Tom O'Boyle

LIVE REPORT: Devin Townsend Project

Tom O'Boyle reports on last month's performance at the Manchester Academy

INTERVIEW: Devin Townsend

Tom O'Boyle talks to Townsend about his upcoming Ziltoid opus, double album Z² released next week, which finds him combining his twin penchants for pop-metal and extraterrestrial operatics

Red Fang

Whales And Leeches

Semesters In The Abyss: Metal’s Town And Gown Lock Horns

Heavy metal is now at home in the broadsheets, the avant garde, the art gallery and the independent cinema, so why is the university lecture hall seen as a step too far by most fans, asks Tom O'Boyle

LIVE REPORT: Devin Townsend/Meshuggah

Tom O'Boyle spends an enjoyable Bank Holiday Friday bearing witness to a potent double-billing. Photographs courtesy of Carolina Faruolo

LIVE REPORT: Ghost & Gojira

Last week, Tom O'Boyle journeyed to Birmingham to witness a powerful double header of modern metal, pairing "Hell's wedding band" Ghost with France's Gojira

FESTIVAL REPORT: Bloodstock

Tom O'Boyle (words) and Katja Ogrin (pictures) up horns and head to Bloodstock 2012 for Alice Cooper, Sepultura and more!

Baroness

Yellow/Green

Bloodstock 2012 Preview

LIVE REPORT: Meshuggah

Tom O'Boyle reviews a magnificent performance from the Swedish group at Manchester Academy 2. Photographs by Katja Ogrin

LIVE REPORT: Odd Future, Manchester

One of the most anticipated (and very sold out) tours of the year so far arrived in Manchester at the end of March. Tom O'Boyle was there, surveying the scene

LIVE REPORT: Mastodon & Red Fang

Tom O'Boyle reports from returning metal heroes' show in Manchester