George Kollias-Intense Metal Drumming DVD (part 1)

[@jacksepticeye]

I was thinking of getting it.... What exactly does it entail??? is it doing all stuff like this or does he explain his techniques and stuff??

[@llianmm__]

Bruh how is George not seeing this

[@tuievans]

Hi Jack! You like Nile??

[@somerandomguy4760]

Awesome to know jack loves Nile fuck yeah!

[@7karimz]

13 tahun yg lalu?

[@gmdlunar3461]

Bro fw nile🤤🤤

[@liljohn3152]

Anyone else watching this in 2019? I can't be the only one! He's a legend!

[@mene3337]

2020 and beyond :D

[@littlebear2477]

2020 haha a friend lent me this years ago but I wasn’t ready... Now I’d like to think I’m ready

[@JesusLordOfLords455]

2021...

[@Oxymoron666]

2022

[@raptorrsr5817]

2024

[@drummersquirrel22]

George recently played at London drum festival doing his usual blasting and insane footwork, one man asked him 'how can you consider anything you just played to be musical at all?' to which he replied 'what i play is musical, its just fast and loud which is what I and hundreds of people here enjoy listening and playing to' (massive cheer). never question god!!!

[@AliBabas40Ninjas]

My question is, how does that idiot interviewer (who absolutely, obviously, is NOT a musician, any musician would be instantly curious and want to discuss playing techniques with someone that talented) think a question that stupid is even worth asking?

[@face77776]

i could watch this all day. its so mezmerizing

[@Sentraman4]

This is the best video on x2 speed I've ever seen

[@v8adrenalin]

he has the perfect snare sound. i wish my snare sounded that good.

[@Rottedhead666]

Why not? Being fast means you can do everything slower.

[@townclutz99]

He makes it all flow together so easily.

[@mudstompaz]

nyc 2:14

[@TheZooCrew]

I think you're my hero for being sensitive, sensible, and having good taste in drummers and music.

[@Beniceuntilitstime2]

picked up the DVD yesterday at Guitar Center, absolutely one of the best drum DVD's you can own. George is unreal.

[@CurlyQKim2]

omg this guy gives me chills for real. He really inspires me to keep playing drums even though i dont play metal it would be cool to get a db. he is one of my fav drummers now for sure

[@TobbeDrum]

1-2-3-4 , here we go !!! pangpangpangpangpangpang !!!

[@bobbypoole06]

Quick...someone PLEASE call the Dr...SOMEBODY is suffering from a severe case of envyitis (hate and jealousy running rampant). I DON'T CARE WHO it is, if you are a fellow musician, AND at least TRY...the RESPECT has to be there. George is OUTSTANDING, keep it up George!!! :-)

[@greecedrummer]

Wonderful. Very good coordination, rhythm fantastic feeling. Respect

[@theSnaredrumde]

Full inspiration! Mega innovative drummer!

[@braxtonsw33tbeats]

@SabbathTheBlack he uses Axis A Longboard bass pedals, with maximum spring tension, VDL around the middle, Axis toe risers, and Iron Cobra felt beaters.

[@21sabiandrummer67]

chris adler doesnt use axis anymore, he uses the trick pro v1's now.

[@romusromulus]

Glee will be featuring Kollias in one of its upcoming episodes as a up an coming drummer who wants to be a big band jazz player.

[@YodaMan-420]

hah

[@tiktocdrummer]

I died, and came back to life as a drummer who can play that freaking good.

[@metfan4l]

this guy's a beast!

[@drummerdevil91]

Its Crazy I just hung out with this dude yesterday outside of the his tour bus... He's really fucking cool and down to earth.

[@samondrumssamriseborough5403]

George is doing a drum clinic tour in Australia in June through Allans Music and Billy Hyde!

[@RaggaDnB]

awesome kicks !

[@GrumpisTheOrc]

@hlslayer123 You use a computer sound for your bass drum instead of the regular sound. The way this works is that you put a special sensor pad onto your bass drum, which sends a signal to a drummodule when the bassdrum is struck. On the drummodule you can select the sound you wish to hear when you play the drum. This is connected to some sort of playback system, it can be a speaker or a headset for example. This makes it easier to hear every single stroke when playing fast, and is NOT cheating.

[@musician340]

Those drums sound incredible

[@tchatzop]

damn, just finished watching this 4-hour DVD & only one thing I can say: ΓΙΩΡΓΟ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΓΑΜΑΤΟΣ ΡΕ ΦΙΛΕ...!

[@TheMetalHead554]

im greek and i m rly proud of this guy and gus g and some great bands from my country \m/

[@madcatmotions]

Its so simple but so effective. All the best with your practices.

[@SeverinoSE]

I want this DVD! It looks like he teaches a lot of techniques which can be used effectively in Metal!

