Dan McHugh, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Love Is Not Enough – Converge

2021’s Bloodmoon: I, the collaborative effort alongside gothic songstress CHELSEA WOLFE was considered a triumph on all accounts by CONVERGE‘s

German genre-splicers AVRALIZE made a lasting impression with their full length debut album Freaks in 2024. Whilst embedded in the metalcore

As the old saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. After 13 painstaking years since the release of Asymmetry,

British metalcore outfit SHIELDS have had to encounter a level of hardship and agony which no band should ever have

Californian trailblazers SPITE have been putting the deathcore division on notice during their recent rapid ascent, injecting their own chaotic

THE HIRSCH EFFEKT may not have achieved the same acclaim as some of their genre counterparts, but they have continued

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The tech metal scene has flourished over the last decade with visionaries such as PERIPHERY, TESSERACT and MONUMENTS injecting their

Manchester is renowned around the world for having a distinctly rich musical history. OASIS, THE STONE ROSES, THE SMITHS, the

In only a few years, PALEFACE SWISS have transformed from promising upstarts to modern metal frontrunners. Having already performed at