Raja Meissner | Breaking boundaries with kick-ass metal drumming
Raja Meissner is a German metal drummer, born in March 2000, who built a huge following with Slipknot drum covers. Her age, story, bands and gear.
Raja Meissner has exploded on social media over the past year or so. Originally discovered from her Slipknot drum covers Raja has shown she is a future force of metal drumming.
How old is Raja Meissner? She was born on 6 March 2000 in Frankfurt, which makes her 26 as of October 2026. She has been posting drum covers since 2019.
Let’s find out more about Raja.
Who is Raja Meissner?
Raja Meissner is a metal drummer from Frankfurt, Germany, born on 6 March 2000. Before drums came the oboe, which she played for six years. Then, at the age of 13, Raja took up the drums. Like most drummers, she joined a school band playing cover songs, played with the band Santa Jaws in 2016, and at 17 drummed on Psychovillage’s tour of Germany.
In 2019 Raja took the move to start uploading her cover performances online. She had built her first small following on Instagram with skateboarding videos; the drum covers are what made it take off. Instagram is her main channel but many of her videos can also be found on YouTube.
Her biggest inspiration? Slipknot and Joey Jordison. No surprise there.
If you are a fan of metal music you will know the vast majority of metal drummers are males. It is no small feat to break the boundaries and grow as fast as Raja has. This is a true testament to her playing and passion.
Raja Meissner on Instagram
Raja has a massive following on Instagram sitting at 415,000 followers at the time of writing. And this is for good reason. She plays the drums with conviction, energy and passion. It is clear to see the Raja loves playing the drums.
Most of her videos are drum covers of bands such as Slipknot, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold and various other metal band but you will come across lifestyle content as well. This allows Raja to break the boundaries and make a personal connection with her fans. Something that is often lacking from online drummer personalities.
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If you are looking for longer versions of Raja’s covers, check out her YouTube channel. Even though it isn’t her main focus she still has a staggering 172,000 subscriber and over 8.5 million views.
Going professional
Now Raja has a large following she has taken to decision to go professional making drumming her full-time career. This is a big move and she is still very early into her journey.
If you want to support Raja through the early days of her career check out her Patreon page. You can gain access to exclusive content and merch as well as get lessons from the songs she covers.
Currently, even though Raja has a large audience she is yet to leverage it in such a way that other drummers have like 66Samus for example.
Bands played in
Raja Meissner is currently a member of the band Risen from Shadows. They are a metalcore band from Germany who is currently working on a cover album. As they would describe “the darkest covers of the sweetest songs.”
Check out “Sugar” from the upcoming album.
In May 2022 she also stepped in to drum on a Cobra Spell tour, when the band needed a drummer.
Raja has also been teasing another band for a long time but nothing seems to have been released yet. Keep an eye out for “Royce Millenium” on Instagram.
Gear
Raja is lucky enough to already be endorsed by an incredible lineup of companies.
Check them out:
- Meinl Cymbals
- Yamaha Drums
- Promark Drumsticks
- Evans Heads
- sE Electronics
Find more from Raja Meissner
Raja is available on most of the social channels. Make sure you go and follow her on the links below:
Final thoughts
Raja Meissner has grown at such an incredible pace in such a short period. She was 21 when we first wrote this, and is still only 26 now — she has her whole career ahead of her.
It is going to be interesting how Raja uses her large audience to grow her career. Will she become a long time band member, a session player, a tutor or a clinician?
Who knows! It is going to be interesting to see how her career develops in the coming years and we can’t wait to follow her journey!
Frequently asked questions
- How old is Raja Meissner?
- Raja Meissner was born on 6 March 2000 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, according to the biography on her own website. That makes her 26 as of October 2026.
- When did Raja Meissner start playing drums?
- At 13. She played the oboe for six years before switching to drums, started out in a school band, played with the band Santa Jaws in 2016 and drummed on Psychovillage's tour of Germany at 17.
- When did Raja Meissner start posting drum covers?
- In 2019. She first built a small Instagram following with skateboarding videos, then started uploading drum covers there and later on YouTube. The covers took off, and drumming is now her full-time job.
- Where is Raja Meissner from?
- Frankfurt am Main in Germany, where she was born in 2000. She is best known for metal drum covers — Slipknot above all — and names Slipknot and Joey Jordison as her biggest inspiration.