Jared Dines (born October 6, 1989) is an American YouTuber and musician who is known for metalcore-themed and adjacent videos, covers, parodies, and his own original music.
He is a member of Canadian metalcore band Oni, and a frequent collaborator with musicians such as Howard Jones and Matt Heafy.
Dines worked as a recording engineer before pursuing YouTube full time.
Previously only averaging a few hundred views per video, "10 Styles of Metal" was picked up by local news outlets and highlighted by online music journalists.
[7] Dines, in competition with Steve Terreberry, became known for playing guitars with an unusual amount of strings.
[16] He partly replaced front man Matt Heafy, who had to leave the tour prematurely due to his wife being close to giving birth.
[23] In March 2021, Dines joined with vocalist Howard Jones and producer Hiram Hernandez to release "The Blade" as part of a new project named Sion.