch Black (EP, 2013)
- The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016)
- Immutable (2022)
References
{{Reflist}}
- [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169489|pure_url=yes}} Meshuggah] at AllMusic
- [http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/tomas-haake-meshuggah-goes-it-alone/ Tomas Haake Goes It Alone] at DRUM! Magazine
- [http://metalinjection.net/gossip/meshuggah-drummer-tomas-haake-is-dating-someone-from-orange-is-the-new-black/ Meshuggah DRummer Tomas Haake Is Dating SOmeone From Orange Is The New Black] at Metal injection
External links
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- [http://www.meshuggah.net/ Meshuggah] official website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217141548/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=9813014 Meshuggah] at MySpace
- [http://www.nuclearblast.de/showDynamicPage.php?ident=artistdetail&aid=33 Meshuggah] at Nuclear Blast Europe
- [http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/nb/v2/bands/band.php?bandID=171 Meshuggah] at Nuclear Blast USA
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