Latest articles by Tom O'Boyle
Bright & Black's self-titled debut: members of Opeth, Meshuggah, Apocalyptica, Entombed AD and Watain unite to make epic orchestral metal
With an all-star line-up of metal musicians serving as composers, Bright & Black's orchestral debut is the first serious contender for the best metal album of 2024
The 50 best metal albums of 2022
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The 10 best doom metal albums of 2022
From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
Woods Of Ypres: the triumph and tragedy of goth-metal’s great lost band
Woods Of Ypres were set to be the Type O Negative of the 2010s – only for tragedy to cut them down in their prime
Celeste's Assassine(s): "Compelling by virtue of its unpredictability"
French avant-metal experimentalists Celeste fuse sludge, post and black metal in a multifaceted expression of genius
Cult Of Luna’s The Raging River: post-metal catharsis and a surprise guest on heavyweight new EP
Cult Of Luna rope in grunge icon Mark Lanegan on album-sized EP The Raging River
Tombs’ Under Sullen Skies: black metal majesty meets New York City grit
NYC’s esoteric black metallers Tombs refine their book of spells on new album Under Sullen Skies
Auðn’s Vökudraumsins Fangi is atmospheric black metal the way they used to make it
Icelandic black metal warhorses Auðn cleave to the elements on new album Vökudraumsins Fangi
Kenyan noise kings Duma make industrial grindcore like you’ve never heard it before
Kenya is metal’s best-kept secret. Two-man noise explosion Duma want to change that
Uada’s Djinn album: kvlt-baiting black metal polished to a technicolour gleam
Boundary-pushing Portland black metallers Uada provoke the faithful’s ire on new album Djinn
Israeli death/doom crew Tomorrow’s Rain call in metal all-stars on cathartic new album Hollow
Members of Paradise Lost, Moonspell and My Dying Bride help bring Tomorrow’s Rain’s bleak vision to life on new album Hollow
Vredehammer: where Stephen King meets death metal
Ever thought that It needed a death metal makeover? Vredehammer have got you covered
Selbst’s Relatos De Angustia: black metal anguish meets Jungian psychology
Epic black introspection from the heart of South America from Chile’s Selbst
Saudi Arabian black metallers Al-Namrood wage war from the shadows on new album Wala’at
Al-Namrood’s Wala’at album is the work of true black metal rebels
Vile Creature’s Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!: sludge metal as you’ve never heard it before
Gender-defying Toronto duo Vile Creature undergo a furious reawakening on new album Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
The 10 best drummers in modern metal
Metal isn’t short of great drummers. But these are the ones who own it
Everything you need to know about Kvelertak's new album Splid
Sponsored To celebrate the release of Kvelertak's new album Splid, we tell you everything you need to know about the band's first album in four years
The A-Z of Opeth
Everything you need to know about Swedish prog metal titans Opeth, in alphabetical order
The 10 essential post-black metal albums
The albums you sorely need in your post-black metal collection
The story behind Behemoth's latest album I Loved You At Your Darkest
Earlier this year, Behemoth unveiled I Loved You At Your Darkest. Nergal tells us why he’s refusing to compromise on his beliefs - and that when it comes to fighting the Church, he’s only just getting started...
Arabrot – Who Do You Love album review
Nordic deviants Arabrot flesh out their lurid vision on Who Do You Love
Talons – We All Know album review
Blackened UK post-rockers Talons feel the gravity of their comfort zone in We All Know
Ihsahn – Àmr album review
Former Emperor visionary Ihsahn returns with a new set of keys on Àmr
