Stephen Hill
Stephen joined the Louder team as a co-host of the Metal Hammer Podcast in late 2011, eventually becoming a regular contributor to the magazine. He has since written hundreds of articles for Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Louder, specialising in punk, hardcore and 90s metal. He also presents the Trve. Cvlt. Pop! podcast with Gaz Jones and makes regular appearances on the Bangers And Most podcast.
Latest articles by Stephen Hill

By Stephen Hill Published
A fun, frantic five minute interview with Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde

By Stephen Hill Published
Shave an hour off this set and we could have had something special

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By Stephen Hill Published
Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.

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For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

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Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give

By Matt Mills Published
Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, the 2005 single became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

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The campaign to rehabilitate Korn’s divisive fourth album Issues album starts here

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In 2011, Mastodon wrote an album that would fly in the face of everything we thought we knew about them. but they had to fight hard to make it happen...

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These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

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Tenacious D had friends in high places, and they used them to bring this 2000s smash hit to life

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After exploring the effects of dementia on 2023's A Feast On Sorrow, Urne decided to reconnect with metal's roots for their 2026 follow-up

By Stephen Hill Published
Released in 1992, Sugar's debut album Copper Blue gave former Hüsker Dü man Bob Mould the commercial success he so richly deserved

By Stephen Hill Published
Korn's Here To Stay proved the nu metal legends weren't going anywhere, but its creation was chaotic and expensive

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Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.

By Stephen Hill Published
Biohazard were swept up in the major label hysteria that swamped rock and metal in the 90s

By Stephen Hill Published
Peter Steele was a contrarian at the best of times, and rarely more so than when he oversaw Type O Negative'a most surprising single

By Stephen Hill Published
Headlining Wembley Arena, selling out shows and climbing the charts: the future has never looked brighter for Skindred

By Stephen Hill Published
Oathbreaker seemed destined for greatness after the release of the superb Rheia. Then the band went on a near-ten-year hiatus. But why?

By Stephen Hill Published
Pulkas were beloved in the UK metal press and signed to one of underground metal's most illustrious labels - so what happened?

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Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003's St. Anger

By Stephen Hill Published
Corrosion Of Conformity might have thought they'd already peaked by 1994. They were very wrong

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30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time
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