Chris Hart, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Peculiar – Elbe

Czech post-metal outfit ELBE began life as an instrumental project, a collaboration between guitarists Standa Jelinek and Martin Perina. After

Bristolians SCALER have made a big impact in a short time with a sound that continuously subverts expectations. The four-piece

It’s been a busy few years for HERETOIR. The German post-metal outfit formed in the mid-2000s as a solo outlet

Jazz fusion first emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as a generation of jazz musicians began to plug

HELLIR began life as a solo project for Daniel Shaneyfelt – a smörgåsbord of atmospheric black metal, vaporware, and a

Post-rock, by its very nature, seeks to create meaningful and unique emotional experiences for its listeners. Yet few albums reach

Are guitars necessary to create heavy doom? That is a question that VÖLUR have spent over a decade responding to

Following up your debut album, especially when that debut has made a blistering impact, is a daunting challenge for any

On their sixth album, Then The Darkness, Bay Area progressives GRAYCEON have abandoned all creative restraint. The unconventional post-metal trio

Forged in the crucible of Sheffield and the duality of its industrial past and the picturesque country beyond, BA’AL are