Latest articles by Matt Mills
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
Polyphia are making a “heavy” new album with System Of A Down and Babymetal
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”?
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
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
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
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
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
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
The California blackgaze darlings will release Lonely People With Power, their first album in four years, on March 28
