Glenn Wickman, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Acid Reign: Round Two

Forever living in the impossibly tall shadows of their overseas brethren, UK thrash bands at the end of the 80s

SHADOWFLAG from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire kicked down the British black metal door with their self-titled debut in 2013, immediately upping the

The Icelandic black metal scene has really taken off in recent years. Historically one of the last places where one

Split albums are funny things. Often the most viable way for newer, more modest bands to release their work and

ENEVELDE is the new solo project by B. Kråbøl, vocalist with Trondheim, Norway’s MISOTHEIST, an obscure and anonymous band who

Death metal in all its forms is enjoying a massive resurgence of late. From the fiercely primitive old-school death metal

Finnish black metal. For many years now, this label has become synonymous with outstanding quality. Instantly recognisable in the same

THROWING BRICKS. How’s that for a band name? With all the anger, frustration and fear sloshing about in the world

The first thing that stands out upon examining Miserere, the second album by Munich, Germany’s WOLVES DEN, is the presence

Trying to explain the appeal of extreme metal to outsiders is usually a futile task. There is hardly a logical