Latest articles by Matt Mills
Every Paradise Lost album ranked from worst to best
From debut album Lost Paradise to the brand-new Ascension, we revisit and re-order the back-catalogue of one of metal’s most despondent bands
Right-wing Twitter is up in arms about Gwar “disembowelling” Donald Trump
The intergalactic heavy metal warlords from the planet Scumdogia are being accused of having Democratic sympathies and inciting political violence
How Into The Void is bringing heavy metal’s human stories to the mainstream
We talk to Jason Eisener and Evan Husney – co-creators of new eight-episode series Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal – about bringing some of metal’s darkest days to TV screens
Kid Rock is banned from performing in California
Governor Gavin Newsom says the American Bad Ass singer makes “horrific music”
Emmy-nominated actor apologises for having picture taken with Marilyn Manson
Chloë Sevigny says she’s “truly sorry” for posing for a photo with Manson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
Hear four classic Kittie songs re-recorded on new EP Spit XXV
The Canadian alt-metal four-piece have celebrated 25 years of their debut album by revisiting four of its songs
Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it
David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band
Massive Attack to remove their music from Spotify in protest against CEO’s AI military investments
The trip-hop pioneers are also joining the No Music For Genocide campaign, blocking their songs from all streaming services in Israel
Nine classic deep cuts Iron Maiden need to dust off for their 2026 Run For Your Lives shows
Iron Maiden are returning to Europe for the second stint of their 50th-anniversary tour next year. These are the obscure tracks we’d love them to play.
Iron Maiden announce more European shows for 2026, including phone-free Paris concert and secret UK date
The UK metal heavyweights will continue the Run For Your Lives tour with a second European leg in the summer
Your essential guide to every At The Gates album
We revisit and review every entry in the death metal maestros’ game-changing discography
Paramount Plus to stream feature-length documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s final years next month
Ozzy: No Escape From Now will be streaming from October 7
Sleep Token kicked off their sold-out US tour and performed two never-before-played songs last night
The masked metal superstars put on a 15-song show at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia
System Of A Down add second UK date to European tour with Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
The alt-metal band will play a second show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 15
When Soen’s songs got shorter but not shallower on Memorial
They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album
Watch Terrifier baddie Art The Clown ‘kill’ WWE wrestler Rhea Ripley during an Ice Nine Kills concert last weekend
Ripley and Art made special appearances during Ice Nine Kills’ Silver Scream Con in Massachusetts on Saturday
At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle
The frontman, known for his existential lyrics and characteristic scream, revealed last month that he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in December 2023
Kiss’s Gene Simmons claims he learned humility from Ozzy Osbourne
Simmons calls the late Black Sabbath singer’s attitude “a good lesson for idiots like me who sometimes, guilty as charged, get full of themselves”
Bloodstock festival adds Saxon as first-ever Thursday main-stage headliner; 26 other bands also confirmed
The UK heavy metal stalwarts will return to the top of the bill at the Derbyshire weekender, 25 years after they headlined the first-ever Bloodstock
Watch members of Iron Maiden and Tool jam a Jeff Beck song at a wedding last week
Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and partially-retired drummer Nicko McBrain performed with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor at Smith’s daughter’s wedding on Friday
Judas Priest recorded a cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs featuring Ozzy Osbourne – and they’re going to release it soon
“The green button’s almost ready to go,” says frontman Rob Halford
Wolfgang Van Halen on meeting Ozzy Osbourne and the original plan for Back To The Beginning
The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before
Sabaton x Nothing More is one of the most surprising heavy metal collaborations we’ve heard all year – and it doesn’t sound half bad
The two bands have teamed up for Crossing The Rubicon, the fifth single from Sabaton’s upcoming album Legends
