The Metal Roundup

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 pl...

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! - http...

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:...

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 T...

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/1FMve6x...

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...

Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune reflect on whether their thoughts about Sleep Token's "Even In Arcadia" album may have changed after giving it more listens and chat about some great new releases recently! Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup

Special guest George Lever joins The Metal Roundup alongside Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune to discuss the modern music scene from a Producer and Sound Engineer standpoint. He also goes into rare detail about the Sleep Token records he produced and shares his thoughts on the albums they went on to create afterwards in "Take Me Back To Eden" and "Even In Arcadia".Com...

Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune join forces to analyse the tracklist for Sleep Token's Even in Arcadia ahead of the highly anticipated album release this Friday, May 9th. They also discuss Steve and Metalbirb seeing the Bloom in Heaven tour in Toronto, as well as Johnny Booth and Loathe's new singles.

Special guest Tank The Tech joins The Metal Roundup alongside METALBIRB, Steve O'G, and Drew Fortune to discuss the recent metal scene including Tank working for Electric Callboy fulltime. This episode also features discussions about the music reaction scene, the harsh realities of touring and avoiding burnout. Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMe...

Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune join forces to discuss the newest Sleep Token song "Damocles" and just how significant this song is musically and lyrically. We talk lore, songwriting, and the importance of this moment for the band. Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup

Camille Contreras from ‪  @Novelists  joins The Metal Roundup alongside ‪@SteveOGRock‬, ‪@METALBIRB‬ , and ‪@DrewFortune97‬ to discuss the recent metal music scene including Novelists upcoming album out May 16th 2025.In this episode there is also some discussion about this summers festival circuit, Ghost's live tour and Camille's experiences in Novelists. Keep up to date with Camille's...

Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune join forces to discuss the latest metal music interests to us in this VERY late night recording for a delirious Steve and Drew. We chat about Linkin Park needing to downgrade their arena gig in the US as well as new music from Thornhill, Ghost, Callous Daoboys and... TOKN? Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/T...

​  @SteveOGRock  ,  @METALBIRB  , and  @DrewFortune97  join forces to discuss the newest Sleep Token song "Caramel" and just how significant this song is musically and lyrically. We talk lore, songwriting, and the importance of this moment for the band. Come be a special part of The Metal Roundup on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup

Marcus Vik from Invent Animate joins The Metal Roundup alongside Steve O'G, Metalbirb, and Drew Fortune to discuss the recent metal music scene including the special collab EP from Invent Animate and Silent Planet called "Bloom In Heaven" which is out now! In this episode there is also some discussion about Mirar, Architects, Sleep Token, and House Of Protection.

Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune join forces to discuss the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. In this episode they discuss how the release of Sleep Token's latest song "Emergence" went and whether they still enjoy the song many listens later. There is also chat about the new Disembodied Tyrant track "8.6 Blackout", and Drew share...

Johnny Famiglietti from HEALTH joins Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Frotune to discuss the recent metal music scene and try to find some nuance through it all. This unhinged episode features chat about HEALTH's support tour of Sleep Token back in 2023, the crazy Berlin night clubs, and avante garde music recommendationsCheck out HEALTH's social platforms here: Intagram:- https://www.in...

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/...

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!

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.youtu...

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...

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:...

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 aweso...

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 YouTub...

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.you...