Phil Cooper, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Fueled By Fear – Wraith

With a genesis as a solo project, Indiana-based blackened thrash outfit WRAITH have evolved. Now a four-piece and since 2017’s

With deeply emotive lyrics, highly expressive melodies and darkly crashing riffs. PALLBEARER have struck upon a powerful formula. Hardly surprising

With six previous album releases and two decades of creativity under their belts, Australian four-piece THE ETERNAL have carved themselves

Grim, remorseless and not for the faint-hearted. Enough about festival toilets though. One band set to make a mighty impact

The Way Of Ancients is the sophomore offering from Kentucky quintet VOLCANDRA. With a blend of melodic black metal, death

In an episode of Doctor Who, the Doctor uses the oft quoted phrase that time is not linear, more like a

Hot on the heels of a variety of festival performances where they’ve cultivated a swath of new fans and followers,

Four years on from the riff-packed Forgotten Days, doom heavyweights PALLBEARER are back with album number five. Mind Burns Alive

DWARROWDELF mastermind and multi-instrumentalist, Tom O’Dell looks to draw inspiration from the fantasy world of Tolkien (project name aside) but

Stark and bold. That’s the impression given by the bleak, black and white artwork for Ecdysis, the debut album by