Ray Hearne | Haken - Nightingale Track Playthrough | Natal Drums 

I don't know if people fully understand how incredibly complex and hard to play this track is on the drums. Playing polyrhythmic and meter-changing pieces is something Ray has been doing for years, but what makes this one stand out is how SLOW it is. The pattern hits and groove feels sometimes seem to go almost as low as 60bpm, at which he still has to nail every hit exactly right. Every drummer here will back me up when I say that playing a groove extremely slow is just as hard as playing it extremely fast, if you wanna stay tight. Also the way he composes his drumparts is unconventional as hell, there is no other drummer I can think of that sounds unusual and thinks rhythmically in the same abstract way as Ray seems to. He is on a one-of-a-kind level in almost every category and without a doubt among the most talented contemporary drummers worldwide.

Ray's journey from Aquarius to Fauna is insane. He's on another world right now in terms of inventiveness and originality. So much open air in this drum part yet it doesn't need a single thing more. Such a great part for an amazing song!

THE most underrated drummer in the world currently.

Damn, that must be one of their hardest tunes on the drums. The changing times, feels, and the polyrhythms are insane. How the hell does he remember all of that?! Hats of to you Ray, you are one of the greats!!

Damn, I've listened to the song a lot and obviously knew how complex it was, but this really shows how INSANE the drums are. Ray is onto some next level shit!

I love how Ray seamlessly PLAYS on top of such odd tempos. Damn, so inspirational! Love his drumming!

Love this band! So happy I got to see them in February. Probably the best concert of my 42 year life. I Love every album but there is something very special about Fauna! It’s such a masterpiece!

There will be books written about this guy.

I can't believe I had a class with this monster. Ray is so good. And also such a nice person to have around. If you get the chance to have a class while they're touring near you, don't miss it. It's such an experience.

I reckon I could play the bit from 5:05 to 5:32.

His phrasing interpretation is just like a bird’s movement! Curious, Free, Jumpy, Accurate! Love every bit of his drumming. Ray’s absolute genius drummer of our time!

What an absolute beast.

I'm gonna have to be completely honest. When I heard some parts of Virus (especially parts in Messiah Complex), I had sincere doubts that drum parts in that specific album were highly edited and modified, noting their extreme complexity. But admittedly, seeing him perform such awkward patterns on Nightingale, restores my faith in Ray completely!

This is just the absolute pinnacle of drumming. This is just so so incredibly good. The odd times, the tasty fills, the flow, it’s beautiful. Ray is one of the best drummers in the industry.

ray hearne is an absolute beast when it comes to drumming.

Beauiful natural sound on this kit

Thanks for answering our requests, guys! Ray is an absolute beast, it seems like he can only write and perform these amazingly complex drum parts, just 🤯

One of the most creative modern drummers.

Clear proof that music can take on an unprecedented dimension when you not only hear it, but also see it....

Just watched Haken last night. The drums were loud, maybe a bit too loud for the mix and room, but damn it was groovy. New appreciation for his drumming now.

It's like each limb is playing its own rhythm, and yet it's totally in the pocket and comes together perfectly.

i love this piece..

The drumming during the first verse is absolutely brilliant in how it compliments the lyrics, particularly at 1:07. I need to listen to these guys properly.

Brilliant composer and conductor, at the same time. I'm in love with everything he does on drums.

How does Ray keep topping himself? This is mind blowing

The whole thing form 4:40 to 5:07 is just bonkers

Took me a long time for this style of vocals to grow on me. And it wouldn't have ever happened if i didn't hear the drums and think, how in tf did someone write/play and remember these abstract drum parts.

I can't even keep up air drumming.

I can't even imagine trying to play this live. What an amazing talent!

I'd say that without question this is their hardest song to play on drums, at least until we hear the rest of of Fauna. Those slow and very broadly spaced rhythms in the verses are insane to play perfectly in time, not to mention the rest of the song's weird rhythmic changes and weirdly spaced parts.

Amazing

This a guy who likes to hit the drums like nobody else, and for some reason i really respect that. Quite a bit actually.

One drummer to rule them all! And the drum sound on Fauna seems to be the best so far...Can't wait for Fauna to be released in its entirety. I have a strong sense that its gonna be the shit

The sheet note this has to have been a nightmare to both read and create😐🔥💯❗️

Not much else I can add. The drums sound amazing and Ray is an absolute freak of nature. Makes me want to quit after over 30 years of playing lol. Can't wait for the new album and tour.

WHAT A SONG WHAT A DRUMMER

Ray must surely be among the finest drummers in the world now?

What a gift. You can tell how much thought and creativity was put into this and it sounds so damn cool. Absolutely brilliant song

This is a killer track!!! Such complex and full of nuances! Odd time signatures, all kind of subdivisions and polimeters everything perfectly perform! Very reach sound! Just perfect!!!

