Fraser Wilson, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Ategnatos – Eluveitie

Switzerland’s ELUVEITIE have been among the upper echelons of folk metal for some time now. Mixing melodic death metal with traditional

While The Big Four were dominating the thrash scene in the USA, over in Germany something darker, more visceral was

Though the band has been in the works for some time now, VLTIMAS exploded into extreme metal’s consciousness with the release

One of the many, many death metal bands that sprung up in Germany in the early-mid 2000s, OBSCURE INFINITY are steadfast

Austria’s BELPHEGOR are one of the longest serving blackened death metal outfits in the game. Having formed in the early 1990s,

Formed in 2016, Portugal’s OKKULTIST have already enjoyed a degree of underground success, releasing their debut EP – Eye Of

Long gone are the days where Norway ruled the land of black metal without opposition. Since the iconic second wave

During the 1990s, MYSTIFIER were one of the heavy weights in the Brazilian extreme metal scene, releasing the widely acclaimed cult

Birmingham’s MASTER‘S CALL have exploded onto the UK metal scene. Having honed their craft for the last few years in the

Though there is a perfectly valid argument that heavy metal, particularly death metal, is over-saturated with bands that don’t bring