George Kollias (drummer)
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| Background information | |
| Born |
August 30, 1977 Corinth, Greece |
| Genres | Death metal, black metal, gothic metal, thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, musician |
| Instruments | Drums, guitar,bass,keyboards,percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Relapse, Nuclear Blast, Season of Mist |
| Associated acts | Contrarian, Cerebrum, The Circle of Zaphyan, Extremity Obsession, Nightfall, Nile, Sickening Horror, Demonstealer |
| Website | www |
Georgios "George" Kollias (born August 30, 1977 in Corinth, Greece) is a Greek heavy metal drummer and music teacher best known for his work with American technical death metal band Nile. He is the first Nile drummer to perform every song on more than one full-length album (handling drum duties so far on all albums from Annihilation of the Wicked through What Should Not Be Unearthed). His sponsors include Sabian, Evans and Vic Firth. In addition to being the drummer of Nile he also teaches drums at the Modern Music School in Athens.
He started playing drums, self-taught, at the age of 12, covering songs of his favorite bands like Sepultura and Slayer. Around 1999, he started drum lessons with Greek drummer Yannis Stavropoulos, who was a big influence on Kollias.
His early inspirations include Richard Christy, Paul Bostaph, Pete Sandoval, Dave Lombardo, Igor Cavalera, Gene Hoglan. Later his taste expanded to different drummers like Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Thomas Lang, and Mike Mangini.
He previously drummed for Sickening Horror, a death metal band. He also used to be in the Greek melodic death metal band Nightfall, but left the band in 2005 to join Nile.
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