Ithyphallic Drum Tracking

[HaggardBacon]

What the hell is "utility drumming" lol

I've never seen a trowel or leatherman on Mr. Roddy's kit.

[ShittyMcPoopyBalls]

All sounds the same to me.

[semigret]

FAAAAAAKE

[semigret]

He is not real.

[SwaTCutThroat]

i just shit my fuck

[MYAR15SaysImFree]

god damn, I wish it was as easy as he makes it look.

[metalrebproductions]

george dude i would have to tear down everything ive learned about playing drums and start from scratch. just to play like you do.i respect you bro. from one drummer to another don't stop

[diluted8]

3:00 is insane

[bestgamer2112]

dude its like no rhythm its just playing fast

[sick898]

@bestgamer2112 gtfo troll

[DreamTheater4life]

@bestgamer2112 its playing fast WHILE keeping the rhythm.

[NaxoAteo]

@bestgamer2112 go play guitar hero drums gamer LOL this is extreme drumming man its fucking fast ,hard as fuck and there is rhythm.

[TaCoMaN300]

speecless yet again... what was the tempo of this song I NEED TO PRACTICE MORE

[Gigadrane]

Click sounds like fucking 300bpm

[IEdrummer]

who would dislike this i mean honestly???

[leanfiend444]

@IEdrummer Haha I know, It trips me out too...

[IEdrummer]

@leanfiend444 lol its just there tho its too funny. 192 likes 1 dislike lol

[sandblast93]

song at 0:46?

[Randagulis]

@sandblast93 Its all from Ithyphallic, just different parts of it

[MrSatanochio]

@sandblast93 Song - The language of the shadows

[ChrisAdlerWannaBe]

y does the sound of the drums change @ 1:52

[jamesdizzle420]

@ChrisAdlerWannaBe he wanted a different sound for his toms for that specific song clearly

[DreamTheater4life]

@ChrisAdlerWannaBe it goes from camera sound to studio sound

[mastodonoho]

hes beyond good.

the one problem i have is how loose his hi-hat is. it just sounds sloppy compared to everything else that he plays with such precision.

[Jaydrummer1988]

sorry but im gonna have to go with

imapisces23

[zpyna]

es una makina...nile rules!...george kollias fucking rulezzzzzzz!!!.......

[SeedOfCannibalism]

Is it bad if his crashes are hitting the chinas?

[im1just1here1]

not really. only if they are hitting them agressively

[CooleyCoolenson]

god dammit. does he really have to be this amazing?

[viperabs]

Thank you for sharing this with us, George.

[metaldrummer47]

his aux. snare looks alot like the mike portnoy 12" steel sheel :) FSU George!!

[slatan420]

FUCKING BEAST!

[dannycarey13]

the essential salts at the begining sick song!

[soobaman]

fucking nice!

[StareAtNothing]

porco dio è infernale

[Hheawy]

Ithyphallic is so damn great album! I just can't wait to hear what they have come up with on their upcoming one...

If it's even more stunning than this, I'm afraid my head is gonna explode for the amazement

[Skaflar]

Is there some kind of Greek fountain of holy water that I can drink that will give me George's super powers?

[moses2622]

nope your either Greek or you wish your Greek sorry

[Necronaut]

@Skaflar yea, it's a drink called practice everyday, it's guaranteed to work if used correctly.

[Skaflar]

@Necronaut

But the catch is, I have to time warp and practice 48 hours every day, right?

:D Cheers from Sverige!

[Thomasgipsy]

Is there any video where George explains his hand technique,seems like he is using somekind of variation of the moeller

[COBHC279]

Actually it does but some how he gains a lot more hits on each drum than the moeller normally would.

[derossi13]

get the dvd ;)......hes using a " variation" of the möllertechnique, in my opinion. especially on his right hand, you can see it, when there is this whipping motion going on.

just watch him blasting on a hihat, there you can clearly see his möller motion.

[1u2ra3gan]

First two fragments are close to live true sound of drum kit, GK plays drums really insane, but on final Nile recordings deep compression just kills all power of music, no punch attack from drums... Strange culture of recording.

[1u2ra3gan]

Terrible compression on some recordings. Too much compression. I'm listening death and black metal on really hi-end audio systems, many of them, and really disturbing how much compression on drums in many recordings, just no real power of drums. My dream is to hear final death metal recording without so strong studio killing effects.

