Tom O'Boyle
Latest articles by Tom O'Boyle

Nicole Saboune: "I see beauty in darkness – that's what unites me with metal"
By Tom O'Boyle published
Nicole Sabouné’s journey into the most emotionally exhilarating realms of darkwave may have unusual origins, but it’s reaching for the stars

All hope is strong: How heavy metal is helping to unite communities in Africa
By Tom O'Boyle published
In Africa, heavy metal is uniting people and giving them a voice, helping them to bridge cultural divides and fight corruption. We opened our ears to the rebellion

Black Anvil - As Was album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Big Apple blasters veer off on a new course

Barst - The Western Lands album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Belgian sound-sorcerer invokes a ceremony of opposites

Cult Of Luna and Julie Christmas, live in Leeds
By Tom O'Boyle published
Not yet ratedCult Of Luna head to Leeds University with guest vocalist Julie Christmas as part of this year's Damnation Festival

The Trailer Park Boys' 12 favourite bands
By Tom O'Boyle published
Bubbles, Ricky and Julian choose their favourite artists of all time

Bölzer album review – Hero
By Tom O'Boyle published
Cult standard bearers Bölzer broaden their horizons with new album

Lotus Thief album review – Gramarye
By Tom O'Boyle published
Botanist mainman takes a more cultivated approach to the cosmos with new Lotus Thief album

Wardruna album review – Runaljod - Ragnarok
By Tom O'Boyle published
Norse seers Wardruna undergo a spellbinding rebirth

Alcest's track by track guide to Kodama
By Tom O'Boyle published
Alcest's Neige talks us through the sounds and stories that went into the making of their new album Kodama

10 of the best metal bands from France
By Tom O'Boyle published
France might be famous for its cuisine, fine wines and inventing a type of kissing, but that's nothing compared to their kickass metal scene!

Thy Catafalque album review – Meta
By Tom O'Boyle published
Hungary’s sonic visionary Thy Catafalque reaches a higher state with new album

We put Mastodon and Neurosis together in a room and here's what happened
By Tom O'Boyle published
Mastodon’s Brann Dailor had his life changed by the elemental music of Neurosis. As the latter mark their 30th anniversary, we brought Brann and co-founder Scott Kelly together to celebrate

True Widow album review – Avvolgere
By Tom O'Boyle published
Downbeat delirium from True Widow, in the far reaches of the Lone Star State

Meet Galactic Empire, the Dark Side of Metal
By Tom O'Boyle published
We met up with Dark Vader and Boba Sett on board the Death Star for a little chat.

The A-Z Of Devin Townsend
By Tom O'Boyle published
Everything you need to know about the progressive metal visionary Devin Townsend, in alphabetical order

How terror attacks and spiritualism inspired the new Alcest album
By Tom O'Boyle published
We talk to Alcest visionary Neige about The Bataclan attacks, spiritualism and his access to another world

Darkher – Realms album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Pastoral portents from beyond the dark side of folk, with Darkher's new album. Read our review here...

The first reaction to Devin Townsend's new song Failure
By Tom O'Boyle published
Devin Townsend has released the first taster from his upcoming album Transcendence by way of Failure. But is it any good?

Satan and spiritualism: Inquisition's journey to becoming the perfect cult band
By Tom O'Boyle published
Black metallers Inquisition have spent over 20 years trying to break through – new album Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith might finally see them do it

Atomikylä – Keräily album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
More psychedelic excavations from Team Tampere, with Atomikylä's new album – reviewed here...

Periphery – III: Select Difficulty album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Tech-metal voyagers Periphery reset their engines with new album

The ultimate buyer's guide to Devin Townsend
By Tom O'Boyle published
Devin Townsend's career spans over two decades and he has more than 20 studio albums under his belt. These are the ones you should be listening to.
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