Jay Hampshire, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Swamp Coffin: Welcome To Rot

Of the branching family tree of metal sub-genres and offshoots, sludge is among those that lives up to its name

For many of us, 2020 felt like the end of everything. For Hereford-based instrumental post-rock outfit TALONS, it was supposed

While we’ve all experienced a little time dilation over the last two years, it seems impossible that we haven’t heard

Vol. 2, the second EP from Oxfordian riffsmiths WALL will have metal journalists rubbing their hands together with glee, able

There are some artists that fans will follow as they stray into new territory, no matter how far this takes

Survive. Surrounded as we are by the slow collapse of Western society, the environment, and a global pandemic, ‘survive’ is

For anyone passionate about music, bands and fans alike, the impact of the global Coronavirus pandemic wasn’t a positive thing

Few bands tour harder than ‘caveman battle doom’ crew CONAN. It seems like, in a ‘normal’ year, the trio are

While the challenges of the global Coronavirus on the music industry have been stark, with venues unable to open and

EYEHATEGOD are here to save us. Coming off the back of a year that was as much fun as playing