Cole Rolland
Musical artist
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Cole Rolland (born December 5, 1993) is a Canadian artist, producer, guitarist and social media personality known for his electric guitar covers, most notably the recreation of dubstep songs.[1] As of July 31, 2026, Rolland has more than 1.53M YouTube subscribers and nearly 413M video views.
December 5, 1993
Cole Rolland | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephen Cole Rolland December 5, 1993 Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Port Elgin |
| Genres | Rock, Metal and Classical |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Label | Independent |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 1.53 million |
| Views | 412 million |
| Last updated: April 2026 | |
Biography
Rolland was born on December 5, 1993, in Port Elgin in Canada.[2] He started self-learning and playing guitar at the age of 10. At the age of 15 in 2009, he recorded and uploaded a YouTube video performance of DragonForce's "Through the Fire and Flames" from the Guitar Hero video game series.[3][1] Shortly after, he also released a cover of "Canon Rock". Both of these videos collectively gained 52 million views on YouTube.[4]
After school, Rolland worked as a process operator at Nova Chemicals before pursuing a musical career since 2019.[5] He performs rock, metal and classical covers on his electric guitar of artists including Skrillex, Krewella, Slipknot, Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold.[2] Rolland makes use of a variety of guitar techniques including slides/vibrato, along with various implementations of the whammy bar, and a killswitch.[1][3]
As of July 31, 2026, Rolland's YouTube channel has 1.53M subscribers and nearly 413M views.[6]
Acts
Gear
Rolland has a signature guitar line in association with California-based guitar manufacturer Kiesel Guitars, Midnight and Moonlight signature guitars.[3][4]
Guitars
- CR6 Midnight Signature Guitar
- CR6 Moonlight Signature Guitar
- DC600 Custom Pink-Purple Burst
- DC600 Custom Purple-Blue Burst
- DC700 Custom
Hardware
- Axe-Fx III by Fractal Audio
- Jim Dunlop Wah
- Digitech Whammy Pedal
- Digitech Drop Pedal
- Fractal Audio FC-12
- Universal Audio x4
- Neumann TLM 193
- Neumann TLM 103
Software
- Logic Pro X
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- STL Tones
- Waves: Mercury
- SoundToys: Effect Rack