Acting
Mårten Hagström
Born 1971-04-27 · Umea, Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mårten Hagström, (born 27 April 1971), is the rhythm guitarist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He joined the band after the release of their first album, which allowed Jens Kidman to focus on his vocal performances. He is known for his strong and complex rhythm guitar playing. Hagström has cited Rush, James Hetfield, Squarepusher, Autechre, Strapping Young Lad and GISM as influences. In a Metal Injection interview he has said, "You can't play an instrument for the technicality of it. It's a tool you use it to get what's in here and here [heart and mind] out there." He has also said when he was growing up, everybody in Sweden was trying to be a guitar virtuoso. This made him want to be solely a rhythm guitarist. Although fellow Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal plays most of Meshuggah's guitar solos, the two of them share songwriting duties more or less equally, with Hagström notably contributing "Nebulous" from Nothing, "Acrid Placidity" from Destroy Erase Improve, and "Neurotica" from Chaosphere. Hagström has also stepped out of his role of playing rhythm guitar with the release of Meshuggah's obZen album by playing the slower, melodic leads on the songs that he wrote, such as "Electric Red" and "Pravus". In addition to this, he has contributed lyrics to some of the bands later releases, co-writing Catch 33 with Meshuggah drummer Tomas Haake and penning the entirety of the words for their abstract EP I. Hagström and Haake have been playing music together since they were nine years old. Hagström, along with Fredrik Thordendal, were rated #35 by Guitar World as the top 100 greatest heavy metal guitarist of all-time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mårten Hagström, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
7.2Math Metal gods and pioneers Meshuggah strike back with the first ever DVD in the band's history. "Alive" comprises several live cuts on DVD, taped during various shows on their North American tour with Cynic in 2009 and the Loudpark festival in Tokyo 2008. This is rounded off with lots of backstage stuff, including insights into their drum and guitar work.
Meshuggah: Alive
2010
8.0Live at Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany 2019
Meshuggah: Live at Summer Breeze 2019
2020
6.0Celebrating over a quarter of a century as one of the spearheads of their genre, MESHUGGAH are now treating their fans to the release of a new DVD entitled »The Ophidian Trek«. This audio-visual encounter contains a full MESHUGGAH live show, recorded on May 03, 2013 at their co-headline show alongside DEVIN TOWNSEND at Brixton Academy, London. The thirteen tracks on »The Ophidian Trek« represent a great retrospective of MESHUGGAH’s fulminant carrier.Kicking off the show with ‘Swarm’, just one of many from their most recent album »Koloss« (2012), going back to »ObZen« (2008) with songs like ‘Lethargica’ and ‘Bleed’ and all the way to the very early days of »Chaosphere« (1998) with the track ‘New Millenium Cynadie Christ’. »The Ophidian Trek« was released on September 26 (UK: 29.09., US: 30.09.) via Nuclear Blast. A true must-have for all die-hard MESHUGGAH-fans and those who still need to be fully convinced!
Meshuggah - The Ophidian Trek
2014
9.0Full, pro-shot video of Meshuggah’s set at Summer Breeze 2024.
Meshuggah: Live at Summer Breeze 2024
2024
7.0Get Thrashed traces the rise, fall and impact of thrash metal; from its early years, through its influence on grunge, nu metal and today's heavy metal scene. It is the story of the heaviest, hardest music of the 80s and early 90s as told by the bands who lived it, the fans and bands that grew up on it and by the artists that carry the "thrash metal" flag today.
Get Thrashed
2006
9.0Professionally filmed video of Meshuggah's entire August 12, 2023 performance at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
Meshuggah: Bloodstock Open Air 2023
2023
NRStudio Recording Footage of Destroy Erase Improve (1995), the second studio album by Swedish band Meshuggah.
Meshuggah - Making of Destroy Erase Improve 1995
2025
NRMeshuggah released a 26-minute documentary as a bonus DVD with their seventh studio album, Koloss. Instead of a traditional concert film, the documentary focuses on the exhaustion, sleep-deprivation, and chaotic reality of international metal touring. It covers travel delays, shaky stage logistics, and includes interviews with burned-out band members.
Meshuggah In India
2012
NRThe making of Meshuggah's album Koloss.
Meshuggah: Konstrukting the Koloss
2012