Drum Teacher Reacts: GEORGE KOLLIAS - Contrarian Drum Play Through (Song: Memory Eternal)

[@uglypineapple03]

Kollias is one of the greatest for sure. His work in Nile is legendary and he's been an Inspiration and influence for definitely more than one generation of drummers, from the beginning of the 2000s onwards (correct me if i'm wrong though) As of now, there are ofc drummers in relatively recent years that develop into an influence on metal drumming as Kollias is, maybe overshadow his presence on social media in numbers, but as of now definitely not replace him in any way. I don't think (and hope) he'll ever lose his position as one of the best Extreme Metal Drummers of all time

[@GeorgeTsiros]

He's done a lot of work, both in and out of greece. Started with a band called Extremity Obsession which if i am remembering correctly only had a tape demo in the mid-90s with george, but the band has since moved to more proggy stuff and still write albums. There's quite a few "extreme" metal bands in greece that have known some success outside of the country and until the economy went to poopy, it was quite popular for touring bands (check out iced earth's live dvd in athens. I think i twas iced earth?)

[@JacobSnover]

I know what you mean, and I feel it is because of so much on youtube that you can learn these techniques so fast these days, and tbh metal drumming isn't usually 'hard' but more fast. Please don't hate me for saying that, all I mean is that I learned more technique trying to play jazz or afro-cuban then when I was covering Dying Fetus. When I started learning death metal in the 90's I had to just listen to the albums and assume what they were doing to play that fast. Now I can find a video on 3 ways to play double bass fast, and then it's just a matter of time to build the speed. John Longstreth said he played jazz and knew double stroke rolls on the snare, and he assumed metal drummers were doing doubles on the bass drums and that's why he's so good at them now. I love to see younger drummers playing extreme metal these days, but also knowing I was learning Cryptopsy in 2002, but nowadays people are like Flo Mounier who? I try to keep up with the times, it's hard there's a lot of bands, but I also learned a lot from Buddy Rich video's, and think it's important to know the roots of drumming techniques. Drum sets have only been around 120 years or so, and not much of the technique has changed.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

My previous George Kollias vid was approx 2 years ago! Glad to get back to this MONSTER player. WOW! "Shall Rise Shall Be Dead" | kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpare6Wdh5tnsNk

[@scosstard3542]

Seriously what blows me away is on top of the speed and precision is the creativity and musicality of everything. The polyrhythm he does, even when blasting, are crazy. THere is so much going on, I mean this really displays the crazy level Metal drummers can reach, in case anybody was doubting it.

[@YodaMan-420]

All Hail Kollias, the Greek God of drums.🤘😁🤘

[@jacobolson6885]

George is one of the OG greats. His playing inspired so many great drummers

[@craigstrickland1572]

The man the myth the legend. Seen him twice, didn't disappoint. Love all his videos and all of his chops

[@DemonizedTX]

George Kollias is one of the oldest extreme drummers out there, one of the OGs, along with Derek Roddy, Pete Sandoval. I'd say those are the grandfathers of fast drumming, blastbeats and double-kicks.

[@Micke_K]

One of the oldest? You know Frost is 50 years old, Hellhammer 56, Fredrik Andersson ex-Marduk is 54... just saying, George Kollias is 46.

[@Manalyth]

all of his single stroke blasts are with one foot, even up in the 280+bpm range

[@zandiskoul]

He did play with Nile for 2.5 hours in Atlanta the one time I saw him.

[@pointlesswasteoftime]

I like that you're the kind of person who listens to the distorted/feedback guitar fade out to the end. That's respect.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

George is also a super nice guy - had the privilege of meeting him when Nile played in NZ.

[@AetigmaFacade]

He was definitely the first best Tech death drummer, would anyone have paved the way to become better, no, only George! He is our Buddy Rich of tech death

[@donnelson6694]

Great chops. George is amazing. Thanks Andrew.

