Matt Mills
Louder’s resident Gojira obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Metal Hammer and Prog, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, NME and many others, too. James Hetfield once told him to stop smiling.
Latest articles by Matt Mills

Faith No More set social media abuzz as they release teaser image featuring live audience
By Matt Mills Published
The alternative metal luminaries haven’t played together since 2016

Sebastian Bach was apparently a fan of Lzzy Hale’s performances with Skid Row
By Matt Mills Published
The Halestorm frontwoman led the glam metal stars for a handful of shows in 2024

"My stroke was caused by stress." An audience with Tarja Turunen
By Matt Mills Published
In 2023, the original queen of symphonic metal shared some reflections on her past

Rare UK TV footage of Metallica playing The Memory Remains unearthed after almost 30 years
By Matt Mills Published
Just in time for the metal behemoths’ reissue of their 1997 album at the end of the month

How Sepultura made their technophobic final statement, The Cloud Of Unknowing
By Matt Mills Published
As Brazil’s groove metal heroes prepare to call it quits, we speak to guitarist Andreas Kisser about their swansong EP

How Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into landmark prog metal song Welcome Home
By Matt Mills Published
Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, the 2005 single became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

Sharon and Jack Osbourne defend AI Ozzy avatar amidst “cash grab” allegations
By Matt Mills Published
The mother and son say that the project is about making sure the Prince Of Darkness is “remembered” following his death last July

OG black metal mask-wearer Mortiis never wanted to be anonymous like Ghost and Sleep Token
By Matt Mills Published
The dungeon synth innovator didn’t enjoy pretending that he wasn’t Mortiis

Songs by Ghost, Babymetal, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more to appear in new rhythm game from company behind Guitar Hero
By Matt Mills Published
Stage Tour, from Guitar Hero’s RedOctane Games, will be released for PC and consoles in the autumn

Watch Mastodon give new single Your Ghost Again its live debut and dedicate it to late guitarist Brent Hinds
By Matt Mills Published
The Atlanta band played their latest song at their European tour kickoff last week

Bring Me The Horizon cancelled a 2006 festival appearance for fear of being attacked
By Matt Mills Published
The ‘MySpace metal’ poster boys were one of the most controversial bands of their generation

The 25 best goth metal albums
By Rich Hobson, Chris Chantler, Dave Everley, Perran Helyes, Matt Mills, Paul Travers Published
From HIM to Evanescence, Type O Negative to Misfits, these are the greatest albums released in the goth metal pantheon

How Tomas Lindberg pioneered a whole new school of death metal
By Matt Mills Published
From dabbling in occultism to pioneering a whole new school of death metal, Tomas Lindberg was a figure unlike any other

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard
By Matt Mills Published
Iron Maiden going full prog! Ghost doing the Beatles! Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water! Only completists have heard these extraordinary covers

Slift score an immediate, dizzying masterpiece with new album Fantasia
By Matt Mills Published
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before

Bulgarian president touts Iron Maiden as “remarkably down-to-earth people”
By Matt Mills Published
We’re not sure whether Iliyana Yotova is a metalhead, but she seems to like Iron Maiden all the same

Watch Metallica tear through Creeping Death and King Nothing during first concert of 2026 in Athens, Greece
By Matt Mills Published
The metal superstars are currently traipsing their way through European stadiums and will hit the UK towards the end of the month

Mastodon return with trippy single Your Ghost Again, a tribute to late founding guitarist Brent Hinds
By Matt Mills Published
Hinds departed the band last March and died in a motorcycle accident, aged 51, in August

“My wife is gonna die of it. They don’t know when”: Green Carnation explore loved ones in crisis
By Matt Mills Published
The theme is blood and the experiences are personal on the middle release of their trilogy, which was written and recorded in one go

How Dimscûa overcame grief and anguish to become post-metal's hottest new band
By Matt Mills Published
Dimscûa are one of the UK's hottest underground bands - but they also contend with some of life's hardest experiences through colossal post-metal

With Sober, Tool attracted mainstream attention – and the ire of one of rock’s greatest frontmen
By Matt Mills Published
Sober, the seminal single from 1993’s Undertow, made Maynard James Keenan and co. a quick success story, but not everybody was a fan

Rail firm bans Download festival-goers from bringing wheelie bins full of beer onto trains
By Matt Mills Published
“Our teams will be on hand at stations to support customers and help them complete their journeys, without their bins or trolleys, as smoothly as possible,” says East Midlands Railway

Tailgunner guitarist steps down following allegations against the rising heavy metal band’s bassist
By Matt Mills Published
Rhea Thompson claims she was replaced for a tour without being told and got “ignored” by her ex-bandmates
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