George Kollias Laying Fire upon apep

[Forthlock]

1st they invented drum machines.. then they invented George Kollias!

[myblacklabell]

I don't know what to say

[Killyoudeadnstuff]

what kind of teqnique does he use with his hands to get that fast? i can't see him playing fast because his hands become a transparrent skin collored figures i don't have time to understand before the cameras change views

[MrZantso]

@Killyoudeadnstuff he is using his wrists a lot but also fingers they help controlling and keeping up the speed

[Thomasgipsy]

I heard a rumour that George doesnt speak Greece,could it be true?

[Truthseaker001]

I guess if all you are wanting is beats per minute, this is good. It kinda leaves this drummer (me) cold.

[Killyoudeadnstuff]

@Truthseaker001 quite- this is absolutly fucking amazing and i would never be able to this myself though. while it'd be nice to see him do my style because it's what i appreciate most i would say this takes more skill and dedication, he demonstrates competency with any style of drumming i think. that satisfies me as far as knowing he's good. he does not however in my opinion do the VERY MOST important job, make good, musical beats! but this is what complements death metal, for each his own.

[xpertbrewer]

WOW just WOW!!

[MikeJomara]

its a shame such talent is wasted on the dumbest kind of music i can think of. i mean i can't take anyone who's growling like some kind of demon from a sci-fi channel original seriously.

[rumble131]

@MikeJomara Its the music where this drumming is required

[666wickedjack]

@MikeJomara the dumbest kind of music? maybe whatever you're listening to is the dumb type of music. You're not supposed to focus on the vocals, obviously. You focus on the ACTUAL MUSIC. You, obviously, can't hear anything except the vocals because whatever music you listen to, that's the only quality it has, a voice. Having a good voice isn't a talent, it's a gift. To make music like this, you HAVE to be talented.

[myblacklabell]

@666wickedjack your right all the time

[SuperBehemoth666]

@MikeJomara it takes a special kind of technique to be able to sound like that without damaging ur vocal chords, and if that's how you feel, why do you watch vids like these? Death metal is the most brutal form of music and is such a great stress release. I'm guessing u don't like any form of metal cuz the majority of them scream and growl and sound like this. Metal is the one form of music that the artists aren't afraid to say the truth, If there's something they wanna say, they say it. PERIOD!

[MikeJomara]

why does he move his feet side to side ?

[alexhtp]

@MikeJomara to make more hits and it's his way play more faster and arrange.

[SuperBehemoth666]

@MikeJomara it's called a swivel foot technique and it's how he feels comfortable playing

[GameplaySkull]

yeah i have the same pedals XD

[Bobloblawwww]

i just laugh hysterically at how awesome George is. 

[09Textaholic]

He just ran a marathon one the bass pedals.

[Thomasgipsy]

George is great but theres a guy called Ukri Suvilehto who plays Nile songs with ease,actually even better than George himself,check him out he has videos here in youtube

[MrZantso]

@Thomasgipsy Yeah, Ukri is awesome, but i wouldn´t say he plays Nile songs better than George

though Ukri has bigger motion in his feet playing fast tempos.

I think Ukri is going to be best extreme drummer in few years

[dimonsnight1]

NO IMAGINATION

[Angelrat70]

@dimonsnight1

don't confuse imagination with style. Actually he's very creative within the "borders" of extreme metal drumming

[dimonsnight1]

@Angelrat70 no style too

[pariskotsaros]

@dimonsnight1  i want to see YOU playing better!!!

[dimonsnight1]

@pariskotsaros to kalitera esi pos to enoeis?an enoeis taxitita oxi ..den ton ftano.stin teliki de m endiefere pote na afksiso tin taxitia oso alla pramata opos ti fantasia .an pisteueis pos o tipos pera apo mixanaki exei prospikotita...ok ti na po.prepei na to psakseis ligo kalitera.exei ksepatikosei ton derek roddy oso poio xidaia ginete.pera apo grigoros den exei kati allo na pei.stin taxitita tou dino respect.se tipot allo omos.

[SeverDismemberCinner]

19 people are pussies. thumbs up if you agree.

[Faggotura]

man his one footed blast are amazing...he can blast faster with one foot than I can with both of my feet! >_< it fucks with my mind lol!

