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Meytal Cohen

American drummer

Meytal Cohen

Born () August 9, (age&#;41)
Ramat Gan, Israel
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Drums, keyboards, percussion
Years active–present
LabelsLight Drop Music
Website

YouTube information

Channel
Years&#;active–present
GenreMusic
Subscribers+ million[1]
Total&#;views+ million[1]

Last updated: April 19,

Musical artist

Meytal Cohen (Hebrew: מיטל כהן; born August 9, [2]) is an Israeli-American drummer and one of the founding members of the American heavy metal band Meytal.

She was born in Ramat Gan, Israel and is the youngest of seven children with four sisters and two brothers.[3] Her online video project, which began in , saw Cohen performing drum covers of popular rock and heavy metal songs, and amassing a huge fan base[4] that has resulted in more than million total views.[5] In August , Meytal's first studio album Alchemy was released.

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Co-produced by Cohen and Sahaj Ticotin, the album peaked at No.&#;1 on the BillboardTop Heatseekers chart, No.&#;5 on the Hard Rock Albums Chart and No.&#;7 on the Independent Albums chart.[6]

Early life and education

Cohen was Israeli-born in Ramat Gan, the seventh child of a large family.

Her parents were born in Iraq.[7] She studied tap dance,[8] and graduated with a theater major from Blich High School in Ramat Hen; at the age of 18 she started playing drums and for two years served in the Israel Defense Forces, At the age of 20 she moved to Los Angeles.[9] She studied at Los Angeles Music Academy, majoring in percussion.[9][10]

Career

After graduation from Los Angeles Music Academy, she played with her band "Metaphor",[11] which also included Tina Guo on cello, Anna Stafford on violin, and Ali Wood on piano, playing concert tours in Australia, the United States, Mexico, South America and Europe in [12][13][14] The all-female Led Zeppelin cover band "Moby Chick" joined their tour in Puerto Rico.

Starting in , Cohen has had an online video project, performing "drum covers" of popular rock songs. This has brought her a fan base and recognition: her cover of System of a Down's "Toxicity" had approximately million views as of ;[9][15] her YouTube drum series had over 60 million views as of [2] Her number of Facebook followers in was said to be greater than that of any other Israeli woman with , "likes", outpacing supermodel Bar Refaeli; ahead of President Shimon Peres but behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[7][16] She was also featured in an American TV show and two Australian shows.

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On 9 July , Cohen started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign called "Breaking YouTube" whose purpose was to raise funds to create original music and move beyond covering songs on YouTube. On 10 August , the Kickstarter campaign raised US$, with 3, "backers".[17]

In her performances and videos, she uses a DW Performance Series drum kit and Meinl cymbals, and is currently an endorsed artist of both Drum Workshop and Meinl.[10][18]

Alchemy

Her band's debut album Alchemy was very well received by the critics,[19] with some even calling Alchemy "all of the best elements in a mainstream hard rock band, done better"[20] and reached the #1 position in the Heatseekers chart, as well as #5 in the Hard Rock and #7 in the Independent Artists chart on Billboard in [21]

Equipment

Current kit

Cohen uses a drum kit made by DW Drums,[22] with heads by Remo[23] and Meinl cymbals.[24] She uses Vic Firth drumsticks.[25]

Band members

Cohen also plays in a heavy metal band, who support her live shows.

The band is commonly referred to as "Meytal",[26] released its first album Alchemy on July 24, , and its members include&#;:

Current members
  • Meytal Cohen – drums (–present)
  • Travis Montgomery – lead guitar (–present, also plays in Threat Signal, Jeff Loomis Band and Nociceptor)
  • Blake "Anel" Pedrero – bass, backing vocals (–present, also plays in Pink Fly)
  • Sahaj – lead vocals (–present), rhythm guitar (–present), lead/rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals (, also plays in Ra)
Former members
  • Gil Baram – lead guitar ()[27]
  • Eric Emery – lead vocals (–, now sings in Skyharbor)
  • Amy Alison Clark – bass ()
  • Anna Sentina – bass ()
  • Alex Reyes – rhythm guitar ()
  • Doc Coyle – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (–, now plays in Bad Wolves, formerly in God Forbid)

Timeline

Discography

Studio album
  • Alchemy ()
  • The Witness ()
Single

The Witness Album ()

Live album

References

  1. ^ ab"About meytalll".