[invis19]

Many older death bands such as Morbid Angel or Death have the sound your looking for. But Nile is in a league of their own...

[dannycarey13]

derek is good, but george is alot better i think

[C0bfan666]

Sick

[georgecochrane]

THE LANGUAGE OF THE SHADOWS !!!!!!!!

[derossi13]

this is awesome his chinas at 5.45 to 5.50 sound like voices, if you know the song, so he really doesnt play random accents, he interprets the song perfektly on the kit!

[DagonMetalMusic]

2:25 >

[3shiftgtr]

He's like a hamster on a treadmill....a hamster who just took a speedball and who's heart is about to explode!!!!

[555sasori666]

The intro of The Language of the Shadows is one of my favourite drum beats

[shlempnar]

me too

[Damnator117]

The solo sounds 'romonatic'

[neckface413]

@555sasori666 Definitely have to agree with you there

[MrSatanochio]

Machine ! I can`t find a better word. Kollias fucking owns !

[Sukraloos1]

Man.. I can't wait to hear what's on the new album!

[pocketfiend36]

Gets crazy @ 1:52

[Pennys1]

Songs he's drumming to in order: The Essential Salts Language of the Shadows Laying Fire upon Apep Laying Fire upon Apep (again) Ithyphallic Laying Fire upon Apep (Bridge) As He Creates, so He destroys Eat of the Dead Ithyphallic (Intro) The Essential Salts (bridge) Eat of the Dead (bridge) Just in case you guys wanted to know what songs he's tracking specifically

[megamikedrummer]

i could here all the songs in my head while he's playing, it fuckin rules.

[Kuikara]

and just as i was gonna post the question to you answer :P cheers dude

[Damnator117]

damn dude you know some shitz

[codypoop24]

Holy shit

[thyPotato]

how is this possible its just so fast!

[Simson91]

George sure know how to play drums^^

[cakesface]

fuck you!!! you dont have a fucking clue!! YOU GO GEORGE!!! KICK ASS!!

[jackasskids9496]

look at 0:33 when he hits the crash the crash ends up hitting the china

[JACKSONGUITARDUDE]

damn!

[hgyells]

Bow for the Kollias God is among us

[jaimi81]

I watch a lot of these vids and yes Roddy, Kollias and Inferno are all incredible but other incredible drummers in this genre are Romain Goulon and Gene Hoglan. Just my two cents!

[darkreaper91]

sounds like a machine gun

[TBAG1000LTDedition]

0:42... I love that intro

[georgeb32]

me too, its my favourite song on the album

[amlaped09]

if anyone mentions joey jordison on a george kollias vid again i'm turning off the internet

[antipunx]

hahahahahahaha Awesome

[dreamtheaterz28]

@amlaped09 JOEY JORDISON! there turn off your internet now : p

[krakhaid]

I think it's a damn shame that any time there is a video with a good drummer, Joey Jordinson's name comes up. A damn shame.

[HeavyMetalen666]

Jezus tittyfucking christ.

George is the Greek god of drumming, no one can be compared to him.

[fuckyouXXL]

sure !

what about derek roddy ;) or hellhammer or inferno ?

[HeavyMetalen666]

They're all great dude but my post was just to let all of them jordisonfanboys shut up you know, it's really annoying to see his name appearing on every fucking video on youtube :P

[GallopingPints]

Agree. Jordison is a good drummer, but isn't worth to be fapped at. George, on the other hand is a unique drummer

[Nautamies]

Yep, Jordison is good on what he does. Of course it's shame when you watch Infernos, Kollias' or Roddys videos, his name appears in every single conversation. But Kollias, Roddy, Inferno and many others are totally on different level.

[krakhaid]

George is better slightly faster than Inferno on the double bass, and his arm work is better than all of those guy's. Not to mention, his blastbeats are faster than those guys as well, and he does them one footed.

Don't get me wrong, those guys are all great.

[Damnator117]

1 George Kollias

2 Zbigniew Prominski

3 Derek Roddy

[fuckyouXXL]

i would say

george

derek and then

zbigniew

cause derek is such a technical drummer, his multi pedal footwork is insane and hes fast too ;)

i mean he recorded one album with nile ^^

[Damnator117]

Yeah one of the old ones...Roddy's faster but Zbigniew had a great style...All three drummer are great though

[stanatori]

gene hoglan!!!

