Laura McCarthy, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

More often than not, we listen to music to allow us to feel a certain way. With something erratic and

INTRODUCING: The Id

A band’s finding of each other often makes for a brief gateway into understanding the motivations of a band’s output.

There’s often a kind of obsession within a music scene as diverse as the umbrella term we call metal, to

While we all enjoy a deep dive into the complicated sub-genres of the modern metal era, there’s something satisfying about

Detroit sextet BARS OF GOLD present their new album, Shelters. Having formed out of members of BEAR VS. SHARK, where

Offering up a combination of nu metal and hardcore, Swedish four-piece THROUGH THE NOISE enter their second full length album,

There’s often a beauty to the work created in the metal scene, that takes the real depths of a human

Many a band have emerged from the sunny spots of the US, often from that bright gleaming disposition of the

Sometimes to get to the heart of what a band capture in their sound, all you have to do is

Sporting a musical pedigree in the form of members from PIG DESTROYER, PASSAGE BETWEEN and J RODDY WALSTON AND THE