
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

Jesse Leach explains his 2002 Killswitch Engage exit
By Matt Mills published
Jesse Leach opens up the mental health crisis that led to him leaving one of metalcore’s biggest bands

Watch a stunned Justin Hawkins perform a song with The Darkness when he thought he was going to play laser tag instead
By Matt Mills published
The Darkness’ frontman was the “unexpected star” on the latest episode of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

Watch Tom Morello cover AC/DC with Slash and System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian at California wildfire benefit shows
By Matt Mills published
The Rage Against The Machine guitarist held two star-studded charity gigs earlier this month

Sharon Osbourne explains how Black Sabbath’s original members reunited ahead of farewell show
By Matt Mills published
Ozzy Osbourne’s wife/manager says that it was The Prince Of Darkness himself spearheading efforts for the band’s classic lineup to play together again

Type O Negative’s guitarist is down for Peter Steele tribute shows with different singers
By Matt Mills published
Kenny Hickey would be keen for the doom icons to follow the lead of Linkin Park, Suicide Silence and others, paying tribute to their fallen frontman with tribute shows featuring new singers

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt wasn’t impressed when he got to play Kurt Cobain’s guitar
By Matt Mills published
The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar

Polyphia are making a “heavy” new album with System Of A Down and Babymetal
By Matt Mills published
Expect big riffs and even bigger names on the next Polyphia album

Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show
By Matt Mills published
“You’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never thought you’d see”

Tenacious D to release cover of REO Speedwagon’s Keep On Loving You
By Matt Mills published
The self-styled greatest rock band on Earth are covering REO Speedwagon for a charity compilation that comes out Friday

Mike Portnoy is back with Dream Theater, and he's helped them make a banger of an album in Parasomnia
By Matt Mills published
Dream Theater needed something special to justify the hype following Portnoy's return, and they've delivered

Ozzy Osbourne and original Black Sabbath lineup to play their final shows at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer
By Matt Mills published
Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5

Jerry Cantrell on riffs, Alice In Chains and extreme metal
By Matt Mills published
Ever wondered what extreme metal bands Alice In Chains jammed to? Jerry Cantrell has the answer

Why you should adore Katatonia – and where you should start
By Matt Mills published
From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums

Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist
By Matt Mills published
Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun

Watch Gojira accept the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
By Matt Mills published
The French metal stars beat Metallica, Judas Priest, Spiritbox and Knocked Loose x Poppy to take home the prize

Watch Spiritbox singer’s classy response after interviewer mistakes her for Poppy on Grammys red carpet
By Matt Mills published
Come for the incredibly awkward interview, stay because LaPlante handled it like a champ

Was Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s Poisoned Ascendancy really “the metal tour of 2025”?
By Matt Mills published
Playing their classic 2005 albums at the O2 in London, the metalcore icons indulge everyone’s nostalgia while proving themselves as arena headliners

I’m a music journalist bored of writing about the same artists, so here are 11 awesomely weird metal bands you won’t discover anywhere else
By Matt Mills published
I’ve written about Sleep Token, Metallica and Bring Me The Horizon many, many times, but this is the first time I’ve done a list with a time-travelling slug on it

What was underrated about Eddie Van Halen, according to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick
By Matt Mills published
Eddie Van Halen was the master of shredding, but he was capable of so much more as well, says Testament’s longtime guitarist

Bring Me The Horizon have covered Oasis megahit Wonderwall
By Matt Mills published
Listen to Bring Me The Horizon put a Liam Gallagher-approved metal spin on a Britpop classic

Why progressive metal will rule the world in 2025
By Matt Mills published
Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

The Secret Service locked Rage Against The Machine in their dressing room after bassist tried to “attack” a billionaire on SNL
By Matt Mills published
Incensed by the band having a song cut from their set last-minute, Tim Commerford marched into the dressing room of guest host Steve Forbes and drew the ire of the Secret Service

Hear Deafheaven go back to black metal with new single Magnolia
By Matt Mills published
The California blackgaze darlings will release Lonely People With Power, their first album in four years, on March 28
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