Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune unite to answer once and for all: which Sleep Token songs are the best and which are the "worst"? This episode also features a short chat about what we thought of the recent Architects album but mostly: this is ALL about the Sleep Token discography!Wanna play along with your own rankings? 👉🏻 Make a copy of THIS sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nY20EkHcgO07coAVaS89TyRa-RHsNHwpwfqhbwMAMpo
Mar 09, 2025•55 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune unite to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about upcoming albums from Spiritbox, Architects, and those scintillating teasers from Sleep Token about their next move!
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Manuel Gardner Fernandez from Unprocessed joins Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about Unprocessed's latest singles, potential collaborations in future, the recent 2025 GRAMMYs and much more! Check out Unprocessed's social platforms here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR213I8IGeNXdLiYRGWXlOQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unprocessedband TikTok:...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Eddie Berg from Imminence joins Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about an unreleased Imminence single called 'Death Shall Have No Dominion', their latest album 'The Black', Bring Me The Horizon's cover of Oasis' Wonderwall, Sweden's influence on metal throughout the years and much more! Check out Imminence's YouTube channel her...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Anthony Diliberto from RESOLVE joins Steve O'G, Metalbirb, and Drew Fortune to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the latest music from Architects, when high production in Metalcore is too much, and of course lots of chat about Resolve latest music and touring. Check out Resolve's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Resolveofficial and their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/resolv...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Drew Fortune, Steve O'G and METALBIRB discuss their thoughts on the metal music scene in 2024 and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the best songs, EPs, albums, and moments of this year in Metal along with a couple hot take disappointments of the year... Thank you so much to each and every person who tuned in to this podcast of our this year and all the awesome support we’ve received about it. See you all in 2025 for more!
Jan 03, 2025•2 hr 43 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Chase Carneson joins Steve O'G, Metalbirb, and Drew Fortune to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the music reaction world, the challenges of content creation involving copyright material, Sleep Token being called a hard rock band, and how bands need to avoid burn out. Check out Chase Carneson’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJyO_KzeKhpW4gWNWjPdogw
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Gore.'s Haley Roughton joins METALBIRB, Drew Fortune and Steve O'G to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the Download Festival 2025 lineup featuring Sleep Token headliner, new albums from Linkin Park and Poppy, and other notable news stories in the scene! Checkout Gore. on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XsnFMO7YlI6HgbPAgwk2g
Nov 26, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Tauri Reacts joins METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the crazy As I Lay Dying situation, potential contenders for 2024's Album Of The Year, and the latest metal music we’re excited about! Checkout Tauri Reacts on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3mkgmRfLQz1MuM7VOVCpUw
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast @METALBIRB , @DrewFortune97 and @SteveOGRock discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about Linkin Park’s new singer Emily Armstrong, cancel culture in the metal scene, Dave Grohl, and new bands we’re excited about!...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the Linkin Park teasing their new singer announcement, dynamic concert ticket pricing gets out of hand, and the latest and greatest music from the scene.
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G are joined by Hardcore Keem to discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features chat about the epic Olympic Opening Ceremony performance by Gojira which put metal on the world stage, the controversial music video packages from Ice Nine Kills, and our thoughts on the latest great music releases. Check out Hardcore Keem's channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsC5VwfN0KxU_A...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune and Steve O'G discuss their thoughts on the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions on Rick Beato's controversial take on technology making music worse, we explore the potential pros and cons of AI music, and highlight a few great new music discoveries that we're enjoying.
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G are joined by Runty to discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions on the latest beef between Ronnie Radke and Anthony Fantano, the bands boycotting Download Festival 2024 around the Barclayscard sponsorship, and we go down the rabbit holes of philosophy and religion. We're getting deep on this one folks! Checkout Runty on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@RUNTY_OW...
Jun 21, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune & Steve O'G once again join forces to discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions on the latest music from Falling In Reverse, Bring Me The Horizon, Electric Callboy x Babymetal and Darko US. We also discuss Craig Reynolds' strong take on the validity of reaction content.
Jun 07, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Special guest Ohrion Reacts joins METALBIRB, Drew Fortune & Steve O'G to discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions about Ronnie Radke and Falling In Reverse's insane music videos, Slipknot's tease of new music, stories from our world of metal content creation and more!
May 18, 2024•2 hr 42 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G discuss their thoughts on the latest metal scene happenings and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions about the Sleep Token taking Bilmuri on tour, popular bands changing their sound, Slipknot's new drummer + much more!
May 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Special guest RoguenJosh joins METALBIRB, Drew Fortune & Steve O'G to discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussions about the last albums, how to think about generic Metalcore, and our shared experiences as metal music reactors. Checkout RoguenJosh's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlScwoZVNs0qpjSLnvJUhg
Apr 23, 2024•2 hr 37 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune & Steve O'G discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features a discussion about El Estepario's way of handling identity theft, Rock Feed's recent clickbait video, and some up and coming bands we think are destined for greatness!
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G discuss their thoughts on the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features the lads' dream metal band lineups and a blind metal band rating game which was INCREDIBLY tricky to navigate. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMetalRoundup
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast METALBIRB, Drew Fortune, and Steve O'G discuss the latest news in the metal scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This episode features discussion about the recent Sleep Token doxxing, MGK's controversial razor blade guitar, Alex Terrible accusations, and the progress being made between record labels and metal reaction channels. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMetalRoundup
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
