Phil Cooper, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

IN THE STUDIO: Celestial Sanctuary

Five years ago, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY broke through the UK underground scene with their seismic debut Soul Diminished. They have never

Raw aggressive power is tempered by a meticulously crafted melancholia. That’s what you get when quintet MOTHER OF GRAVES put

Bombastic traditional heavy metal stylings from Spain. Five-piece CRIMSON COVEN put the hammer to the anvil to forge their debut

Through 16 years and numerous line-up changes, resulting in formations ranging from a trio to a quartet, VALLEY OF THE

Having taken us through a sprawling tour of the folklore of the British Isles with This Heathen Land, GREEN LUNG

For a band now 16 years, four albums and multiple EPs into a career. It is surprising how few people

Featuring members of TOMBSTONER, CRANIAL DAMAGE and SICADA, ROT BOX has been born out of a passion for old school

For over twenty years, FINSTERFORST have been expanding upon their own genre known as black forest metal. Consistently developing and

It’s been two years since Sunderland trio YERSIN released a stand out album in the form of The Scythe is

“We’ve found our sweet spot. We’re not as worried about what people are thinking about us…we’re more worried about just