Tom O'Boyle

Latest articles by Tom O'Boyle

Cover art for Sannhet - So Numb album

Sannhet - So Numb album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Cinematic post-BM that’s kind of forgotten its own point

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a press shot of leprous

Leprous - Malina album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Norway’s progressive metallers head towards the next dimension

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Cover art for Loviatar - Loviatar album

Loviatar - Loviatar album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Doom rock odysseys with an organic groove

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Cover art for Onegodless - Mourner album

Onegodless - Mourner album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Dutch progressive artists get down and dirty

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Cover art fro Mutation - III: Dark Black album

Mutation - III: Dark Black album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Wildhearts frontman returns to his wilder side

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Cover art for Khost - Governance album

Khost - Governance album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Birmingham industrialists ride the new wave of decay

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Cover art for River Black - River Black

River Black - River Black album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Burnt By The Sun members shine a harsh light once more

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Blaakyum recorded in a studio within a Hezbollah stronghold. Serious cojones!

Meet the Lebanese bands using music to fight oppression

By Tom O'Boyle published

From the war-torn streets of Lebanon, bands have been fighting back against oppression – and risking their lives in the process

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Cover art for Foscor - Les Irreals Visions album

Foscor - Les Irreals Visions album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Barcelona’s black metallerss usher in a dazzling new palette

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Artwork for Below The Sun ALIEN WORLD

Below The Sun - Alien World album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Siberia’s interstellar doom crew plot a familiar course

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Cover art for Harvestman - Music For Megaliths album

Harvestman - Music For Megaliths album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Neurosis co-frontman returns to the higher frequencies

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Cover art for Empusae - Lueur album

Empusae - Lueur album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Industrial/drone enlightenment, with an Amenra ally

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Cover art for Dynfari - The Four Doors Of The Mind album

Dynfari - The Four Doors Of The Mind album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Iceland’s post-black metallers seek a therapy for pain

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Cover art for Saule - Saule album

Saule - Saule album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

A soul-penetrating, post-black oddyssey from Poland

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Cover art for The Moth Gatherer - The Comfortable Low album

The Moth Gatherer - The Comfortable Low album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Small Mercies - New Blood

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Cover art for Coltsblood - Ascending Into Shimmering Darkness album

Coltsblood - Ascending Into Shimmering Darkness album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Doom/sludge crew swap the Mersey for the river Styx

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Cover art for Ides Of Gemini - Women album

Ides Of Gemini - Women album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

LA’s spectral experimentalists slip once more between the cracks

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Cover art for Sangre De Muerdago - Os Segredos Da Raposa Vermella album review

Sangre De Muerdago - Os Segredos Da Raposa Vermella album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

World Service - New Blood

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Cover art fro Pallbearer - Heartless album

Pallbearer - Heartless album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Akansas’ doom darlings reach emotive heights

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Cover art for Dodecahedron - Kwintessens album

Dodecahedron - Kwintessens album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Dystopian dynamics from Tilburg’s avant-black soothsayers

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Cover art for Byrdi - Ansur: Urkraft album

Byrdi - Ansur: Urkraft album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Serene yet bloodthirsty folk from the dark recesses of the psyche

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Cover art for Unearthly Trance - Stalking The Ghost album

Unearthly Trance - Stalking The Ghost album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

NYC’s doomsayers herald the next apocalypse

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Unearthly Trance press shot

Unearthly Trance - Stalking The Ghost album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

NYC’s doomsayers herald the next apocalypse

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Cover art for Hark MACHINATIONS

Hark - Machinations album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Welsh riff-wielders pack some progression into their punch

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Exquirla PARA QUIENES AÚN VIVEN album art

Exquirla - Para Quienes Aun Viven album review

By Tom O'Boyle published

Post-rock meets flamenco for a whorl of spiritual reverie

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