associated_acts years_active birth_place label landscape background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
contrarian extremity obsession , nightfall , nile , sickening horror , cerebrum , the circle of zaphyan , 1990 -- present corinth , greece relapse , nuclear blast yes solo_singer 30 august 1977 drums , vocals , guitar , bass , keyboards , percussion death thrash metal metal , black metal , gothic metal , george -rrb- . jpg kollias vienna , austria -lrb- june , 2011 george kollias -lrb- drummer -rrb-
 george kollias drummer , musician
george kollias -lrb- drummer -rrb-

georgios `` george '' kollias -lrb- born august 30 , 1977 in corinth , greece -rrb- 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 -lrb- handling drum duties so far on `` annihilation of the wicked '' , `` ithyphallic '' , `` those whom the gods detest '' and `` at the gate of sethu '' -rrb- .
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 .
