Elliot Leaver, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

It’s been a period of upheaval for Canadian metallers KOBRA AND THE LOTUS. The quintet have steadily risen from humble,

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September 19, 2019 Elliot Leaver

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs for Sad Girls – Lauren Tate

It’s been a prolific year for HANDS OFF GRETEL mouthpiece Lauren Tate. Her primary outfit’s sophomore album I Want the World was released earlier this

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September 18, 2019 Elliot Leaver

LIVE REVIEW: Tomb Mold @ The Exchange, Bristol

Summer has well and truly left Bristol tonight – that fine rain that doesn’t seem particularly heavy but manages to

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September 16, 2019 Elliot Leaver

LIVE REVIEW: InMe @ The Exchange, Bristol

For INME, Bristol was the start of a new chapter in their career. It was in the city just over a

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September 11, 2019 Elliot Leaver

ALBUM REVIEW: West End – The 69 Eyes

There’s an old British phrase that states ‘today’s news is tomorrow’s chip paper’, and in a world that seems to

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September 5, 2019 Elliot Leaver

ALBUM REVIEW: Common Foe – Bad Machines

For Gainsborough’s BAD MACHINES, the beginning is tinged with the bitter taste of departure. Evolving from THEY SAY FALL – who won the

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September 5, 2019 Elliot Leaver

ALBUM REVIEW: Talviyö – Sonata Arctica

Combining progressive metal with power metal is, on the surface, not a bad idea. The notion of combining two rather

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August 30, 2019 Elliot Leaver

ALBUM REVIEW: Reader Of The Runes – Divination – Elvenking

Ten albums into their career and Italians ELVENKING have been experiencing something of a renaissance. The folk/power metallers struck gold five years