Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads discuss what elements would go into successfully launching a Metal band in 2026. What songwriting choices should you make? How do you market the band? Should you sign with a label? Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Jan 25, 2026•57 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads tackle the age old issue of Gatekeeping in Metal; is it toxic? Is it necessary? And where does it even come from? They also delve into the convoluted world of sub-genres and take a stab at figuring out what sub-genre modern metal should be defined by. Let us know your own sub-genre name suggestions in the comments! Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon wi...
Jan 18, 2026•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. Catch up with the lads in their first episode of the year as they chat about what might be coming our way in the metal scene in 2026. Will Bad Omens drop a new album? Will AI music flood the scene? What new releases do we want the most?Let us know in the comments what your most anticipated releases are for the year as well! Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https:/...
Jan 12, 2026•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for The Metal Roundup's Christmas party! Enjoy this week's bumper episode of festive chaos as the lads rank and discuss The Metal Roundup's Top 20 albums of 2025.Afterwards, the boys reflect on another year of The Metal Roundup and chat about their favourite moments from 2025. Over 2 hours and 20 minutes of chaos, dodgy jokes, wholesome moments, and the occasional discussion about music... enjoy folks! Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with ...
Dec 23, 2025•2 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads come up with their lists of the top songs of the year and compare them to find out what The Metal Roundup's Top 50 Songs of 2025 will be, while navigating the trademark TMR chaos! Which song will come out on top? Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup View our individual Top 50 rankings here 👇 * Steve's Top 50:...
Dec 22, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads reveal and roast each other's Spotify Wrapped results as well as taking a look at surprising Creator Wrapped for The Metal Roundup!They also discuss Spotify's problem with AI music uploads, as well as touching on Bad Omen's current tour and Nik Nocturnal's Award Show. Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup...
Dec 05, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads discuss Rick Beato's recent opinion that Metal is dying, as well as addressing recent changes in the scene and speculating about which artists might grow to headline arenas in the future! Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Nov 30, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup.This week the lads take on a game inspired by an episode of The DickeyDines Show and so will hear short burst of Metalcore hit songs in reverse and try to correctly guess the song. As you might expect, the usual amount of chaos ensues. Access the special bonus episodes on our Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Nov 24, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Join Steve O'G Rock, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup.This week the lads check out Miss World Chile's viral metal vocal skills, explore the tricky role of a Producer, touch on some of this year's Grammy nominations, as well as the usual discussion of new releases in the scene.Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Nov 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 54
This week special guest Luke of Rocked joins Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup.This week the boys share their thoughts in the wake of the first Line Up announcement for Download Festival 2026 headlined by Limp Bizkit, Guns n' Roses and Linkin Park. They also discuss new releases in the scene from the likes of Dayseeker, Currents and Unprocessed, as well as some recent live shows they've seen.Check out Luke's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube....
Nov 09, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads rank every single Spiritbox song and as you might imagine... it's not without its controversy. Also Metalbirb nearly loses an eye to his Halloween costume. Strap in for a treat there. Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup🎮 Play along by making your own rankings first by making a ...
Oct 31, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Join Steve O'G, Drew Frotune and MEALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week we hear the lads weigh in on whether or not Metalcore is Dead, discuss how they feel about new releases from Bad Omens and Dayseeker and others, as well as a healthy dose of the usual off the rails nonsense. Watch the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Oct 26, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads compete to see who can craft the best lineup of artists for their own Metal Roundup Festival Stages! We also see a taste test of PRESIDENT'S official beer made by Ossett Brewery in the UK, as well as a healthy dose of the usual chaos...Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Oct 19, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads explore their feelings on PRESIDENT after the debut EP 'King of Terrors' dropped, as well as debating the rapid rise of anonymous bands, and discussing some of the other notable music releases they've checked out recently.Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of the YouTube channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads take on the world of AI generated music; can they tell the difference between what's real and what's AI? Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundupOriginal video by Jordan Roy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-np2D9Mvfw
Sep 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads revisit the Sleep Token discography for another attempt to guess Sleep Token songs from just 1 second of audio. Can they improve on the shambles of their last attempt?Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundupThe video we’re using to play the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kLDk...
Sep 21, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune as they catch up with each other for another episode of The Metal Roundup discussing the biggest recent releases in the scene.On the menu this week we have a surprising new single from Bad Omens, the huge collab between Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante and Poppy, as well as Vianova's stunning debut album.Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup...
