Jaska Raatikainen - MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL 2008 II

[@evil3drummer]

I appreciate metal drummers like Jaska who don't have to play 800 bpm to be a good drummer.

[@GreenDayRoxer1]

Normally I don't find drumming solos very captivating, but man Jaska can drum. it is refreshing to see this style after hearing his drumming in Bodom, and it is very nice to know that a musician can excel in a style other than what he plays in the band.

[@drumhatecrew]

Jaska is one of my favourite drummer cause he doesn't only play metal. He can play a lot of different things in many styles. He's very estimable

[@thegreatestmaneverrr]

ive never actually heard jaskas drumming besides from records and from shows. but he is just fantastic.

[@lolboy01]

i was there and it was sooo awesome and the sound was 10000 times better than here on youtube

[@Northertba]

People need to remember this guy is a humble drummer. U have to really study their music hard to see all of his skill. I have listened to them since 2003 and still finding great playing he did that I missed. He is one of the best metal drummers in the world. Thank you Jaska for playing with such skill over all the years. It is noticed!!

[@GigiPeluzza]

jaska is a truly jazz fan(search for interviews), and i don't know if anybody else thinks the same but, he actually was playing a lot of jazz beats in this vid.

[@MetalJaska]

on eof the best days in my life; after the show i went to the stage, and (why ever) there were only kids. then i came with my cob-shirt, he saw me and came to me for shaking hands and talking about 3 minutes^^ later i was allowed to take a photo with him. i'm so damn proud and by the way: there are maybe many drummers that are faster, more technical or "better" in ohter ways, but i just like his drumming more than most other drummers. jaska ftw!!

[@Tamaradrummer]

My favourite drummer,I really like his style and everything,besides that he's also a great person,not like some other drummers "hey look at me I'm so fucking good" and comeing on the stage like somebody killed his family,and leaving like that as well -.- I mean c'mon..I really appreciate Jaska,he never took lessons as well,since he started with 12 I think,the Shining demo album they recorded in 1996 is incredible,I mean just hear the drums there and Jaska was 17 then!All respect to Jaska!

[@MsShadowbite]

That was refreshing......good one Jaska, some nice drumming there. Good to hear metal musos do something great outside of their genre..just to show they can do and enjoy other styles.

[@Zeeeroou]

jaska is absolutely my favourite drummer of all drummers!!

[@namlu9979]

Musicalidad y melodia pocas veces vista en bateristas de extreme metal... EXCELENTE 👏👏👊👊

[@Smatterpojk]

When i first heard Bodom i'd never expect this guy to be schooled classical. He's playing all the stuff that your teacher always try to teach you :). I first recongnized his playing style when i heard the solo from Chaos ridden years. And for all of you who does'nt like this because it's not very "Bodom"; This is not Metal. This is drumming. I understand why metalfans does'nt like this. But i know that drummers understand this. Jaska knows that. He's also aware of that he's on a drum festival.

[@loudnphx9986]

Nice sychopation, and dynamics... Jaska (Yahska) is by far... One of my all time favorite drummers of all time.

[@Hefflare]

jaska raatikainen Rules! i'm from finlad, and its so tiny land, but jaska, hi is so big in the world!! COB FOR LIFE!!!

[@chb46]

Thank you Jaska !!!1 \m/

[@DeathPunch217]

@utsacherylann Good for you. I'm glad you announced something none of us care about.

[@AuthoriTyrant]

The drummer of my band is a jazz fan, and he says that Jaska has a lot of jazz influence in his playing

[@Fendermrr]

That reference or masterworks he is playing on is beautiful. He might be adding another bass drum or more toms to his kit. There was a recent interview where he said he was going to upgrade his setup with the guys at pearl.

[@olegariorock]

EXCELENTE BATERISTA CON GRAN PODER DE CREATIVIDAD Y PERSONALIDAD MUSICAL-

[@rsman169]

He may not be the best drummer, but this man has some of the best drum fills in the business!

[@Zeeeroou]

rsman169 well said :D i agree. i saw cob live a month ago in tampere finland and it was so great again! im from finland.

[@cyraxprocs]

the best...

[@Tamaradrummer]

lol, damn that's really awesome!I hope one day I'll be able to see him playing live somewhere..

[@chb46]

mmmm beafckingutifull !!! Never seen this tho its a bit old, but whoaa ! Jaska is so much my hero ! Love seeing him doing this ! THaNks !! \m/

[@klimis94]

oh... that's a very good jazz-metal solo!!! Awesome jaska! you are 10 times better here than chaos ridden years!!!