[@high0nfire]

@toddswingle32 it's called the swivel technique. swinging your heels sideways like that seems to make it so you are using slightly different muscles for each bass hit and as a result you can do it for longer periods. i'm not a doctor nor am I a good drummer so this might be a bad explaination, but it's a technique to go faster and/or longer.

[@INBORNEVIL666]

this guy is awesome! i wish i could play this fast

[@mountainofsound]

dude i feel in love with lars then neil peart then joey jordison then chris adler but now i have gone head over heels for your drumming i want to be just like you so sick

[@deweyvonslayer]

beautiful

[@GusNightshadeBand]

Kolias is from Greece and I had seen a live lesson from his teacher!

[@braxtonsw33tbeats]

if you guys want to see his versatility as a drummer, make a purchase on the DVD, and check the entire DVD out. there's so much more to George than just blastbeats, double bass, and speed in general. he's a very seasoned drummer, and he's very impressive.

[@EnthronexDarkness]

oh and i saw nile back in february, and they played a 2 and a half hour set. that means that george kollias played those speeds for 2 and a half hours haha, he did amazing live as well. Didn't slow down at all from the recordings

[@BadSensation]

this is sooooooooo extremely awesome

[@Nate-n8s]

No triggers. hearing the actual sound of the drum sounds amazing 😀

[@Ruffaze]

His sound, technic are really outstanding, plus he is the fastest at that technical level and also he`s hitting hard and seems to be a humble guy, Romain Goulon is a monster of speed and a cool guy too. Well, we`re quite lucky to have those buddies around!

[@ElProfeMoto]

Great bass sound.

[@emmanuelecomiratodrummer]

Can someone tell me which bass drum sample is used in this video? It's just AMAZING!

[@bamfireastound]

This makes me want to play more...

[@robinsonandresrojasparedes8538]

Thanks George......

[@CharlesPhily]

amazing

[@slackjaw10]

I've been into this type of music for a while now, but I always assumed it was aided (at least partially) by some type of programmed equipment. "Surely, no one can hit the bass that fast, with that much accuracy, for an extended period of time," I thought. Glad to know I was wrong.

[@mavpj]

Kollias is a legend of drumming

[@samondrumssamriseborough5403]

George's Australian Drum Clinic tour starts this weekend with Allans Music + Billy Hyde! Tickets just $20 to see Dave Haley from Psycroptic too!

[@nuclearbombyo]

thats right man! you can't say someone is better everyone has his unique style of playing! and perfomance, especially on drums depends on many things so keep drumming!

[@DrummingAli93]

he is just awesome

[@hlslayer123]

@GrumpisTheOrc ok...is it one of those things that people use to get a cheat fast doube bass sound in there?? if not, how do they do that, if you know?

[@ItalianAvalanche]

Kollias is a great drummer. Being a talented musician means more than being able to play non-stop ridiculous solos, it means being able to work collaboratively to create music. This is especially important for percussion. Percussion by it's very nature is not a tuned instrument. It is not intended to produce melody, it is intended to support the melody created by other instruments, provide a "back bone," and keep time. George Kollias is a great drummer because he understands this premise.

[@underprog]

you're probobly right... i wish i have this inst.vid. i wonder where i can get this...

[@silasjones04]

Oh, ok. I've never heard of them before. Thanks!

[@anarchyscoming]

that double pedal its just KILLER \m/ what a great drummer

[@balsac69nice]

ah! see i haven't played those games yet so that just blew right over my head

[@MegadetH179]

you can go to the sabian site and see the exact specs on his current kit idk if this is the same though

[@karstd]

@Whatchatalkingbout I think it's from "and sacrificed unto sabek"

[@MaskedRiderChris]

This is some of the best, tightest, and most consistent drumming at these insane tempos I've ever heard, and you kids can only squawk about Travis Barker? Get a life and a clue and you should feel ashamed of yourselves for clogging up this page with your squabbling. George, if this is your page, ROCK ON! Keep up the good work! \m/

[@deicidaldemon]

loved the fills great stuff and the new nile album is metal as u can get good job

[@bidamaix]

This is like the most amazing person i saw on drums.

[@BenMc1981]

Kollias, Goulan and Rullo are my favs, theyve all got that little something...

[@AdrianAshurst]

Awesome.Does anybody recognise those pedals he's swivelling on ,and not the obvious 9000 seen? Thanks if you're able to help it's appreciated greatly

[@ShadarSixx]

+Adrian Ashurst not sure which pedals he used back then, but these days he uses Axis - George Kollias signature pedals.

[@djevisceration2733]

axis a long board

[@Mikestor2]

I must've watched this about the 1000th time so far

[@MattMcKasty]

@MJCG1088 That's what my engineer calls "the blastbeat effect". Alternating blastbeats sound like that because your ear wants to focus in on the snare drum and your ear wants to think they're the downbeats. But they aren't.Tthe snares are the upbeats. So it ends up sounding off.

