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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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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Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

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80s producer Flemming Rasmussen remembers Cliff Burton being the heavy metal titans’ unofficial musical leader

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Grand Serpent Rising will come out on May 22 – listen to lead single Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel now

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Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year

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SPOILER ALERT: watch a snippet of the blood-soaked battle here

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Fans were left confused when this early Slipknot favourite suddenly disappeared from their debut album

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Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin is giving a wide array of hit songs an icy makeover

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Even though Kisser spoke with ex-drummer Iggor over the phone, an onstage reunion doesn’t seem to be on the cards

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They’re not quite there with Lulu, though

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Jed Gordon, brother of the Australian metal band’s drummer Ben Gordon, recently pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was in his early 20s

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“It became the only song that he wanted to hear for a very long stretch of time”
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