Scott Wilson, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Polar Veil – Hexvessel

A lonely town adorns the front cover of HEXVESSEL’s sixth record, Polar Veil, while a creature wearing the night sky

Finnish metallers SHADE EMPIRE take things widescreen with their epic sixth record Sunholy, and defy classification in the process. Keeping

The biggest metal band the world has ever seen had something to prove with Death Magnetic (2008). Their backs weren’t against

Things move fast in the world of MYSTFALL. The Greek symphonic metal band formed earlier this year, signed a multi-album

Maybe it took the surprise release of Átta in June for us to realise just how long it’d been since

Props to goth rockers ASGAARD for striking while the iron’s hot with this, a three-track acoustic EP reimagining tracks from

What do you do after dissolving one of the most defining acts in all of post-hardcore? You assemble a troupe

Aiming big pays off. With 1,700 monthly listeners on Spotify, DEGREES OF TRUTH are not in the upper echelons of

This new EP is as much a reminder as an appetiser: last year’s self-titled debut by ENVY OF NONE is

On their sophomore record, STELLAR CIRCUITS have a mission statement: “push past the point of comfort…to make something real and