[@bbguy17]

@toymacdylan it's not supposed to be flashy. to me this is more entertaining than his solo, it shows what he can actually do.

[@Centttttt60]

I guess you have seen the wrong videos ^^. I once watched one of his DVDs where he used to play on a smaller kit than nowadays and he is grooving the whole time. I think it was "Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato". As far as I know not a lot of these are available on youtube though.

[@SirDavidov87]

i wonder what Meinl cymbals they are? MB10? MB8? byzance? cos they do sound really nice.

[@Mylaan]

Yeah he used to play masters, but they gave him a reference when they were released, sounds great mic'd

[@danroedrums]

Looking to the side at the floor also helps me to hear what my playing sounds like

[@paulwall1981]

Dose this guy use the amazing sounding Mb20 ride that Chris Alder and Jason Bittner use, cause that sounds like a rock and metal cymbal should sound like. If he dose not, then what ride dose he use?

[@ItalianDrummer88]

wow, i'm fuckin lovin him

[@Villex93]

That bass sound is amazing

[@bbguy17]

@dreamtheaterisbetter no this video does him great justice, it's more technical than anything he's done with COB.

[@arsqqa666]

He is a great drummer from great band!

[@gammarays666]

Same here people, I also look at the floor, sometimes side by side. I prefer that way. It adds on my concentration.

[@sixx66cob666]

ou thats nice! some jazz kind of beats there.. not all fast beating. indeed beautifull

[@SaTurNPL]

the worlds greatest drummer

[@TheSoxSorrow]

@Blasttphemous AMEEEEEEEEEEEEEN bro... you got the point of the whole thing... in this vid Jaska is playing a lot of progressive and almost nothing related to death, showing that he's a really versatile drummer... (ikea, finnish? lmfaooo)

[@Fendermrr]

I still love the chaos ridden years solo around 4:10. Sounds great.

[@arsqqa666]

Very nice solo! :o

[@ThrobertJohnson]

I WAS BORN ON THE SAME DATE AS JASKA! July 18th.

[@boazvanwi]

He's really good!! by the way, is he playing with two 10 inch toms? Amazing!

[@hamshussein]

he was 15 in some of the songs...teh first demo they made

[@hamshussein]

the thing i love bout him is, he aint like most drummer's which all speed...he's so bloody technical...fucking amazing...definitely mi biggest influence besdies Chris adler and lars ulrich

[@chb46]

Jaska foooking RULES !!!

[@nicholaslornadek8234]

Ok, probably is not the most talented drummer of all time, but I think he's pretty good. You have to remember that he play in a melodic (?) death (?) metal band, and what he do, is pretty much what the band needs. I like his double strokes so much, and he have a very good taste for the grooves. And that's enough, for me, to say that he's a good drummer, not the best, but a good drummer.

[@Lycosa]

Yep, great drummer. Not the best, sure, but good

[@rickydunningham4571]

That ride cymbal is motherfucking delightful

[@sedativeman]

I'm not a drummer, but I know what drumming is in metal and then in music. This guy seems to be more of a musical drummer than straight up metal, like Kai Hahto - but what is difficult in their playing isn't the speed but the timing. I think this is jazz drumming right? I know Hahto is a jazz drummer and I've heard shit similar from him. Long live metal!

[@Nemanjap995]

can somebody tell me a size of these toms?

[@beefhead27]

@TheWezel1995 dont post it were you know its not wanted to try to get attention that is by definition a troll

[@Max_Kleiber]

@Blasttphemous just take a look at his profile page and see his favorite bands: blink 182, box car racer, +44 and so on. that should speak for itself.

[@antiago1983]

These are rotodrums?

[@antiago1983]

These are rototoms?

[@dreamtheaterisbetter]

this does him no justice. he needs to do more double bass X)

[@PEARLDRUMMER1992]

Good point but, i mean in death metal you can play actualy a whole song with blastbeats and i don't say that's easy but it's always the same. Cob has a lot of variation in the drums.

[@JanTitlbachmusic]

what head is he using for the kick?

[@SeanyFens]

Hes my second favorite drummer behind chris adler.

[@Chucky42069]

Love that part 1:54 - 2:20

[@daniel3786]

why does he keep looking at the floor, is he playing from a chart?

[@m4ssee]

God, all these tr00 kvlt kids coming here saying he sucks. I bet half the people you think are good couldn't play this stuff. Speed != good

[@nonhasthisusername]

@cobarethebest i'm personally a fan of jaska, more than children of bodom, (the way they have developed on the last record) and he do got style and groove, but alot of metal drummers doo, if you ask me, it's different kind of groove, but still a groove, tbh the only professional drummer i'm trying hard to find the groove is Terry Bozzio, i mean i listen to alot of prog, don't allways understand everything but i allways find the groove, except for bozzio...

