Latest articles by Tom O' Boyle
Metal Hammer brought the guitar master and his former apprentice back together in 2018
From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal
Laang frontman Haitao Yang was shot in the head and pronounced dead. He survived, and has channeled his terrifying ordeal into something dark, emotional and deeply compelling
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
Grave Pleasures, As Everything Unfolds and Dodheimsgard are among the albums that might have flown under the radar in April
From Abbath and Blackbraid to Gaerea and Zeal & Ardor - these are the 10 best black metal albums of 2022
Ozzy Osbourne superfan Mark Sandwell reunites the Prince Of Darkness with a long lost stolen golden disc, stolen from the band's camp decades ago
Devin Townsend headlined Bloodstock Festival last night, and his fan-picked setlist was a series of delights from a vast and diverse back catalogue
Denver thrashers Havok new album V is where old school thrash speed meets new school thrash attitude
Nergal's Me And That Man heads down Route 666 with a stellar new entourage in New Man, New Songs, Same Sh*t, Vol.1
When we headed to Finland last year to spend a cosy weekend with melancholic death metallers Insomnium, it was a spiritual awakening like no other
Six years in the making, Monzer Darwish's debut documentary Syrian Metal Is War gives a voice to the voiceless
Under Iran’s oppressive regime, metal bands are at risk of being arrested, jailed or forced into exile. But they’re determined not to give up on their cause
Steve Vai is one of the most influential guitarists in history. So what happened when we got fellow legend and Vai fanboy Devin Townsend to interview him?
A blistering black metal lament from the Church Of Ra's Wiegedood
It’s not a threat. It’s a promise. As Watain unleash their most ferocious album in a decade, Erik Danielsson unveils their new mission statement
