
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. When he’s not writing, you’ll probably find him skydiving, scuba diving or coasteering.
Latest articles by Matt Mills

Many consider Blackwater Park to be Opeth’s masterpiece. Opeth don’t
By Matt Mills published
The classic line-up had assembled, Steven Wilson was contributing and Mikael Åkerfeldt was mining songwriting gold – but you can’t convince him the 2001 release was their magnum opus

Watch Carrie Underwood team with an American Idol contestant to cover Drowning Pool’s nu metal banger Bodies
By Matt Mills published
Carrie Underwood, nu metal aficionado? Apparently so!

Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe gives another scathing takedown of Elon Musk
By Matt Mills published
Lamb Of God’s frontman has once again spoken out against the salute the Tesla/SpaceX CEO made in January

Opeth covered Iron Maiden – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it
By Matt Mills published
The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer

Watch superstar actor Amanda Seyfried cover Joni Mitchell with a stunning dulcimer performance
By Matt Mills published
The Mamma Mia! star covered Mitchell’s classic California during a recent stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

A ludicrous six-neck guitar played by Spinal Tap has gone to auction – and you better buy it before I do
By Matt Mills published
For between £2,000 and £3,000, the most ridiculous guitar I’ve ever seen could be yours

Massive Attack just sent their music to the moon and back
By Matt Mills published
The trip-hop pioneers launched a cover of a Russian punk band into space as part of an art installation

Tom Araya didn’t listen to metal before joining Slayer
By Matt Mills published
Despite being one of metal’s most revered frontmen, Tom Araya knew nothing about the genre until his Slayer bandmates clued him in

Linkin Park are already teasing new music
By Matt Mills published
A new web documentary about the nu metal stars’ 2025 world tour ends with Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong recording what appears to be a brand-new track

Someone’s made a wide-eyed Bobby Liebling puppet amidst all the Pentagram memes and I desperately want to buy it
By Matt Mills published
Seriously, how much?

I’m a Ghost fanatic, and these great songs by similar-sounding artists will stop me going mad during the wait for their new album
By Matt Mills published
Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These anthems will keep you (and me) going until Skeletá drops next month.

Elton John heaps praise on Ireland’s breakout hip-hop stars Kneecap
By Matt Mills published
One of pop’s biggest-ever names has expressed his love for Kneecap, lauding the trio’s energy and lyricism

Watch Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes join You Me At Six to play Bite My Tongue in Sheffield
By Matt Mills published
Sykes guested on the You Me At Six single in 2011 and recaptured that magic onstage during a recent show in his hometown

Why System Of A Down bassist scrapped a collaboration with Korn’s Jonathan Davis
By Matt Mills published
Korn’s frontman was supposed to show up on the new album by Shavo Odadjian’s Seven Hours After Violet project but never appeared

Slayer announce two monster UK shows with Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and more
By Matt Mills published
The thrashers have scheduled headliners in Cardiff and London around their appearance at Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning event in July

Metallica’s …And Justice For All pushed bass players “to the back” in the 1990s, claims thrash legend
By Matt Mills published
Testament and ex-Death man Steve Di Giorgio claims Metallica’s bass-free classic forced the instrument into the background for years afterwards

Watch Slipknot play All Hope Is Gone cut Gematria (The Killing Name) live for the first time ever
By Matt Mills published
Metal's resident nine-piece went deep into the rarities bin for their set at Knotfest Melbourne last week

“V is coming”: Ghost tease new era with Las Vegas billboard and mysterious livestream
By Matt Mills published
The occult rockers continue the build-up to “new” vocalist Papa V Perpetua’s debut

The best new metal bands you need to hear in March 2025
By Rich Hobson published
Meet the "deathcore Slipknot" Paleface Swiss, to Danish prog metallers Danefae, concept-driven Texan metalcore mob Cantervice and UK alt metallers Vower

Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
By Matt Mills published
Rejuvenated after latest album The Last Will And Testament, the prog/death metal masters honour both sides of their sound with cinematic accoutrements

Get new Skunk Anansie album The Painful Truth on white splatter vinyl, exclusively through Classic Rock
By Matt Mills published
Only 300 copies are available, so order yours now!

Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, I Prevail and Beartooth to co-headline ultra-stacked US metalcore tour
By Matt Mills published
The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada and more will also populate the obscenely huge bill at the travelling Summer Of Loud festival

A documentary about Ozzy Osbourne will hit Paramount Plus later this year
By Matt Mills published
Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now is currently in production and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer’s life since he suffered a spinal injury in 2019
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