Distorted Sound: Issue 127

MØL land the cover of Issue 127 of Distorted Sound, available now!

A very belated but happy new year! Apologies for the slightly delayed nature of this issue, but trust me, I am so proud of our first issue to kick off 2026! Gracing our cover for DS127 we welcome MØL, a band close to my heart. Since 2018’s debut Jord, the Danes have gone from strength to strength and to see their evolution has been of the success stories of the modern era. We sit down with the band to dive into their magnum opus DREAMCRUSH. It’s well worth a read.

MØL on the cover of Distorted Sound Magazine: Issue 127

Elsewhere, we’ve got interviews with a whole host of killer bands across the heavy music spectrum. Hard rock heroes ALTER BRIDGE, German thrash veterans KREATOR, returning Dutch prog metallers TEXTURES. Killer new album chats from homegrown talent like GREYWIND, URNE, TAILGUNNNER and THE HARA. And that’s just scratching the surface.

We welcome back our live reviews to our digital mag, have Heavy Music History retrospectives on BASEMENT and BARONESS, and we shine our Introducing lens to SIGILS and MOTHER VULTURE. All that and more. Enjoy!

James Weaver – Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Distorted Sound Magazine Issue 127: Contents

  • 1 Cover
  • 4 Editor’s Note
  • 5 Contents
  • 6-7 DS Photography Showcase
  • 10-13 INTRODUCING: Sigils
  • 14-17 INTRODUCING: Mother Vulture
  • 18-21 HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Purple – Baroness
  • 22-25 HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Promise Everything – Basement
  • 26-29 Sky Valley Mistress
  • 30-35 Alter Bridge
  • 36-39 Urne
  • 42-47 MØL (COVER)
  • 48-51 Kreator
  • 52-55 Static-X
  • 56-59 The Hara
  • 60-63 Greywind
  • 64-67 Ov Sulfur
  • 68-73 Textures
  • 74-77 Uuhai
  • 78-81 Tailgunner
  • 82-89 Live Reviews
  • 90-93 Lead Album Reviews
  • 98-105 Filler Album Reviews

All of this and so much more! Support independent music journalism and support Distorted Sound! 

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James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.