Sep 12, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 46Ep. 46
Poppy + Spiritbox + Evanescence are collabing? We get together in excitement over this massive win for women in metal and try to guess what this new collab will sound like. Plus we go over the new Deftones album, Bring Me The Horizon discography, and we give our honest thoughts on TankTheTech's video "The BIG Lie That Music Reactors Keep Pushing On You". @DrewFortune97 @METALBIRB @SteveOGRock...
Aug 30, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 43
@SteveOGRock, @METALBIRB and @DrewFortune97 unite to try (and likely fail?) to rank the Top 100 Old School Metal Bands. Our Discord put together a list of 100 Old School Metal bands, then we ranked them individually and compared notes to see where it all ended up. Chaos and hilarity ensues.Wanna play along with your own rankings? 👉🏻 Make a copy of THIS sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lmtOPDXDrvvjGrxL7Syci-Scke3cPg_vPEEyh7hsBgsAccess the special bonus episodes as a Member o...
Aug 24, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week Steve O'G, METALBIRB and Drew Fortune discuss notable new music releases from Bad Omens, Falling In Reverse, BABYMETAL, Deftones and more! We also discuss how Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian stacks up against Sleep Token's Vessel as a vocalist.Become a Member and get bonus episodes! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC442R1_TcsS4TLNfbq7G7oA/joinConnect with us more closely on our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Aug 15, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune play a game in this episode of The Metal Roundup as they listen to random 1 second clips of Sleep Token songs and try to guess the song title correctly. Naively we thought we'd be pretty good at this but it was an actual ridiculous shambles.Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Aug 10, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Johnny from @nathandjohnny joins @SteveOGRock , @METALBIRB and @DrewFortune97 as they catch up with each other for another episode of The Metal Roundup.This week the lads chat about the impact of Ozzy Osbourne, the struggles to come to grips with PRESIDENT and their fanbase, and some notable new metal music. Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune as they catch up with each other for another episode of The Metal Roundup.This week the boys chat about what they’ve been up to recently, share their thoughts on some new releases and what it’s like dealing with some of the scene’s more annoying fan bases…Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup#iceninekills #dayseeker #erra #ghostband
Jul 14, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Can you guess the most streamed songs from these metal bands? @SteveOGRock goes against @METALBIRB with @DrewFortune97 moderating as we guess what we think are the top 3 most streamed songs on Spotify from metal bands such as Spiritbox, Sleep Token, Metallica, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Falling In Reverse, Slipknot and more on this fun episode of The Metal Roundup....
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 35
In the wake of Download Festival 2025, special guest Andy Copping joins @SteveOGRock , @METALBIRB and @DrewFortune97 to discuss this year's festival and Download history as he hands over the reins of Download Festival. The lads discuss this year's festival highlights, some of Andy's most memorable moments over the years, future headliners and what makes Download such a special place.Follow Andy Copping on his official Instagram account: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andycopping... A...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Join Steve O'G and METALBIRB for a recap of their experiences of the Sunday at Download Festival 2025 a few days later from the comfort of their home studios. The lads discuss the stacked lineup of bands that the Sunday had in particular, spending time with Mike Stringer of Spiritbox, and summarising the entire festival experience.Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Jun 20, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Join Steve O'G and METALBIRB for a quick chat as they take a moment in Download's press area to quickly recap their experiences of the Saturday at Download Festival 2025. The lads discuss Sleep Token's banger headline set, the other bands they managed to check out, and bumping into a couple of band members during the day.Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup
Jun 19, 2025•14 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Join Steve O'G and METALBIRB for a quick chat as they take a moment in Download's press area to quickly recap their experiences of the Friday at Download Festival 2025.Topics include METALBIRB's initial impressions of his first major festival, Green Day's headline set, other notable sets they caught and bumping into The Metal Roundup viewers in the wild! Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup#greenday #downloadfestival
Jun 18, 2025•10 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune unite to try and agree on who are the BEST Modern Metal Bands in the scene today? We put together a list of 100 great metal bands, ranked them individually and then compared notes to see where it all ended up. The results were hilarious.Wanna play along with your own rankings? 👉🏻 Make a copy of THIS sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FMve6xWKubjeDdqMbEV1hoiyhbbpszVTn0jgP_vtWkgAccess the special bonus episodes on Patreon! - https://www.patreon....
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Alexander Kerski from @vianova.berlin joins The Metal Roundup alongside @SteveOGRock , @METALBIRB and @DrewFortune97 to discuss the recent metal music scene and Vianova's newest banger of a single.In this episode there is also some discussion about the ups and downs of content creation, approaching music criticism with respect, and Nik Nocturnal going on hiatus.Keep up to date with Alexander's band Vianova on their socials:* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vianova.berlin* Spotify: https://op...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 33
