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Fun fact: all instruments you hear in this song (including vocals that are not here but are on disc version) are played, recorded and mixed by him. A true solo album. It's absolutely insane!😁
That's not true bro, this album is the result of the genius of GK and many musicians. The guitare solo of this song is played by the guitarist of Rotting Christ !
@@hunkwilliam9755 if a solo is played by someone else then it's in the titles as feature, same with a few tracks with alternative vocals done by someone else as a guest appearance. BUT if title doesn't say anything about a guest performance in the title, it's done 100% by George.
@@Podcir "On 'Invictus', the debut album of George Kollias of NILE, the Greek drum progeny unleashes a crushing death metal assault featuring his work across all instruments and guest spots from members of NILE, ROTTING CHRIST, FIREWIND + more. This is classic, timeless death metal." All is noticed on her official bandcamp and on the label Season of Mist !
George Kollias is one of the OGs of this ridiculous breed of death metal/tech death drummer. For many of my generation (I'm 29) George was probably our first introduction to truly "fast" drumming. We'd be happily watching some Kerrang TV in 2005, thinking Joey Jordison is the fastest drummer alive, then suddenly Sacrifice Unto Sebek comes on, and your whole world shifts. I guarantee you, people like Alex Rudinger grew up listening to this guy.
@@HabAnagarek Joey was probably the most obviously skilled mainstream drummer at the time. Well, maybe Danny Carey and Carter Beauford too. No matter what, he had serious chops. Sure, if you start moving away from the mainstream you find other guys just as talented or more so, but he broke through to the general public, which is no small feat. And its not like he couldn't play or wasn't pretty fast. Like say, Lars. Joey's stuff still is tasty even when you discover those other drummers.
@@panzerwaffen2873 the last show for Nile I worked was at the Marquee in Tulsa, Ok. It is now the Vanguard down from Historic Cains ballroom. Seems like a silly thing to lie about.
YES! He is so fluid and effortless and heavily invested in the groove, no matter how hard he plays the shit out of his kit. That's what it's all about and hard to do no matter what style you play.
@@UltraCasualPenguin He's using single beaters on each bass drum. I'm not even aware of a setup where one pedal controls two beaters. Its not a new technique. Pete Sandoval has used high speed single-foot blasts for decades.
"forget about technique and start practicing, just practice" - that's actually very good advice. There's this amazing 1 hour video of Derrick Roddy on the Drumeo YT channel where he essentially says the same thing. That unless you start practicing and pushing your body you won't discover what the right technique is for you.
You've never heard GEORGE KOLLIAS??? He played drums on my 2nd solo album 'This Burden Is Mine' and he's one of the most incredible drummers on the planet and an incredible human being too!
I share the stage with his band and later in 2008 I was on tour with him in America and from 2010 I became his Italian promoter for clinic, Masterclass, workshop drum camp in Italy and from 2016 the annual one in Greece on summer, next will be done in 30 May 2021
@@stevus23 it was all done remotely, I sent him the songs and he recorded and sent everything back. It was pretty standard. Wish I could have jammed with him and stuff but maybe someday.
My Boy George is an inspiration and influence to many metal drummers. He raised the standard to what it means to be an extreme drummer and everybody looks up and admires the guy. There isn't a single foot blast faster in the business, he made that a trend
Pete Sandoval has been single foot blasting at high speeds for decades. George is, of course, faster, but Pete was the one who started that trend, for sure.
@@blppt I was about to say that as well, good point... the best swivel in the business too. 😎 Starting it though is not the same as making it more widespread i guess. That's why i mentioned GK i suppose 😅
That song is from George’s solo album. In that album he performed the other instruments and vocals as well. If you like you can check also a jazz project he’s participating. Keep up the good work mate! Your videos are killer!
Wow, I knew about the instruments however I was sure that for the vocals he invited Dallas Toller-Wade, due to how similar he sounds. That makes this album even more amazing :)
for Extreme Metal, George is basically the benchmark. His work in Tech Death band Nile, is some of the most relentless and brutal shit to ever grace this scorched earth \m/
your facial expressions are great. i think that is every drummer the 1st time they hear nile. 1st reaction to just the audio is "they fixed that in the studio . no way that's real let me watch a vid of him really playing this for a laugh" ..HOLY SHIT IT'S REAL
Been playing with George since 2001 in dark metal band NIGHTFALL. Except one of the best drummers on extreme metal, he is also playing on Jazz/Fusion bands and projects and moreover he is AN EXTREMELY SUPER-COOL PERSON!
Surprising to see this was barely reacted to a month ago. I’ve watched this exact video for years now. It never gets old watching George’s insane speed and technical drumming. Your reactions are phenomenal! Cheers.
The older I get the more I appreciate guys like this having insane speed and skill, but find myself liking the absolute groove and creativity of guys like Matt Halpern and Anup Sastry.
Martin Lopez is my favorite Opeth drummer for this very reason. Axe is more technically skilled and faster, but he just doesn't have the groove or feel that Lopez had. Agreed.
I saw him play this speed for 2.5 hours on Nile's 25th anniversary tour. Dude is a machine. IIRC he has the beaters all the way back with as much tension as possible. Someone compared it to stepping on concrete.
George can blast at 280 bpm with one foot, there's a video showing him going from 260 bpm to 280 and it's crazy fun. He was also a teacher at Athens Conservatory, so he has an academic background in many genres. There is a video of him saying that he went to many orthopedics with his pedals, and tried to find the best way to play fast without him destroying his feet.