    YouTube.

  2. ^ abSmith, Angela ().

    Meytal Cohen - Net Worth 2025, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday ...: Cohen also plays in a heavy metal band, who support her live shows. Celebrity Birthdays Drummer Meytal Cohen. Tragically she lost her father when she was only seven. She grew up in Israel with four sisters, and two brothers.

    Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country. Scarecrow Press. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.

  3. ^Meytal Cohen: Story
  4. ^Monger, James Christopher, Meytal Cohen: Artist Biography, Allmusic
  5. ^Heavy Meytal: This young female drummer is living up to her name.

    From the Grapevine

  6. ^Billboard Meytal Cohen, September
  7. ^ abEichner, Itamar (July 11, ), "מתופפת הלייקים, בר רפאלי, הרבה לפנייך: הישראלית הכי פופולארית בפייסבוק היא מוזיקאית בת 29 מרמת־גן" [Drums Hliyakim (Way ahead of you, Bar Refaeli: the most popular Israeli Facebook is a musician, 29, from Ramat Gan)], Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew)
  8. ^Avi Cohen (May 19, ), "האבי מיטל" [Heavy Meytal], Ynet (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ abc"Meytal Cohen: Versatile drummer and Youtube sensation blazes her own path", Limelight, February 13,
  10. ^ abDoerschuk, Andy (July ), "Meytal Cohen: Israeli Metalhead Invades Los Angeles", Drum!, Enter Music Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on
  11. ^Michal D.

    (November 8, ), "Meytal Cohen Rocks the Drums", Eye 2 Israel, ORT Israel

  12. ^Ferguson, Simon (), "Classical Crossover", Daily Telegraph, retrieved
  13. ^ Edelmann, Philipp (director), Metaphor concert promotional video on YouTube, Promotional Films, dated April 29,
  14. ^"Metaphor"(PDF), CEMA Newsletter, Portland Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, July , ABN 67 11 48 64
  15. ^Cover of 'Toxicity' on YouTube
  16. ^"Israel's Heavy Metal Sensation Meytal Cohen Asks the Internet to Help With Her Debut Album", The Tower Magazine, July 11,
  17. ^Lefkoe, Michael (September 15, ).

    Meytal cohen biography of william hill It took way longer, but I just kept hoping and trying different ways to make it work. LM: Given your strong following online, have your considered offering drum lessons online or even becoming a drum instructor someday? Career Add photo. Where is Meytal Cohen from?

    "Heavy Meytal: This young female drummer is living up to her name". . Archived from the original on

  18. ^Artist profile: Meytal Cohen, Soultone Cymbals, archived from the original on June 19,
  19. ^AlbumReview: Meytal ‘Alchemy’. Rock Revolt Magazine
  20. ^Meytal Sputnikmusic
  21. ^Alchemy.

    Billboard

  22. ^"DW – artists profiles". Retrieved 18 March
  23. ^"Evans Drumheads – artists setup – Meytal Cohen". Retrieved 18 March
  24. ^"Meinl Artist – Meytal Cohen".

    I have to give a lot of the credit to my boyfriend, Lior, who at the time was shooting the videos and editing them. We decided to shoot drum covers and see what happens as a result. She was born in Ramat Gan, Israel and is the youngest of seven children with four sisters and two brothers. Meytal Cohen is one of the richest Drummer from Israel.

    Retrieved 18 March [permanent dead link&#;]

  25. ^"Artist – Meytal Cohen – Vic Firth". Retrieved 19 March
  26. ^"MEYTAL - EVERYBODY HATES YOU NOW (album version)" &#; via
  27. ^"Breaking YouTube: Meytal Cohen's First Original Album". Kickstarter.

Further reading

  • Liz Ramanand (September 29, ), "Female Drummer Meytal Cohen Rocks Godsmack's "I Stand Alone"", Loudwire
  • John Davenport (February 27, ), "Interview with Meytal Cohen", Coolgrrrls
  • Sean Mitchell (March 16, ), "Interview: Meytal Cohen", The Black Page

External links