The Metal Roundup

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!

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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!

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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!

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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?
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View our individual Top 50 rankings here 👇
* Steve's Top 50: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Eish9mymQY_sk8PafgZfsYKXHylZFnTjjE5VEoyIPcQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0
* Drew's Top 50: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aFszQGonPUEnoV9zdWXAIE6P8HyBAd3sucLQVtOb5Gg/edit?gid=0#gid=0
* Metalbirb's Top 50: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sTvl4_rBAk6axrkWiKoDVei6g08IDr7jl22p2_NWKSg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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