Tim Bolitho-Jones, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: In Tenebris – Naraka

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

Not to be confused with the Australian death metal band of the same name, Newcastle’s RITUALS are another addition to

Grand Rapids five-piece SLEEP WAKER aren’t your typical metalcore band. Sure, at first they seem like a familiar prospect: passionate

British summertime in 2021 has been a mixed bag. On the one hand, life is gradually returning to normal as

Stalwarts of the German metal scene, Saarbrucken five-piece GODSLAVE have been plugging away for over a decade now without much