Elliot Leaver, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: ARMAHEAVEN – Smash Into Pieces

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

JO QUAIL is a once in a generation talent. Captivating audiences with little more than a cello and a loop pedal,

You can’t blame LORD OF THE LOST for brimming with confidence. 2023 was the German gothic rockers’ explosion into the wider world,

A new album by SINSAENUM is an occurrence few saw coming. Formed initially in 2016 by Frédéric Leclerq (then of

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the theatre is back in town. WARD XVI have built up a reputation of