Latest articles by Matt Mills
Many consider Blackwater Park to be Opeth’s masterpiece. Opeth don’t
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
Carrie Underwood, nu metal aficionado? Apparently so!
Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe gives another scathing takedown of Elon Musk
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
