Latest articles by Matt Mills
The story of the most ambitious song in death metal history
In 1996, Sweden’s Edge Of Sanity filled an entire album with one winding track, inspired by black metal, melodeath, prog and plenty more. It remains a towering achievement long after the band’s break-up.
How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
The song was the centrepiece of Iron Maiden’s Eddfest set
From American thrash to Japanese metalcore: the 8 new metal songs that everyone needs to hear this week
Hear these fine offerings from Anthrax, Hanabie, Amon Amarth and more, then vote for your favourite
Satanic doo-wop duo Twin Temple removed from country tour due to being Satanic
The husband-and-wife pairing were due to play two US shows with Charley Crockett next week
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward declares he’s “still a drummer” despite needing to use a wheelchair
The pioneering heavy metal sticksman “can’t walk very far without needing to rest” but refuses to give up his instrument
My Chemical Romance put on the biggest stadium spectacle in modern rock
Supported by Skunk Anansie, the emo icons let their inner theatre kids run roughshod – with nonstop dazzling results
Hear Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth go fully acoustic on shocking new ballad Upphaf
The Swedes call it a “quiet moment” ahead of the “fury” of their as-yet-unannounced 13th album
Blaze Bayley remembers the notorious gig where Iron Maiden were pelted with spit
The band played Santiago to a famously frosty reception during the X Factour in 1996
Metallica bring legendary songs, incredible support acts and big balls to night one of their London takeover
With Knocked Loose and Gojira opening, heavy metal’s measuring stick put on a 360-degree extravaganza featuring a joyful James Hetfield
How Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems
The French crusaders played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they channelled that political spirit into Flying Whales
How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from Southern misfits to 21st-century metal stars
Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found
Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger’s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week
Metallica put their stamp on the classic track with 1998’s Garage, Inc. album
Evanescence’s Amy Lee celebrates women’s “ever-growing” presence in rock and metal
The singer thinks it’s “badass” that bands with female members are topping charts in the US
Silent Planet: the first American band to play Ukraine during the Russian war
Singer Garrett Russell talks about the metalcore brutes’ experiences in the war-torn country last month
In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil
When trying to score drugs at a South American festival, Nirvana’s leader turned to what he believed to be a local expert
Alissa White-Gluz is surprised no one leaked the news about her joining Dragonforce
The ex-Arch Enemy frontwoman joined the UK power metal darlings in May
Devin Townsend feels like it took a 10-year dump to deliver The Moth
After pushing through a gruelling period of self-analysis, he reflects on not being allowed to express emotions, feeling abandoned, not crying in front of dogs – and what’s coming next
Members of local nu metal band Van Der Dijs among the 1,700 confirmed dead in Venezuelan earthquakes
The four-piece’s rehearsal space in La Guaira collapsed in the two quakes that shook the north of the country on June 23
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian lambasts Israel for recognising Armenian genocide amidst Palestinian conflict
The singer slams the perceived hypocrisy, days after a United Nations commission accused the Israeli military of targetting children in the Gaza Strip
Evanescence’s mammoth nu metal hit Bring Me To Life has been certified Diamond in the United States
The immortal track has more than a billion Spotify streams, and its music video has more than a billion views on YouTube
Bassist in Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian’s pre-System Of A Down band was fired for not being “angry enough”
David Hakopyan was a member of Hollywood rockers Soil before they re-named themselves and dominated the nu metal era
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen returns with metallic new single Run and announces 2027 tour dates
The symphonic metal singer is keeping busy during her band’s live hiatus
Metallica donated £20,000 to local foodbank ahead of Cardiff concert this weekend
The heavy metal giants have also teamed up with the NHS to encourage blood donations as their UK tour continues
