Laura McCarthy, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Seasons – Sylar

With the change of weather in the air, there’s no better time for the poignant release of Queens-based SYLAR‘s new

There’s a real surge of combining many of metal’s longer standing sub-genres in the collective musical minds of today’s community.

With a speedy rise in the hard rock scene, and taking on huge support from some of the UK’s most

Not even a year old, Mancunian hardcore mob BLEACH have experienced a whirlwind first six months. Having proven their worth on the

THE UNCHARTED release their debut EP Perspectives, in which the seven piece follow the search for meaning in life through

Melodic metal duo CHANDRIAN KILL debut their EP Bring Out You Dead. With a contemplative theme of life, self-awareness and

Having a career that spans not just decades, but genres, MANES are a band that has consistently defied expectation. Shifting from black

HOMEBOUND have been turning heads with their dark, emotional brand of pop punk. Comprised of vocalist Charlie Boughton, Tom Mellon

The notorious ALKALINE TRIO are back with another release, Is This Thing Cursed? After a career spanning two decades, and

After two EP released in the form of Voyagers in 2014 and Enigmas two years later, SET BEFORE US are