DISTORTED SOUND MAGAZINE
EDITORS NOTE
JAMES WEAVER
JESSICA HOWKINS
And so, another year draws to a close and what a year it has been for us here at Distorted Sound. Looking
back to January when Robb Flynn from the mighty MACHINE HEAD graced our cover, I believe we set a new
level and we've maintained that throughout the year. It's therefore fitting that for our final cover of 2018 we
have none other than the quite frankly, fucking brilliant SICK OF IT ALL grace our cover as we dive into the
legacy and impact of one the best hardcore bands of all time. It's a fascinating read.
Elsewhere, across this month's issue we bring you a whole host of brilliant bands across the rock and metal
umbrella. From the cold and misanthropic black metal of WHOREDOM RIFE and SVARTIDAUÐI to the forward-
thinking progressive metal of KADINJA and BORN OF OSIRIS, variety is king in this issue! Throw in FOR I AM
KING, VILE CREATURE, EVERGREY, LOVEBITES, SULPHUR AEON and so much more, whatever your taste, we've
got you covered! That, and this being the final month of the year means only one thing; our magazine's top 20
records of the year! When you've got a year that was as stacked as 2018, narrowing it down to the best 20
albums of the year was no easy task I assure you!
So, sit down and digest your Christmas dinner and enjoy this fabulous new issue of Distorted Sound!
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DISTORTED SOUND TEAM
EDITORIAL
JAMES WEAVER - Editor-in-Chief JESSICA HOWKINS - Deputy Editor
FRASER WILSON - Album Review Editor
EDDIE SIMS - Live Review Editor
SABRINA RAMDOYAL - Photography Editor
HARRIET ANDERSON - Head of News
LAURA McCARTHY - Introducing Editor
DAN McHUGH - Assisstant Introducing Editor
ELLIOT LEAVER - Assisstant Introducing Editor
JAKK SMITH - Magazine Design Editor
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FEATURES
REVIEWS
DISTORTED SOUND MAGAZINE
6 - Staff Choice Cuts
Atlas:Empire - 74
8 - Whoredom Rife
For I Am King - 75
10 - Perpetua
Sulpher Aeon - 76
12 - Feral
Svartidaudi - 77
16 - Svartidaudi
Album Fillers - 78
20 - Born of Osiris
Aborted - 84
24 - For I Am King
August Burns Red - 85
28 - Kadinja
Stick To Your Guns - 86
32 - Sulphur Aeon
Tesseract - 87
36 - SICK OF IT ALL
Tremonti - 88
42 - Swallow The Sun
Zeal & Ardor - 89
46 - Evergrey
50 - Atlas:Empire
54 - Lovebites
58 - Vile Creature
62 - Crevassian
66 - DS ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!
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