
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

Motörhead to be celebrated on punk rock tribute album featuring Pennywise, Anti-Nowhere League and others
By Matt Mills published
Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead will be out on October 31

Deathcore's biggest band just made an extreme metal album fit for arenas
By Matt Mills published
Lorna Shore continue to raise the bar for deathcore and extreme metal in the mainstream

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson says he’d have been “comfortable” if cancer treatment irreparably affected his singing voice
By Matt Mills published
“That’s when the thought formed, ‘What do I actually do with my life?’ Am I just a human noise generator? Or am I actually telling stories?”

Deftones got their first major record deal because Madonna liked their music
By Matt Mills published
The California alt-metal band released their first five albums via Madonna’s label, Maverick

Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible addresses allegations of having racist and transphobic beliefs in new interview
By Matt Mills published
The deathcore star claims that his now-covered tattoo of the Black Sun, an image associated with white supremacist movements, was not an expression of neo-Nazi views

System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
By Matt Mills published
The nu metal-era four-piece will bring a star-studded lineup to seven stadiums in the UK and Europe next summer

Are System Of A Down teasing their first European tour since 2017?
By Matt Mills published
The Armenian-American band projected their logo onto multiple buildings across London on Monday night, and teasers have reportedly also been sighted in Italy and Germany

Nightwish’s Floor Jansen goes on vicious tirade against Christianity
By Matt Mills published
Nightwish’s lead singer takes no prisoners when asked whether she has religious beliefs or not

Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson sing Judas Priest with a busker on the streets of New Orleans
By Matt Mills published
The odds of a metal icon joining you for a singalong on a random street corner are low, but never zero

President haven’t even released an EP yet and they’re already headlining a festival
By Matt Mills published
The faceless four-piece will top the bill at Takedown festival in Portsmouth, UK on April 4

Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend
By Matt Mills published
The 28-year-old had a piece of the Prince Of Darkness with him when he sang Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I’m Coming Home in New York on Sunday

In perhaps the first wholesome story in Slayer history, Tom Araya renewed his wedding vows over the weekend – and Gary Holt officiated the ceremony
By Matt Mills published
Holt swapped his Kill The Kardashians top for a clerical shirt on Saturday

Chino Moreno reacts to Deftones being called ‘the Radiohead of metal’
By Matt Mills published
Thanks to their constant evolution and introverted sound, the California metal band have been compared to the UK alt-rockers multiple times over the years

The story of the star-studded EP Gojira have been sitting on for 15 years
By Matt Mills published
Gojira began work on their fabled Sea Shepherd EP in 2010. A decade and a half later, it still hasn’t come out. We ask, what on Earth is going on?!

I’m a lifelong deathcore hater, but these five bands are actually giving me faith in the genre
By Matt Mills published
Lorna Shore, Fit For An Autopsy and latter-day Whitechapel are forcing me to respect what used to be the worst style of music in the world

Parkway Drive look back on being produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam D
By Matt Mills published
Adam D oversaw the recording of the Aussie band’s first two albums in 2005 and 2007

Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante explain how team-up track End Of You came together
By Matt Mills published
The three singers tell all about their new collaboration – including whether or not more music is on the horizon

President continue to campaign ahead of their first EP with new single Destroy Me
By Matt Mills published
The UK masked metal act will put out the six-track release King Of Terrors later this month

Slipknot have finally had one of their songs hit the billion-stream mark on Spotify
By Matt Mills published
We’re surprised it didn’t happen sooner, to be honest

Watch the video for the metal collab of the year as Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante and Poppy team up for new single End Of You
By Matt Mills published
One of the most hyped heavy metal collaborations of the year is finally here!

The bloodsoaked trailer for Disney Plus series Marvel Zombies features Poppy and Babymetal collaboration From Me To U
By Matt Mills published
Your favourite Marvel heroes are undead now, and their killing spree is being soundtracked by one of the biggest metal team-ups of the year

Bring Me The Horizon have 12 songs left over from their latest album ready for release
By Matt Mills published
“I’ve got so much from the Post Human: Nex Gen archive that I want the world to hear,” says singer Oli Sykes

Mastodon members join The March Of Brent Hinds in Atlanta to celebrate life of late ex-guitarist
By Matt Mills published
Hundreds of Atlantans walked the streets of Hinds’ hometown on Sunday, following the ex-Mastodon man’s death in a traffic accident last month
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