I love George's playing because it's so musical. Yes, it's super fast in this context, but the fills cascade and work to make the songs have a flow that's constantly shifting. He definitely has his own take on the genre and I love his style.
I toured for 2 years with George and Nile. He takes his craft very serious and is known by any who is anyone in the Death Metal scene. Listen to any Nile song and your mind will expand!! Metal!!!
Sidenote : do you guys catch the fact that George sometimes applies the swivel technique with his left hand while blasting, alternating between German and French grip ? Watch closely.... 05:25 - 05:40
Noticed you mentioned Opeth in today's video on Joey, and came across this doing a search! Nile is my all time favorite Death Metal band! George is INSANE! They usually play places like House of Blues, but the venue they were supposed to play at shut down, so they ended up playing this hole in the wall. I got to witness his work from the side of the stage up close. Will never forget that show. THANKS!
When in comes to changenig the hands for blast beats, it also changes the blast beat. Left hand on snare is traditional blast beat, left being the up beat. Right hand on the snare is mostly used for bomb blast, where right hand is the lead, downbeat 8th played over 16th on kicks.
Isnt it cool how people are capable of some incrediblly cool sh*t. Pretty sure his reaction is the reaction of us all when we first heard this :D impossible footwork
In one of your previous you were wondering about the sustainability of these extreme metal drummers. Well this guy has been doing it officially for over 20 years and he is still blasting like it's the year 2000. Such incredible talent!
The DVD that this video comes from (George Kollias Extreme Metal Drumming) really changed the way I approached drumming. For instance he talks about quarter note kick drives in fills to make it sound more impactful and help keep timing. It was honestly something I never thought of and after a while started playing with the idea of kicks/cymbal accents in fills outside of just quarter notes. I highly recommend the DVD to all drummers not just metal drummers.
first drum coach I ever had(from a metalcore band circa2000) gave me some awesome beginner advice: always have a kick stroke under any single cymbal hits. Its extremely obvious now for emphasis, but when I was an idiot it was helpful.
I’m so relieved when people’s first reaction is laughter, because that’s all I could do after watching this. How can someone think in that type of meter? Amazing.
Yeah, Georgie is a monster, a legend. There's a lot of fast dudes out there, but not that many at George's level. Also, Nile is really good death metal and they always had outstanding drummers, like Derek Roddy, Tony Laureano and of course George. Inferno from Behemoth is also worth checking out, he has a very distinct voice in the world of speed freaks. And of course... Jamie!!! You know we're all waiting like... literally all of us!!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Actually the most impressive Kollias video I've seen is the one he does playing Laureano's Nile song "The Blessed Dead" with an annoying click in the background: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6VpJAUWdeAU.html
@@AndrewRooneyDrums ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mnxm1qh_1rw.html You should check out his „training“ video. George is one of a kind.
Haha George is insane, what a beast!! It's incredible what the human (is he though?) body is capable of. Also, I keep laughing my ass off by the memes 😂😂👍
had a chance to see him live with Nile a few years back, one of his kick pedals broke during the show. He played the rest of the show with one pedal like a champ, I couldn't hear the difference!
Do not know why people are surprised one has not heard of George K. There are a gazillion drummers from the jazz world that i do not know. No one is equally invested in everything at the same time. I believe George has stretched it to the extent when it comes to b.p.m. At least of the known drummers out there, ...cause there’s always that one kid out there in someone basement outdoing every known artist. But yeah, George is something of a standard. At least for now.
So I saw the george kolias video first, then In the recommend thingy underneath I see your video first, I click on it knowing who george is and how good he is. I've followed Nile since they're early days. And watching this guy see george play and seeing his enjoyment of drumming at some of its finest levels was a joy for me. I'm a drummer myself and when I first saw/heard nile I bout lost it...
I have a pair of George's signature axis pedals and I actually had him sign the pedal for me at a nile show. He noticed I put skateboard grip tape on my pedal board and casually mentioned that he would probably grind his feet off if he had something abrasive on his pedals because of his foot technique XD
This is his solo album, in which he plays every instrument. But he is also the DRUMMER of NILE. And that BAND is one of the most brutal and unique in the DEATH METAL scene. He is playing on the last six albums for the Band. Every album from that band is AWESOME. \m/
George really had the swivel technic down on the footboards way back in the day first time I seen him in an instructional video I bought I almost put my sticks down lol with wtf omg dayamm"
If you love watching drummers switching hand during blastbeats, you need to check David Diepold, especially his Cryptosy's drum cover or kingborn from Fleshgod Apocalypse
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I want to sign up for your thing so I can request Lyle Cooper drum cam of The faceless doing planetary duality. He’s on similar George Kolias shit
I am in Sri Lanka and I've collected money for more than 6 months to see NILE live in India. And man from the first second they started their set it was all worth it, working over time skipping meals and did everything to see them and I will do it again if I could
George Kollias is an absolute monster! Your reaction was priceless! ^^ Would love to see you react to David Diepold, Krimh, Max Kolesne, Ken Bedene, Janne Jaloma, John Longstreth, Simon Schilling. Just to name a few. :-* Keep up the good work, i just hit the subscribe button.
Nothing new, Nile and grind/death in general have been around a long time. Not sure how this buddy rich solo is any different in terms of ability and endurance. But I'd sure love for you to explain it to me ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-94DeieWZgTM.html
New to the channel and love the videos! I know this video is old now but I’m gonna throw in my two cents on George Kollias. Dudes been playing since he was 12 or 13 (he’s now 45) and he’s completely self taught. UNREAL. A machine.
