
Alec Chillingworth
Alec is a longtime contributor with first-class BA Honours in English with Creative Writing, and has worked for Metal Hammer since 2014. Over the years, he's written for Noisey, Stereoboard, uDiscoverMusic, and the good ship Hammer, interviewing major bands like Slipknot, Rammstein, and Tenacious D (plus some black metal bands your cool uncle might know). He's read Ulysses thrice, and it got worse each time.
Latest articles by Alec Chillingworth

Fractal Universe - Engram Of Decline album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Gallic math-metallers prove less than the sum of their parts

Hello Black Hole - In No Good Hand album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Small Mercies - New Blood

OHHMS - The Fool album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Tarot-loving doom/sludge seers prove the real deal

Creeper at Boston Music Room, London - live review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Gothic punks repay their fans’ dedication

Introducing Zeal & Ardor, black metal's brand new superstar
By Alec Chillingworth published
Zeal & Ardor’s soulful, slave music/extreme metal mash-up has set the underground alight. But is creator Manuel Gagneux ready to face the wrath of the elitists?

Svart Crown - Abreaction album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Expansive, death metal deviancy from the grim streets of Nice

Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Swiss multi-instrumentalist mixes it up… mixes it ALL up…

Devilment live review - Boston Music Room, London
By Alec Chillingworth published
Not yet ratedDani Filth-fronted metallers pull punches

Purson live review - Islington Academy, London
By Alec Chillingworth published
Psychedelic rockers convert a country crowd

Syk - I-Optikon album review
By Alec Chillingworth published
Technical Italians with a very undjentlemanly approach

Every Against Me! album, ranked from worst to best
By Alec Chillingworth published
The Gainesville punks' studio albums in order of greatness

The 10 best songs by Against Me!
By Alec Chillingworth published
The finest anthems plucked from Against Me!'s back catalogue

The First Album I Ever Bought: Dani Filth
By Alec Chillingworth published
The Cradle Of Filth and Devilment frontman on Ultravox's 1984 greatest hits collection

My life in 10 songs, by Dani Filth
By Alec Chillingworth published
The Cradle Of Filth and Devilment screamer lists the tracks that changed his life

The First Album I Ever Bought: Mario Duplantier, Gojira
By Alec Chillingworth published
The Gojira drummer reveals how Santa brought him Queen's Greatest Hits one Christmas

Josh Farro: Life After Paramore
By Alec Chillingworth published
The former Paramore guitarist on stepping up to front his own band

The 10 Best Cradle Of Filth B-Sides
By Alec Chillingworth published
The beastliest Cradle Of Filth tracks too evil to include on any album

Thinking Out Loud: Devin Townsend
By Alec Chillingworth published
The singer and songwriter on sex, money, aliens, processing success, lower tier prog metal and the enduring appeal of collecting driftwood

The 10 best Ministry songs you may have missed
By Alec Chillingworth published
A playlist for the Ministry connoisseur

Every Marilyn Manson Album Ranked From Worst To Best
By Alec Chillingworth published
Separating the God Of F**k's wheat from his chaff, once and for all...

The A-Z Guide To In Flames
By Alec Chillingworth published
Everything you need to know about In Flames, in alphabetical order

How Skinny Puppy Changed Metal
By Alec Chillingworth published
Skinny Puppy: the Canadian industrial crew who lit a firework under metal and changed the face of music forever

Why Vanishing Life went back to their punk roots for their debut album
By Alec Chillingworth published
Vanishing Life features members of Quicksand, Rise Against and ...Trail Of Dead. Just don't call them a supergroup...
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