Ellis Heasley, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ROW OF ASHES’ last album – 2022’s Bleaching Heat – was an absolute worldie. Essentially pouring out a hefty measure

ALBUM REVIEW: Finding Peace – Desolated

UK hardcore has definitely seen its fair share of killer releases since DESOLATED put out their A New Realm Of

It is somewhat telling that the new album from DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR takes its name from a track that appeared

It’s always nice when a band proves you right. Back in December 2022 this writer penned a review of YOUR

Making great thrash in the present day seems to require bands to nail two somewhat competing principles. One: have a

“I know where I’ve been / And I don’t know where the fuck I’m going / It’s a long fucking

Here’s a decent rule to live by: listen to everything that comes out on Church Road Records. To do so

Nowhere does hardcore like New York. MADBALL, BIOHAZARD, CRO-MAGS, KILLING TIME… between them these bands and many others have made

Trust a band from Siberia to be bloody great at black metal. It’s basically the Norway of Russia isn’t it.

South Florida’s DAY BY DAY have clearly seen no reason to try and play catch-up with all that has changed