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

Watch Faith No More's Mike Patton refuse to lip-sync on Top Of The Pops in 1990

By Matt Mills published 12 May 22

Mike Patton was having none of it when Faith No More made a rare Top Of The Pops appearance

Meet the viral YouTuber who’s inventing a new death metal genre

By Matt Mills published 11 May 22

What the hell is ‘deathgaze’? Let Kardashev frontman Mark Garrett explain

Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz: “We are racing against the clock of our own extinction”

By Matt Mills published 9 May 22

Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz calls in from the studio to give us the lowdown on new album Deceivers

5 new bands you need to hear this month

By Matt Mills, Jonathan Selzer, Dave Everley published 29 April 22

From Bambie Thug’s witchy electrogoth to Graphic Nature’s gnarly nu-metalcore, these are the new bands annoying Metal Hammer’s neighbours

This is every band Tobias Forge was in before Ghost

By Matt Mills published 14 April 22

Black metal, punk, alt rock, even hair metal – Tobias Forge’s list of pre-Ghost bands covers every base imaginable

Jonathan Davis: “I don’t know why Korn haven’t headlined Download”

By Metal Hammer, Matt Mills published 11 April 22

From religious “bullsh*t” to his new solo album, here are 10 things we learned from our interview with Jonathan Davis in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Health’s Disco4 :: Part II: future-metal visionaries continue to taunt the gatekeepers on all-star sequel

By Matt Mills published 10 April 22

Album review: Health team up with Trent Reznor, Poppy and Lamb Of God on new album Disco4 :: Part II with stellar results

10 movies that get metal absolutely right

By Matt Mills published 10 April 22

Netflix’s Metal Lords is one of the few movies that get metal right. Here are some of the others

10 movies that get metal completely wrong

By Matt Mills published 9 April 22

10 cinematic turkeys that absolutely screw it up when it comes representing metal bands and fans

Robb Flynn of Machine Head in the studio

Robb Flynn: Machine Head are making “The Blackening 2”

By Matt Mills last updated 6 April 22

Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn gives Metal Hammer an exclusive update on the band’s upcoming 10th album

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Devin Townsend's new album Lightwork is about hope and strength: "Don't give up!"

By Matt Mills published 9 March 22

Devin Townsend's Lightwork is his first album with an outside producer and is a response to the 'chaos and depression' of the outside world

The Story Behind The Song: Gojira's Flying Whales

By Matt Mills published 4 March 22

Gojira's Flying Whales may have made them sound like environmentally-conscious "hippies" but it remains a firm fan favourite

How Blackwater Park catapulted Opeth into the big time

By Matt Mills last updated 27 February 22

Opeth's fifth album, 2001's Blackwater Park, was a groundbreaking moment for progressive metal

"I got compared to Avril Lavigne": Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz laughs off lazy comparisons, reveals solo album plans

By Paul Brannigan, Matt Mills published 22 February 22

Exclusive "I've been getting compared to other bands that have female front figures for 20-something years" says Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz

Annihilator's Metal II: "If terrible ideas weighed a gram, this would be heavier than the Eiffel Tower"

By Matt Mills published 18 February 22

Annihilator touch up 2007's Metal for a star-studded sequel but fail to paper the cracks on Metal II

Confess's Revenge At All Costs: Unfettered rage provides venomous triumph for Iranian metal band

By Matt Mills last updated 21 January 22

Iranian metal band Confess endured imprisonment and isolation, but Revenge At All Costs is a triumphant return that may be one of 2022's most important releases

Avatar's Johannes Eckerström: "To have a reunion in your 70s, you have to make that mean something - Sabbath dropped the ball”

By Matt Mills published 18 January 22

Avatar's effervescent ringleader Johannes Eckerström talks resolutions, seasonal singles and why Abba are better at reunions than Black Sabbath

12 new metal bands to watch in 2022

By Matt Mills, Rich Hobson published 20 December 21

From Gothenburg revivalists The Halo Effect to Bhangra-inspired folk metal fusion from Bloodywood, these are the 12 most promising up-and-coming bands in metal

Solstafir's Addi Tryggvason: "If Metallica only did Kill ’Em All 10 times in a row, we’d have missed out on a lot"

By Matt Mills published 9 December 21

Sólstafir frontman Addi Tryggvason on regressing to childhood and how to avoid accidentally sleeping with a relative

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Exodus' Persona Non Grata: California thrash legends don't stiff on the riffs

By Matt Mills published 19 November 21

Thrash masters Exodus channel their volatile history on 11th album, Persona Non Grata

Møl's Diorama: a blackgaze masterpiece

By Matt Mills published 2 November 21

Denmark’s blackgaze upstarts Møl set an entirely new bar with new album, Diorama

Tom Morello - The Atlas Underground Fire

Tom Morello's The Atlas Underground Fire: a star-studded, style-shifting roll of the dice from RATM guitarist

By Matt Mills published 13 October 21

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello drafts in Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Oli Sykes for The Atlas Underground Fire

Employed To Served's Conquering: metalcore aggressors discover a new groove

By Matt Mills published 17 September 21

Employed To Serve pivot from metalcore to groove and even death metal on ambitious new album Conquering

The 10 best Australian prog metal bands

By Matt Mills published 13 September 21

From Alchemist to The Butterfly Effect - 10 progressive metal bands from Down Under creating a storm across the world

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Anxiety, freedom and pissing yourself: Times Of Grace's Adam D and Jesse Leach go head to head

By Matt Mills published 7 September 21

Killswitch Engage bandmates and Times Of Grace co-founders Adam D and Jesse Leach interview each other for an emotional journey through highs and lows

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