Meytal Cohen
Meytal Cohen is an Israel-born drummer known for rock and metal drum covers on YouTube and original music with the band MEYTAL.
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YouTube
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YouTubeOverview
- From
- Israel; moved to Los Angeles to study music
- Work
- Drummer and founder of MEYTAL
- Started drumming
- Age 18
- Breakout
- 2009 electric-violin-and-drums cover of “Toxicity”
- Debut album
- Alchemy (2015)
Mini bio
How it started.
Meytal grew up in Israel, the youngest of seven children, and started drums at 18. After two years of military service, they moved to Los Angeles at 21 to attend the LA Music Academy. A car accident interrupted their studies, but they returned and graduated.
Finding an audience.
A 2009 “Toxicity” cover paired Meytal’s drums with Jennifer Lynn and Christine Wu on electric violins. Made as an America’s Got Talent audition, it found its audience on YouTube. Requests for more encouraged Meytal to keep filming solo drum covers.
Fans made the records possible.
Fans backed the debut MEYTAL album, Alchemy, on Kickstarter. Meytal self-released it in 2015, and it reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. A second crowdfunded album, The Witness, followed in April 2019. Patreon supporters also help fund the videos.
A return to Rush.
In March 2025, Meytal shared “Limelight” and a behind-the-scenes vlog. The cover’s description offered a personal update about raising children and finding their way back to drumming.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025LimelightDrummer, Rush cover
- 2019The WitnessDrummer, MEYTAL
- 2015AlchemyDrummer and composer, MEYTAL
- 2009ToxicityDrummer and co-producer, with Jennifer Lynn and Christine Wu
Quotes
The true school for me was covering my favorite songs.Meytal Cohen, Limelight Magazine
Discussing how learning difficult covers developed their ear and technique in the February 13, 2015 interview: https://limelightmagazine.com/2015/02/13/meytalcohen/
Trivia
- Before taking up drums, Meytal took tap-dancing classes.
- Meytal named Tool as their biggest musical influence in a 2015 interview.
- The plan after the “Toxicity” video was to film 100 drum covers and see what happened.
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