Watch Children Medieval Band Totally Slay Rammstein, The White Stripes, The Beatles and More

Unless you're on vacation in Bermuda this week, you'll have noticed that the freakish warm spell is over, and Middle Tennessee is back to seasonally appropriate frigid temperatures. If you need a little something to defrost the ol' heartstrings (while you defrost your windshield, perhaps), look no further than Children Medieval Band, the trio of Southern California kids who became a viral sensation last week.

On Jan.6, Peanut Butter Wolf (ace producer and founder of outstanding Bay Area hip-hop label Stones Throw Records) posted a video of the band playing Rammstein's "Sonne" to his Facebook page (see it below, embedded from CMB's own YouTube channel). To date, Peanut Butter Wolf's upload has been played some 10 million times, and with good reason: The three siblings perform with an astonishing cohesion and panache that make it immediately clear that it is not their first rodeo, despite their surprising ages. 

When the clip was filmed in 2012, drummer/harpist Cornelia was five years old, keyboardist Olga was eight and guitarist Stefan was 10. While the Internet-at-large is in the midst of discovering Children Medieval Band, the flamboyant, pyro-loving German hard rockers they covered learned about them not long after the vid was originally published, and even invited them to open an arena show in Denver, Colo. That went over pretty well with the crowd; if the show sold out, you hear about 10,000 fans screaming.

As the young multi-instrumentalists have grown, they've become proficient on a variety of instruments, learning Medieval music and "good rock" music. As defined by the parent or parents who run their website, that's the stuff that's "sincere, rebel, strong and heart-felt," as opposed to "evil" or "frivolous rock," characterized as "‘drugs-sex-rr’, ‘shake-butt’ and ‘aspartame’ mainstream pollution." I'm certainly down with less "aspartame mainstream pollution."

Doubtless, there will come a time when they outgrow the family band (hey, the parents are encouraging the kids to embrace rebellion — they know what's coming in the teen years), but it seems like they're well prepared to dominate any musical endeavor they choose. In addition to their Rammstein covers and a slew of Medieval pieces, they've released an album of post-punk-tinged originals called Treasure Underground, as well as a slew of covers, running the gamut from The Beatles and Kraftwerk to The White Stripes and The Stranglers. Check out a few choice cuts below.

(By the way, if your kiddos have seen these videos and are begging to start a band themselves, registration is now open for Y.E.A.H.'s Southern Girls' Rock 'n' Roll Camp and Rock Block programs, taking place in Nashville and Murfreesboro this June and July. Check out The Spin's visit to last summer's SGRRC showcase for more.)

ICYMI, the Rammstein cover that's been making the rounds.

A sampler of the band's album Treasure Underground.

A choice early Beatles selection, "From Me to You," played with the enthusiastic controlled chaos of the original.

Their "Seven Nation Army" is right up there with The White Stripes' original. Plus, it has a trumpet fanfare!

Maybe they don't have 3-D projection, and only one keyboard, but they put their all into Kraftwerk's "The Robots," conjuring the disquieting ambiguity of the original.

CMB's latest is a cover of English post-punks The Stranglers, noteworthy for their complex keyboard parts.