[@Martin-jk2ng]

George is a pillar for sure. I love his playing. Not only is he insanely fast but his knack for creating parts that fit and his seemingly endless array of fills just seem to always work. I love his style so much. He's a super cool guy too, loves the instrument and always hyping other players. Class act on all levels

[@marcschuler6103]

George Kollias is definitely top ten and so is Contrarian. They are probably one of the more serious/respectable progressive death metal bands around too. FYI, they have had not only George, but Patrice Hamelin, Bryce Butler, Alex Cohen play with them.

[@t_bone12571]

George has moved to Zildjian, be interesting to hear if there's a slight difference to his sound with another cymbal brand (probably not); great playing here with mad orchestration despite the breakneck speeds.

[@uglypineapple03]

That was really weird, actually. Seeing him change the cymbal brand, it's strange not imagining him playing Sabian, yk (I obviously understand switching Cymbal Brands, to evolve the own sound etc, it was still really... odd, yk)

[@craigstrickland1572]

@@uglypineapple03 Just watched a video of a rig run down and he says he started on Zildjians and is so glad to be back to them. He didn't disparage Sabian just said that Zildjian is where he wanted to be.

[@craigstrickland1572]

The sound isn't that different live but you can see that the Zildjians he plays live are heavier metal and of course, that means longer sustain but they don't recover as quickly as the Sabians.

[@ericdravenX00X]

George is an Amazing drummer in all aspects... The thing i am so in awe about when i see drummers like George is the Comfortability, Chops, and Speed with everything else going on... Just throwing it out there, but if u do another George Kollias reaction check out a Nile track.💀🤘

[@mikeking5070]

George is the GOAT! Hands down!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Incredible Mike!

[@mattigator600]

I watched Alex rudinger playing one of George's songs "lashed to the slave-stick " really dig the uniqueness of that one

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Alex is a monster!

[@mattigator600]

@Andrew Rooney Drums yea the way he can change hands on the snare in the middle of a passage is like quantum science, both hands just exist everywhere at once

[@ssgoifvet]

Hes a hell of a funk drummer too

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh really! I'd love to hear that

[@TheSuccessfulHuman]

Thank you for everything!!! You’ve helped to inspire me to punch up my own channel!!

[@Loki_Firegod]

I still maintain - you need to check out Hellhammer's drumming in the song The Chosen Legacy by Dimmu Borgir ;) Sadly, as far as I am aware, there is no live recording or drum cam of the song with him on drums, so you'll need to listen to the album version, but trust me, it's worth it :) Apart from that, great reaction as always, thank you very much sir!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you. And that sounds great. Keen to check it out

[@infinite7501]

Definitely one of the best. I got to meet him at one of the shows we were playing I believe around 2006 or so. Nice guy. If I remember right he was a student of greek jazz legend Yannis Stavropoulos when he was in his late teens. He was already super fast back then. He's definitely achieved legend status! Yannis is another drummer you need to check out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYG5lIB6ppyorc0

[@ericellis2729]

Cool! Contrarian is based about a 45 minute drive away where I'm from in Buffalo, NY in the States and I was surprised when I found out he was involved with them for a short time.

[@RobertBenedikts]

I was thinking to myself "what is up with the tan my man?" and then I remembered, you guys got summer now while I'm freezing my nuts off in southern Spain! As usual love your videos, keep em coming. 🎅🥁

[@clifh3419]

Trey Williams….Your Treachery will Die with you. Plays 3 styles of foot techniques.

[@992ras]

George Kollias started as a jazz drummer and you can see he really utilized it in learning metal. George is a amazing drummer he is one of the best and one of the fastest there are other guys on his level. I really like Anthony Lopez from Satans host he has some of the best 32nd on his feet and the tempo isn’t that fast but the way he doesn’t I’m always in awe because of how well he does it at 50+ yrs old. You should check him out I don’t know if there videos of him especially on the song this legacy will never die.