[pinealglandisthekey]

Its not the arm speed that is impressive, its honestly the one footed blast beat. Its what kollias has against 99.99% of the modern world.

[diluted8]

@pinealglandisthekey Roddy does it as well. With ankle weights! check his weak foot buster

[turcoladen]

Speed! Blast beats! Double bass drum! So freaking good...

[85Aheadstix]

This is the drumming equivelant of Kollias ripping his dick out and bitch slapping roddy across the face!.

[justinoakley999]

WHO THE FUCK DISLIKED THIS... seriously, SHOW YOURSELF!!!

[Ramon666zig]

Kollias é o melhor!!!Brazil

[strychnine7777]

bow down to 2:29 .....

[ToXicGunsmith]

can anyone do a cover of this????

[bogmirkovic]

@ToXicGunsmith probably not :)))))



[ToXicGunsmith]

@bogmirkovic I thought so...hahahahahahaha rhetorical question!!!

[muzgol]

I've been wondering if George could play Painkiller intro with one foot?

[givemeajackson]

@muzgol no problem i think

[inquisidor1]

@muzgol good question

[euronymous4o]

@muzgol What kinda question is that??? Of course he can.....

[ter50]

@muzgol I believe that he can play it with his cock

[intothepit69]

@muzgol ....holy shit....new favorite drummer kollias is a god!!!

[AshnerJVC]

1:10 AARRGGHHH! DUFFYYYY!

[TheGorillawind]

its fair to say chuck norris has been beaten

[novembre8211]

There are drummers out there who are at or around this guy's skill level, but I don't think there is anyone who's better, IMO

[bigrizzleful]

this shit is unplayable... i dont give a flying monkey who says they can play this, this right here is a true blast drummer to one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

[ZeekFlo]

"Hello, I`m Zeus, i come from Olympus and i play drums"

[deadissomewhere]

saying he's god mean's nothing..he surpased god long time ago .. he's now something even more

[MetallicOpeth]

One-footed blasts are the way to go. Love Kollias.

[SkateboarderRobley]

3 words, too, fuckin, sick!

[FerchoH4x]

@EdgarMalmsteen I mean they could be way cooler if their music was improvised, just like jazz.

[KoKaTa]

i dont know what they are gonna do if he leaves the band...nile is over!!!

[FerchoH4x]

0:21 I wonder if his left foot is as fast as...

0:32 Nevermind.

[WARHEAD4201]

best drummer ever.

[zBOOcham]

it seems 17 people tried to play this shit... then chuck norris appeared and roundhouse kicked their drumsets

[lucariololol]

im trying to start a death metal band but i live in oklahoma where everyone listens to country and even the metal heads dont listen to this stuff

[justinoakley999]

wow....

17 fuckin HATERS! imagine that.

[heavierthanmetal0]

faster, still boring!

[wavade]

16 accounts were made by Joey Jordison

[Huargos1]

i think i just came!

[Ksianth]

Air jordan shoes!

[BenHBX]

awesome! a version with base drums instead of triggers!

[TheNuclearAnchovies]

@BenHBX he uses triggers all the time, and if u think triggers make u go faster, ur wrong.

[Wilkins777]

@TheNuclearAnchovies Some of us don't really care if it's triggers nor not. Remember it is death metal, and it is art. Lets all enjoy the music for how awesome it is :)

[BenHBX]

@TheNuclearAnchovies first, I never said anything about triggers making you go faster. And I know he uses triggers all the time, and I hate that I can't hear the base drums in any nile studio recording except a little bit in hittite dung incantation, all I said was the song sounds 1000x mightier with deep base drums instead of clicks

[BenHBX]

@TheNuclearAnchovies the stupid "linked comment" thing left out my reply >:0 !, and made me look like kind of a jackass, so for the record, and to see what this thing does.... First, I never said anything about triggers making you go faster. And I know he uses triggers all the time, and I hate that I can't hear the base drums in any nile studio recording except a little bit in hittite dung incantation, all I said was the song sounds 1000x mightier with deep base drums instead of clicks.

