Tim Bolitho-Jones, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Dark Connection – Beast In Black

Making MANOWAR look like a subtle and understated band is something we’d never thought would happen, but Lord almighty BEAST

Finnish six-piece BLOODRED HOURGLASS are already a big deal in their native country but have yet to break out internationally.

It would be an understatement to say that the past two years have been hard on professional musicians. With touring

Canadian lads DEVIANT PROCESS are apparently a metal band. But having heard Nurture, their second full-length and first for Season

French newcomers NARAKA picked a bad time to get together. The four-piece formed in 2019 and had barely signed on

It’s day eight of the first post-lockdown tour from OUR HOLLOW, OUR HOME and in the queue snaking outside London’s

Death metal is a surprisingly versatile genre and has expanded dramatically since it first roared into life. We now have

Heresy II – End Of A Legend is too long. The eighth full-length from German veterans PARADOX is a massive

Gothic-tinged power metallers BRAINSTORM have had quite the lengthy career, but only seem to be getting better with age. Their

Death metallers DOMINICIDE just upped their game by a significant margin. The Glaswegian four-piece trade in highly elaborate tech-death and