First time watching Kai in a Wintersun song. Now I realise why people keep calling his drumwork in Nightwish a lazy vacation in comparision...😀

Kai Hahto in his youth has lived in New York and been taught by some of the top Professional Jazz Drummers in USA and he played on multiple jazz bands and wedding bands while staying in there. So he is originally a Jazz focused Drummer who tried multiple other Genres and found Metal (like Wintersun and nowadays Symphonic Metal band called Nightwish) as his favourite, but uses those Jazz and other Genres drumming techniques in his playing all the time.

Kai played jazz at some point and has also trained with masters of various genres. He's more than just a metal drummer.

U should really check this song out live at Sonic pump studios, epic song

Listening to Wintersun without the rest of the music is a crime! You were spot on that all the cymbal flourishes were meant to accent the music, Kai really spoke at lenghts how hard it was to construct some of the lines around those tunes.

Yep, you should check the "live @ sonic pump studios" version.. better sound quality, and all players are worth to see 👌🤘

That’s KAI HAHTO!! The MAN

Yep. He's really good.

That groove after 3:25 is basically responsible for me falling in love with this band.

Kai is such a hero. Actually plays jazz aswell.

He mentioned in an interview that jazz is his favorite style to play.

I was there back in 2012 and will always remember the feeling...what a night...Time I was released.

12:10 yes, thank you. I'm glad someone else recognizes the weirdly satisfying cadence of a human blast beat.

Kai Hahto - Obey is one of my favorite drum videos of all time.

They have a live rehearsal recording of this at sonic pump studios. Incredible song.

Oh yeah, context is super important. Those accents actually play a massive role in his style. He's so good, I don't even know where to start.

Kai Hahto is a great guy and one of the better drummers in metal I know. Great vid :)

"Doesnt even look like he is really working that hard" trust me, based on those few live recording videos out there he is probably sweating buckets.. its a workout, this song lol. You'd actually have to be a god to not be in pain at some points during it.

Really great reaction! I would like to suggest you to react Wintersun - Time live rehearsal at Sonic Pump studio. There you hear whole band. Also Sons of Winter and Stars are played in the same studio. Please and peace 🙏😎✌️

Check out Darkside from Mgla playing Exercises in Futility V drum cam from Brutal Assault festival this year!

First time I stumble upon your videos, and I love how technical you get! I don't even play drums, but they are usually the first instrument that I pay attention to when listening to something as complex as this :D

Never heard of this band, but I am definitely checking them out now. Loved hearing your thoughts on this. I'm not a drummer but I love learning about the techniques and some of the theory behind this stuff.

Quite a shame you didn't get to hear the guitars and vocals. Wintersun are very impressive from all points of view.

You should watch Nightwish “Ghost Love Score” official live at Wacken 2013. Their drummer is awesome. It’s a long song but worth the epic journey.

Swing in metal is a really interesting thing. As a guitarist, playing against blasts you're generally counting in 4s or maybe 8s, so a slight move makes a lot of difference. In shit I've played/written I'm slightly behind the beat while playing fast. You get the combination of playing really fucking fast but having a chilling vibe at the same time.

Archspire - Remote Tumour Seeker [Live in Montreal]

MORGAN AGREN from the Mats Morgan Band. Enough said. Seriously one of the best drummers of our time. Hes just on another league. Any style he plays he brings complete originality too.

I just love these vids/your comments.. When someone who actually knows what there are happening and can explain it to completely noob like me when it comes to playing - i know that they are talented and that it sounds so good, but to hear your comments here and there in the meantime, its just very entertaining to watch. Thanks man! Keep doing what you do if you can, i know ill watch!

You went to high school with Danny Walker?! Danny Walker of Intronaut?!

Im wintersun fan since 2008 and he is still me favourite Drummer.

Reason why Wintersun´s music sounds like " midevil " is that it´s music genre is power metalfolk, metal neoclassical, metalmelodic death metal and black metal. In 1997, Mäenpää served in the Finnish military as part of his national defense duty, during which he contracted tuberculosis. The diagnosis was late, and Mäenpää required surgery to remove part of his lung, hospitalizing him for months. The song "Beautiful Death" would later be inspired by this event. Dispite of that, he can sing pretty good.

HOLY CRAP, you went to school with Danny Walker? I've seen him live numerous times. Dude's a beast.

The live video of Obey by Rotten Sound is my favorite Hahto video. Relatively OK sound for a live cam too.

Danny Carey of Tool doing Rosetta Stoned is incredible to watch, too

Just found out he was in a grindcore band before. Now it makes sense

Kai Hato is now the drummer for Nightwish.

So many guys I've seen can't blast like that with their left(right handed drummers) they use the right on snare/and the left on the cymbal but that screws everything up when they go into a fill because the lead hand is wrong. Imposters! THIS is how blasting is done. Also check out Dirk Verbeuren

Man i respect u so much. All the stuff u do is so real and fun, so i'm just gonna say this:all the love from finland man!

"He just gotta change his socks" - refers to himself reacting to Tomas Haake playing "Bleed" when it looked like Tomas had changed his socks and he was joking that the socks were probably worn out already half way the song. Hilarious dude!

Best eyebrows on KZfaq. Wish mine were half that thick.

How about Devin Townsend - Hear me! drum playthrough by 666samus? (he also recorded the album version). Unreal speed and precision!

Nicholas Barker from Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir etc. Absolute beast!

