Articles by: Tom Dare

Why Steven Wilson is a musical genius

By Tom Dare published 7 December 15

The man behind Porcupine Tree is in a league of his own

Children Of Bodom’s Hate Crew Deathroll: the story behind the album

By Tom Dare last updated 4 January 21

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

Why Children Of Bodom kept things simple on their new album

By Tom Dare published 19 November 15

Chatting to Alexi and Janne about I Worship Chaos

Houses Of The Unholy: Children Of Bodom's Alex Laiho

By Tom Dare published 10 November 15

Children Of Bodom’s axe-wielding general Alexi Laiho isn’t just a speed freak on guitar – he’s also nuts for velocity of the four-wheeled kind. We step inside his obsession for fast cars…

Intronaut: The Direction Of Last Things

By Tom Dare published 10 November 15

Californians get caught up in their whirl

Orphaned Land / Mullost / Even Flow

By Tom Dare published 10 November 15

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Israeli peace-seekers find a new source of power

Månegarm: Månegarm

By Tom Dare published 10 November 15

Swedish folk metallers still trying to find their balance

Hot New Band: Evil Blizzard

By Tom Dare published 13 October 15

Masked maniacs Evil Blizzard are mad, unpredictable and all about that bass.

Celestial Son: Saturn's Return

By Tom Dare published 13 October 15

Danish alt metallers find themselves too starstruck

Gorod: A Maze Of Recycled Creeds

By Tom Dare published 13 October 15

Gallic tech-metallers get lost in non-sequiturs

Nile / Suffocation / Bloodtruth

By Tom Dare published 13 October 15

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Death metal heavy hitters trade blows

Temple Of Baal: Mysterium

By Tom Dare published 13 October 15

Sulphur-spewing Parisians take the direct route to Hell

Grave Pleasure: Dreamcrash

By Tom Dare published 15 September 15

Beastmilk’s new incarnation dance in the ruins

Tesseract: Polaris

By Tom Dare published 15 September 15

Djent pioneers take an evolutionary leap

Cryptopsy / Brujeria / Psycroptic / Nervosa

By Tom Dare published 15 September 15

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Technical and chaotic hordes go head to head

Tesseract Explore The Shape Of Things To Come

By Tom Dare published 30 August 15

After changing their singer more often than football teams change their managers, TESSERACT are looking for stability – and are doing so by moving more and more in progressive directions…

In The Studio: Leaves' Eyes

By Tom Dare published 19 August 15

Step inside the studio with Leaves' Eyes' Liv Kristine and Alexander Krull,

Nile: What Should Not Be Unearthed

By Tom Dare published 18 August 15

Cairo-practitioners return to a majestic scale

Publicist UK: Forgive Yourself

By Tom Dare published 18 August 15

Metal maestros seek out the art of anxiety

Amorphis: Under The Red Cloud

By Tom Dare published 18 August 15

Folk-prog Finns roar back to brilliance

Powerwolf: "Too many bands take themselves too seriously!"

By Tom Dare published 18 August 15

Howling religious diatribe with tongues firmly in cheeks, Powerwolf have raced to the front of the power metal pack in Europe. Now they’ve run wild at BOA...

Symphony X: Preaching To The Perverted

By Tom Dare published 12 August 15

Russell Allen on the spiritual journey of playing live with Symphony X

Amorphis: Masters Of Inspiration

By Tom Dare published 4 August 15

Meet the band who influenced Finland

Wacken: Day Three

By Tom Dare published 3 August 15

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The final bout of carnage from Wacken 2015

Wacken 2015: Day Two

By Tom Dare published 2 August 15

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Everything that happened on the second day of Wacken