[Damnator117]

Comparing Gene Hoglan is like comparing a Dollar Store against a WaltMart

[RedLightPart1]

all hail inferno!

[Damnator117]

FuckYeah!!!!

[dagurgisla]

Inferno is THE BEST

[Colisholi]

Inferno is a studio drummer, he get's tired very fast live...

[Capero95]

dude thats bullshit! Inferno is more a live drummer then studio, he speeds up everything live like Decade Ov Therion and he always playing that fast, yeah of course some times he sloops a little with double bass and stuff, im pretty sure that Kollias does that to. btw bouth are great drummers!

[Colisholi]

That ain't bullshit, i have seen nile and behemoth live! Inferno did a pretty sloppy job on Conquer all( i don't blame him at all! It's a leg breaking song! ) But George is magnificent live! The double bass he keps up at all parts, he even adds more breakdowns live! George doesen't get tired live, but Inferno often does.

[Capero95]

Maybe, but when i saw behemoth last year then Inferno didn't slopping that much, but ive never seen george, so i shall not really conquer one that seen them bouth, my bad

[Colisholi]

Yeah i also saw behemoth and nile last year, Inferno was a bit sloppy, but i cannot blame him! He is such a skilled drummer, his drumming is soooo hard! The same with George!

I could never had played that in a million years just so that is said.

[truespin2003]

kollias live is unbelievable. seriously, not one mistake in the whole set

[Capero95]

I know

[Incisionator]

@truespin2003 In an interview he says 'Oh yes! I play lots of mistakes." He is lying.

[dubbe186]

@Incisionator He probably does. The thing is that his mistakes sound like sick licks to mortals.

[KoKaTa]

@truespin2003 i didnt believe it, but when i saw it....i still coundnt believe it hahaha :) he is godd !

[69stringibanez]

yea iv seen inferno and he is deffenitly bomb live and probbly better then you,

[Colisholi]

have i said that i think that I'm better than Inferno? No, where the hell do you get that from? Well his performance variates from show to show, when i saw him he was getting tired pretty quick. I do not blame him! His drumming is sooo technical and hard! But George and Hellhammer has some more challenging drum lines than Inferno

[metalmad101]

george maybe, but not hellhammer. his stuff is pretty technical, but inferno has some crazy shit.

[blackhatch46]

i think that george is amazing, but he is one of the guys whos blast gets quiter as he plays. inferno, mike smith and hellhammer all blast at the same intensity throughout and i think it sounds better that way. a lot of drummers dont keep that consistency i find.

[imapisces23]

@blackhatch46 you kidding me look how hard hes hittin that shit inferno taps man ive seen his live shit kollias hits his shit hardest easily

[Joeskateapool]

you cracy mayne. haha George is a very consistently powerful drummer. He's simply a beast and one of the best

[KoKaTa]

@blackhatch46 its because those guys trigger their snare drums,thats why they dont lose consistency.they trigger toms as well for that matter...george is better than all those guys...

[COBHC279]

@Colisholi Not Hellhammer!

[Colisholi]

Huh?

If you are saying that Hellhammer doesn't have challenging drum lines, then check out Mayhem - Anti.

[SeedOfCannibalism]

@dagurgisla No.

[dagurgisla]

thanks for sharing your opinion

[MrSatanochio]

@RedLightPart1 yeah, him too, but fuck it, this is kollias the god.

[optrirominiluikus]

haha. you are great.

[Derazed85]

Come on dudes, how can you guys even think about Joey Jordison when see this!!? George fucks Joey in the ass when it comes to drumming!

[stfuNsmokethis]

Both are so good man. They have a lot to offer in their unique ways. I believe they both have books teaching death metal drumming and that actually says a lot about these guys.

[raiotinfami]

derek roddy or george kollias who is the best ah :D?????

[Drummerthatismetal]

Kollias

[worminator82]

Flo Mounier

[Hheawy]

hmm... in metal genre I'd say Kollias, in utility drumming I'd say Roddy :)

[squirleeyy]

3:33 is Eat of the Dead

[GLAGABADAMAFAGAKACHL]

3:13 as he creates, so he destroys =D

[metalmessiah88]

whos joey jordison??

