George Kollias 2

[herculesandco]

only thing wrong with this is his hi hats are a little bit too open, its not really a heavy sound its more higher pitched. If he closes them so that they just touch each other i think he will get a much more fuller sound.

[GioRgOsGgGg]

one of the greatest drummers in the world!!

[outlawwolf621]

this is sad.I could have done this 2 years ago before my back went out and I got operated.Maybe when I get my youtube up and running I will send myself in and get discovered.

[Banguts]

@outlawwolf621 HAHAHAHA......  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AHAHAHA shut up

[gundamfan117]

O_O!

[crnifico41]

DRUM GOD !

[teezakar3a]

\m/

[iDrum37]

holy sit my room is now painted white if you know what i mean :D

[infiniteobscure]

@iDrum37 LOL! nasty asshole ! hahahahhah good one xD

[konfuzionsucks]

@iDrum37 u used white paint to paint ur room... ???

[iDrum37]

@konfuzionsucks i dont think youre followin' me

[konfuzionsucks]

@konfuzionsucks oh i follow u im just not that homo-erotic over male drummers :)

[devorator666]

the beast in the world

[Serillian666]

what sort of kit does george use?

[kaosM914]

in this video i think its an old pearl, then he had gabriel drums, and just recently he got an endorsment with pearl

[Serillian666]

yeah he uses pearl masters premium now, in piano black. i have recently got a new kit, a pearl too, VBX, 3 toms and 2 kicks, very nice indeed.

[kaosM914]

no the premium is in midnight fade, and the masterworks is in piano black. he got two kits: one he tours and possibly recorded with (the premium) and the other i think is for when he teaches classes in europe

[kaosM914]

All pearl is nice, even the exports

[atciowa03]

to all you fags that reckon theres too much cymbalwork r u fuckin def or something hes mixs up his style perfectly and makes use of everything..jeez...

[ThaDeeStylee]

Sickening Horror!!

[xVoggx]

iguess

but definitely great skillss and patterns!

[ThaDeeStylee]

nah like, im pretty sure that's what he is playing in this clip. thats the band he was recording for.

[killersbehindu]

george iz the legend him self

[rabbitfoot08]

for all you people saying you heard this a thousand times in thousands of songs just try to play this fast or this good for ten seconds.

[latinohomiejo071593]

I really love Nile, and there is no doubt regarding Mr. Kollias' amazing drumming ability.

But I have never been a fan of his drumming.

I can't pin point why, exactly, but it may be because of his overusing of cymbals for fills and such.

[sanchetti75]

I sort of know what you mean, I find him more machine like with a cold sound or something than someone like Gene Hoglan who has a much warmer groove sound or something

[satanswordhavebecome]

probally not, nile is one of the most original death metal bands around today

[adamabra8]

Of course they aren't original! They use the same 8 notes, just in different octaves. They try to cover it up with tempo changes and what not. Oh these silly musicians.

Congrats at failing ambroulard. A snare drum always sounds like a snare drum. It has nothing to do with originality. It's physics, muthafucka.

[shlempnar]

seriously what the fuck is wrong with you. learn to enjoy life you dead soul.

[Meatlooaf]

i met him a few days ago. his accent is nice .

Hes a nice guy,and he gave alot of tips :D

[sidthekidder]

i play guitar, so you can imagine i was blasted to hell and back at 0:35 when he did the pounding bass thingie

[UrukOfficial]

He's a metal god!!!

[JonM666]

Yeah this guy is my favorite drummer and Nile is my favorite band, close after is Vader.

[seizetheday71]

theres a video pretty similar of him, but without shirt!

[Gart7]

oohohooooo crazy

[ansfui]

military009 - your fucking awesome,

im with you mann

[Reaeper]

too much symbol action in my oppinion, I like to hear acctual tuned drum head solo's over constant crashes.. but thats just me.

[what1ever2guy3]

It must be the song he's playing to doesnt need much tom stuff

[somos999]

dude, its CYMBAL.

[mawkheaf]

yeah, that guys mom's clit

[HarDcorXtreme]

*drools*...george is just so perfect...i want him!

[kultmonkey]

He needs to lay down some consistent double bass. I think his true fury would come out then :].

[joeybilly666]

A drum monster is ALIVE!!!!

[apelancoretko]

oo yeah..

[chrisfehnftw]

Together with Mike Smith from Suffocation this is my favourite drummer

[KEVIND666]

ahahha thats funny

[metallikuh520]

your mothers clit. thats all i've got to say

[kodeetheregulator]

mike mangini.thats all ive gotta say

[bearblaster420]

i saw him live

[Gart7]

fucking grats

[apoteus]

George made the freaking swivel technique. (that i've seen). He is fast, has creativity, he dones't get confused while playing at his top speed. He con go with his feet super fast while the rest of his body is freaking slow. and he can go super fast with his uper body.. He's the perfect drummer. and about Mike mangini.. you forgot to finish that sentece.. I imagen that is..Mike Mangini sucks, George rules.