[@GeorgeTsiros]

you sure he started as a jazz drummer? His earliest work was thrash/death. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6Ldf6Obrt-ipbs

[@992ras]

@@GeorgeTsiros He was Jazz drummer in Cypress way before that he started playing drum like he said at 12 but had already played piano and guitar but fell in love with the drums and decided that was the instrument he would focus on. Nile is the first band he played 240 bpms and above. He talks about that but every drummer likes playing different music and concepts since it gives you a better understanding of theory. Hellhammer has stated the same thing as George he would rather play slower tempo stuff because it does lend itself better to more concepts and theory.

[@H-M-S-Gravy]

Love me some George, just a straight up monster on the kit! Would love to see you check out Phil Dubois, imo super underrated, Scorched Earth Policy has some mighty tasty drum fills going on

[@jamieplatt333]

Hell ye, Phil is a complete monster and song is a masterpiece of drumming♡

[@thomasbrouard11]

Your placement of TWSS in this video had me laughing out loud 😂

[@jamieplatt333]

Ye George is rated as one of the best ever !!

[@fastfiddler1625]

What a great message. You don't have to play stuff like this to be a very good and respected drummer, or any musician. But you do need to practice what you are passionate about if you want those things.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

100% Richard!

[@kryyptyyk]

George for all time.

[@jeffrobinson2141]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJnNZImuaduoms0 More Flo. I’ll keep dropping him until he gets featured 😆

[@chadjohnson5577]

I saw George play with Nile twice and he was amazing! I love the band Nile. Another great metal drummer is Derek Roddy. He has rudiments called "Roddys". It's what I use to become more fluent and to be faster. Check it out.

[@welderdude1]

The origional drummer for Septic Flesh is amazing as well.

[@TheSuccessfulHuman]

Discipline and responsibility to your own life and success!!!

[@Sklagmann]

So happy to see this name again 🥵🥵

[@Ugrasrava]

Once again, I am going to name drop Derek Roddy hen you talk about wanting more extreme drummers to check out! There's been some recent videos of him popping up on sickdrummermagazine here on youtube and they are fantastic examples of why Roddy is such an icon.

[@toni.tapola]

GEOOOOORGE! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Hail, Greece!

[@art_vandelay1738]

George is great and I could tell you some more great extreme metal drummers But I want to ask you if you know Kanade Sato If not you have to watch ''Drops Live version'' and the cover ''Festival de Ritmo'' - Dave Weckl from her You will be fascinated She plays Fusion Jazz since she is 4

[@Rob_0_Pierce]

Have you ever checked out david diepold? His singles are freakishly perfect, clean, audible… all the cool descriptive words!

[@GeorgeTsiros]

I would like to share one encounter I had about 20 years or so. I once, young and silly as I was, asked a drum teacher "how fast can you play the kick drum, with your feet?", as if it was some kind of measure of ability... He was a bit surprised, but still, very politely and simply, responded "what do you mean? As fast as I can play with my hands." Back then, that made sense to me. Now, I am a bit confused.

[@MOTORHEADGASKET]

Andrew you really need to check out Kevin Paradis. His drumming is crazy good very techical and probably one of the fastest drummers around.

[@MadiUk77]

The insane thing at 4:26 .... while he is blasting with incredible precision ... check the hi-hat ..... check the damn hi-hat O M G

[@HabAnagarek]

I don't understand how that went by without comment.

[@spitefulwar]

I find it especially frightening how George's drumming puts the music on all those non-Nile gigs on such an elevated new level. The rest of the music is quite on par stuff with serious Chuck Schuldiner influences but George just turns it into a shred fest and qualifies the end product for the first league.

[@skel7525]

Derek roody please

[@jc-me3hf]

Andrew, you should definitly watch Gene Hoglan playing Skeksis

[@mayorrodgers7446]

My favorite of George’s is still Aons of burning galaxy

[@MissingMars]

Check out the song with everything mixed together. It's epic!