The guy from Crash Test Dummies.....bmjöööömhmh! Brilliant!

Check out, behemoth "ov fire and the void" john rice drum cam.. absolutely incredible double bass action,

Kai is a machine, he plays now drums for Nightwish.

Ooh, got one for you, cattle decapitation, mammals in babylon, full band play through

Danny Walker have actually mentioned Kai Hahto to be one of his favourite drummers. This was in some drummer magazine over ten years ago.

danny walker has played in some of my favorite bands like phobia, uphill battle, etc.

A whole city's electricity can be supplied by one Kai Hahto. True story.

You knew Danny Walker in high school? I really love his drumming!

Fuck yessss. I love wintersun

You are totally right. As the viewer it's nice to have context too. Would prefer playthrough videos over live ones.

You went to HS with Danny Walker?

best drummer ever

You went to school with Danny Walker?! Intronaut/Uphill Battle Danny? I love his drumming!

Great react video, great band and great drummer! Couldn't find you reacting to Mgła - Exercises in Futility V -drumcam. Really recommend it if you want to see more metal drumming!

"...and Airwolf" is the new T-SHIRT!

THis is so sad. This song is so epic and the drums are epic in correlation with the music and the other instruments. You should definately listen to the song.

i've only seen a couple of videos of yours so far , and i like the colourful language you seem to use to explain what's happening to normies like me

Kai Hahto is a legit professional jazz drummer if I'm not completely wrong. Been following him since rotten sound days, I find it funny how is getting the nightwish pension now :P

Kai Hahto is also the drummer in Nightwish

Byzance is actually a series of Meinl 😉

And now he is drumming for Nightwish ;)

Kai Hahto!

Kai has also history of playing jazz

Kai hato used to play in a band called rotten sound. There's some drum footage on KZfaq around, that playing is even crazier

Little bit more relaxed here brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Bit stoned now, but totally get that swing example you were giving about punk and this kind of metal.

Kenneth Shaulk of Candiria

Hail murder by dark funeral. Best drummer in metal

Please do a Video about the swing in matal and fast punkrock! Very interessted!

Airwolf! Fuck yeah!

Dude, you should really check out the full song, live at sonic pump studios :)

Eloy Casagrande - Desperate Cry,it's a good one.

Kai Hahto has played some jazz as some people have mentioned he has even played with Jonas Hellborg

lol...Eyes light up at 3:07 CHIIINAAA!

A fun fact: Kai is left-handed.

Ken Schalk and Candiria, especially Constant Velocity..., and I would love if you did some Deathspell Omega.

he should react to winter madness, thats straight 7 minutes of blast beats

The whole song: Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars (TIME I Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump Studios) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itJlh5CY0brIiKs.html

Now you should check the actual song. Epic song

Kai haito is also an excellent jazz drummer. Hes one of my favourites. Please react to gavin harrison sound of muzak. Probably.more up your street but the version at modern drummer announced by simon Phillip's. Nothing to not like :)

I seriously LMAOd at the Crash Test Dummies -comment. Hilarious shit dude. And Kai Hahto is a fucking proven beast. He's awesome.

You should check out the drummer of Cattle Decapitaion. He is an AK-47. This song reminds me of Blind Guardian. Super epic and huge.

JEEEEZZZZZZZZZZ... REACT TO BOBBY JARZOMBEK (SCHOOL) FOR MILLIONTH TIME!

It's coming, Time II D-40... 😎

one metal drummer said something along the lines of making easy things sound more complicated than they are or just speeding them up... meaning that you have one beat going through, like the kicks here and you lay patterns and syncopations on top of them, like cymbals here. another drummer who does this is darkside from mgla check his cymbal game out, took me by surprise: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grJ_qc5hsd3Zd58.html metal is a very straightforward kind of music usually and almost requires nothing else outside 2/4 or 4/4 or sometimes 3/4 for the triplet feel, although a lot of modern bands start to incorporate more off-feeling signatures (5/4, 7/8 and the likes) or just play in a way that makes them sound like it, even when they are still 4/4. my point being: if it serves the song, nothing has to be overly complicated. the role of drums in metal is that of the time giver, so quite different from jazz where you can break out into a solo or the drummer responds actually to the band being the sort of "red line" throughout the song.

Is this the fastest growing KZfaq channel?? 4000 more subscribers in the past 2 days... 😳

Shuffle sounding!

Please go check this young Indonesian drummer, Ray Prasetya. His drumming is really great for his age. Type down "Yamaha Music Experience - Splashing Water | Ray Prasetya Drum Cam | at SMEX 2019 ."

One can program anything. But... to have enough knowledge to program it is entire another matter, which even to a drummer is black magic that they don't fully understand. And so, YOU can't program everything is true, but one can program anything is also true.

Need to react to Inferno from Behemoth recent drum cams stuff

"A wash of sound"... seriously, it's like, how to turn a drum kit into ambience.

Please react to my programmed drums in guitar pro

you should check out the drum only video from Archspire. He plays on 350bpm ;) its amazing to look at him

Please do David Gray of Akercocke! Either He is Risen or Valley of the Crucified !

Please.. Watching deconstrution of song Condemned.. From Confessor, Steve Shelton on drumms, its amaizing an very different.. Really..

do u even realize kai is one of worlds best drummers

React to 66Samus doing Hear Me.

Check out baard kolstad's Illuminate!