Tom Dare

Latest articles by Tom Dare

Why Nightwish Are Now The Best Band They've Ever Been

By Tom Dare Published 11 December 15

It's taken three different vocalists, but Nightwish have finally become the band they always promised they'd be...

Bands & Artists

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Tour Edition

By Tom Dare Published 8 December 15

Not-so-excellent DVD release of excellent tour

Concerts & Shows

De Profundis: Kingdom Of The Blind

By Tom Dare Published 8 December 15

Progressive extremists prove one wave short of an ocean

Albums

Discs Of Doom: Trevor Strnad, The Black Dahlia Murder

By Tom Dare Published 8 December 15

Every month we ask metal heavyweights about the records that changed their life.

Bands & Artists

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

Bands & Artists

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

Albums

Intronaut: The Direction Of Last Things

By Tom Dare Published 10 November 15

Californians get caught up in their whirl

Albums

Orphaned Land / Mullost / Even Flow

By Tom Dare Published 10 November 15

Not yet rated

Israeli peace-seekers find a new source of power

Bands & Artists

Månegarm: Månegarm

By Tom Dare Published 10 November 15

Swedish folk metallers still trying to find their balance

Albums

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…

Interviews

Gorod: A Maze Of Recycled Creeds

By Tom Dare Published 13 October 15

Gallic tech-metallers get lost in non-sequiturs

Albums

Celestial Son: Saturn's Return

By Tom Dare Published 13 October 15

Danish alt metallers find themselves too starstruck

Albums

Hot New Band: Evil Blizzard

By Tom Dare Published 13 October 15

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

Bands & Artists

Nile / Suffocation / Bloodtruth

By Tom Dare Published 13 October 15

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Death metal heavy hitters trade blows

Bands & Artists

Temple Of Baal: Mysterium

By Tom Dare Published 13 October 15

Sulphur-spewing Parisians take the direct route to Hell

Albums

Cryptopsy / Brujeria / Psycroptic / Nervosa

By Tom Dare Published 15 September 15

Not yet rated

Technical and chaotic hordes go head to head

Bands & Artists

Tesseract: Polaris

By Tom Dare Published 15 September 15

Djent pioneers take an evolutionary leap

Albums

Grave Pleasure: Dreamcrash

By Tom Dare Published 15 September 15

Beastmilk’s new incarnation dance in the ruins

Albums

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…

Bands & Artists

In The Studio: Leaves' Eyes

By Tom Dare Published 19 August 15

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

Bands & Artists

Publicist UK: Forgive Yourself

By Tom Dare Published 18 August 15

Metal maestros seek out the art of anxiety

Albums

Nile: What Should Not Be Unearthed

By Tom Dare Published 18 August 15

Cairo-practitioners return to a majestic scale

Albums

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...

Bands & Artists