Alexander Milas

Alexander Milas

Alexander Milas is an erstwhile archaeologist, broadcaster, music journalist and award-winning decade-long ex-editor-in-chief of Metal Hammer magazine. In 2017 he founded Twin V, a creative solutions and production company.  In 2019 he launched the World Metal Congress, a celebration of heavy metal’s global impact and an exploration of the issues affecting its community. His other projects include Space Rocks, a festival space exploration in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle ride which has raised over a million pounds for four children's charities which he co-founded with Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. He is Eddietor of the official Iron Maiden Fan Club, head of the Heavy Metal Cycling Club, and works closely with Earth Percent, a climate action group. He has a cat named Angus. 

Latest articles by Alexander Milas

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Mastodon: Cracking Up

By Alexander Milas published

In 2009, Mastodon explained to Metal Hammer the weird concept behind the Crack The Skye album

Interviews
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Iron Maiden: "You should do things for the right reason and we do"

By Alexander Milas published

Maiden won a Brit, but did we need any confirmation that they're the greatest metal band of all time? Hell no, and their new documentary shows why they're still on top in their fourth decade

Interviews
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Bullet For My Valentine: "We thought it was over, the end of the band"

By Alexander Milas published

BFMV have been to hell and back. From obscurity in South Wales to nearly losing everything once they’d reached the top, they’ve taken their knocks and now they’ve got a score to settle

Bands & Artists
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Trivium: "Anger a samurai, they can chop your head off. That's metal!"

By Alexander Milas published

Trivium haven't just come back swinging with their heaviest album ever. They've grown into a world-beating metal band in the process...

Interviews
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HellYeah: Newfound Power

By Alexander Milas published

Hellyeah are playing at the Bloodstock Festival this year. This feature on the band was run by Metal Hammer in 2007

Biographies
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Hatebreed: Hardcore Supremacists

By Alexander Milas published

As Hatebreed prepare to to play Bloodstock on August 8, we go back to 2006, when Metal Hammer found band mailman Jamey Jasta in vigorous form

Biographies
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