
Matt Mills
Louder’s resident Gojira obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Metal Hammer and Prog, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, NME and many others, too. When he’s not writing, you’ll probably find him skydiving, scuba diving or coasteering.
Latest articles by Matt Mills

Ozzy Osbourne admitted that he had a “life-or-death” heart problem days before he died of a heart attack
By Matt Mills published
In his new memoir Last Rites, Osbourne writes that sepsis from one of his spinal surgeries gave him arrhythmia and “a dodgy heart valve”

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to record his next solo album in January
By Matt Mills published
Dickinson reveals that he and his solo band will record the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project live in the studio

Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
By Matt Mills published
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles

Living Colour just played Jimmy Kimmel Live and absolutely smashed it
By Matt Mills published
Jimmy Kimmel is currently hosting his show from a theatre in Brooklyn, so he brought in one of New York’s best rock bands for a special performance

Listen to Megadeth’s thrash-adocious new single Tipping Point
By Matt Mills published
The speedsters’ self-titled swansong is due out at some point next year

Rock band speak out as AI-generated ‘artist’ modelled on their music gets more Spotify listeners
By Matt Mills published
Holding Absence singer Lucas Woodland urges fans to “oppose AI music” as a non-existent band overtake them on Spotify

Watch Sophie Lloyd shred Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and more at last weekend’s Women’s Rugby World Cup final
By Matt Mills published
The renowned YouTuber played in front of 82,000 people at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday

Watch the wholesome trailer for new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home
By Matt Mills published
The hour-long film airs on October 2 and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer and his wife/manager’s move from the US to the UK

Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned
By Matt Mills published
The hardcore vocalist was first diagnosed with the disease in summer 2024 and said he was cancer-free in May

An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral
By Matt Mills published
Glorious footage of The Prince Of Darkness battling a Balrog is doing the rounds on multiple social media platforms

Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette
By Matt Mills published
A woman who attended Louder Than Life festival claims that she was knocked out after a crowd-surfer got dropped on her during Sleep Token’s performance

Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see
By Matt Mills published
Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down

Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week
By Matt Mills published
The Richmond groove metal heavyweights are hinting that something will go down on Thursday, October 2

Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was “blown out of proportion”, says support act
By Matt Mills published
Bleed From Within supported Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine at multiple US shows, and singer Scott Kennedy says the co-headliners’ falling-out “wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be”

Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids
By Matt Mills published
The California four-piece offer another platter of soulful rock’n’roll that bucks trends and plucks heartstrings

“It was like watching Muhammad Ali shadow box!”: Robert Trujillo on watching Black Sabbath soundcheck at Back To The Beginning
By Matt Mills published
The bassist, who used to play in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, compares seeing Sabbath onstage to watching Muhammad Ali in the ring

Every Propagandhi album ranked from worst to best
By Matt Mills published
Propagandhi have been putting out top-notch punk/metal for four decades

Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes on nearly-severed fingers, dodging potted plants and nu metal
By Matt Mills published
Godfather of goth metal, Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes shars his wisdom

Hear Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne team up on cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs
By Matt Mills published
Proceeds from the all-Brummie collab will go to The Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation and Cure Parkinson’s

Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation
By Matt Mills published
The Swedish hard rock band cancelled the first night of a planned concert trilogy in Mexico City due to Forge contracting food poisoning

“It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes”: Gwar singer responds to conservative backlash over onstage Donald Trump ‘killing’
By Matt Mills published
“The idea that Gwar is normalising violence is patently absurd,” says frontman Blöthar The Berserker

Paramore and Hayley Williams join No Music For Genocide initiative, removing their music from streaming services in Israel
By Matt Mills published
The likes of Massive Attack and Fontaines D.C. have already signed up for the campaign, protesting Israel’s military actions in Palestinian territories

Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour
By Matt Mills published
Vessel performed The Boss’s 1984 hit by himself during his band’s show in Philadelphia on Wednesday
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