How does meshuggah pulloff their solos?

[I_am_the_smartest]

I just recently got into meshuggah and now think they are the greatest and most original band ever made. Anyways, how do they make those crazy/weird solos work with the equally as complicated riff? Even though both the riff and the solos are weird, they seem to fit really well. Does anyone know what kind of scales or techniques if any that they use for their solos because it's got a totally original sound from anything i've ever heard.

[aiwass]

Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah lead guitarist) basically plays jazz leads in a heavy metal context. Not just any jazz style though. Thordendal's style is very reminiscent of Allan Holdsworth (one of his biggest influences). This guy is the king of legato playing, and a master of improvisation, comparable to guys like Coltrane. To sound like Thordendal, sound like Holdsworth, with more distortion.

To sound like Holdsworth: Play as much legato as possible. Stick to the higher strings, and uilize lots of "outside" stuff, i.e. chromaticism, artificial scales, etc. The most important aspect of this style, however, is NEVER PLAY PULL-OFFS! To get a Holdsworth-like sound, play everything using hammer-ons. This means that even if you're playing a descending pattern, you're hammering the notes with its respective finger.

To sum it up: All legato (but no pull-offs) and lots of "outside" notes.