Tim Bolitho-Jones, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

HammerFall: Hope Springs Eternal

“This is a true HAMMERFALL record. It’s not a concept album, but there’s one magic word; freedom,” says Joacim Cans.

It’ll take less than a second for you to decide if you like War Hearts. The latest album from FROZEN

In a normal world, we wouldn’t be reviewing the new WIND ROSE album. By all conventional logic, a Dwarf-themed metal

When is a cover song not a cover song? Well, War by SHADOWS FALL is a good example. At first

The past decade has seen POWERWOLF’s fortunes improve at a gradual but unstoppable pace. The lupine-obsessed German five-piece have risen

The backstory to the new ORDEN OGAN album sounds like the plot to a Stephen Spielberg movie. The band are

If the history of metal has taught us anything, it’s that it’s incredibly risky for a band to change their

Anyone that’s read Ian Winwood’s excellent Bodies: Life And Death In Music will have some understanding of how difficult it

Mention the word ‘ballad’ to most people, and chances are they’ll think of a sentimental song. Whether it’s pop or

When an album opens with the rattle of machine gun fire and the wail of an air raid siren, you