[@mikulusaurus]

0:03 Mike Myers-inspired laugh? 😆

[@jibrailjabbarcandao9884]

Didn't he play drums for Nile?🤔

[@matthewvasileff1139]

when are you going to react to mudvayne

[@haakonstole9303]

You should give his New band a listen. Royal Time Machine. Its all from fhunk, jazz blues and offcourse Metal. That shows his skills and talent 💪👌

[@DJBisGOD]

@Andrew Rooney Drums - Kollias is good, there's one more drummer worth looking at though. Austin Archey from Lorna Shore, this guy is phenomenal. Check out this video of him playing their song King Ov Deception. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6ubf4WiaJhpl6c

[@xRuralJuroRx]

Would it be in the realm of possibility that you could embark on a little project where you would teach yourself to play some metal? Songs by Metallica and Slayer could possibly be within your ability, they do have complex songs, but they also have simpler stuff. Just find a few songs you think you'd be comfortable with, maybe put up a poll and let your subscribers select the song. Then make a video or stream showcasing the journey and the end result. Could be a fun experience and you'll end up with more tools in your toolbox. Might bring more subs too.

[@mdrozdek]

Hi Andrew !!!

[@florisbackx1744]

Liked it for the cat pic : )

[@joaocarvalhopina]

Would love to see your reaction to his video - Aeons Of Burning Galaxies

[@MrMystery666]

Sort of get the mechanics of what George is doing BUT"…………….… how the hell does a human do it. And what level of commitment requirements is their required to get to that level

[@TheSuccessfulHuman]

10 BPM promise works!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🙌

[@Timichaud]

This is so tasty

[@gslang3489]

George is the goat

[@skupipup]

Mad

[@ryn5671]

Is George Kollias..? .....Yes

[@kaynesantor8136]

Ya, George is considered one of the best. Nile rules.

[@Lupine.]

3:23 TWSS

[@n4rf645]

I know you didn't ask, but here is more. A kind of a different George Kollias drum video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH3IXqSsqN5qZ7M

[@poshiesymons666]

If you want exreme metal.drummers check out david gray from the bands akercocke , voices and the antichrist imperium.

[@skel7525]

derek roddyyyyyyyy pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@HabAnagarek]

KOLE - ee - us

[@PaulKnep]

Just go listen to Nile!

[@matthewwallington2552]

David McGraw cattle decapitation

[@SoliDeoGloria82]

🇨🇴🤘🏻😎🇨🇴

[@academaciated7466]

When there is a legitimate Dream Theater cover band, he’ll be in it

[@jaygusman3876]

one kick? pfft. Pete Sandoval is the first on that one kick and you can hear it.

[@budaroddy]

George Kollias? More like George "Cool-ias" ah? Eh?

[@ostravia]

No his very good and most of us can do this. This is day job stuff really though. Tony was better though.

[@snyggingullis6948]

derek roddy is not bad either

[@mikedown1250]

great drumming ...the song stinks

[@katerinapatiniotis5598]

He should be called George "Wingfoot" Kollias 🦶🦶

[@aimiliosgourgoulis4453]

Gods have names , legends are just legends and George is one of them.

[@katerinapatiniotis5598]

@@aimiliosgourgoulis4453 Big time!

[@aimiliosgourgoulis4453]

@@katerinapatiniotis5598 (:

[@modacare4546]

Check out his calves, that's how he does those kicks.

[@modacare4546]

He's good and fast, but when it comes to being creative, he still has a lot to learn from Neil Peart.

[@edd7299]

Lmao

[@Kut-Pile]

I get how good he is, but sometimes it’s just too much. It becomes incredibly boring to listen to.

[@bengough6772]

Ultra fast metal drummers for you often tbh. Talented for sure but can be unmusical

[@992ras]

He actually is a jazz drummer that was asked to play in Nile, he has mentioned he doesn’t like playing like this all the time you can watch video of him not playing metal. He one of those great drummers because he take the craft seriously he isn’t just a metal drummer. This is what happens when practice daily and have great technique