Rowan Bruce, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

ALBUM REVIEW: The Bestiary – Castle Rat

New York City four-piece CASTLE RAT bring the drama back to modern metal with their grand, fantasy inspired sophomore album

Not many bands get the opportunities SPLIT CHAIN have before releasing a full-length album, touring with heavy hitters such as

Through ALL MEN UNTO ME vocalist, composer and avant-garde visionary Rylan Gleave processes queer trauma and forgiveness through complex experimental

Trailblazers of the blackgaze genre, San Francisco based quintet DEAFHEAVEN have proven themselves to be one of modern metal’s most

Returning the genre to its heyday, Connecticut-based post-hardcore trio EN MASSE channel their inspirations with a fresh modern twist. Dropping

While mixing jazz and extreme music may be old news to some of the more discerning metal fans out there,

With a dizzying blend of synthwave, psychedelic, shoegaze and dream pop, Indianapolis based trio KARATE, GUNS & TANNING craft a

Welsh post-hardcore heroes MCLUSKY pick up exactly where they left over twenty years ago with the same hard-hitting riffs and

While many bands feel the need to overcomplicate post-metal, German trio RÝR strip it back to its base elements with

With a complex yet urgent delivery, Swedish post-metal trio KAZEA bring a fresh mix of sounds to the genre while