Latest articles by Matt Mills
Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see
Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down
Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week
The Richmond groove metal heavyweights are hinting that something will go down on Thursday, October 2
Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was “blown out of proportion”, says support act
Bleed From Within supported Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine at multiple US shows, and singer Scott Kennedy says the co-headliners’ falling-out “wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be”
Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids
The California four-piece offer another platter of soulful rock’n’roll that bucks trends and plucks heartstrings
“It was like watching Muhammad Ali shadow box!”: Robert Trujillo on watching Black Sabbath soundcheck at Back To The Beginning
The bassist, who used to play in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, compares seeing Sabbath onstage to watching Muhammad Ali in the ring
Every Propagandhi album ranked from worst to best
Propagandhi have been putting out top-notch punk/metal for four decades
Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes on nearly-severed fingers, dodging potted plants and nu metal
Godfather of goth metal, Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes shars his wisdom
Hear Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne team up on cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs
Proceeds from the all-Brummie collab will go to The Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation and Cure Parkinson’s
Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation
The Swedish hard rock band cancelled the first night of a planned concert trilogy in Mexico City due to Forge contracting food poisoning
“It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes”: Gwar singer responds to conservative backlash over onstage Donald Trump ‘killing’
“The idea that Gwar is normalising violence is patently absurd,” says frontman Blöthar The Berserker
Paramore and Hayley Williams join No Music For Genocide initiative, removing their music from streaming services in Israel
The likes of Massive Attack and Fontaines D.C. have already signed up for the campaign, protesting Israel’s military actions in Palestinian territories
Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour
Vessel performed The Boss’s 1984 hit by himself during his band’s show in Philadelphia on Wednesday
Heavy metal nuns Dogma to battle oppressive American “doctrines” on autumn US tour
The costumed five-piece, who sing about the Devil and sexual liberation, will play 22 US dates in October and November
Ghost cancel show last-minute due to Tobias Forge having food poisoning
The Swedish hard rockers still hope to play in Mexico City on September 24 and 25
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford says America is “incredibly” homophobic
The Metal God, who has homes in both the UK and USA, is “angry and upset” over the homophobia that persists in American culture
Ghost have put a spooky mariachi band on a boat to promote this week’s Mexico City shows
Watch the Swedish hard rockers’ single Lachryma get a mariachi overhaul in their latest TikTok video
Every Paradise Lost album ranked from worst to best
From debut album Lost Paradise to the brand-new Ascension, we revisit and re-order the back-catalogue of one of metal’s most despondent bands
Right-wing Twitter is up in arms about Gwar “disembowelling” Donald Trump
The intergalactic heavy metal warlords from the planet Scumdogia are being accused of having Democratic sympathies and inciting political violence
How Into The Void is bringing heavy metal’s human stories to the mainstream
We talk to Jason Eisener and Evan Husney – co-creators of new eight-episode series Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal – about bringing some of metal’s darkest days to TV screens
Kid Rock is banned from performing in California
Governor Gavin Newsom says the American Bad Ass singer makes “horrific music”
Emmy-nominated actor apologises for having picture taken with Marilyn Manson
Chloë Sevigny says she’s “truly sorry” for posing for a photo with Manson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
Hear four classic Kittie songs re-recorded on new EP Spit XXV
The Canadian alt-metal four-piece have celebrated 25 years of their debut album by revisiting four of its songs
Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it
David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band
