I received an email from Earsplit PR a couple of days ago. They were doing promotion for Green Druid, a band I had never heard of before. It’s a psychedelic stoner doom collective from Denver, Colorado. Anything stoner or doom is right up my alley, so I clicked the link Earsplit had...
The Trve Home of Metal Videos
Karkaos, an extreme melodic metal formation from Montreal, got something new for you! They just released a new music video for the song “Tyrants”, track found on their latest album Children of the Void (2017). It’s the first album with the new lineup, with Viky Boyer on...
Documentaries, FreqsTV Original Series, The Way
From the STREETS of OSLO to the WORLD’S STAGE – Baard Kolstad shows us The Way
I first met Baard back when we filmed an Into the Machine episode with Leprous. My first impression of him was that he was playing two sets that night. The first with his awesome prog metal band Rendezvous Point and then with Leprous. What a monster! It was a few days later while editing...
German metalcore quintet, obScene, have just released a pretty sweet video for their new song “We are Gods”, produced by Cold Eyes Productions. The band was cool enough to send me some production notes so you can dive a little deeper into the meaning of the song and the...
Best of the Web, Official Music Videos
Bleeding Gods “Beloved by Artemis” with a small mythology lesson
Ancient history and metal music are probably the two things I love the most. Everytime a band releases a song or an album with some historical references to Antiquity, I can’t help it: I analyze the lyrics and see if the band got it right. In the case of mythology, since there were...
Best of the Web, Official Music Videos
Perfect Beings “Vibrantional – Mysteries, Not Answers” (Official Music Video)
Somber, Floyd/Steven Wilson-styled prog track from LA-based, Perfect Beings. New album, Vier, out Jan. 19th on Inside Out Music. The lonely, wolf animation starts out as a full animation until the Wolf steps into the real world. The song feels like it stops short, but as it’s a prog...
Napalm Records just blasted out a new video from Russian Folk Metal band Arkona taken from their upcoming album, Khram. Brooding, cinematic visuals, mixed with dynamic, dark music make a great anecdote for those after-Xmas blues. I am admittedly not the greatest fan of Folk Metal, but...
Best of the Web, Official Music Videos
Mammoth Grinder “Servant of the Most High” (Official Music Video)
Austin, TX extreme metallers, Mammoth Grinder, return on January 26th with a new long-player, Cosmic Crypt. Relapse Records just dropped the first single, “Servant of the Most High”. The video which combines psychedelic, negative video photography with shots of a skull being...
Blog, FreqsTV Original Series
Randy’s Top 10 Albums for 2017 – It’s About to Get a Little Prog in Here
Goodbye, 2017. You left us some good music. I am a known Prog fan (see ITM!). This year, as usual, music with progressive tendencies rule my iPod. Let’s get into this. 1.) Pain of Salvation – In the Passing Light of Day 2017 brought us some progressive meisterwerks, but first...
I’ve noticed a change in my music over the past year. My typical brutal jam wasn’t as present as usual. This year, it was all about the atmosphere. Let’s see what my 2017 playlist was made of.
