Ray Hearne | Haken - 1985 Track Playthrough | Natal Drums

[@EXHellfire]

I truly believe what they say about bands being as good as their drummers by necessity

[@Cuzjudd]

Haken is the most underrated prog band in the world

[@alkabukodikcisszel8723]

They are a contender for my favorite band but there are much lesser known great prog bands, I feel like I can keep discovering this genre my whole lifetime and still find new gems. The 2008 demo is criminally underrated though, their 2nd best album in my opinion

[@dansourile5444]

They are constantly hailed one of the best in the genre... I don't think they're underrated at all, haha. I adore them, and I feel they're very heavily praised (as they should be!).

[@montruo000000007]

I don’t think they’re underrated, just criminally unknown

[@DrummerRF]

Underrated or underappreciated? I think underappreciated, i'm quite sure that most people who know them love them.

[@joselegaspi2549]

Not in my opinion, they are my favorite prog metal band. Even prefer them more than DT.

[@KVenomL]

When creativity and flawlessness collide. Absolutely love your work 👏

[@sergiowithlasers]

Listening to the album I couldn't realize how he beasted his way through this song. An absolute monster!

[@sirborges]

4:43 this section always makes me smile. It's such an amazing and creative groove. How does one come up with that? Amazing job!

[@Kajaah117]

Got dayum! I knew just by listening to his playing that he was remarkable, but *seeing* him play... This dude has to be the most creative drummer I've seen since Zappa-era. The orchestration is INSANE! Nevermind the limb independence, dynamics, discipline, and just fucking tasty sounding grooves too. My new favorite drummer 🙌

[@Stratocoaster08]

How many bugs do you think Ray accidentally inhales during the average Haken performance...? :P

[@pixelcutterofficial]

Enough to provide him with the required protein to play the whole gig.

[@nicolagarau9763]

1985

[@jimzeez]

Guess he's the cockroach king

[@sevenninespades]

Maybe he is the cockroach king?

[@WowzaGuy]

Those synthesized drums make me smile every time :)

[@Mistykittykat]

THIS IS AMAZING AND I DEMAND A FULL VIDEO LIKE THIS OF THE ARCHITECT PLZ 😻😻😻😻😻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GibsonRocks12]

The only thing that would be more perfect in this video, would be if Natal had been founded in 1985, so that the shirt would watch with the song

[@drekor72]

Absolutely brilliant! Your skills, talent, and precision do my head in! I know it's not viable nor practical, but how good would it be to have the entire Affinity album playthrough. Thanks heaps for doing this Ray. 😎 🤘🍻🤘

[@It_is_I_Stupid]

This band is amazing, but as far as I'm concerned, the drummer is the strongest part of the band. He not only nails every song, he adds details that I hear no-one does. In this song, the part from 0:42-1:05, where he approaches the bit at 0:45 as a 5/4 beat blows my mind. It shows his amazing craftsmanship and vision. As a bassist, I'm a big fan.

[@jacobsss5827]

Oh no haha He isn't they all are the best class musicians. Personally I love guitarist and bassist the most

[@terr4c0]

I agree that he's the only one who nails every song.

[@ossibossi100]

Him and Matt Halpern have the best drumming faces.

[@EXHellfire]

Baard Kolstad

[@elijahdement9890]

Definitely.

[@sloyer666]

I know i´m late but better late than never. I´m so happy i´ve found this band...AMAZING BAND...you guys are great,thank you for the music.awesome drummer xD.

[@Koffling]

Ray Hearne and all the other members of Haken are amazing artists. Their live shows are a force to be reckoned with!

[@jige1977]

Great song...Vince Dicolas mood...and very energic and classy drumming

[@gtrpimp76]

There’s a part that reminds me of Rocky 4’s “Up The Mountain.” Training montage for the sound effects.

[@badagon]

Perfect Drumming!

[@RyanxDunn]

Really technical while being very groovy at the same time...

[@PierreVilleneuve88]

Ray Hearne is one of my inspiration. I love his grooves and odd time signatures. Natal Drums definitely need a new sound guy though.

[@BTBAM819]

Easly one of my all time favorite drummers... nice one Ray !!

[@hectorbustos6483]

Ray eres un genio!! Te queremos en Sudamerica.

[@xen0xa]

Confirmoo

[@joselegaspi2549]

Just loving it, i love Haken.

[@KingAlpaca]

Simply amazing!

[@AlfredoEscalante]

Amazing!

[@alessandrodrago3556]

Wonderful

[@DroidJuba]

Just amazing!

[@danielurzua5535]

lovee it man... amazing song and beautiful drum jeje

[@SimenSandnes]

THE MAN!!!!! YESS!

[@altaybayr]

Outstanding

[@steve.hoffman]

Mark Zonder-esque! Great playing and writing, Ray!