[nazzare79]

what kind of alexis double pedal is this? thanks

[Audricd]

@nazzare79 its AXIS and not alexis. and its series A, longboard.

[Fuck1nMetal]

@nazzare79 Black one in this video but he can have wathever he want because hes endorser for axis :D

Check them on axis percussion dot cm

[euronymous4o]

Lol give him some sunglasses and he'll look like extreme stevie wonder lol brutal ass drummer \m/

[timteam2]

very easy song to play,IF YOU'RE A GOD!!!!!!!!!!

[lvmdrummer92]

lol 0:22 RAW BACON MAKES YOU BURN!!

[needlearmor]

i thought the scream after around 1:06 was so funny!

[oldbobscoo]

Now play something fast...

[rapedbythebeast]

Nile may be epic and melodic at times but they are PURE fucking DEATH METAL!!!!!

[6BassPower6]

@Psykotto  this isn't progressive metal this is Brutal technical death metal.

[Psykotto]

@6BassPower6

I was talking about a different band, in reference to a different comment. I know Nile is death metal.

[TravisBoro]

Grek zorba xd

[Xxbucho1951xX]

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[SinisterSkip]

man that double bass, TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[quilinoberna]

jojojojjojojojojoooojojojo

[TeamJuggalo4Life]

Whatever kind of drum heads he have, they gotta be strong as hell. I want them lol

[Hheawy]

@TeamJuggalo4Life remo ambassadors on the toms I think

[RobdaDrummer]

i love the fact he's wearing jordans

[maxharrisondrummer]

life isn't fair

[sellborn]

This is me playing double bass:

D.......R.......D.......R.....­..D........R.......D

George Kollias double bass:

DRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDDRDRDRDDRDRDR­DDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDDRDR

.... but hey ! I can type the alphabet faster than u can on a keyboard !!! >=D yaaay

[LewisJewis]

who the fuck would dislike this 

[SpellofDevestation]

ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[GussEspGuitar]

George Kollias ... for me is the best drummer ... I have not seen another in excess of their speed and cleanliness to play ... like another great drummer Tim Yeung

[narsakulover247]

ldo u know it is ok to play slow.u dont have to go 999999999999999999999999999999­9999 mph all the time.

[Psykotto]

@narsakulover247

Dude, this is a song about the sun god, Ra, using fire magic to fight a giant serpent demon in hell, this is not the kinda song to be playing slow.

[givemeajackson]

@Psykotto lol, i think the lyrics are ridiculous. george is stil the best drummer in the world, he should go to dream theather . he is the only guy who's better than portnoy

[Psykotto]

@givemeajackson

You don't even know the lyrics, do you? Kolias is too good for Dream Theater. Nile is a thousand times better, they have more complex and heavier music, their lyrics are much more awesome, and they are death metal, which is always better than power metal. Dream Theater is just one notch above Dragonforce.

[givemeajackson]

@Psykotto dt is progressive metal,dude. its just based on your comment, it sounds like it would be a pokemon fight. nothing against nile they are really good. but nile more complex than dt??? dt is maybe the most complex band ever. i think that kollias is the only drummer who could replace portnoy. btw, i listen to death or thrash(SLAYER!!!) most of time, but saying that death is always better than power is pointless! children of bodom is melodeath/power, and they are fucking awesome!!

[Psykotto]

@givemeajackson

Your basing this entire song on my quick description? Just read the fucking lyrics yourself! Its from Egyptian mythology, when Ra would travel through the underworld every night fighting off demons, its about 7000 years older than fucking pokemon. Also, there are many bands more complex than DT, like Opeth, Behemoth, Nevermore, and definitely Nile, just listen closely to their riffs, such as in The Eye of Ra, Language of the Shadows. ALL power metal sucks, especially CoB.

[Gigadrane]

@Psykotto THANK-YOU MY METAL BROTHER !!! Children of Bodom can BURN IN THE PITS OF DUAT !

[dragonmasterlance123]

@Gigadrane i personally wouldnt consider someone who talks crap about other metal bands just because he couldnt enjoy them, a brother

thats just me though

[freakoutguitarsolo1]

@Psykotto

all power metal does not suck... listen to pagan's mind

[Psykotto]

@freakoutguitarsolo1

Hmm, you're right, this is a damn good band, I never heard them before. But this is waaaay too good to be power metal, they are like a cross between Dream Theater and Nevermore, this is just progressive metal.