[@FostersLab]

George is using a technique he created, called the Swivel Technique. Check that video by Tim Waterson about this on KZbin, just search "swivel technique" and it's the first one. Enjoy, and keep practising, it requests years of intensive training to reach Kollias' speed and control !

[@lalalax4321]

ok. if you look at 0:49 like on the pedal it has like 2beaters ones normal and the other is like lower. im just wondering if that, there, is quad bass.

[@thehipoglucido1]

He took my lessons for good!

[@IdiotequeSoptippen]

this clip had the best ending!! cranking the music and fading to black - while he's still talking.

[@jepper511]

when i watch him speak, im just like yeah, yeah, ok, play some more drums please!! :D

[@ScottyA328]

@horsthetzer Really? where abouts roughly is it most visible in the video, lol, i must have missed it :)

[@MaskedRiderChris]

*gawp* It is really nice (and scary) to see a drummer blasting that fast with ONE FOOT instead of cheating with both pedals like so many out there do. Even Inferno from Behemoth does that, sad to say, much as I like his playing as well. George is a GOD, and one of the nicest, friendliest guys out there, as well as humble and down to earth about his abilities. More power to you, George! \m/

[@Piterychu]

@jimk4131 Yeah, I posted the comment on the wrong video, sry, but anyway, in some other movies you can sometimes see a third bass pedal but i can't see any bass drum attached to ii (?)

[@johnathandk42134]

what is he doing when he moves his heel right and left while doin the double bass?

[@n8isw8is]

@ExplodeEd are they? didn't look like it i didn't know they came in black

[@xDrummerBoy]

George Kollias... - Your the best drummer in the world!

[@dane1626]

His kick beats are so incredibly consistent. I don't know how he does it going that fast.

[@Joey-d3c5p]

You still playing...? ...I just want to thank you so very much for the vids, I learned quite a bit from them... Again ThankQ... 🥁

[@kreznikblood7162]

El dvd no incluye las partituras tuve que buscarlas en internet...pero excelente vídeo ya lo tengo en mis manos

[@yourdad131]

Roddy was in Nile for a while, too.

[@Metalhead76545]

This beats all that chavy "Drum and bass" shit. This is what real drumming is about. I know most drummers use the same kind of software to help write drum beats but at least they can actually play it for real unlike those who just sell the computerised beats repeated like 5000 in every song on the album. Real drumming like this is stuff that never gets old because it doesn't repeat itself over and over again. Thats why I love Metal :)

[@kramentor]

es solo un DVD instructivo, sus composiciones actuales son de temer

[@MarinoSesh420]

Damn!!!! He's AMAZING!!

[@Asstrodomus]

@cadaverr have you heard of Romain Goulon? he is my favorite by far.

[@lalalax4321]

@spottytroll i dont really know how to explain it. but like on it, it like has and extra thing so that he doesnt have to pick up his legs as much, making it faster. which is this lower beater im talking about.

[@SpinalAlloy]

How does one keep doing blast beats without getting thrown off? I try playing it to a metronome, but I always keep getting thrown off because I'm starting on the kick drum, but then, two or three "clicks" later, I'm starting it on the snare...

[@Man0fMetal]

That single pedal is just killer!

[@johnathandk42134]

@dannywiskey13 ahh cool... i just wasn't sure whether he was hitting other pedals or something

[@JH_Phillips]

what is that technique called where he swings his foot back and forth?

[@bea5ToloG]

@aligatorsandwitch72 yeah man, doesnt he use ludwig speed king or some shit? or old camcos? if youre good, youre good on any pedal

[@beatsbydanfurnari]

omg his feet are phenomenally fast like holy shit and his hands too and the way he does that one-handed cymbal catch at 0:34 is sick

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

I just ordered the DVD set. Can't wait to watch this and get depressed and then burn my drum set down in anger.

[@popytherev]

where is the part 2 of this video??

[@BerraDude]

@ikjeweetwel no, he is playing 8:th notes with one foot, not 16:th notes

[@danlc95]

Excellent drummer! Good God....

[@331paradiddle]

I didnt think that one foot could be that fast and powerful. Thats amazing

[@111vnderbnder111]

pretty sweet man. i want your kit. mine has 3 toms, 1 symbol, 1 snare, a hi hat, and 1 bass.

[@mellodge]

I could cry....(

[@YouGroove1]

Hey everyone. Check this interview we did with George Kollias. He was kind enough to spend an evening with us and answer some questions. Part 1: /watch?v=63HR3XZznIA Part 2: /watch?v=AaHaID87BpM

[@TyrantOfDunkirk123]

Damn, and how does he control the floating technique so well with each foot?!?! that is insane!!!