[vinniepearl]

correction, the swivel has been around for years, gene hoglan uses it, derek roddy made it very well known. A lot of people use it.

[Skaflar]

I believe Apoteus meant to say that George innovated the swivel technique, just as Mike Smith innovated the blast beat.

[SilenceTellstheStory]

I hate to be "that guy" but you can't really say Mike Mangini sucks. That guy has some of the best hand and foot control I have ever seen.

[somos999]

and i agree with you SilenceTellstheStory. Both drummers are very accomplished in their own style.

[NorvegianBlackMetal]

dude :))) nevermind, shit :))

[inrth1134]

LiamTheDrummer911 you an idiot and obviously a shitty drummer cause you have no idea what your talking about alot of well known drummers have much respect for george and what he has done for drumming so shut the fuck up

[EarlMcCrackin]

Cool, I think these are all recordings from his old band Sickening Horror. Gotta check them out.

[philoveritas]

The more relaxed drumming from my one and only George Kollias

[agentgear]

You know whats weird. Everbody talks about joey jordison, and guys like him. But this guy just pwns them all, and barely anybody talks about him.

[krazykoolkid]

yea thats so true. hes probably one of the, if not the best metal drummers but he isnt noticed.

[hewh0runswitwolves]

are you kidding george kollias!! how is he not noticable? have you ever herd of the band nile?!! if not get the hell out of here plus george is very well known for his drumming you guys are just dumb

[LiamTheDrummer911]

dude nile fucken pwns. im just saying that neil peart john bonham are the greats and stuff and everyone knows them. if your into metal u would know them. if u werent into metal u wouldnt know george kollias probably. MEANING HES NOT AS WELL KNOWN AS THE OTHERS!!!

[military009]

your fucked up man.....george is the fastest in the world right now as it stands so donèt say he isnèt known u fucking dick licker

[pontiacfirebird666]

Gotta say mate, HELLHAMMER!

lol!

[thedddemon]

DissYraiN, you are truly a moron ;)

[4Death2KlaaT0]

1:09 - 1:18 D A M N

[Ithyphallic777]

Anyone that ever has anything bad to say about George can go fuck himself because I'd like to see that person play better. To the greatest, George Kollias.

[Antichristus16]

yeah he is one of the best drummers out there along with david grey

[adeadlysniper]

Does anybody know what sticks he uses?

[KoKaTa]

vic-5an

[DissYraiN]

Yup, Vic Firth 5a but they have his signature on them, and the Nile logo.  I would know because I caught one at the show in Denver last night.

[deathgrind291]

ha thats leik the suffo ones =]

[DissYraiN]

???

[deathgrind291]

the sticks....

with the print...

dw lol

[DissYraiN]

still have no idea what you are talking about.

[evilant]

hey isnt that Derek Roddy and not Kollias?

[sonordrumkit]

can anyone tell me witch song this is??

if anyone lnows please reply

thanks

[mapexlb]

This isn't triggered sound but he uses kick triggers 100% of the time out of the studio. This shows he can play without triggers so whatever, he has good hand style most the time and his feet keep rolling...

[goinghomesic]

doesnt even sound like his stuff

[madog13]

i memorized this whole thing and played it.

it sounded terrible because im not even close to this guys level.

ugh.

kollias: 40938949083

me: -2

[schist99]

Haha well it takes years of practice to get to this level ... You can't just get there after 2 - 3 years ...

[madog13]

yep. gotta start somewhere though.

[vagos1994]

drums machine!

[triviumknot25]

that was fucking amazing but the funny thing is that was him at only about 1/2 speed. he plays way faster normally. george is a machine.

[dublekick]

nice, perfect combination of originality and death metal. love this guy.

[EmoMutilater]

I love you George Kollias, You are way to good on the drums. Beastly.

Nile!

[inrth1134]

dude its a recording of course there are triggers

[fslayer00]

look the cymbal work Suxxxxxx

[Drummerthatismetal]

ur face suxxxxxx

[KoKaTa]

what Sux about his cymbal work???there is nothing about this guy that sucks...he is THE BEST..good guy too..

[LakeBodom22]

whats wrong with it? looks pretty damn good to me ....

[artha5]

definitely George and Derek are between the greatest and sickest metal drummers

[wearthegrudgelikeacr]

take a look at romain goulon vids

[cakeplant]

is that a roto tom hes using? the tom above his hihat

[EarlMcCrackin]

Nah, just an 8" tom.

[AlexYDC91]

hmmm, a coincidence he looks like jesus?

[ahhpoopie]

lol, no, no coincidence

[zephyrous666]

hm isnt he recording in this vid?^^ woulda wonder if he dont use triggers by recording...

