Sam Khaneka, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Solidaritine – Gogol Bordello

Eugene Hütz and his cavalcade of enigmatic musicians have kept up a consistent pelt of GOGOL BORDELLO albums over the

It’s been three and a half decades since BLIND GUARDIAN took on the melodically infused speed metal template of early

Not content to sit around and twiddle their thumbs, HAMMER KING are back with their fifth album, Kingdemonium, hot on

Having teased listeners with a lone single last year, PHANTOM SPELL have returned to deliver on the proggy promise of

Despite a career spanning nearly three decades, Norse And Dangerous (Live… From The Land of Legends) marks the first official

As a key member of cult prog outfit SPOCK’S BEARD, keyboardist RYO OKUMOTO has had a storied and prolific career. Over

With their self-titled swansong, AFTER FOREVER ended the band on a high with an appropriately epic send-off. While never quite

Having spent over three decades as the frontman of DREAM THEATER, James LaBrie is often inextricably linked with the world

For band who never quite attained the fame of their many successors, ANVIL hardly need an introduction. The band’s founding

There’s a lot to be said for the wheel. It’s served humanity for millennia with little to no major changes