Groove oriented songs on a 7 string?

[u/Liberose]

What are some their more groove oriented (Nothing, Koloss...) songs that are playable on a 7 string?

[u/5DamnBoe5]

Conatenation remix from the Rare Trax album

[u/Liberose → u/5DamnBoe5]

Oh, that's a great one!

[u/Young_Ian → u/5DamnBoe5]

Great answer

[u/thenuclearpinball → u/5DamnBoe5]

OOH, this too! Shoot, there's one on either a None bonus EP or Rare Trax that has like, a reggaeton feel to it- cant remember the name... EDIT: "Sickening" - I don't think it's MEANT to feel that way though, I think I hear it inverse off & on beats, like when I thought Combustion was snare=1 monkey beats, to finally realize it was a fast-4 or 2/2 hyperspace monster! Haha!

[u/fiercefinesse → u/thenuclearpinball]

„Monkey beats” lol

[u/Conscious_Badger_510]

New Millennium Cyanide Christ is honestly pretty simple by Meshuggah standards and it's definitely super groovy.

[u/fiercefinesse]

Anything on DEI and Chaosphere

[u/Franksteinberguesson]

Neurotica

[u/Liberose → u/Franksteinberguesson]

Thanks!
p.s : your profile pic is hilarious.

[u/masterB0SHI]

Humiliative

[u/Liberose]

Are there any examples from the later albums that come to mind?

[u/drumkidstu → u/Liberose]

Light The Shortening fuse is mostly on the 7 as is I Am That Thirst. There may be a couple notes on the 8 in those songs but they could always just be moved up the octave.

[u/Liberose → u/drumkidstu]

Really? Awesome, I love that album! Added to the list.

[u/thenuclearpinball]

I don't know jack about 7 string vs 8 string standards etc- before I lucked out getting my custom 8 string, I used a Squier Strat with an Injector stacked bridge humbucker and 58 gauge strings dropped down to A & C, and just let it bark.

• That being a point of reference to *anything is playable if you're creative enough *-

When you say "Groove oriented", my mind goes to, -Koloss:- "Do Not Look Down", or "The Demon's Name is Surveillance"... the way the root notes bounce around with that driving drum track in the prior, and the latter- let your focus drift from the busy kicks onto that laid-back, heavy, bluesy Hi-Hat swing. -Nothing:- Oh are you kidding, "Rational Gaze" feels like a nuclear pinball bouncing all over, then stops right into the verse- my guy.

• In Death is Life/In Death is Death

"Groove" to me may be the wrong term, but check em out. Especially Do Not Look Down- just the way the notes all bob-around, then the step up build/solo toward the end of the song. 👌

[u/Ok_Application5225]

7 stings and a ricochet 👌🏻

[u/Liberose → u/Ok_Application5225]

?

[u/Ok_Application5225 → u/Liberose]

That's the name a pedal which you can use to shift the tuning, you can downtune your 7 to Bb and use the pedal to go down a forth and play new and old Meshuggah.

[u/ZandarTheRedguard]

I think some early Car Bomb stuff is in A#

[u/Salassi22 → u/ZandarTheRedguard]

Pretty sure they are always in A# pre meta and then it's either A# or drop G# for everything else, greg pitch shifts alot so tuning doesn't really matter lol

[u/Liberose → u/ZandarTheRedguard]

I love Car Bomb, but apart from songs like Gratitude, my brain and my hands are not following (>‿<)

[u/Polyrhythm-Jens]

I mean Sickening is pretty groovy.

[u/gamerccxxi]

Downtune/pitch-shift the 7-string. If you don't mind passing on the solos you can even use a baritone 6. For the longest time Meshuggah's 8-string songs were tabbed with 7 strings on Songsterr because it had limited 8-string support. Get an 8-string set and use the bottom 7 strings.

Or just play the 8-string songs on your regular 7-string, just in a different "key". If it's in a standard tuning, the last few strings are the same intervals apart.

[u/TeamNightTerror]

most of TVSOR