Latest articles by Matt Mills
Bloodstock festival announces one-day Winter Gathering event headlined by doom legends Candlemass
Venom Inc., Hellripper and others will also populate the bill in Wolverhampton this December
A mysterious new band has been added to Download 2025 and the internet is convinced it’s Sleep Token-related
Who are President? As usual, Sleep Token’s fan-base have theories
Goth is the coolest it’s been in decades – and these 9 rising metal bands prove it
From Crippling Alcoholism to Kælan Mikla, these goth metal up-and-comers show it’s hip to be sad
Slayer’s Kerry King names the guitarist who “plays circles” around him
“I’m far more archaic,” the founding Slayer guitarist admits
Staying in Birmingham to see Black Sabbath? Local hotels have increased their prices by up to 725%
According to a local paper, Birmingham hotels are starkly raising their prices around Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show
“Sometimes you guys need to shut the **** up and enjoy or not enjoy.”
While talking about Skunk Anansie’s new single An Artist Is An Artist, vocalist Skin delivers a passionate attack against the internet’s armchair critics
Killswitch Engage fans! Grab the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive cover and t-shirt, only through Louder
Buy the new Hammer with a Killswitch Engage-themed cover and shirt that you won’t find anywhere else
Massive Attack to headline London’s first fully battery-powered festival this summer
The trip-hop pioneers will be supported by Air, Forensics and Tirzah, with more names to be announced
Machine Head announce new album Unatoned, hear ferocious single Unbound here
Oakland’s groove metal greats will smack you about with their next torrent of riffs in April
Listen to Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante guest on re-recording of Pvris’ My House
The team-up comes as Spiritbox build up to the release of their much-anticipated second album, Tsunami Sea, next month
The wild story of Slipknot vs Mushroomhead, the masked band feud that lit up nu metal
Fight! Fight! Fight!
This shampoo advert about a metal band with dandruff is the cringiest thing you’ll see today, or your money back!
Apparently Saturday Night Live performers finding several rhymes for the word “dandruff” is considered comedy now…
Lady Gaga used to front a classic rock band who covered U2 and loved Led Zeppelin
The pop megastar talks about her early days singing classic rock tunes on the new episode of Hot Ones
What Linkin Park spent their money on after Hybrid Theory sold 14 million copies will surprise you
Rather than supercars and million-dollar mansions, nu metal’s newest stars put their cash towards much less rock’n’roll items
Letlive announce 2025 reunion tour with US, UK, Europe and Australia dates
The post-hardcore favourites will play their first shows since January 2017 from June to November
Lacuna Coil fans! Pick up this exclusive Metal Hammer bundle with an art card signed by Cristina and Andrea, only available here
Grab the new issue of Metal Hammer, featuring an exclusive Lacuna Coil interview, and get a special-edition cover and signed print you won’t find anywhere else
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia once had so many stalkers that the FBI had to step in
After finding fame in the 2000s, Lacuna Coil’s co-singer needed the FBI to keep over-passionate fans in check
Jesse Leach explains his 2002 Killswitch Engage exit
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
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
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
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
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
The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar
