Hour Of Penance: Pay the Price, or Drown in Steel!
Italia. Home of fine food and finer wine, birthplace of the Renaissance, and one of Europe’s unlikely key scenes for
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The Great Old Ones: Haunted Forever by Dreams of Nuclear Chaos
For as long as there has been heavy metal, the works of H. P. Lovecraft has had a presence in the
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Distorted Sound’s Albums of the Year 2019
And so, here we are, the end of another year. And what a year it has been. 2019 has been
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Angel Witch: Lighting The Past And Future
Had you been kicking around the smoke and leather filled rock clubs of Britain in the late seventies/ early eighties
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Q+A INTERVIEW: Ryo Kinoshita – Crystal Lake
2019 has been a massive year for Japans CRYSTAL LAKE. The release of their fifth studio album Helix has arguably been
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Counterparts: Nothing Left To Lose
Standing as one of the most intriguing case studies in modern hardcore, COUNTERPARTS run their careers like they’ve got nothing
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Venom Prison: Torchbearers For A Generation
As we close a decade, and the inevitable assessment towards the best bands and best albums we’ve experienced these last
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Airbourne: Shaken, But Never Stirred
If it feels like Aussie rockers AIRBOURNE have been around forever, it’s because their career now stretches over fifteen years
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INTRODUCING: Vultures
All good things tend to come out of bad situations. There’s not one story that doesn’t endure some hardship, or
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GosT: Riding The Crest of a Synthwave
The rise of synthwave over the latter half of the decade has been incredible, with names like PERTURBATOR, CARPENTER BRUT
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