[@ehcyrsneeuq]

GREAT DRUMMER 🤗👍

[@jcrm05]

Everything sounds amazing and of course Ray is a beast, but those rides...

[@Frank-YYZ]

What a beautiful song ❤

[@MrEveningflight]

Awsome!

[@alexis.jacobo.drums14]

This song is all yours man, of course the other's instrument composition is pretty nice and unique, but your drumming approach ties up a full masterpiece. Those 80's drum sounds on the e-pad fills the space of that part in a very contextual way, looking forward to play it in my own kit. Bravo!

[@fh404]

Took me a while to figure out how to count those triplets after 8:46, tricky as hell

[@woofspider330]

This song is for sure my favorite. There's a bunch of parts that feels like Rainbow Road from Mario Kart. But this part at 8:44 feels like we are slamming the brakes and just skidding across the road, and off the cliff. Sooo good!

[@EnricoPintonello]

Very Good Drummer, Awesome Song a very good tribute to Rocky 4 ost Music ;) (Training Montage)

[@MischaESC2]

This is fucking amazing!

[@ruskasielu6261]

Funny how after watching his newer playthrough, you see how his level has continued improving. However, I personally like the more raw, "rock'n roll" energy in this song as opposed to newer ones, where it's sometimes a little too "out there" for my tastes.

[@goblinondrums]

Lol this is so sick though 🤘🤘🤘

[@tatoartv]

WHO THE HELL DISLIKES THIS?

[@doctorpopa]

Ray is legendary, but I gotta say, this drum mix coming from a drum company really doesn’t do justice to the product.

[@KevinLuWX]

I thought the drum mixes on the haken albums sounded good.

[@doctorpopa]

@@KevinLuWX on the album is great, on this video, not

[@jovanyaguirre]

Pure Fickleness. Regards from Colombia

[@SpeedShifterX]

BEAAAAAAAAST!!!!!!!!!

[@anonym0usplatypus]

The section at 5:27 really reminds me of Rush

[@sigitrendang5195]

6:33 got rickrolled wtf

[@terr4c0]

What's the name of the electric drumpad/beatbox that Ray plays?

[@javiergonzalez-dz7tr]

que grande

[@knibknib5736]

Wtf is going on at the outro bro, that blown my mind

[@oscarpodolech6548]

Jezz!!

[@sebax6933]

What drum heads is he using?

[@ayusharipirala3121]

Thats the most non-china sounding china I've heard

[@evaneaston]

Amazing reproduction.

[@MalFunktion2024]

love haken but this could have been a little tighter. Just comparing to his peers not myself.

[@abdellatifdalil674]

4:21 shiit

[@DanielAvalos]

Is human?

[@r0ryb0ryalis]

Hnnng

[@sahnebaum]

Watching other promotional videos, like MEINL's or SONOR's stuff, it is beyond my grasp how anyone can think this is amazing. For instance, where tf is the snare bottom mic pointing at? Kudos for not overproducing it but man it's just sloppy af.

[@sahnebaum]

I get it... if you have low standards. Sloppy playing + worst snare drum sound ever + overall shitty video and audio production quality = product promotion level over 9000!

[@saneksin]

for a while there's been an issue with Ray's playing, sometimes he simplifies his live parts in comparison with album ones. however, I don't understand what kind of sloppiness you're talking about. audio sounds a bit weird because, firstly, it's a drum playthrough, so drums have higher overall sound, secondly, he's playing over a drumless final mix of a song which ended up being on the recording, so there are really no possibilities to improve something in terms of the sound of other instruments (and I really don't think that anything should be improved in this video)

[@sahnebaum]

@@saneksin he's rushing tempo multiple times and that freaks me out, which also happens live and that's annoying AF. Mixing drums louder than the rest of the band in a drum company's promotional video is okay and not what I was addressing with my criticism. The drumkit itself is mixed poorly and I can't understand how a drum company can approve of such a bad drum-mix and upload it. I'm sorry but you can't fail to hear that... go and watch some Sonor or Meinl stuff and compare - their videos = sold. Strangely enough, all sonor/meinl endorsees are able to at least keep up to tempo.

[@robertocamposgiesemann4139]

@@saneksin I don't know what "issue" you may be referring to, but Ray's playing seems perfectly fine on stage and I don't really think he's simplifying things live. Even if he were, it would be understandable considering their shows are quite long and consume s great deal of stamina.

[@JewCastleDrummer]

great playing , weak snare

[@l.hbravo8828]

Mmmm no bad but no god

[@TiagoPatula84]

Other drummers are more cleaner than him. There isn' t the same sound like the album: in Dream Theater it was a rule.

[@strepy]

Ok he's a good drummer but please do more with less!

[@drummerdan95]

Uh, why? It's his kit and his band lmao

[@martmakkie5779]

Amazing!! Easely one of my favorite drummers and one of my favorite albums!