Children of Bodom

Play drums likeJaska Raatikainen

Finnish drummer (born 1979)

The songs with Jaska Raatikainen on drums, to play on your own kit: Follow The Reaper, Bodom After Midnight and Are You Dead Yet? and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Everytime I Die

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Jaska Raatikainen playing drums — Photo: Teevee, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Mediumeasiest — Everytime I Die
169average BPM
231fastest — In Your Face

Songs with Jaska Raatikainen on drums

Follow The ReaperChildren of Bodom

Bodom After MidnightChildren of Bodom

Are You Dead Yet?Children of Bodom

Everytime I DieChildren of Bodom

Hate MeChildren of Bodom

Bed of RazorsChildren of Bodom

In Your FaceChildren of Bodom More Children of Bodom songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Jaska Raatikainen

Start with Everytime I Die — the easiest of their parts here (medium), at 105 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to In Your Face: 3,201 notes in 4:14. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Jaska Raatikainen's drum parts: questions

What songs does Jaska Raatikainen play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Jaska Raatikainen on drums: Follow The Reaper (Children of Bodom), Bodom After Midnight (Children of Bodom), Are You Dead Yet? (Children of Bodom), Everytime I Die (Children of Bodom), Hate Me (Children of Bodom) and Bed of Razors (Children of Bodom) and more.

What is the easiest Jaska Raatikainen song to play on drums?

Everytime I Die by Children of Bodom — rated medium, at 105 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Jaska Raatikainen's hardest drum part here?

In Your Face: 3,201 notes in 4:14, rated hard. The fastest is In Your Face at 231 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Jaska Raatikainen?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.