Kai Hahto (Nightwish, Wintersun) - drumtalk [episode 48]

hey hey everybody!
Let me present to you a really great player and super humble being Mr. Kai Hahto from Nightwish and Wintersun. This is about openness to everything, combining Jazz, Rock and extreme Metal drumming on a very musical level and both the small and huge challenges of playing for others.

great guy, great talk, enjoy it folks!

[oh_ok]

Kai Hahto is one of the best drummer in the world 🥁🤟

[qayaki]

Intelligent, open minded and versatile drummer from Finland.

[SandraNelson]

A wedding drummer!!! NOW I understand! He does everything he can to NOT draw the eye, to channel everything through his sound. Jukka was / is a showman, as well as being a BEAST. Jukka wants to draw the eye. Which is his style .
Kai is both the storm, AND the calm at the center.

[wondertimo]

31:48 Kai: "Go to the gigs and support the music"

Yes sir, just bought a ticket to next summer Kuopio Rock featuring Nightwish. Looking forward to see you there great drummer.

[tommikarsikas]

Kai, there is no "drummers" like you in metal music. With your instrument, you have made metal, as a genre, better.
Working with creative masterminds like Jari, Juha, and Tuomas gives your talents the forum they need to be fully utilized, because, like it or not, you are an artist enhancing their visions with your own and turning them into reality like no other. (I have no doubt what so ever that the aforementioned trio agrees.)
I wait for the day when Tuomas lets you loose and says "Kai, here are some songs, do your thing".
As a send-off, there is a Dutch saying that I really like, and as a Finn, it seems to make a lot of sense as well. "Doe maar Normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" - Just act normally, that's already crazy enough - which, if I have understood the cultural meaning correctly, is that normalcy has a value and too much of anything is just crazy. For me personally, that says, "Be yourself, and don't do anything stupid".
drumtalk and Kai Hahto, thank you for this interview.

[roadwarrior]

Kai Hahto...most excellent drummer
Cool guy..very humble..not egotist.
Be safe always brother..
come back to Canada..

[AndrewMarloweTV]

What an awesome talent but what an awesome down to earth guy also

[dubm]

My first experience of seeing Kai play live... it was 2003, a Rotten Sound (grindcore) show in my hometown. Holy shit, this man was... and still is a machine.

[remembertheblacksabbath]

I love Kai! He always has an Iron Maiden shirt on! When I met Nightwish in Dallas on their Decades tour, he had an Iron Maiden shirt on!🤘🤘🤘

[felipousismix]

Saw Kai live with Nightwish, super precise and relaxed, a very well gifted drummer and so humble, kiitos for this video!

[sajithsri]

A well-designed questionnaire
A polite, humble and excellent drummer
A cinematic look
Wow!
This interview will be one of the most memorable of my life. ♥️🤘🏽

[tarsiusbancanus]

LOL 3:10 "You have to last for two hours to the last hits so you're not totally lactic acid man" Brilliant quote :D

[mrgriff]

I've never heard of this guy before, shame on me! He is a very interesting character. I'm going to look up some more videos of him. Thanks for this!

[rickphil]

I love Kai as a drummer but also as a man who smiles a lot during his performances. You can literally feel the joy he brings to the stage. Carol, my wife of forty years, and I had the great pleasure of seeing him live playing with Nightwish at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on May 18th, 2022. It was such an amazing show, an incredible experience. Thank you for this interview.

[missbirb]

Absolute legend. I saw him live with Nightwish last year in Buenos Aires, and omg, I'm still blown away

[martinri_cz]

It's great to hear that on all levels of music, the feeling and problems are the same. Love that he mentioned the Jazz approach, leaving empty space to improvise night to night. Makes me appreciate him even more. Kai is amazing, Nightwish is beautiful.

[antoinevam]

One of my top 5 all time favourite drummers! What a legend!

[jimmydodopage]

21:23 first time the word "wintersun" is spoken.

[Thnielsen]

in my opinion one of, if not THE, best metal drummer in modern age. and still humble and down to earth :) he seems like a genuine nice guy

[ToTheWolves]

What a genuine authentic warm human being.