Are These Metal Bands Getting BETTER In 2026?

Periphery, President & The Future of Metal

Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads work their way through another busy release schedule, including new material from the likes of Periphery, PRESIDENT, Allt, 156/Silence & many more! Access the special bonus episodes as a Spotify subscriber - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe Join our Patreon with Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup [https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup]  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! ALSO: submt a video of yourself delivering a metal hot take (20-60 seconds in length only please) by emailing us a Dropbox or Google Drive link to your video to: themetalroundup@gmail.com to potentially feature during our live Download special podcast!

We Ranked EVERY Bring Me The Horizon Song!

Join Steve O'G, Drew Fortune and METALBIRB for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads rank every single Bring Me The Horizon song and present to you The Metal Roundup's Top 30 Bring Me the Horizon songs... 🎮 Play along by making your own copy of this google sheet and tell them in the comments what they got right... and what they got wrong: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Iu88vBFkpmsgsVjo6gTPz-kYvZcqZLPKNZ5412-rMYE Access the special bonus episodes as a Spotify subscriber - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe Join our Patreon with Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup [https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup]  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!

The Sleep Token Instrumental Album Appears!

Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB, and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads catch up after the dust settles on the Sleep Token copyright controversy of last week, while also covering new releases from the likes of Motionless In White and sace6. They also discuss Maphra's recent live performance with Ice Nine Kills, and how AI is trying to capitalise on her recent success... Access the special bonus episodes as a Spotify subscriber - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe] Join our Patreon with Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup [https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup]  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!

What Is Sleep Token's Label DOING?!

Welcome to special guest GlenJRobinson who joins Steve O'G, METALBIRB and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week's conversation takes place in the wake of a wave of Sleep Token related copyright takedowns across the internet. The lads discuss what the sources and reasons behind it all might be, as well as touching on the joy and humanity of live music, and how live autotune and implied 'live' one take videos can impact the experience. You can keep up with Glen on his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCrZqlebcgDqeeFonqk-DDAw 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! Access the special bonus episodes as a Spotify subscriber - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe Join our Patreon with Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup⁠

Are These Metal Bands Getting BETTER In 2026?

Join Steve O'G, METALBIRB and Drew Fortune for another episode of The Metal Roundup. This week the lads wade their way through the absolute deluge of new releases in the scene from the likes Saosin, Periphery, Invent Animate, Don Broco, Northlane and plenty more!Amusingly, they also discuss whether Loathe might finally be about to drop new music.... (this episode was recorded just hours before Loathe drop a new single and announce an album release...) Access the special bonus episodes as a Spotify subscriber - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-metal-roundup/subscribe Join our Patreon with Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup [https://www.patreon.com/TheMetalRoundup]  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!