Latest articles by Matt Mills
Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse
As 28 Years Later lurches its way towards box office success, we suggest the rock and metal albums that would best soundtrack a zombie killing spree
Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France
Matt Bellamy’s hard rock powerhouse played a short snippet of Stranded at one of Europe’s biggest metal festivals last weekend
Matt Tuck names the song that “encapsulates what Bullet For My Valentine is”
And no, it’s not a track from The Poison
“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense
From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code
Local council leader hopes to cancel Bournemouth date of Marilyn Manson UK tour due to sexual misconduct allegations
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s Millie Earl wants to “reinforce the message that violence against women and girls isn’t something that’s acceptable in our community”
James Hetfield says that Mama Said was never meant to be a Metallica song
The Load country ballad was supposed to be a personal piece that Metallica’s frontman kept to himself, according to a recently unearthed 1996 interview
Paradise Lost discuss religion, depression and new album Ascension
Singer Nick Holmes talks to Metal Hammer about Paradise Lost’s new music, dealing with depression, and why the band aren’t returning to electronica any time soon
Javier Bardem once saw a Bruce Springsteen show with Brad Pitt after being invited by Bono
The No Country For Old Men star also reveals the long list of metal bands he loves, after being spotted at a Judas Priest concert last year
Korn say Sleep Token “shut up” the haters with Download festival headline set
Brian “Head” Welch and James “Munky” Shaffer think that Sleep Token proved the doubters wrong with their show at the UK’s biggest rock/metal extravaganza last week
Why your favourite British metal bands are breaking up
UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.
YouTube instructor claims Slash learned some blues guitar by watching his videos
“There were some really cool blues-style techniques that he learned from some of my stuff,” says Marty Schwartz, whose guitar tutorial channel boasts more than 4.5 million subscribers
Why retirement is a four-letter word for Metallica’s Kirk Hammett
Metallica’s lead guitarist tells Metal Hammer he doesn’t “believe” in the idea of willingly stepping away from music
Pulp spoil London with two sets, marvellous production and every hit in their catalogue
Hot off of their comeback album topping the UK charts, Jarvis Cocker’s pop-rock misfits host an extravagant evening at the O2
OceanGate CEO wanted Pearl Jam to be in doomed Titanic submersible, according to new documentary
A talking head in Netflix’s Titan: The OceanGate Disaster claims that Stockton Rush wanted Eddie Vedder and co. to be in the submersible that imploded en route to the Titanic, killing the CEO and four others
Judas Priest kick off Painkiller anniversary tour with rarities-stacked setlist
The Birmingham metal legends pulled out an impressive seven Painkiller songs and debuted two tracks from last year’s Invincible Shield album
Lars Ulrich has (maybe) seen your Metallica memes
Metallica’s founding drummer says he shares the occasional fan-made post in the metal titans’ group chat
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.
The Bloodywood guide to going viral
Bloodywood found an online fanbase through their amped-up covers of pop and Bollywood tracks. We asked guitarist Karan Katiyar about the dos and don’ts of going viral.
Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall praise the wholesomeness of heavy metal fans on Australian TV
The Byron Bay metalcore band will embark on the star-studded Summer Of Loud North American tour later this month
Massive Attack’s LIDO festival extravaganza was protest art at its finest
Bristol’s trip-hop frontrunners build a captivating manifesto for the modern world, conveyed through staggering visuals and soundtracked by enormous, dynamic songs
Neckbreakker released one of 2024’s most exciting metal debut albums. Now they’re about to live their biggest dream.
Neckbreakker are making serious waves in the European metal scene – and with good reason
Why Wolfgang Van Halen doesn’t listen to Van Halen anymore
Though Wolfgang was a member of Van Halen with his father Eddie and uncle Alex, he struggles to listen to the hard rock revolutionaries’ music nowadays
This Black Sabbath song has “one of the best riffs of all time”, according to Employed To Serve’s Sammy Urwin
Employed To Serve’s co-founder says a classic cut from Master Of Reality contains one of the best guitar parts ever written
