Hello everyone!
My name is Stamoglou George, I am 29 years old and I am from Alexandroupolis. My musical career, according to my parents, began when I started to understand the world around me. I have always been attracted to sounds, especially percussion. So the story I've heard many times is that when I was 3-4 years old, at any music event I would automatically run by the stage and stare intently at the drummer-percussionists. Also, I was always banging surfaces with my hands, as was every upcoming drummer anyway!
I was also lucky enough to grow up in a musical family as my dad was a pianist, as well as my older sister who was always influenced by Rock and Metal music.
So one day my dad picked me up and took me to a concert where my later teacher and mentor, Vangelis Georgiou, was playing! I was of course thrilled and after that concert, my parents took the step of enrolling me in the conservatory to start drum lessons. We went for the audition, but unfortunately I didn't even reach the pedals in the set, so my teacher told us to wait 1 year to get a little taller so I could cope. But to start my exposure to percussion and music in general, I signed up for the tubular section. So a year later, and being taller, this magical journey of drums began. From the age of 5 until I was 12, it was my favorite hobby but of course I didn't take it seriously and many times I didn't even study. During this time I was also a member of the Alexandroupolis Philharmonic playing all kinds of percussion. Somewhere around the age of 12, having formed my first teenage bands and having played my first concerts something changed in me and I became addicted to music and especially to drums!
So since then, I took it completely seriously and started to study substantially. Fast forward 6 years later, I was awarded my drums degree in the presence of many important people in the field, one of whom was Kostas Anastasiadis. Since then I worked in conservatories, tutored people of all ages and played in various bands and with various artists in Greece and abroad as a hired gun ( e.g., Stavento, Lakis Papadopoulos, Boom Dox, Astray, Sonic Path, Harisma, Baris Tukenis etc.). Also, I was and still am very active in recording albums and singles as a session for many artists and bands.
Sometime in 2018 I was recording the debut album of Boom Dox in Thessaloniki at "OTSE Studios" and Marios Iliopoulos of "Nightrage" was working there as a manager. After we met, after a few months the band had arranged a European Tour with ''Voivod'', which the then drummer of Nightrage couldn't follow. So Marios asked me if I could help them and of course I accepted. A few months later and having done this excellent tour, the band chose to stop working with their previous drummer. So in the following days , Marios contacted me, since we had already bonded and a strong friendship was established and asked me if I would like to take over the position as a full time member. Once again I accepted and so began my professional journey in the Metal scene with many shows all over Europe, Korea and festivals that I dreamed of playing since childhood. Throughout my whole career in the band apart from the strong friendship with all the guys, the shows and the travels, we also created 2 albums ("Abyss Rising" & "Remains Of A Dead World"), which I am really proud of! My journey as a full-time member of "Nightrage" lasted 6 years and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to play in one of the greatest "Melodic Death Metal" bands that have existed in this particular scene and next to Marios Iliopoulos, who I'm sure you all know the history he carries on his back and the role he played in the Greek and non-Greek Metal world.
Nowadays, apart from my private lessons, I work as a Session Drummer for various bands (e.g., Vomitile, Convicted, Show Your Face, Subfire etc.) for Single Shows/Tours and as a Session Studio Drummer. My specialization as a drummer is generally metal music with main styles being Death Metal, Deathcore, Metalcore & Hardcore. It goes without saying that I play other styles as well just mentioning what I primarily play! At the same time I am also involved in Editing - Montage combining 3 things I love "Music - Image - Sound" !
So anyone who wants to find me for conversation, lessons, collaboration, or just drum-ish material that I upload can look for me on my social in the following icons!
I would love to talk and work with anyone who is interested!
