Tim Bolitho-Jones, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: Hatred Reborn – HateSphere

Ever noticed how the hardcore scene tends to adopt certain metal bands? CHILDREN OF BODOM, CROWBAR and POWER TRIP all

You can’t really go wrong with an old-school death metal album. For all the sub-genres that have spun off from

The history of ENSLAVED is fascinating to dig into. They started life as a traditional black metal band, but since

There’s a common misconception that power metal isn’t an emotive genre. Its detractors, and even some of its fans, tend

Kent metallers GRAPHIC NATURE sound unbelievably pissed off on a mind waiting to die. It’s an untethered 38 minutes of

The path to the eighth album from XANDRIA seems to have been a tumultuous one. In the six long years

Tim Hansen doesn’t mince his words when describing the new INDUCTION album. “Bigger, better, faster, stronger,” he says. “I think

In hindsight, CHILDREN OF BODOM delivered a masterpiece at exactly the right time. Released only six days into January of

You can tell that Jennifer Haben has a pop background. Before forming BEYOND THE BLACK, she was a member of

In some respects, The Majesty Of Decay is familiar ground for JUDICATOR. The latest album from the American quartet is