Tom Dare
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“It was mind-blowing!" Dropping Beethoven, breaking America and making extreme metal cool for the 2000s: the story of Children Of Bodom's Hate Crew Deathroll
By Tom Dare published
Hate Crew Deathroll was a major breakthrough. It'd confirm Children Of Bodom as one of the most important metal bands of their generation

Why The Blackening is Machine Head’s greatest artistic statement
By Tom Dare published
How Machine Head made a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century

Alexi Laiho was more than just the man behind Children Of Bodom – he was the mad scientist of modern metal
By Tom Dare published
Black metal? Power metal? Classical? Late Children Of Bodom mastermind Alexi Laiho slammed together sounds no one else would have dreamed of

Children Of Bodom’s Hate Crew Deathroll: the story behind the album
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Children Of Bodom’s fourth album Hate Crew Deathroll was their breakthrough. In 2015, Alexi Laiho sat down with Hammer to look back on the making of a modern metal classic

Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia: 10 albums that changed my life
By Tom Dare published
Digging deep into Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia’s record collection

Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen: 10 albums that changed my life
By Tom Dare published
Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen chooses the 10 albums that shaped him, from Pantera to The Snowman soundtrack

Why metal should show solidarity with the Orlando shooting victims
By Tom Dare published
In the wake of the Orlando shootings, metal fans need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT community

Baroness / No Spill Blood
By Tom Dare published
Savannah’s riff wizards cast a spell over Camden

Moonsorrow: Jumalten Aika
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Viking metallers take the overly scenic route

Demonstealer: This Burden Is Mine
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Demonic Resurrection frontman continues to stir the pot

Necronomicon: Advent Of The Human God
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Symphonic extremists who don’t know the score

The Erkonauts: I Did Something Bad
By Tom Dare published
Genre-mashing madness from the Swiss mountains

Oceans Of Slumber: Winter
By Tom Dare published
Divine and doomy metal, direct from the heart

Hypno5e: Shores Of The Abstract Line
By Tom Dare published
Atmospheric metal with a whole lot of waffle

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking album review
By Tom Dare published
Amon Amarth wade back into battle with their new album Jomsviking

Oranssi Pazuzu: VÄRÄHTELIJÄ
By Tom Dare published
Blackened cosmonauts pass point of no return

The spiritual journey of Rotting Christ
By Tom Dare published
Rotting Christ may be making a bid for the world’s most epic metal band, but for mainman Sakis Tolis, the only riches he’s after lie within

Nightwish / Arch Enermy / Amorphis
By Tom Dare published
Symphonic metal titans reach God-like status

Fleshgod Apocalypse: King
By Tom Dare published
Bombastic brutalists forget to light the fuse

Rhapsody Of Fire: Into The Legend
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Orchestral Italians get the wind back in their sails

Step inside the studio with Anthrax
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This is what you can expect from the new Anthrax album For All Kings

Borknagar: Winter Thrice
By Tom Dare published
Bergen’s other progressive Vikings set sail once more
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