Lo más interesante es que Ray groovea tocando cosas muy técnicas, en todas sus composiciones núnca pierde el groove, núnca suena robotico. También su sonido en todos los álbumes de Haken es muy natural, admiro a este baterista.

this track is simply pure madness, on so many levels, Ray just reached a level that is beyond crazy. And of top of that, his tracks are still readable and pure pleasure to listen. Love You dude!

Jeez man ! These tempos / time signature changes are something else !

I don't know much about drumming but Ray is easily among my favorite drummers.

Please do one of these for Elephants Never Forget

Ray is one of the best out there. Ray is genuinely nice to interact with as well, as I discovered when aquiring one of drum books.👌🏽🤘🏽

I am Geeking out over what this man just played he's got my attention nice job Ray!!!🤯🤓

He is absurdly good

mindblowing playing

this is simply insane, what a drummer!

Freaking amazing. Phenomenal drummer!!!

just insane, wow.... Ray is such a beast lol

Till this day this is the best song I've heard drums wise 🤤

Ah yes, the best drummer for the best band. Thank you for bring us this

Badass, Ray!!! Really fantastic! Can't wait for another tour. :)

amazing drummer.

I was able to count along to this just fine.

Ray Hearne is so damn good

Amazing master!

I love how they left in all of his little fluff-ups in this playthrough - it is a nice breath of fresh air from ultra-edited drum playthroughs :)

You can definitely feel the h7ken in here.

Not sure what I’m more impressed with, the fact that he can play this or that he came up with these drum parts.

Absolutely incredible to see that he can actually play this. One criticism - why is the audio in Mono? For a kit that sounds this good, I would have loved to hear it with some panning - which probably was there but perhaps got lost during the export of the video. If I had to guess.

This is goddamn insane. No more words needed.

Amazing song, Great Drummer, Beautiful Drums ! ❤🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🥰😍

Dang, the bacteriophage marking on the cymbal looks really cool.

Seeing Haken on May 5! Can’t wait to see them play this song. Hope they do. My only regret is that it’s hard to actually see Ray play, tucked away behind his kit as he is. Seen them a few times now and they are next level to watch live. Each member brings such a uniqueness to their music. Shame they’re not more well known. But that makes them my super special secret.

Top 3 in the World

The 1st thing to prick my ears on this track were the keys, but having watched this, I've realised how special the drums are too. Excellent landing, phrasing and thankfully untethered freedom to create, although a little looser than on the album track. Superb work really, got to hand it to Ray.

que grande, es alucinante este tio.

Neil Peart would’ve loved this so much ❤

4:28 - 5:06. What a madman...

Sooooo good!

What kind of polymetric wizardry is Ray playing at 6:01? Feels completely random and yet sounds totally amazing.

Yasss ❤

My GAWD

thaaaaank you !! 😗🤙🏻

Holy shit!

Awesome 🥁👍

Impressive

WOW

This is totaly Bill Bruford from yes .. Awesome

Gangster tshirt, dude!

Mind numbing skill.

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

This is Gavin Harrison drum level! 😱

F-f-f-fantastic M-m-m-r R-r-r-r-ay, you a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-re a d-d-d-dr-dr-dr-drum G-g-g-g-g-g-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius !!!!😍😍😁😁

Flojardo el tema, pero Ray es un rey 🙇🏻‍♂️

You start getting the hand on Portnoy and this guy shows up. Damn.

When will Natal be available in the US?

This is just obscene, guy is a thousand years ahead of it's game

4:22 melts my brain. I don't understand it lol

woooow x10000....0

tanta roba. Quest'ultimo album è veramente bello. Ma il suono della batteria in questo video mi sembra un poco in anticipo.

How on earth can someone remember this? Or compose ...

Instalike

Is it just me or is the drum audio out of time slightly with the track audio?

Compare size of his kit to the likes of Mangini or Portnoy.

music sadly isn't synced up properly so it sounds like he's rushing for the entire song :(

I know its entirely personal, but Haken for me is like that girl that i had a crush until the 6th grade and then she started wearing air max and dying her hair blonde because of the bad influence. Before anyone unloads his shotgun at me, no its not that drastic shift in flavour, but the feeling is exactly the same, because they went from being my favourite and the best band i ever could imagine existing to something i dont even like. I hear many people saying they improved according to their taste, but for me the reality is exactly the opposite. The older the album, the more meaning there is and weight in those statements other bands call riffs. I still pop in Enter the 5th dimension and cant stop until the show is over and i cant say that for anything after the Mountain, even tho i still like Affinity and innovations they maintained and few ideas from the Vector, but it just seem washed out after Affinity, not appealing to me, like a good sex but not touching, only grinding, it just lack something... Maybe the soul is a way to describe it, but i dont know, just seems forced or generated by the ai in a way. Im talking nonsense now, ok, bye.

A lot of work has been done in the video to not to show the label of Samsun cymbals