[tombojombo]

he'd have no reason to have the triggered sound to go in to an amp, so it'd just go straight in to the recording module

[xaidol]

Of course there are no triggers you can see the mikes on the drum skins

[777EZekiel]

There are no trigs on.. you can hear a difference between the left foot and the right foot.. besides.. my bassdrum souds similar

[Lolsandwhich]

I couldn't tell if his triggers were actually on or not. The bass drums were sort of drowned out. I know that some bass drum heads make a noise similar to a trigger (Super kick II, etc), so I don't know.

[rolpho]

Nice trigs.

[LakeBodom22]

lol George  doesnt use trigs fucking idoit

[john437]

yeah he does he said it himself

[rainingblood0187]

actually yes i think ive seen an interview where he said he did.

[DissYraiN]

fucking incredible. i just spent time ragging on a bunch of drummer videos of some emo faggots. none will ever compare to this god. by far one of my favorite drummers

[schist99]

Dude, not cool.

[rapechristian]

He is recording the song When Landscapes Bled Backwards of Sickening Horror the last song of the album This album for me is better than Ithyphallic of Nile

[pearldude729]

thats what i call a metal groove

[schist99]

This must be ooolllddd .... He's using DW 5000's instead of Axis Longboards.

[stinkysweatyfeet]

I noticed this also, although the pedal you can see he never really uses, he's using one to the left of it. Can't see what that is though.

[dopplershift7]

Cable-hat pedal.

[dopplershift7]

Definetly Axis. He is using 5000's on the hats. Few people use Axis hi-hat stands for some reason. Damn, good eye though.

[tambian89]

Nice sense of groove. George is the man.

[theonetruebushog]

Why is everyone so ancy when a sickdrummer thinks outside the blast? i like hearing this kind of shit, it really shows what kind of player one may be. LOOK AT ALL THEM TOMS, THEY LOOK LIKE FUKKIN TEETH

[theonetruebushog]

Kollias is the fukking man. Those who differ cannot match his might. If you talk like you can do better then post a video to support your bitchin. I write this with no anger, i write this was just facts.

[schist99]

Well he's not god, but he's definitely a lot more interesting than Derek Roddy ...

[DissYraiN]

are you fucking retarted? he has to be among the top 5 best drummers in the world. Just like marco minnemann.

[schist99]

Am I debating that? No I'm not.

And there was no need for attitude either, cuz.

[pooper664]

top 5 fast maybe

but there is more to drumming then speed...in other genres

btw i love nile...

[DissYraiN]

just watch the video of him I have on my favorites. That 10 minute (perfectly clean) groove proves he is one of the top 5, easily. He can go fast in addition to slower stuff, and even some insane elements of fusion.

[iaintnobeanuh]

Marco minnemann is a successful drummer, but you cannot put that guy in the same category as George Kollias. Not even close.

[DissYraiN]

um... yeah you can. in fact, he is probably better than george. He may not have the speed in the feet (he can still hit around 940), but his hands are way faster, he has much more interdependence, and he has easily proven himself in the death metal genre.

[iaintnobeanuh]

when has marco minnemann EVER proven himself in the METAL category. and george kolias' hands are WAY faster than minnemanns. i could agree that the creativity from minnemann is great, but speed is nothing to argue about. there's no competition. kolias blows him away.

[DissYraiN]

you are beyond fucking retarted. You ever heard of Necrophagist? Marco is the curent drummer of Necrophagist. Just watch the video of marco in my favorites section. That will teach you to shut the hell up.

[iaintnobeanuh]

oh wow, i didnt know he was the drummer of necro. hah, well i kinda made myself look like a dumbass there. all the videos i watched had nothing of him with necro. i guess you're right there.

[DissYraiN]

like allways.

perfect drummer for Necrophagist.

[deathgrind291]

are u serious?

[passdop]

you know what your talking about but you need to chill out...a lot!

[Vromopoutanos01]

interesting story; i went to pick up my gretsch kit from a retailer that also makes gabriel drums (fucking awesome greek handmade quality)...so i say to him "how's the production going?" -"good, i just shipped a ten-piece kit to a guy named kolias in the US"...

[joeacey]

lol thats ace what shop was that?

[gaming09]

good think its derek roddy...good thing this users a tool

[Heelup]

It's George, you can tell with kit setup. Plus Derek's got a lot more blast beats in his stuff.

[LakeBodom22]

george's blasts are fucking intense when he does them though

[buddha41791]

agh i dont know if this is george kollias?? i think its derek roddy>??? maybe

[leonardobarbosa234]

ey!!!!!this is hardcore ??

i know! he is a death metal drummer

but the sound and the hails is familiar with hardcore!!!!

[xVoggx]

dude stfu

this is not hardcore u lames ass....

hes just playing what he does best

faggot

[aaronownsyou]

dude, fucking amazing *hails*