Oh, wait, the guy from DT is in it, well that explains the similarity there.

I was thinking it sounded like him, and I don't even listen to DT so I don't know how I knew that.

[givemeajackson]

@Psykotto dude, you have no idea abo,ut music. btw, did you ever heared one of the bands you named playing in a 5/8? no? well, dt does it. nuff said, i'm goin to talk to my toaster. he's more complex than your brain...

[Psykotto]

@givemeajackson

HA, nice one, you say I'm less complex than a toaster in the same comment where you say the word "heared", and "abo,ut", and "nuff".

[FerchoH4x]

@Psykotto Lol that mallcore kid thinks that just because dt played 5/8 they're so fucking complex.

Even Andromeda plays complex patterns like 7/8 and they're far from being the most complex band.

Listen to Blotted Science - Synaptic Plasticity and all the other songs from that album, I believe it is somewhat jazzy-improvised, but its complex as fuck.

[Psykotto]

@FerchoH4x

Shit dude, your right, this is some ridiculously complex shit, but it manages to not take away from the music much like some pointlessly "complex for the sake ov complex" jazz-wannabe metal bands, the music itself is still pretty great and enjoyable. I don't know what all this 5/8 or 7/8 stuff means, but I recognize good complexity and talent when I hear it.

[FerchoH4x]

@Psykotto "I don't know what all this 5/8 or 7/8 stuff means" It's all about time signatures, which is basic music theory. In a nutshell, a measure has 8 eight-notes, 5/8 means there are only 5 eight-notes in a measure.

[Psykotto]

@FerchoH4x

I'm still completely lost.

[FerchoH4x]

@Psykotto Your understand it eventually.

[Bearthoughts]

@givemeajackson, I think you should listen to a few of the bands he mentioned and I strongly recommend Opeth (they do play in 5 in case you didn't know). 

[FerchoH4x]

@givemeajackson "dt is maybe the most complex band ever"

Bullshit, go listen to Blotted Science.

[narsakulover247]

i found jesus.he is the drummer.16 people dont have hands or feet

[StaupEimer]

@narsakulover247 Well, since Nile is based on Ancient Egypt, maybe he's the reincarnation of Imhotep.

[givemeajackson]

@StaupEimer btw, michael jackson was the incarnation of osiris! cut in pieces, but still alive xD

[StaupEimer]

@givemeajackson Lol

[Thatmetaldude590]

Damn you sick man... He must bike faster than a car ^^

[metalmonkey007888]

Imagine this guy with Quablepedals :o...

[givemeajackson]

if he would kick someones balls... XD

[kjer0nanny0slut]

ok, he is fucking fast as hell and has good technique. but i swear he has no creativity. imo it gets boring after a while listing to him fly. no disrespect or anything....

[Wayavas1337]

WHAT!

[TheAftermathDrummerS]

pearl and sabian a merriage long awaited now made official

[xBaphometHx]

2:57 This is when the fire lays upon Apep xDDDDDD

[wolfuhz]

Its like an orgasm over and over again ....

[net200777]

youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y6UZ1pKE­c

[headshop]

God dammit---his technique just killed my inner child. (guess I will never be a grandparent)

[daoping]

Why does he only use 1 foot O_O

[NaxoAteo]

@daoping cuz he says that it is more accurated to play blast beats with one foot and its too boring for him to do it with 2 and also he says that he leads with his foot while he plays instead of leading with the snare or the ride.

[wolfuhz]

@daoping 2 would be a bit 2 much ^_^

[vamsterr]

love 2:14



[Thatmetaldude590]

@vamsterr Yea, five pedals is overpower ^^

Check out Aeons of Burning Galaxies, he uses it a lot there.

[vamsterr]

@Thatmetaldude590 I've seen it. insaaaanse XD. i sooo want Axis longboards. used them at The Drum Shop in Newcastle. sooo wicked XP

[Thatmetaldude590]

@vamsterr Yea, it makes the sound more powerful. Haven't tried them myself though ^^

[vamsterr]

@Thatmetaldude590 there a sweet set up :D cant afford them but. haha $1800 for doubles.

