Phil Cooper, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Astralis – Azell

Kentuckian husband and wife duo AZELL have been producing a powerful sludge/doom sound since 2022. Creating seismically heavy compositions and

Ohio doom metal purveyors FRAYLE is the realisation of musicians Gwyn Strang (vocals) and Sean Biloveck (guitars). For the past

Power metal historians SABATON have returned with their eleventh studio album. The Swedish quintet closed their two-part chapter on their

Riffs form the keystone of the towering arch of heavy music. Enabling the genre to stand tall and lock together

For more than three decades UK gothic-doom metal purveyors PARADISE LOST have been at the forefront of the dark and

The year is 1990, mankind is on its knees. The Grim Reaper, swapping traditional black robes for plaid, stalks the

No strangers to the ideas of a concept album. Swedish occult rockers YEAR OF THE GOAT have returned with Trivia

Ozzy zig needs a gig. One simple sentence, an ad placed in a music shop window in Birmingham. One sentence

Belgian heavy shoegazers SLOW CRUSH have returned with their third album Thirst. Debut Auora served as the perfect introduction, however

Since its inception, heavy metal has walked the same path as horror. Geezer Butler himself recalls that the name BLACK