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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The Dune, Skyfall and No Country For Old Men star appears in the British heavy metal band’s new documentary, Burning Ambition

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The US metal titans gave 1996’s Load a similar treatment last summer

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Iron Maiden's much-heralded Burning Ambition film will hit cinemas on May 7

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Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also be on the 19-song set

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They’re arguably the heaviest and most technical band of all time, but they’re also extraordinarily easy to listen to

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Who knew that nine masked, bodysuit-wearing, baseball bat-wielding hooligans were so synonymous with fashion?

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The frontman sang the traditional prayer Der Voghormia, one day after Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was recognised on April 24

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It’s the first new music from the nu metal superstars since 2022 album Requiem

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The singer looks back on writing Piece Of Mind, Powerslave and Somewhere In Time in a hotel on the Channel Islands

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Lizzy Rain joins the likes of Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins in bringing heavy metal to wrestling fans’ screens

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Two symphonic celebrations of the Gothenburg Sound will be held in Sweden on December 4 and 5, in tribute to late At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg

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The vocalist, who was a member of The Beast from 1994 to 1999, has been sober since June 2019

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Cannibal Corpse, the Cavaleras and Crowbar are among the support acts for the gigs in Minnesota and California

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Adrian Erlandsson admits he hasn’t yet read the lyrics of the Gothenburg innovators’ upcoming record, The Ghost Of A Future Dead

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The Straight Edge Superstar battled Roman Reigns at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday

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Why do some people love metal while others hate it? Why do metalheads gatekeep? And does heavy music make us more logical thinkers? We hit a practicing therapist with the big questions.

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Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project

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Slipknot’s founding drummer departed the band in 2013, before dying in July 2021 aged 46

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The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career

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Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18

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Nearly 10 years after one of Finland’s biggest bands called it a day, their singer is hoping they can get back together

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How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

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A busy summer and autumn for the Fox God

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Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

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The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event
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