Matt Greiner vs George Kollias — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Matt Greiner (August Burns Red) vs George Kollias (Nile). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Matt Greiner use?
Matt Greiner uses Mapex Black Panther Design Lab with Paiste Formula 602 (14" Hi-Hats, 16"/17"/18" Crashes, 22" Ride, 18" China, 10" Splash). Matt Greiner plays a Mapex Black Panther Design Lab kit with his own Pearl Matt Greiner Signature 14x6" Steel snare and Paiste Formula 602 Series cymbals, driven by a DW 9000 Series double pedal and his own Vic Firth Matt Greiner Signature sticks. George Kollias plays a Pearl Masterworks Stadium Exotic kit finished in Piano Black with Gold Hardware, anchored by his 14x6.5" Pearl George Kollias Signature snare and Zildjian cymbals (14" K Mastersound Hi-Hats, 17" & 18" K Custom Dark Crashes, 21" A Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" China), powered by the Pearl Demon XR double pedal he co-designed and his own Vic Firth sticks.
What drum kit does George Kollias use?
George Kollias uses Pearl Masterworks Stadium Exotic (Piano Black with Gold Hardware) with Zildjian (14" K Mastersound Hi-Hats, 17" & 18" K Custom Dark Crashes, 21" A Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" China). Matt Greiner plays a Mapex Black Panther Design Lab kit with his own Pearl Matt Greiner Signature 14x6" Steel snare and Paiste Formula 602 Series cymbals, driven by a DW 9000 Series double pedal and his own Vic Firth Matt Greiner Signature sticks. George Kollias plays a Pearl Masterworks Stadium Exotic kit finished in Piano Black with Gold Hardware, anchored by his 14x6.5" Pearl George Kollias Signature snare and Zildjian cymbals (14" K Mastersound Hi-Hats, 17" & 18" K Custom Dark Crashes, 21" A Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" China), powered by the Pearl Demon XR double pedal he co-designed and his own Vic Firth sticks.
Which is better, Matt Greiner or George Kollias?
Matt Greiner and George Kollias push different extremes of technical drumming. Greiner channels jazz-informed dynamics and compositional discipline into August Burns Red's metalcore, treating blast beats as one color among many. Kollias built an entire career and a co-designed signature pedal around sustaining blast beats past 240 BPM for Nile's technical death metal assault. Greiner is metalcore's compositional technician; Kollias is death metal's blast-beat machine — both have redefined what their genres demand from a drummer's feet.