Tim Bolitho-Jones, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bloodstock Festival 2025

The queue to get into the campsite at this year’s Bloodstock Open Air is astronomical. A line of patch-jacketed fans

If you’d told anyone who attended COAL CHAMBER‘s ill-fated Texas gig in 2002, that Dez Fafara would be an iconic

HELLOWEEN are still in a good mood. Ever since the band reunited with singer Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen

If a band says the word “Vikings” enough, sooner or later, DORO will turn up. Germany’s reigning metal Queen adds

Say hello to your new favourite doom metal band. Italy’s MESSA made some serious waves with their 2022 release Close,

Like its predecessors, the latest BLACKBRAID album is a near-hypnotic experience. The atmosphere conjured here is arguably its strongest component;

There’s a surprisingly moving track just under halfway through The Arsonist, the latest album from ‘nam-obsessed thrashers SODOM. Witchhunter is

By the time this review is published, you’ll almost certainly have heard the biggest selling point on Heimat, the new

In hindsight, VOLBEAT showed up at exactly the right time. Prior to the release of their second album Rock The

If you’ve paid much attention to the news recently, you may be aware that last month, the Catholic Church said