Leo Moracchioli

Leo Moracchioli is a metal musician and producer based in Oltedal, Norway.

A multi-instrumentalist, he is known for his metal covers of popular songs, which have gained him over 3.5 million followers on YouTube as frogleapstudios.

He has recorded over 308 covers, at a rate of approximately one per week, including covers of "Hello" by Adele, "Sail" by AWOLNATION, "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga,"Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz,"Chandelier" by Sia, "Africa" by Toto, "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, and many others.

His cover of "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi peaked at number 35 on the Hungarian Single Top 40 chart on 10 August 2017.

For each video, Moracchioli creates the arrangements, and plays all the instruments, except for a small number of songs in which he has collaborated with other instrumentalists; they often require at least 50 tracks.

Moracchioli states that although he is playing covers, it is enough of a creative outlet for him to put his own spin on the songs.

Although most of the videos feature only himself, and sometimes his family or a musical guest—sometimes a fellow YouTube artist participating remotely—for his video cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" he was joined by Drowning Pool guitarist C.J Pierce. The video was filmed in a nightclub and included hired backup dancers.

In addition to Moracchioli's metal covers, he also made an "acoustic" cover of "Duality" by metal band Slipknot, utilizing slide whistles, timpani and tuba.

He sometimes tours internationally with his band Frog Leap.

He is endorsed by TC Electronic and Chapman Guitars.

On 3 August 2019, he was at the 30th Anniversary of Wacken Open Air, with his Band Frog Leap.

Moracchioli was born to an Italian father.