Tom O'Boyle
Latest articles by Tom O'Boyle

The Poisoned Glass – Ten Swords album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Amorphous adventures into the dark heart of drone, with The Poisoned Glass's debut album

Cough – Still They Pray album review
By Tom O'Boyle published
Virginia stoner rockers Cough switch to a smoother strain

Inside the bonkers concept of Avatar's new album Feathers & Flesh
By Tom O'Boyle published
Your track by track guide to Avatar's new album Feathers & Flesh

Katatonia: The Fall Of Hearts
By Tom O'Boyle published
Sweden’s melancholic mavens bring the changes

Step inside Schammasch's spiritual journey
By Tom O'Boyle published
Schammasch’s seven-year spiritual journey has proved as liberating as it’s been intensive. The Swiss band’s latest, triple magnum opus looks set to transcend all remaining boundaries

How Fallujah are merging the worlds of metal and sci-fi
By Tom O'Boyle published
Through pushing death metal’s boundaries, Fallujah are reaching for the stars with the help of, er, The X Files?! As the band explain, the truth is still out there...

High Priests Of Saturn: Son Of Earth And Sky
By Tom O'Boyle published
Norway’s doom/psych pilgrims find their home amongst the stars

The Lumberjack Feedback: Blackened Visions
By Tom O'Boyle published
Weighty Gallic riffs that fail to leave an impression

How Enslaved have stood the test of time
By Tom O'Boyle published
Over 25 fascinating years, Enslaved have shrugged off their underground roots to become one of the most enduring and fearless bands in metal. And they’ve done it all their way

The 10 most metal video games of all time
By Tom O'Boyle published
Which games will satisfy your craving for heavy metal?

Lovecraft and slime: Slugdge are your new favourite band
By Tom O'Boyle published
Two guys making a filthy, sticky racket just for the fun of it

Sikth / Hacktivist / Destrage
By Tom O'Boyle published
Not yet ratedTech-metal pioneers go north and conquer

Hexvessel: When We Are Death
By Tom O'Boyle published
Kvohst’s nature worshippers face harsh reality

Cloak Of Altering: Manifestation
By Tom O'Boyle published
Noxious discharges from extreme metal’s nightmare factory

The Black Heart Rebellion: People When You See The Smoke...
By Tom O'Boyle published
Belgium’s expansive psychonauts blaze a new path

Sunn 0))) on their most conceptual album yet
By Tom O'Boyle published
Having dragged heavy metal to the outer limits and far beyond, Washington drone lords Sunn O))) unleash a new sound.

A Metalhead's Guide To... Hip Hop
By Tom O'Boyle published
In the start of a new series, we're creating a metalhead's guide to life. And we're starting with the world of hip hop!

Mammoth Storm: Fornjot
By Tom O'Boyle published
Draconian frontman holds a communion for the old gods

Anathema's A Sort Of Homecoming: a fitting memento of these masters of emotion
By Tom O'Boyle published
Potent prog rockers induce an 'altared' state

Devin Townsend: Ziltoid - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
By Tom O'Boyle published
Goofball meet grandeur at the high end of London
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