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!!!
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!!! :-)
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
@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.
@SabbathTheBlack he uses Axis A Longboard bass pedals, with maximum spring tension, VDL around the middle, Axis toe risers, and Iron Cobra felt beaters.
@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.
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.
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
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
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!
@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.
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.
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 :)
*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/
Not necessarily. If you mix them right it still has a real sound cause you still use the initial sound. You just slightly trigger it to give the drum more clarity at very high speeds cause the tone is naturally muffled.
George is using a technique he created, called the Swivel Technique. Check that video by Tim Waterson about this on RU-vid, 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 !
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.
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/
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
it´s much more comfortable for me to blast with one foot.george gives me goose bumps when i see him blsating the hell out of his kit with only one foot
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!
@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.
yeah like martinthedrummer said, it's the swivel technique. the basic concept is that you force the pedal to move not by going up and down with your feet, but rather by performing a left-right swiveling motion. it's not easy but very efficient, I think
@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?
Not only does he do that but hes a fuckload more creative than almost every single deathmetal drummer out there! Stuff like Aeons of burning galaxys just blows my mind.
