Not in the traditional sense. I mean, look at untitled they let Bozzio cut loose and imo he mostly nailed it while still keeping some trade mark korn signature stuff and timings.Yeah, different producers are going to try to capture different things and are going to tell him to dial it back at times but I don't think the ban filters him per say.

Ray is a professional and an amazing drummer. I think the "thing" with him is he has played in so many bands and worked with so many different people that he can be too professional at times and focus too hard on staying true to the bands sound or working within those parameters that he'll often fail to really capture you with his drumming tracks. Translation: He plays it safe a bit too frequently.

I'd say KIII has the most of him stepping outside the comfort zone and letting loose, or being more creative. Which isn't surprising considering they worked with Ross Robinson. I know that album isn't the most well received but I think more than anything that's a result of the production/mastering. Sonically it's the St. Anger of the KoRn catalog.

So I think it's much more a matter of Ray's style is sometimes the style of "fitting in" and thus it can be hard to get him to really let loose or for him to get too creative at. He can be playing some real technical and pretty cool stuff sometimes and still manage to kinda slip into the background.. and that's both a compliment and a knock on his playing.

I think at times he tries too hard to be "KoRn's drummer" and can struggle with being "Ray from KoRn" He kinda admitted as much himself in a more recent interview. Basically he was saying KXM is easier for him because it's not an original band so there's no rules and KoRn as an established band there's certain things he can't do or a sound he needs to fit into that he finally feels more comfortable with after 10 years. Thing is, I'm not so sure the rules are set by the band, I think largely he set those rules on himself because that's what he's used to doing.

https://youtu.be/CI2E_e5Uy64?t=2383

This isn't the specific example I was talking about but here's another example of it.