Freqs Podcast

Episode 037 of the Progcast features an interview with Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari in addition to a Best of What's Hot?! January 2020 rundown with Randy and Dario. We also have to say goodbye to yet another legendary and influential prog drummer: Sean Reinert (Cynic).

The Freqs Progcast presented by The Progspace returns in 2020 with great expectations for the upcoming prog year. Your host Dario Albrecht is burning through a huge list of them, with no guarantee of completeness though.

Freqs Podcast hosts Randy M. Salo and Kai Metzner are joined by editor-in-chief of Metal Hammer Magazine Germany, Thorsten Zahn, and AxelOne of Berlin MetalTV to debate making money in the music business. In this episode the crew discuss the infamous stories of the failed elite music festival, Fyre Festival, and the equally sensational internet hit, the “fake band” story of LA’s Threatin.

Spoiler Alert! Freqs Podcast hosts Randy M. Salo and Valerie Blais review the adaptation of the book by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind, of the same name. Lords of Chaos is the violent “true” story of the birth and rise of Norwegian Black Metal in Norway in the 1990’s. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund and starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, and Sky Ferreira.

Freqs Podcast hosts Randy M. Salo and Kai Metzner talk with metal-youtuber AxelOne about the coming year in Metal, the controversy behind the Arch Enemy/Photographer debate, the future of Berlin Metal TV and why AxelOne is the villain that the metal community needs.

FreqsTV crew Randy M. Salo, Valérie Blais, and Kai Metzner discuss the complications of intellectual property, social media and the relationship between the press and bands in the wake of a controversy between Arch Enemy and a freelance photographer. Plus, the FreqsTV team discusses the history of the channel, with an overview of every series and what is coming next in 2019.

FreqsTV crew Randy M. Salo, Valérie Blais, and Kai Metzner are joined by Metal Hammer Editor-in-Chief Thorsten Zahn and frontman for skate punk thrashers, Straightline, to break down their top favourites and biggest disappointments of 2018.