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

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“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

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Rhea Thompson claims she was replaced for a tour without being told and got “ignored” by her ex-bandmates

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The singer takes issue with the mainstream positioning Yungblud as the man “saving” heavy music

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Revisit each entry in the death metal maestros’ game-changing discography

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The singer released More Balls To Picasso, a remixed version of his second solo album, last year

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The “super DIY” US band crowd-funded their second album last year

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The French metal titans celebrated 20 years of From Mars To Sirius by playing a number of fan-favourite tracks

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The library contains sound recordings which are “culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or informs or reflects life in the United States”

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No word on whether or not it’ll hit streaming services, though

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At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot

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Anthrax, Green Lung, Sicksense and Warning lead this week’s heavy picks – vote for your favourite here

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Nu metal was considered dead by 2005 – but a ragtag band from Australia ensured that the genre would bow out in a blaze of glory

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We still don’t know who’ll play the Prince Of Darkness, though

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Drummer Jason Bowld says that the metalcore heroes will finish the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled effort in June and release a long string of singles

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The Londoners will headline Desertfest this weekend and release their fourth album, Necropolitan, in September

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Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.

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Jonas Björler, Anders Björler and Adrian Erlandsson remember their first encounters with their beloved frontman

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As the heavy metal juggernauts continue their 50th birthday celebrations, we look back on how The Soundhouse Tapes started it all

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The J-metal idols admit that some of the responses to their 2014 hit were “frightening”

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The furious track is taken from the metalcore quintet’s upcoming album Decades

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The band will give their first performance with their new, two-vocalist lineup at US festival Welcome To Rockville this weekend

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The rapper-turned-rocker insists he merely “punched back” at the metal star, even though the spat stemmed from comments he made lambasting the heavy music scene

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The veteran bassist says that the metal giants’ refusal to slow down and let him seek help played a part in his 2001 departure

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As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago

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Norwegian chameleon rejected the nation’s controversial black metal scene, then rejected his record label, and recently rejected synthpop. Now he’s rejected the tragedy of the band’s past – and partying too – to embrace freedom instead
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