[@bbguy17]

@sedativeman Yes this is jazz, you've got a really good outlook for a non-drummer. This is definitely not in 4/4 I'm not sure what timing it's in really. Jaska and Kai are apparently best friends, they made a drum piece together that's very solid and jazzy. Too bad Jaska's metal drumming is average.

[@Grof616]

he"s a good drumer and he is improving

[@Schnabeltier7I4]

how does he play tha part at 2:33 ??

[@Fendermrr]

I meant the the solo he did at stockholm knockout

[@FinnMetal4Life]

actually he listens and lpays alot of jazz shit...its one if not THE main influence of his playing and he's great at it

[@mekhet83]

the first 40 seconds of the video sound so similar to "Sentiment" by Cynic...

[@VaNkUrSx]

yeah!! jaska is the best!! *¬* COB is a F*cking awesome band! *¬* yeah!! COBHC

[@adlersidol]

1:54 sick groove

[@LHondrums]

i like this cause he knows how to groove. and seems pretty open minded to me. pretty good, it really is sth else compared to when he plays with bodom.. i think he's a really good drummer.

[@Ohramous]

Well he isnt the best drummer, but definetely my favourite! And in COB he is just perfect!

[@Sjk49zorz]

Then what makes you want to say he is not the best? What is missing?

[@wirezin]

jaska ftw

[@bbguy17]

@utsacherylann he doesn't blow, this is pretty difficult to play

[@drummeryan337]

his ride says Byzance on it

[@B-Pace]

we all do it... :D even me evr drummer I have seen does it.. reallY

[@hugslyh]

@Blasttphemous dude dont get your knickers in a twist yes jaska isnt that great a drummer yea hes good but not gr8 but i would like to ask how ikea got into all of this

[@nonhasthisusername]

maybe so, i've seen some old some new, none of it seems logical in any way, might be me thats not on the apropriate "intellectual" level, or i've simply seen all the bad stuff and none of the good stuff.. But i will check out that DVD, maybe it can shed some new light on my humble oppinion:)

[@hugslyh]

@Stealthyst i said he isnt that great a drummer but he is not a bad drummer like joey joridison

[@6Zorn6Kind6]

Reference with an Ultracast snare 14"x5"

[@navids20]

@XxAardvark456xX Dawg, I may not know who the crap you are, and what you look like, and how old you are, but you are absolutely right. I hope we come across each other on the internets again. I bid you farewell stranger.

[@kmblodorn]

@StratovariusFTW haha.. i do that too man.. i dunno why either

[@Kanesis777]

The beginning sounds like Meshuggah - Stengah

[@BangaGlaser]

Aaaahahahahaa! You are just adorable! Does anyone have a cookie for my little cutie pie? Have a nice day sweet heart. Still a hack.

[@kassaunders]

Joey is a great drummer just not as uber brilliant as people think. I hardly think any pro drummer's gonna be crap. This performance from Jaska is pretty good IMO even though I hate jazz, a great drummer is one who is versatile and diverse as well as fast.

[@ZorroTomas94]

omfg

[@hawkironfist]

fucking awesome

[@ARSKA7287]

Fucking awesome!!! :D

[@Jambax]

Hi im Jaska, & MY drum kit is tuned by jesus...

[@hamshussein]

eyy dude joey's good....but the only thing i dun like is people over hyping him, comparing him to drummers like adler, portnoy, Lombardo...joey's amazing though for his genre..Jaska's too underrated..he has his own techniques, style..i admire that..he never tries to be a showcunt....all drummers are unique...and i respect all musicians.... why the fuck did i say all this again..lol..kudos

[@NTSdrums]

the beggining sounds like rage

[@PEARLDRUMMER1992]

CoB plays melodic death metal. It's not like death metal from behemoth or cannibal corpse. It's melodic.Behemoth or cannibal corpse have both great musicians but it's kind of less technical its just fast.

[@hawkcwg]

I like Children Of Bodom but this drumset does not give this guy justice.

[@HELLENIC_DYNAMITE]

just stay in the ruthm dude!

[@Zeeeroou]

fredrand123 is right

[@parkoanime]

theyre melodic death metal

[@hamshussein]

dude duh, its 'Meinl' u know!, of course its byzance..they're all meinl byzance...

[@TheVechto]

best advertising for Nike lol