Tomas Haake

Infobox musical artist
Name = Tomas Haake

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Img_capt = Tomas Haake in Stockholm in May 2005.
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Tomas Haake
Alias =
Born = birth date and age|1971|7|13 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Died =
Instrument = Drums, Vocals
Genre = Technical Metal Thrash metal
Occupation = Drummer, Lyricist
Years_active = 1987 – Present
Label = Nuclear Blast
Associated_acts = Meshuggah
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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. He has some influences from drummers such as Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy and Sergio Arocha.

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 Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan used it to program drum parts for their album Ire Works before they found drummer Gil Sharone. Fact|date=July 2008 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. obZen also used the software as an auxiliary sound source as Haake plays.

In the July edition of Modern Drummer magazine, Haake was named the number one drummer in the "Metal" category, as decided upon in the magazine's 2008 Readers' Poll.

Haake is also featured on vocals in Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal's solo album "Sol Niger Within".

Equipment

Current Tour Kit (2008):

*Sonor Designer Series Drums & Sabian Cymbals:
*Drums – Walnut Roots or Birdseye Amber
**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

*Hardware - Sonor and Pearl
**Axis Single Longboards® A Bass Pedals (x2)
**H2000K Pearl Eliminator Hi-Hat Stand
**RH-2000 Pearl Eliminator Remote-Hi-Hat Stand
**XH 674 X-Hat Mount
**MH 645 Multi-Holder (x2)
**SS 677 Snare Drum Stand
**DCS 678 Double Cymbal Stand (x3)
**HT741 Tama Ergo-Rider Quartet Throne (w/Backrest)

*Sticks - Vic Firth
**SHAA Tomas Haake Signature (L = 16 7/16 ", Dia. = .645")

**Tomas also sometimes uses the "Drumkit From Hell" in the studio.

Discography

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)