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. As of July 31, 2026, Rolland has more than 1.53M YouTube subscribers and nearly 413M video views.
Biography
Rolland was born on December 5, 1993, in Port Elgin in Canada. 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. Shortly after, he also released a cover of "Canon Rock". Both of these videos collectively gained 52 million views on YouTube.
After school, Rolland worked as a process operator at Nova Chemicals before pursuing a musical career since 2019. He performs rock, metal and classical covers on his electric guitar of artists including Skrillex, Krewella, Slipknot, Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold. Rolland makes use of a variety of guitar techniques including slides/vibrato, along with various implementations of the whammy bar, and a killswitch.
As of July 31, 2026, Rolland's YouTube channel has 1.53M subscribers and nearly 413M views.
Acts
Rolland has performed stage acts with ILLENIUM, Adventure Club, Krewella and DragonForce. He has also collaborated with Sophie Lloyd for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
Gear
Rolland has a signature guitar line in association with California-based guitar manufacturer Kiesel Guitars, Midnight and Moonlight signature guitars.