Jack Ridsdale, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

LIVE REVIEW: Knuckle Puck @ The Fleece, Bristol

Bristol’s pop-punk kids are in for a treat this Tuesday night, as indie venue The Fleece hosts US emo superstars

If you need an indication of the vibrancy of the British alternative music scene, you need look no further than

Take the guitar wizardry of virtuosos like DEVIN TOWNSEND, mix it with the rhythmic crunch of MESHUGGAH, and sprinkle in

First emerging in 2012 as a fun but derivative crabcore band styled after the likes of ASKING ALEXANDRIA, ELECTRIC CALLBOY

Before DEAFHEAVEN, there was ALCEST. Pioneers of the ‘blackgaze’ movement (which is the hybrid of black metal and shoegaze, for

The post-hardcore collective made up of members of HAVE HEART and BASEMENT known as FIDDLEHEAD have been on one hell

Having first emerged in 2013 as a tight, if a little generic metalcore outfit, DAYSEEKER have put the time and

When POLYPHIA first hit the YouTube scene, playing mind-bogglingly technical shred-athons it was clear that there was immense talent and

Bristol’s independent music venue SWX tonight plays host to four brutally heavy bands playing metal, hardcore, and just about everything

With the buzz that HOT MULLIGAN have generated in the last couple of years, you could be forgiven for not