Elliot Leaver, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

EP REVIEW: Masquerading Self – Profiler

British nu-metal upstarts PROFILER are beginning to cause a stir. Born out of the creative mind of Bristol’s Mike Evans, the four

Concept albums are tough. It’s one thing to write a song, let alone a full record, but when you then

The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung coined the term ‘wounded physician’ – later evolving to ‘wounded healer’ – not long before his death

There is only one Metal Queen. For over forty years, DORO has sat upon her throne as heavy music’s matriarch of mayhem,

SMASH INTO PIECES are causing quite a stir. The Swedish metalcore mob have been on a steady rise over the first

Oh BLACKGOLD, you scallywags. Nobody has a clue who they are or where they’re from other than it’s somewhere in the

In 2018, a four piece from Rugby brought out a debut album so drenched in sludge, brutality and misery that

There is a moment during seventh song Rex when JO QUAIL stops playing and just stands in the centre of the

In the world of progressive black metal, artists like WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY jostle for prime position, but

Some bands never think about writing one concept album in their whole career – Pennsylvania nu-metal upstarts TALLAH are now three for