The Metal Roundup

Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the lads discuss new releases in the scene from the like of PRESIDENT, Don Broco, Boundaries and many more...

They also revisit the absolute mayhem that was The Metal Roundup livestream last week! And a massive thank you to the wonderful community who showed up and helped fund getting the team to Download Festival 2026.

Have you got a 5 day camping ticket for this year's Download Festival? Come see The Metal Roundup's first ever live show @ Download Festival in District X on Thursday 11th June!

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Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the boys put their lip reading skills to the test! Can they guess famous lyrics from metal songs without sound? And will they resort to their usual chaos of making the rules up as they go?

Come see The Metal Roundup podcast live in person at Download Festival 2026 in District X on Thursday June 11th 🤘

Watch The Metal Roundup chaos live on Twitch tomorrow and help the lads get to Download Festival 2026!The First ever livestream of The Metal Roundup is currently scheduled for March 26th at /21:00 GMT/16:00 EST on all of the lads' Twitch channels below:

* https://www.twitch.tv/steveogrock

* https://www.twitch.tv/drewfortune1

* https://www.twitch.tv/metalbirb

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Join  @SteveOGRock  ,  @METALBIRB  and  @DrewFortune97  for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week, after a quick catch up on new music from The Scratch, Revnoir and Cenobia the lads are reacting to, and debating the second batch of Hot Takes that you, The Metal Roundup Community, have sent in! Will they be spicy, lukewarm or ice cold?

Want to submit your own Hot Take for a future episode? Upload the audio file of your hot take here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1SiD5xsKgEFH_p24Xz8xm5FxCSVyDqKYK

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Join Steve O'G, Metalbirb and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the lads debate which trends in Modern Metal need to go away! There is also discussion of ERRA's newly released album, a couple of live shows they've checked out recently, as well as reopening the can of worms that is AI...

Watch The Metal Roundup chaos live on Twitch later this month and help the lads get to Download Festival 2026!

The First ever livestream of The Metal Roundup is currently scheduled for March 26th at /21:00 GMT/16:00 EST on all of the lads' Twitch channels below

* https://www.twitch.tv/steveogrock

* https://www.twitch.tv/drewfortune1

* https://www.twitch.tv/metalbirb

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Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB play a game in this episode of The Metal Roundup as they listen to random 1 second clips of Bring Me The Horizon songs and try to guess the song title correctly. Failures abound.

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The video we’re using to play the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRgRtWHr28c

Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the lads make their nominations for which Modern Metal Albums will stand the test of time and become Future Classics! Let us know in the comments what they got right and what’s been glaringly missed off the list!

There’s also some discussion of MAPHRA going viral for her vocal covers, as well as Arcane Roots’ return from hiatus

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Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the lads discuss the Metal Collaborations that are raining down on us in 2026 including massive collabs involving Nickelback, Don Broco and Knocked Loose.

There’s also discussion of recent new releases from PRESIDENT, Above, Below and Karnivool, plus Drew takes some heat after dropping his Hot Take in the Previous Episode…

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Or Subscribe right here on Spotify!

Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week, after a quick catch up, the lads are reacting to, and debating the first batch of Hot Takes that you, The Metal Roundup Community, have sent in! Will they be spicy, lukewarm or ice cold?

Want to submit your own Hot Take for a future episode? Upload the audio file of your hot take here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1SiD5xsKgEFH_p24Xz8xm5FxCSVyDqKYK

Access the special bonus episodes on Patreon with additional backstage access! - https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup

Join  @SteveOGRock ,  @DrewFortune97 , and  @METALBIRB  for another episode of The Metal Roundup.

This week the lads discuss Spiritbox's live performance at The Grammy Awards 2026 along with some of the notable snubs and winners from the metal and rock scene. They also share their thoughts on some of the new releases in the scene, including the like of Motionless In White, ERRA and Poppy.

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This week Special Guest Dan Tompkins of Tesseract joins our regular crew of Steve O'G, Drew Fortune, and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup.Listen in as Dan and the boys talk about where we are in Tesseract's release cycle and the War of Being game, his upcoming solo project 'The Prince of Failure', as well as some discussion around the rise of backing tracks and autotune in the live music scene.

Keep up with Dan Tompkins and Tesseract via their socials:

* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DanielTompkins

* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzvBMFhS0gqjx1rA0bswiHg

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tesseractband/

* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23ytwhG1pzX6DIVWRWvW1r?si=xmze5ATmTjm-IYRrIXWjlQ

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