Fraser Wilson, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Wode: To Bathe In Streams of Rapture

There’s a list of buzzwords we tend to lean on when describing brilliant albums in extreme metal. Brutal. Killer. Devastating.

Speed metal really is a bit underappreciated in the grander scope of heavy music, isn’t it? We’re all losing our

Born from the ashes of WINDIR following the untimely and tragic death of Terje Bakken, VREID have spent the last 17 years building quite

Andy Marshall is a living legend in Scottish extreme metal. Over the last decade he has led his Scottish folk/black

There are few personalities as integral to the UK death metal scene as esteemed vocalist Karl Willetts. The esteemed vocalist cut

Even in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, it doesn’t feel like it’s been knocking on two years since HIDEOUS

Picture, if you will, the vast hordes of European death metal. What bands come to mind as the best and

The old-school death metal revival is the gift that won’t stop giving. Over half a decade into the renaissance of

Extreme metal in France is enjoying a wonderful wave of quality in the underground just now. Though it’s the black

While blackened speed metal a la VENOM, MIDNIGHT or HELLRIPPER may not have had the tsunami-like wave of popularity enjoyed by the retro-thrash