This groove is outrageous! I will never forget listening to War of Being the first time and hearing this groove kick in -- and THEN the hertas just started rolling in and I nearly lost my mind. I've been listening to TesseracT since just before the release of the Concealing Fate EP. Your drumming is a HUGE inspiration. Absolute. Legend.

Your playthrough of this on Meini Cymbals was sick. Technique 🔥

The video I was waiting for... nothing like having the best drummer also being a drum teacher.

Prog for the masses! Thanks as always for putting out the content we musicians want to see when learning music!!

How to play War of being; First.. learn to play Bleed. I absolutely love this!

You explain things clearly and make it easy to understand.

Thank you so much. To be both a great player AND a great teacher is a rare gift. I really appreciate you!

I dont even play drums bruh but you explained things so well I feel like i could get behind a kit and play this pattern. You're unreal!

Jay is the Nolly of drums

It's amazing how useful this is, even for a guitarist like me. I'm on that "just listen to it until it sticks in my hands, and THEN pick up the guitar and figure out the notes" wagon, which is what I've been doing for all the Tesseract songs I've learned so far. But actually getting it explained to me by the drummer of the band is an absolute godsend. It's such a treat, but also such an evolution in how musicians and listeners interact.

What an amazing performer and teacher!!

Excellent as always fella. Thanks for delivering this like a human. Love ya. Also, thanks for making E.Drums cool and viable in the metal practice space.

Only a few minutes in but I love the way that you explain stuff, super clear and helpful, especially as off I’m learning this song at the moment, can’t wait to hear the full record for more of your great work.

“First you must learn Bleed by Meshuggah” well I’m fucked.

Jay: No one’s playing that pattern in single pedal, that would be insane… Estepario siberiano: Hold my beer. Love the video!

You're an inspiration Jay. Thank you for this videos and for the informations that you share with us!

im gonna be stank facing to the grooves of this new album for the rest of my life. thanks for making so many courses available for free jay. you're such an inspiration i can watch you drum all day.

Love the explanation, Jay. Can't wait for the full album. God bless Acle for writing such tasty tunes, and to you for putting real drums on the album 😍

Thank you Jay! and good luck on your Tour! 🔥🔥🔥

'War of being' and ESPECIALLY 'Legion' has gotten me through a super tough time recently. I know this is a drumming video but BOY I sing the absolute SOUL out of that song!! Thank y'all for existing!!! 🖤🖤🖤🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

Do you even realize how amazing you guys are- so humble with this masterpiece

“No one is playing that pattern on a single kick" *EI Estepario Siberiano has entered the chat*

i wanna see Matt Halpern do this :)

Wait wait wait....YOUR The drummer for tesseract?! Holy shit. I got into you guys early 2022. You guys are amazing! This song has been on loop all week long in my music app!

I don't even play drums and I watched the whole vid haha! Good stuff Jay!

Thank you Jay. Approachable legend :)

your voice tones, makes you s good teacher...

HERTAS that would make Tomas Haake proud

This is tesseracts (jays) masterpiece pedal work like bleed is for meshuggah! Jay, you’re an absolute legend my guy.

Glad to hear you had to practice a little bit to pull this off.

Excellent lesson as always. Can't wait to catch y'all in Austin!

Waiting for you guys to come to Banglore ✨♥️

Tremendo Jay! excelente catedra, ayudo mucho, ya casi la agarraba de memoria, pero con esta explicación queda bastante claro. Maravilloso

Unreal Jay, so damn talented. Loved the music video for War of Being too, you looked like a knife wielding assassin, even with the stick movements

LOL! "If you've heard Bleed by Meshuggah, well it's just like that..." Oh ok, "super easy" then! Great video though. Thanks for sharing. I love War of Being!

two strokes out with one foot... I haven't even mastered just one hand yet. Impressive!

Looking forward to your arrival in Taiwan!

Thank you so much for this lesson! Any chances seeing Tesseract again in Israel? Last show u had there was awesome!!!

Nice work Jay. I noticed on Tomas' video, when he does the herta, his feet are back on the pedals, which seems ridiculously hard.

Just got the transcription for this... See if my feet are up to the task 😬

Thanks for this lesson, Jay. I absolutely love this new song of yours, and your drum track is killer, dude! I’ve tried, at least to cover both Seven Names and Tourniquet, which were challenging to say the least, but really good fun! I’ve been drumming for 28 years now with a physical disability, so much of my drumming is based on compromise. It just so happens that my favourite sub-genre of metal is progressive, the tricky thing for me though is that I don’t, and never have had any comprehension of music theory at all! I’ve predominantly learnt by simply listening to my favourite bands, and trying my very best to simulate the drum track. I’ve managed to cover some of Tool, Seven, Rivers of Nihil, Meshuggah (including Bleed, as best I can), Puscifer and Dream Theater. The groove you were demonstrating here I have managed to play easy enough. The main issue I have with odd time signatures is the snare placement beyond anything else. The most complicated part I’m finding of War of Being is your opening groove, which is then repeated once more. I want to keep at it though, cause it is one badass drum track, man. So cool😊🤟🏽

Excellent drum lesson, the advices are on point once again, thank you Jay!! Bleed by Messhugah is indeed a great starting (finishing?) point to learn hertas. You can also master hertas, but through easier songs from Iced Earth called "birth of the wicked" and "The coming curse" ("Overture of the wicked" version, not from the album). The hertas in here are much slower than Bleed or War of Being, it helps a lot to apprehend that kind of rhythm, moreover through a song! I worked for me at least... Aside from that, just follow Jay words, he is spitting facts!

18:01 idk what that was playing in the background there, but if it is on the new album and can’t wait anymore then I already am🤟🏻🤟🏻

He just casually starts playing BLEED like it's NOTHING

It's so weird that the left kick comes in between the 2 kicks from the heel-toe. It just seems so much more difficult

"No one would be playing that pattern on a single kick, that'd be insane". . Except El Estepario Siberiano :p

Learning this song is pretty simple! Step one: learn Bleed by Meshuggah! B r u h

i remember when listening to it the first time i was like "Did it get chunckier? mmmm! >:("

Just a curious question Jay. I noticed in the full song some background sounds, are they synth or drum machine. Such cool effects.

Learn this song on Guitar and u will understand everything

This is so good! Random question, what type of Nikes are you wearing?

New Zealand??

Came here to learn how to play War of Being and accidentally learned how to play Bleed.

Jay "machine gun" Postones!! ;D wink wink

"No one's playing that pattern on a single kick. That would be insane." *El Estepario Siberiano has entered the chat*

Thanks Jay! I spent like an hour the other day mapping this out in EZ drummer lol. Question, in the 3rd repeat of the pattern, was there a reason you did double herta in some of the 7s but none of the 6s? Also, I was thinking about trying to learn the herta section first and using the same foot pattern for the non-herta earlier parts (like RRLR for the 4s, RRLRLR for 6s and RRLRRLR for 7s). Do you think that's too fatiguing for the right foot?

Insanityyyy

Oooofffffffff

Well my comment suggesting Jay was tricked into becoming Haake was liked by the band, now this comes out, so, I can only assume I'm owed 75% the profits of the album. That's how things work right?