Nile's George Kollias Plays His Favorite Drum Parts

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

Id die to see george on drumeos feed. We gotta start a petition to get george on drumeo. Get him to hear a drumless track of abba or something George your a genius man.

[@besticouldget]

@@JCSmooth Damn dude who pissed on your cereals this morning?

[@hazardeur]

@@besticouldget while he was harsh it holds some truth. they took a great cncept and pissed over it. nobody wants to hear kollias playing over abba trying to recreate it. if it would be my show the goal would be to take a song they don't know and tell them to play their style over it or at least use elements of that style. it would be ridiculous but also a lot more fun and i also would like to hear abba with blast beats and double bass lol

[@isfet5149]

*you're

[@viciousweather]

​@@hazardeur that's literally what OP is suggesting, that's how the drumless track videos work. They aren't trying to learn the song, they listen to it with no drums and write their own part.

[@Abrahamhamham]

@@JCSmooth Wow, so you really are one of those "i hope my favorite band never achieves success, so that way it will never have to leave my pocket" fans. Dude, great drummers appeared on that series. It literally tests their musicianship and creativity and they love it. It's called "fun". Have you ever had any?

[@jeroen0011]

George Kollias' work in Nile is amazing, but so is his solo work, less known but probable even more technical... dude is a machine and a legendary drummer

[@David-hr9gm]

His ‚Invictus‘ album is so damn good

[@KutOnBass]

check his work with Enmity the band.

[@enzogibertini8267]

​@@KutOnBasswhat album he plays in?? i don't know about that

[@nathanatkin1984]

One of the best drummers in the world. So inspirational!

[@emilbakowski7044]

I used to watch your great guitar covers back in the day when I was a teenager! Your cover of Make It Burn Dew was awesome! \m/

[@metalman3952]

George is such an incredible drummer. His playing looks so effortless and smooth.

[@Michael_Michaels]

8:50 Oh man, what a joy I felt to watch this! I got goosebumps just for watching you play so perfectly the intro of my favourite album of all time: *The Sound Of Perseverance* !

[@bradleybnelson391]

George Kollias is one of the greatest drummers who has ever existed. Thank you for this video

[@vortexbandfinland]

Jesus those drums sound juicy as fuk! The toms sing and attack perfectly.

[@StupidJLee]

Pearl drums 🎉

[@hazardeur]

@@StupidJLee lol. this is just how a pro drum sounds. he probably has fresh skins, good tuning ability (if he even tuned it himself), expensive shells and great skill to play it. with those ingredients, you can slap any drum brand name in that sentence and they will always sound amazing

[@StupidJLee]

@@hazardeur Cool story bro.

[@planetcaravan2925]

​@@hazardeur too long, didnt read

[@hazardeur]

@@planetcaravan2925 if you expect people to write posts with your attention span in mind, the internet would be a pretty desolate place my dude

[@DVCMiller]

"Not that fast, I think its like 260 bpm" BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

[@Michael-xb4ws]

Exactly, lol!

[@sanjaygupta666]

@@Michael-xb4ws yeah, double LOL!!!

[@Michael-xb4ws]

@@sanjaygupta666 It's funny, too, because he seems like a really humble guy, but then throws out gems like that. I think he really is trying to downplay what he's doing, but he still makes everyone else feel massively inferior, haha.

[@Fentonyl]

Right, my band have been writing and we’re like “we need a song at 260 cos that’s like undeniable fast level” and we’re working to get up to that hahahaha

[@deathmetaldave]

Can't wait for Friday new NILE album

[@Goose21]

First time I heard annihilation of the wicked my face was legitimately melted by the drums George is one of the best ever

[@tanookigt]

I remember my jaw dropping in the first seconds of Cast Down the Heretic

[@dave-o4328]

Watch video for Shall Rise/Shall Be Dead he does

[@donnythei]

The moment he mentions symbolic i knew he going to play that zero tolerance drum intro, still the most unique drum intros i heard in metal

[@vaibhavrana]

Im a drummer and went to George's drum clinic in Vienna in 2011, he's one of the most talented AND humble musicians out there. Proud to own the picture that I uploaded to his Wikipedia page 😅

[@NateSmith87]

George is an absolute fuckin machine on the drums! His drumming in NILE is insane!

