Latest articles by Matt Mills
As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate whatever they can
The charity Music Venue Properties hopes to secure the future of clubs in Bedford, Stoke-On-Trent, Bedford, Nottingham, Brighton, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle by making them community-owned
The unlikely story of the last classic nu metal album
Nu metal was considered dead by 2005 – but one band from Australia ensured that the genre would bow out in a blaze of glory
Jake E. Lee explains why he felt like a “forgotten footnote” in Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy until Back To The Beginning
The guitarist was part of Ozzy’s solo band from 1982 to 1987 and played on two of his albums: Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin
The woman who sang death metal at Miss World Chile has just won the competition
Ignacia Fernández beat 19 others to claim the crown and sash at the televised final over the weekend
The story of the Black Sabbath song that kicked off heavy metal
Black Sabbath didn’t plan to start a new genre when they debuted in 1970, but their self-titled track is now seen as the place where metal began
How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a baseball player's wedding
We reckon a lot of wedding guests couldn't believe their own eyes seeing this!
Ozzy Osbourne was working on a new solo album before he died – this is what it would have sounded like, according to Zakk Wylde
“It’s heavy but it’s more melodic, it’s not pummelling heavy”
Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 1
This footage of Indian metal sensations Bloodywood playing Halla Bol will convince you they’re the funnest thing in rock right now
Check it out as the New Delhi trio continue their European tour with Halestorm
Will Ramos was ready to quit music before joining Lorna Shore
“I was like, ‘I need to start thinking about real jobs,’” the deathcore singer reveals in a new Metal Hammer interview
Metallica gave Wolfgang Van Halen a ‘Perfect Attendance Award’ for playing every venue on their 2023 and 2024 tours
Wolfgang’s band Mammoth supported Metallica on every leg of their M72 world tour for two years
This is what it’s like when your song goes viral a decade after release, according to Sabaton
2016 single The Last Stand has racked up some impressive numbers through social media, despite not being the album’s biggest hit when it came out
The story of every song Dave Mustaine co-wrote for Metallica – and what Megadeth did with those riffs
From The Four Horsemen to The Call Of Ktulu, this is everything you need to know about the six (maybe seven) Metallica songs with Dave Mustaine’s name on them
Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister once rammed a cheeseburger into a $2,000,000 mixing desk because he lost an argument
“Can we get a repair man? Lemmy from Motörhead’s just trashed our desk with a cheeseburger.”
Sabaton’s singer wants to do a gig on the beaches of Normandy, on the anniversary of D-Day
The events of Operation Overlord inspired the Swedish power metal battalion’s 2005 fan-favourite single, Primo Victoria
What it’s like collaborating with Corey Taylor, according to Ho99o9’s Yeti Bones
The grime-punk duo joined forces with Slipknot’s frontman for their song Bite My Face in 2022
Slayer’s Kerry King prefers Metallica over Megadeth because “Metallica has a singer”
“Sorry, Dave!”
Biohazard’s Evan Seinfeld on the NSFW side-hustle that made him more money than music
Biohazard frontman Evan Seinfeld has no regrets about his career in adult entertainment
Dave Mustaine explains why Megadeth reimagined Metallica’s Ride The Lightning for their final album
Megadeth’s leader calls his sped-up rendition of the Metalli-classic a mark of “respect” towards his ex-bandmates
David Draiman says Disturbed need a “nice, long break” as controversial European tour comes to a close
Some of the metal band’s recent shows were rocked by cancellation and protests, in response to their singer signing an Israeli Defence Force artillery shell last year
Arctangent – the UK’s best prog metal festival – announces first bands for 2026, including Igorrr, Svalbard, Alcest, Agent Fresco, Chat Pile
The most forward-thinking bands in prog, post-rock and metal will once again gather at Bristol’s Fernhill Farm next August
Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different
In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes
Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Halestorm, Megadeth, Alter Bridge and over 130 more bands will play next year's Sonic Temple festival in Ohio
The five-stage weekender will take place in Columbus, Ohio from May 14 to 17
