Jay Hampshire, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

These days everything seems to have something else added. If you grab a cola, it’s got a random fruit flavor

ALBUM REVIEW: IV – Beastwars

For those of a certain age and cultural leaning, the word BEASTWARS will conjure up one image alone; that of a

In 2018, tragedy rippled through the heavy music community when it was announced that CAVE IN, OLD MAN GLOOM and ZOZOBRA bassist and vocalist Caleb

On March 28th last year, Caleb Scofield died. He was a husband, a father of two, a carpenter, and a

Somewhere along the line of their eighteen year career, Chicago’s PELICAN picked up an unenviable and unwarranted tag; they’re ‘boring’.

There’s a lot to respect about Leicester based stoner/doom crew MAGE and their fourth full length, Key To The Universe.

There’s a duality to Sheffield doom unit KUROKUMA, one between the crushing heaviness and leaden pacing of their music and

There’s a tendency in the current metal scene to ‘outdo’ – to go heavier, to compose longer, or to combine

There’s an increasing pressure across the heavy music scene, an expectation that if a band does not diversify, they stagnate.

Virginia’s INTER ARMA are perhaps one of the most diverse acts on the extreme music scene. Their signature sounds blends a