[@Daniel-me2vu]

It is it’s crazy , George Kolias and Nicholas Barker are just badass

[@FELTSZ]

Brann Dailor so ​@@Daniel-me2vu

[@fjhaker]

It’s actually kinda nice hearing someone say something nice about Lars for once

[@Bad_Chemicals702]

Lars gets too much disrespect. He is the Ringo Starr of metal drummers.

[@Abrahamhamham]

People are just bitter, in general. Fucking metalheads and their metal heads.

[@metal80sguy]

His drumming on the first bunch of albums is solid, it was just his tendency to run away live for a bunch of years that I think started the hate. Just my take

[@willburhans3018]

no coincidence that usually the Lars shit-talkers can’t even play themselves and have no idea what serving the music is.

[@LordCartmanGaming]

Lars' drumming is a mixed bag. He has moments where he created something that emphasized the riff very well, but he also has lots of fuckups live. But on the other hand name one other live band at such a scale playing that many shows. If I would imagine playing a stage that big and visual communication being very restricted it would take little to get out of synch or mess up a fill. My bigger issue with Lars is his big mouth and inability to not fuck other members over to some extent

[@randallross420]

He sold me on his signature pedal, with a video breaking everything down. Best money I've ever spent.

[@disangelrev917]

One of the best drummer.

[@NikoloZzZoid]

Get this man on Drumeo!

[@ARTala88]

I would love to see that

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

I stood like 10 feet off the side stage a few years ago from Kollias and just observed perfection during a Nile show in Orlando, what a treat

[@dariocarvalho2219]

George ...for me...is the best in every aspect, humility, simplicity, honesty and tremendous professional dedication. A great man, a great worker.Thank you very much for everything, see you on September 21st in Porto.

[@TheMegaNanometer]

damn, was hoping he would play something from Sepultura, i love that album too. but George is a legendary drummer, thank you for this

[@lee13whitehead]

Love that he paid tribute to the work Tony did, love Tony's drumming with Nile, great guy as well

[@flipnroll]

Very sincere and conscious approach, in a way or another all this drum fills are printed in George's playing DNA. Congratulations great video!

[@FearFrontierOFFICIAL]

I like how he calls ludicrous fills, aggressive blast beats, and insane change ups easy, as well as 260 bpm slow.

[@hazardeur]

what's a porsche to you if you're a f1 car

[@Cheiramin]

People in Brazil don’t appreciate Iggor Cavalera as much as he is praised around the world, but that doesn’t matter, the recognition is real 🔥🔥 SEPULTURA É DO BRASIL CARALHO 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@luisabelcastillorodriguez1648]

Why?! Igor is a freaking beast on drums! He is like a must for a drummer who wants to learn and play drums, I mean... you guys have Aquiles, the new guy on Angra, but Igor is the guy. Muito obrigado Brasil for Igor 🤘🏼🇲🇽🇧🇷

[@Fssantos1984]

Quem é que não gosta dele?

[@kostas666lelapas3]

Greeks love Igor 🇧🇷🇬🇷

[@Matt-y2j1j]

Nobody cares what anyone thinks! For me Igor is one of the best and when schizophrenia came out I was hooked.

[@SuicidalGrind]

I enjoy hearing other people's influence in their drumming. It's always interesting to get a grasp on how they were influenced, a lot of the times they're influenced by artists that maybe you yourself don't like, but they take those influences and make the style into their own, that's what I respect.

[@moit_gabr]

Sepultura, our national treasure

[@Cheiramin]

Que os locais tendem a odiar enquanto os gringos sabem reverenciar 🙏

[@eleintblood]

Why do locals hate Sepultura? Cheers from Colombia!