[Thatmetaldude590]

@vamsterr Ouuch : /

Guess Ebay would be the only option

[irondandrummer]

2:09 ...I've just discovered that Kollias doesn't actually move like we do. He just telepathically issues commands, and his limbs obey. Like "Snare/tom rolls", or "Blast. BLAST!!!!".

at THIS time in the song, I think he just went "Ok... Surprise me. Go!!!"

[DethMetalNinja1]

i think i just shat my self!!!!

[basruttenX]

It's safe to safe Apep is dead.

[RaverWhiteLight]

The band said they needed a drummer...they didn't expect Zeus to show up.

[slayermanbob]

@RaverWhiteLight I believe you mean, they didn't expect Ra to show up. Nile being Egyptian and all.....

[RaverWhiteLight]

@slayermanbob In fact I didn't...that's just how epic he is.

[slayermanbob]

@RaverWhiteLight lol ok. 

[lucariololol]

@RaverWhiteLight ironic cuz he's greek lol

[RaverWhiteLight]

@lucariololol Egypt didn't have a strong enough god, so they sent for Zeus. lol

[inquisidor1]

@RaverWhiteLight wrong, everybody knows that kollias is Ra not Zeus

[RaverWhiteLight]

@inquisidor1 True that.

[Jgresko]

GK is a drumming god, and he uses My dads headphones, Extreme Isolation headphones are the best! /\/\etal George soo metal, thanks for the free dvd too again appreciate it much!

[shropshirewarrior]

George Kollias vids are the only vids on youtube that makes me CRY!!!

[Aheadstix85]

FUCKING INSANE!!!!!!!, GEORGE RULES!!!!!.

[Gigadrane]

If joey jordison were to play George's kit,His kit would probably say "Is he hitting me yet ?"

[migoffspring]

2 bass drums is not enough.

[nousername976]

I wander if he can play My Sharona.

[Molotok666]

@nousername976 haha, yea man, he will have to warm up real good before trying to

[migoffspring]

drummer god reencarnation. !

[holyshiet787]

meanwhile in soviet russia...and you know rest...XD

[cleantripy]

oooo fuck!°-°

[lucasathus]

my face went like:

O.O  -

at 2:09

[JonasOfSweden]

@lucasathus That pattern is probably the easiest part of the entire song... I nailed it after 5 minutes but won't even fucking try the rest :P

[lucasathus]

@JonasOfSweden lol how can u do that if u can't do the rest?

[JonasOfSweden]

@lucasathus The rest is way too fast, and I don't practice fast stuff enough.

[jr0014]

goddamn he's ridiculously sick

[caasddg]

see you in bucharest W_o_W

[Blacklorigine]

I wonder if george sees the world in slow motion.

[TPBThommTPB]

You see, the secret to his bass pedal speed is the fact that he doesn't actually move the pedals, he moves the world.

[ferrit619]

@TPBThommTPB Now we know what caused the earthquakes in Japan

[AshRevolution]

not human!!

[Tommyc1923]

It's just stupid. I'm going to shoot myself in the face. Without looking at the video, he sounds like it's two people drumming. WTF? It's blowing my mind. He's so good it's stupid.

[spector52]

put justin bieber's face infront of the bass drum-annihilation

[partsovone]

@spector52 LOL xD

[bakota0123]

@spector52  best comment !

[gnrcr]

0:27 I wonder if his left foot is as fast as...

0:33 Nevermind.

[qoxohifo]

im not really into this type of music but my god this man is insane

[xisengrinx]

14 People's ears blew the fuck up after listening to this.

[balrogslovenski666]

see you in belgrade 26th january !!!

[crispjaysalways]

It's no coincidence that one of the the greatest technical metal drummers (GK) is wearing Air Jordans! That is one secret to his phenomenal footwork. Thank you for raising the bar so high gkdrummer, now if only I can see it...

[Metal69Rush]

Geroge Kollias has to be a TX-1000 or some shit! No human on earth could possibly move at those speeds!

[Metal69Rush]

If I I seem him draw blood. He could be human

[needlearmor]

great drumming, what do y'all like about the music though