Articles by: Matt Mills

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

Articles by: Matt Mills

A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests: "One of the UK’s most compelling young solo acts."

By Matt Mills published 7 October 22

Not yet rated

Atmospheric post-rocker ups the grandeur and maintains the sorrow.

Every film in the Living Dead series ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 4 October 22

From George A. Romero's original zombie trilogy to the remakes and beyond, here are all eight Living Dead films ranked

Lamb of God mix it up without scaring the horses on new album Omens

By Matt Mills published 1 October 22

Album review: groove metal kingpins Lamb Of God mix it up just the right amount on new album Omens

The story behind every Slipknot album cover

By Matt Mills last updated 30 September 22

From the masked maniac look of their debut to the kaleidoscopic The End, So Far, this is the definitive story behind every Slipknot album cover

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

By Rich Hobson, Matt Mills published 23 September 22

Disturbed, Smashing Pumpkins and Pretty Reckless lead the charge for the best new songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Every Batman movie ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 20 September 22

From the dark and gritty to the camp and ridiculous, here's how we've ranked every cinematic outing for the Caped Crusader

Ozzy Osbourne in the Chef Aid episode of South Park

A deep dive into South Park’s legendary Chef Aid episode

By Matt Mills published 12 September 22

Ozzy Osbourne vs Kenny? Puff Daddy rapping over System Of A Down? We go inside the wildest tie-in album ever

Meet Blackbraid, the one-man project telling Native American stories through compelling black metal

By Matt Mills last updated 14 September 22

"A lot of people don’t know our history," says Blackbraid's Sgah’gahsowáh

Every Children Of Bodom album ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 9 September 22

From their debut Something Wild to their final offering Hexed, we reappraise the Finnish metaller's back catalogue

Every single Alter Bridge album ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills last updated 3 November 22

With new album Pawns & Kings now out in the world, we rank the full back catalogue of modern rock icons Alter Bridge

Every Saw film ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 1 September 22

Here's how we rank every entry in the gruesome franchise so far

Everything we know about Slipknot's new album The End, So Far

By Matt Mills last updated 20 September 22

From new songs to new masks, here's everything you need to know about Slipknot's new album

Banshee, Volcandra, Cinnamon Babe, Plague Years and Final Light

5 new bands you need to hear this month

By Dannii Leivers, Catherine Morris, Stephen Hill, Matt Mills published 28 August 22

From brutal new-gen thrashers to a Lamb Of God-loving ‘fairy metaller’, these are the new bands and artists that you need to check out right now

Conjurer: the band dragging British metal into a new era of heavy

By Matt Mills published 15 August 22

Sonic savagery, unrelenting misery and… dreams of being as big as The Darkness?! Step into the world of rising British metal heroes Conjurer

Satyricon’s Satyr: “Church-burnings and murder, they’re a part of our history”

By Matt Mills published 10 August 22

Orchestras, art exhibitions and rubbing shoulders with real-life kings – how the Norwegian establishment embraced one of black metal‘s prime movers

Prey review: Predator prequel doesn't quite do enough to rescue the franchise

By Matt Mills published 5 August 22

While Prey's intentions are honourable, it's a prequel that spins its wheels too much to leave a lasting impact

“The first transmission of semen by fax”: the story of Bruce Dickinson’s batsh*t crazy horror movie Chemical Wedding

By Matt Mills published 4 August 22

God, w*nking and Aleister Crowley - how Bruce Dickinson made his critically slated horror movie Chemical Wedding

Woodstock ’99 was supposed to be nu metal’s crowning moment. Instead, it was an epic clusterf**k

By Matt Mills published 2 August 22

The director of a new Netflix documentary on Woodstock ’99 looks back on the most notorious festival of the 1990s

Fraye, Soul Glo, Moodring, Candy and RXPTRS

5 new bands you need to hear this month

By Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Catherine Morris, Elliott Leaver published 1 August 22

Ethereal doom, modern nu metal and a righteous hardcore/hip hop mash-up – these are the new bands we‘re hitting hard right now

Soulfly’s new album Totem has one mission – to bring the fury. And it succeeds

By Matt Mills published 31 July 22

Album review: Max Cavalera gets with the times and ramps up the aggro on Soulfly’s new album Totem

Check out Snarky Puppy's performance video of Bet

By Matt Mills, Natasha Scharf published 29 July 22

Dallas collective Snarky Puppy pay homage to their hometown on new album Empire Central – out in September

How Heavy Pendulum gave Cave In hope: "We connect to Caleb’s memory through the band"

By Matt Mills published 18 July 22

Bassist Caleb Scofield's death in 2018 almost destroyed Cave In, but new album Heavy Pendulum has saved them

10 killer performances from metal bands in Hollywood movies

By Matt Mills published 15 July 22

When metal and the movies collide, magic can happen as these blockbuster cameos from Rammstein, Alice In Chains and more prove

Oceans Of Slumber - Starlight And Ash: "long live the new Southern Gothic"

By Matt Mills published 14 July 22

Not yet rated

Texan prog metallers dial back the extreme in favour of idiosyncrasy.

Megadeth's Kiko Loureiro: 10 guitarists that changed my life

By Matt Mills last updated 20 September 22

Megadeth's chief shredder Kiko Loureiro talks the 10 virtuoso guitarists that inspired his playing - from Eddie Van Halen to Steve Vai

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