[@Cheiramin]

@@eleintblood ever since the Cavalera left they crucified the band like they were nothing, meanwhile the rest of the world still giving them the proper credit for their legacy. Cheers from Brasil 🇧🇷🤝

[@antonioprovenzano5130]

​@@Cheiraminsó porque são gringos não significa que não sejam idiotas ou burros

[@grogu1986]

One of the greatest drummers of all time. Can’t wait for the new album 🤘

[@JJONNYREPP]

Nile's George Kollias Plays His Favorite Drum Parts 2132pm 21.8.24 well dont mention karl burns...

[@akshayraveendran6820]

When's it coming out?

[@jimmyandersson59]

​@@akshayraveendran6820tomorrow on friday 23 of August. ;)

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@akshayraveendran6820 Coming Soon - Blake's 7 - The Collection! | BBC Studios

[@willburhans3018]

@@akshayraveendran6820it’s out. lol

[@heftygainz]

Been a fan of George for like 20 years now. He's just so damn talented, a great teacher, and a stand up guy. He deserves all the recognition and praise

[@gregorp8406]

The greatest part for me is the musicianship and musicality George has put in the immense body of work of his. He is an absolute speed demon AND a groove monster! I'm so happy for him, making his own mark in our beloved heavy music, and founding a personal style and sound. Always a very humble, smart guy and very on point. His old band used to blow the roof off any club they played, they were great, i believe everyone should check Sickening Horror out.

[@christianeasley767]

PETE and Derek and Tony and you-- each of you have a unique style but none of you can match each other’s style perfectly when you play it live-- it’s crazy because there is a certain vibe from each of those drummers for the NILE STUFF!!!!❤❤❤❤😊

[@davecantwell7977]

That awesome moment when you discover one of your favorite drummers was inspired to play by the same album as yourself along with the same first song learned.

[@joshferguson9703]

Finally someone that actually knows how important Lars is to drumming and especially the And Justice album

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

Lars is such a huge inspiration to many metalheads. He did his part with the first 5 albums

[@boomershooterlegend]

The problem of Lars is the live performances.

[@joshferguson9703]

@@boomershooterlegend live performances dont necessarily influence generations of players albums do

[@herculesbrofister265]

I think everyone knows lars' place in drumming history, people just like to clown him because he started slacking when they got big and it shows. And the AJFA bass issue is entirely his fault and his drum sound on ST Anger certainly didn't help.

[@NateSmith87]

​@joshferguson9703 that means he isn't playing how it's recorded live, dummy.

[@javiermb6253]

Justice for Lars, he was a powerful drummer back then. Maybe not today but in the 80´s he nailed it.

[@curdledmayonnaise]

georges playing is incredible. my favorite nile album is the classic annihilation of the wicked

[@John-fz8uo]

Tony! Glad to see his name get some recognition these days - that fill had me grinning ear to ear. His work in Angelcorpse is so good also 👍🤘

[@jabedoben]

It's funny how much crap Lars gets from the average metal fan, but almost every single one of these types of videos lists Lars as a major influence.

[@Xiphos1349]

Still crap lol

[@Emma_Z1]

I mean is like boomer guitarrists saying Eric Clapton is the goat, is pure nostalgia

[@jabedoben]

@@Emma_Z1 You're comparing the drummer in this video to a "boomer guitarist"? Did you even watch the guy play?

[@cosmokramer1213]

Everyone jumps on the bandwagon without knowing why, that's the problem. Lars is the man.

[@robertoricci3393]

You Lars defenders really don't understand that most metal heads consider Lars a great drummer until the mid 90's, since then he went downhill. No a matter of age, no a matter of stress, just a lack of practice and he himself admitted that. No hating, just facts.

