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Run to the Hillbillies – Steve ‘N’ Seagulls unleash Maiden cover

by Bram Teitelman | Jun 9, 2015 | Metal Memes, News, Video

[youtube]https://youtu.be/8jGAfzrdpxo[/youtube] While you’d expect Steve ‘N’ Seagulls to hail from the Appalachian mountains from their bluegrass covers of hard rock and metal songs, they’re actually Finnish. The band actually landed...

Bluegrass metal cover band Steve ‘N’ Seagulls sign to Spinefarm

by Bram Teitelman | Dec 8, 2014 | New Music, News, Video

If there’s one thing that 2014 will be remembered for, it might be the year that banjo broke through to metal. Wel, not really,  but between Rob Scallon’s banjofied takes on metal songs and Steve ‘N’ Seagulls’ covers of “Holy...

Here’s a bluegrass cover of AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’

by Bram Teitelman | Aug 6, 2014 | News, Video

[youtube]http://youtu.be/e4Ao-iNPPUc[/youtube] When we’re looking back at the year in metal in a few months, 2014 could well be known as the year metal got countrified. In between Rob Scallon’s ukelele and banjo covers of Slayer and Steve N’...

This folk cover of Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’ is pretty great

by Bram Teitelman | Jul 3, 2014 | New Music, News, Updates, Video

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Kzb9IZcPrQE[/youtube] A few weeks ago, the internet collectively flipped out when Finnish band Steve ‘n’ Seagulls performed a folky cover of Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” that sounded like it came from the...
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