Tom Fordham, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Candlemass

In the depths of Upplands Väsby – a suburb of Sweden’s picturesque capital city Stockholm – in 1984, songwriter/bandleader Leif

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland – a city that has seen it all. In the modern day, it is Scotland’s major and

After more than three decades as one of the super heavyweights in the global progressive metal scene, Swedish legends OPETH

The year is 500 AD, it is a post-Roman world in the British Isles. The ancestral tribes of the Anglo-Saxons

Hailing from the small, Corinthian village of Chiliomodi in Eastern Greece, 1000MODS have grafted hard to earn their status as

One of the most prolific, creative and visceral progressive bands out there, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX are a band that have

Éire. The Emerald Isle. Ireland. It is a country that conjures up vivid and magical imagery in your mind, an

There has been a rise in the forces of heavy psych and stoner rock combining forces to create monolithic split

ALUNAH have been an uncompromising force in the UK’s hard rock scene. Hailing from Sabbath City (aka Birmingham) and gaining

Sailing out of Stockholm with the force of one hundred oars, AMON AMARTH are on of the most dominant forces