[@christianeasley767]

I’m ripping out my living room ceiling and I take a break and I find you!!!!!! And justice for all is one of the greatest drummers of all time and I also had my sisters practice drum pad trying to figure out all the songs!!!! WOW!!!!! Great story, GK!!!❤❤❤❤😊

[@anotherimpact8302]

George, what a drummer man, what a machine. Love that he mentioned the great albums of Chuck Schuldiner's Death, The drumming of Sean Reinert on Human changed metal drumming forever, even Gene that followed on Individual Thought Patterns started playing like that after listening to Human.

[@randallkeller6146]

plays it (Scavenger of Human Sorrow intro) essentially perfect: "it was something like that, you know, it's been many many years". Bravo.

[@lt.frankdrebin743]

Love George’s drumming - groovey tech death - always super musical.

[@walpurgisnacht9234]

George is an absolute master. Love his playing! You are the best man.

[@martinpidhany8278]

The underworld awaits us all metal album of the year imo. Your drumming the songs the solos the vocals everything just kills!!! Thanks guys!

[@yevhenzhukov4268]

Killer album indeed!

[@CaioGaonadrummer]

This vídeo makes me search more about George Kolias to improve my drums skills. Love how He plays

[@lordofleaves]

He is a pure demon who demolishes his drum set every song and a super chill nice dude in person, amazing guy

[@Dexiled_Juan]

hard to find his DVD back in the day. but learned a lot from him!

[@adnanrawashdeh3965]

I can watch George talk/for hours and hours tirelessly

[@mkay5019]

George, you are the master! Great work on the new album!!!

[@RiffCollector]

Amazing drummer - enjoyed the feature very much - thanks.

[@nigelsayah2827]

This is super awesome. Would love more of these

[@frankgiraldo9636]

The intro to Zero Tolerance by Death is chef's kiss. Great to see George showing so much respect for Death. Imagine what he and Chuck would do! 🤯

[@Ichaboddddd]

Thanks for this, George! Really insightful and inspiring!

[@__tastye]

So cool to see him play scavenger of human sorrow

[@lisakvieira9201]

You are the best drummer I ever heard!!🎶💎🙏✌️

[@marcsee4072]

So much fun. New album listen it is!!!

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

George's playing on the new Nile is the cleanest he has ever played - so killer!

[@ggellis3371]

...and justice for all is one of the best metallica songs.

[@frogoree]

Honestly kind of crazy that we had such a similar first experience with drumming. For Whom the Bell Tolls was also the first song I learned on drums (years later after George), and I had the exact same thoughts as I was learning it, like spending so much time just trying to figure out which toms Lars is hitting. Lars and Joey from Slipknot were the guys that made me want to get a drumset.

[@christianeasley767]

That is so funny because CALL TO DESTRUCTION is one of my favorite songs that you made and it’s one of my favorite songs to play on my drum kit!!!!

[@nightmarecabin8933]

The best drummer in the world performing today. IMHO.

[@motorcycleboyreigns]

I saw this dude playing with his eyes closed with Nile - unreal.

[@bruth6138]

Awesome. I just saw Nile this last Friday. I'ts crazy how he can play at that pace for an entire set. No tricks either. Just pure stamina.

[@PeterVenkman_666]

What a monster! He's definitely not human . I could listen to him talking and showing how to play those songs all day , and i' m a guitar player.

[@slamovgod]

The fact that one of my influences is also influenced by another one of my influences makes me so happy. Hails George 🤘🏽

[@illuminatiCorgi]

An absolute unit of a drummer.

[@kkupsky6321]

I’m so jelly of his cymbals. Omg they’re lovely. I love ks so much.

[@205WILD]

Amazing video. Have always loved his drumming.

[@adambloomfield4861]

That was soo awesome!! Hails George Kollias \m/

[@JayCouCC]

Igor Cavalera is a beast drummer and still playing really great today.

[@matthewherd]

Awesome, you are killer and cool to hear you have the same inspirations

[@czr7j9]

All his influences AJFA, Sepultura, Slayer, Death was my reason for playing guitar and i also loved the drums.

