Latest articles by Matt Mills
Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims
Mustaine has songwriting credits on four of the songs on Metallica’s now-legendary demo
Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
The heavy metal icon, who grew up in Birmingham, died of undisclosed causes this week at the age of 76
Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
Tobias Forge’s devil church returned to late-night TV in particularly thunderous form on Wednesday
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died at the age of 76
The iconic ‘Prince Of Darkness’ has passed away from undisclosed causes, his family confirm in a statement
Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token, Måneskin and Greta Van Fleet prove rock isn’t dead
Forge takes issue with Kiss man Gene Simmons’ infamous “rock is dead” stance during a new interview
This heavy metal veteran told indie chart-toppers Snow Patrol that they’d never be successful
Paradise Lost singer Nick Holmes once told future indie sensations Snow Patrol, to their faces, that they’d never hit the big time
Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?
The fact that we didn’t hear Backstreet’s Back at Back To The Beginning is a crime, really
This is what it would sound like if The Cure were a death metal band – and it’s brilliantly bonkers
Hesitating Lights, the second album by Swedish noise-makers Floating, pairs post-punk riffs with extreme metal aggression to amazing, disorienting effect
Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”
The guitarist/vocalist reveals he struggled when the nu metal-era juggernauts went their separate ways in 2006
Endorsed by Gojira, Slipknot and King Diamond, Mawiza have just put out one of 2025’s most important debut albums
Chilean groove metallers Mawiza explore their indigenous Mapuche Nation culture on colossal debut Ül
Ghost will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week
Late-night TV will be Satanized on Wednesday, July 23
Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza is coming out in cinemas
Ozzy Osbourne’s blockbuster farewell will be turned into a concert film and hit theatre screens in 2026
Yungblud’s career-affirming cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes is now available to stream
The UK rocker stole the show with his take on Sabbath’s 1972 track at Back To The Beginning, and the performance can now be relived again and again
Masked metal enigmas President announce six-track debut EP, release new single Rage
The anonymous one-man project will give their inaugural address with King Of Terrors in September
“Hardcore innovators, soulful rockers and, frankly, the best band in the world you’re not listening to”: Every Thrice album ranked from worst to best
From scrappy debut Identity Crisis to refined latest album Horizons/East, we rank the back-catalogue of one of the most underrated bands on the planet right now
How The Summoning turned Sleep Token into metal’s most surprising breakout band
Sleep Token seemed to be too weird for mainstream success – then The Summoning turned them into overnight sensations
What is the metal song in the Stranger Things season 5 trailer? The TV show has championed another pioneering rock band
After inserting Metallica’s Master Of Puppets into season four, Stranger Things has used another hard rock classic to soundtrack the announcement of season five
This is what it’s like to be jailed by a repressive regime for playing in a metal band
Confess frontman Nikan Khosravi was imprisoned by the Iranian authorities for being a metal fan
Deftones confirm 2026 European tour dates with Denzel Curry and Drug Church
The nu-metal-but-not-really superstars will play the UK and mainland Europe from January to February
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi issues update on long-awaited solo album: “I’m trying to finish off what I started”
Now that Back To The Beginning is in the rear-view mirror, heavy metal’s foundational guitarist is returning to work on his first solo album in 20 years
Ozzy Osbourne is doing retirement the right way – by painting abstract art with chimpanzees
Pieces co-painted by The Prince Of Darkness and his primate pals are now up for auction
Ozzy Osbourne to release new memoir Last Rites, centred around his recent health struggles
The Prince Of Darkness’ second and final memoir will come out in October
Rob Halford insists he didn’t quit Judas Priest in the 1990s
The Metal God reveals that a technicality in his contract led to him stepping away from Judas Priest for 11 years
The Nine Inch Nails lyric that made Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux quit his job
A line from Nine Inch Nail’s 2005 album With Teeth inspired Manuel Gagneux to give up the 9-to-5 for good
Tony Iommi compared Bill Ward to a Lord Of The Rings monster at Black Sabbath’s epic farewell gig: “You look like Gollum!”
As Ward issues a heartfelt thank you to his bandmates and fans, Sabbath’s guitarist admits he likened the drummer’s appearance when topless to an emaciated hobbit
