February - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
58
Ya know when the subject of
breaking barriers in music come
up, there’s one name I always
think of and that’s Meytal Co-
hen. Why? Cuz she’s a specific
female in her owns band that
not only makes up a huge part
their dynamics, but she’s every
bit as professional as any other
member in her band … Besides
she adds an element of “Hot-
ness” to an otherwise metal rock
group. It’s why I’m writing this
right now, with a smile on my
face. This isn’t so much about
the band as it is about her!!
The drummer, Meytal, (yes that’s
her name) from Israel and the
youngest of 7 has probably gone
through more trials and tribula-
tions than anyone in music simply
because she’s a female drummer
in a world of male dominated
percussion instruments. Meytal
started drumming at age 18 and
moved to Los Angeles where at
age 21 attended the LA Music
Academy. After getting into a
car accident and breaking 3 ver-
tebra and wearing back brace
for 6 months, she came back …
Yeah she’s been through hell and
back, and let me tell you, she
came back strong!! Her drum
videos alone has over 120 mil-
lion combined views with over
850 thousand subscribers …
That’s a comeback!!
Bottom line is you just don’t see
a whole lot of female drummers.
That in itself is one huge accom-
plishment, and one big fight to
climb in order to get that kind
of recognition. My friends; She
not only drums, she’s a techni-
cian with precision that her male
counterparts could sometimes
just dreamof. Watching videos of
her drumming is insane “https://
youtu.be/MSeeD34aJK8“. Her
effortlessly fluid motion doesn’t
even look like she’s drumming let
alone getting full bodied double
bass kicks with incredible timing.
Such a massive asset to the band
… hence the 1.4 million likes on
the FaceBook page.
After seeing them live … You bet, the band Meytal is kick ass …
The rest of the band:
Eric Emery - Lead Vocals …
Travis Montgomery - Lead Guitar
Doc Coyle - rhythm guitar, backing/screamed vocals
Anel Orantes Pedrero - bass guitar, backing vocals
With melodic vocal flavors, grungy back up screams, piercing & precise guitar leads, heart throbbing sexual bass and crunchy
rhythm’s with occasional dueling leads ... Throw Meytal Cohen into the mix and you got what I could only describe as cutting edge
metal that lingers within your brain, literally.
Meytal Cohen