[@rishimehra5231]

I remember at 13 years of age when I first heard sacrifice unto sabek, i was blown away, I didn't know wtf was going on with all the instruments especially George's drumming, never thought it was humanly possible to play that fast, this man right here is undeniably the GOAT., to see him pay respect to his heroes and what made him the drummer he is today when we as kids set him as the gold standard in extreme metal drumming is surreal, Today I'm 32 and it saddens me to see my heroes growing old, especially after making music so destructively enjoyable. This man right here, George kollias, un-fucking-touchable.

[@renerewo1945]

'What can be safetly written' is my fav intro ❤

[@doublemarvellous5525]

This man is a legend, I'm so happy to see him love AJFA. It's such a masterpiece

[@sanjaygupta666]

Didn’t realise how complicated the intro for Long Shadows Of Dread is

[@gonzalovillarroelmadrid6227]

Bro plays the intro of scavenger of human sorrow, on perfect timing, without a click or set up, and then proceedes to say "something like that", what a humble fucking beast

[@pekkalaitinen8769]

I heard Cast Down The Heretic as a 14 year old kid and just the first seconds of the song fucked me in the face so hard I must've got a concussion and whiplash. Then that eternal solo battle section obliterated everything. I had never heard anything like that before, the speed holds up to 2020's death metal bands but back then nobody was even close to that level of speed, nothing that I knew

[@AliceDamnation]

Even today I was commenting with a friend that the first thing I ever searched for on an internet browser back in the 90s was the lyrics from "for whom the bell tolls"! And the first song that opened the doors to metal was Metallica's One, mainly because of the drumming along side the solos!

[@23ograin53]

Yes!! Thank you George! finally someone points out the musicality in Lars' crash placements. No one else was doing that until Lars.

[@SpookyApparition]

Good case for George being THE BEST extreme metal drummer ever

[@legalizexit]

I saw kolias last year .. its fucking insane his energy and brutal blast! incredible how is able to use ALL his cymbals hahah in every song hahha I dope video

[@KosmasPapachristopoulos]

Hello old friend! Congratulations for your achievements and also for your certain future accomplishments. Always glad to hear from you. Kosmas \m/

[@Eisenheim1191]

I feel so old, damn I've been watching George for years. 😢

[@darksideinferno3454]

George's drumming is from another World!! New Nile Album is totally fucking Killer!! The more I listen the more I like it!! 💀🤘💀🤘💀🤘

[@rorybass7915]

His coolest groove and fills are in the song When my wrath is done. Riff is in 7 and his part adds so much color to the feel of the odd time sig

[@diamond20able]

Glad you mentioned symbolic Gene kills it to and on thought patterns😊

[@infernojones1758]

was waiting for zero toleance. amazing !

[@TheSentinel909]

The LEGEND, one of the best of all time

[@Nasia_Cron]

I love that he mentioned TSOP, in my opinion the best drum track ever

[@sangramos]

Beautiful drum set

[@gunterford7014]

great work george.. g

[@rookieoriginal21]

Γιώργη άρχοντα παίξε και πάρε μας τα υπάρχοντα 🤘😎

[@Dalimagnus]

Remarkably chill guy who plays like a 12 foot demon screaming to earth on a comet.

[@alexandrelindemberg3087]

The Master 🔥

[@robertwaller2983]

New Nile album is great!

[@AdamYoudell]

His attention to detail is insane. Like all great artists he's totally obsessed to get everything exact

[@ChaosPootato]

Kollias is a fucking legend

[@theSnaredrumde]

Lars was a mega cool groove drummer, his drumming on justice for all was unique.

[@jenovahcremator2133]

Strange how he didn't mention the "Kafir!" blastbeat, my favourite groove from George. Thank you for the video.

[@Binchucor]

que tipazo

[@TehSawnderz]

love this guy for shouting out death so much. death has had so many good drummers; sean reinert, gene hoglan, richard christy. greatest band of all time arguably

[@Lordofshu]

George is the best drummer in the world I love this guy he should live to be 120