[Drummerthatismetal]

an overrated fag who plays for slipknot. lol

[NorvegianBlackMetal]

you don`t even know why you`re calling him a fag. He just plays drums, what the fuck did he ever done to you ? :)) are you gealous or something? to pussy ? He`s not that good, but you really are a moron. I mean the guy didn`t do anything to anyone and sudently he`s fag, for just playing drums. Do you even think while writting or talking?get the fuck outta`here

[Drummerthatismetal]

i dont like him. Hes an overrateed fag. thats my oppinion douchebag

[theorgrin]

lol, thats right. the whole band is gay, I mean, who has like 100 members in a band, except when you're a symphony orchestra.

[Damnator117]

You'r a fucken ass hot that tryes to make any excusses why you cant even blast beat with your shitty Pearl export

[Drummerthatismetal]

I'm allowed to have, and form my own oppinions, you cocksucking asshole.

[Damnator117]

it's all about George K and Inferno

[ratballs669]

ur kidding, right?

[koekhapper]

Ofc I'm kiddin, Joey sucks.

GK all the way!

[ratballs669]

ok...u da man. i was worried about ur mental health for a second, there. GK for president 2012!

[HeavyMetalen666]

Lol George has too much on his mind to become a president lol :p

[steezydrew]

amen to that

[willienewson]

retarded thats all

[oliverbiskop]

George is MUCH better than joey!

[WeinDerTranen]

ME ENCANTAAA

[DagonMetalMusic]

GEEZUZ FUCK O_O

[kaosM914]

where can i get that without paying 900 american

[Mysticyautja]

Dereck Roddy and George are about neck and neck, but if I had to choose, I think Id have to say George has the lead

[NorvegianBlackMetal]

for me, the best drummer in the whole world

[mexicutiner88]

George knows what the fuck he is doing.

Great guy, Great drummer.

[hewh0runswitwolves]

2:25-2:40 is dope as fuck

[babaswaba]

then 2:00 onwards ..  i nearly shat

[babaswaba]

the blast beats at 1:00

fucking mad

[callum0123456]

funny thing is they are probably slow by georges standards haha

[pisswizzard]

i urge you to watch his 'Aeons of Burning Galaxies' track.....now THAT is insane :-D

[ashesxofxthexwake]

i love that language of the shadows bit. thats my favorite song off ithyphallic

[BleedtheDrummer]

There it is people!!!! Undeniable proof!!!! The guy just isn't human!!! Fuck me dude. Inspires the hell out of me and makes want to quit at the same time. Ridiculous.

[BlackSunMaster]

sic...

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[stixflix06]

feet at 2:25 are just insane

[edgecrushers]

man i love watching videos of George's drumming... so awesome

[666stallion666]

thanks for putting this up george it's really helpful.

[NorvegianBlackMetal]

Dude, this guy is my IDOL !! He`s insane, he`s the best ! I`m not even going to argue with anyone who thinks otherwise.

[caligula214]

good christ, he's one of the few drummers to be able to maintain such brutal beats with clean precission, he astounds every time he plays

[wertt1]

wtf is he wearing a pink shirt 0:44??

[CaviesPWN]

as he shreds some insane lick, hahaha

[NorvegianBlackMetal]

eh, maybe it`s red

[loveofhatred666]

OMG, George is the best ! his drumming are mixing between groove and speed, it's just amazing! incredible speed and unusual groove in death metal drumming.

so, i expect that is more than just a death metal drumming.

[wildchildlover]

GOD OF DRUMS!

[Damnator117]

New Greek god of drums....Prometheous

[rabanisco]

pero ke koño?????

[kenlim994]

fukkkkk how fast is he...

[tambian89]

he hits about 270 bpm

[dafaucas]

the ones who marked u as spam are retarded or what???

Saying "awesome" is not spam.

[LukeVaderSkywalker]

George Kollias, the best reason for drummers to kill themselves...

:(

[x1xNoisEx1x]

hahahahaha:P yeah, something like that:D

[sk8ordie97]

head asplode

[2goldplz]

my favorite drummer for sure!

cant wait to see Nile in Zagreb soon :D!"

[Psumescroat]

zivili

[LordStinkyFinger]

awesome! brilliant! totally wicked! George is one of my favourit drummers out there! Agreat source of inspiration to many drummers... keep it up George!

[luciferincestus]

George is the master!!