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
20 years on from their debut, Hammer joined Sabaton in their hometown of Falun to dive into the band's history

By Stephen Hill Published
With a new look, a new attitude and a dizzying new set of musical influences, Metallica crafted one of their most controversial singles. It was also their best-selling

By Rich Hobson Published
For 20 years Sabaton have sung about battles and warriors, but they admit there's lines they won't cross

By Stephen Hill Published
When Primus wrote this weird art rock classic, they weren't expecting a visit from one of America's coolest actresses

By Stephen Hill Published
If you need someone to guide you through the world of hardcore, you won’t find a bigger aficionado than the frontman of Hatebreed

By Stephen Hill Published
No one saw this coming in 1995!

By Stephen Hill Published
This dancefloor anthem turned Nine Inch Nails into household names in the 90s

By Stephen Hill Published
A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map

By Stephen Hill Published
The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty

By Stephen Hill Published
Green Day might be a polished stadium rock band now, but they didn't exactly enamour themselves to the Hollywood elite when they first blew up

By Stephen Hill Published
These two underground favourites found themselves trading singers like football stickers in the 90s

By Stephen Hill Published
Years after Judgement Night blazed a trail with hip hop and metal, this album seemed destined to do the same with metal and edm. So why didn't it?

By Stephen Hill Published
MTV will cease broadcasting its music channels after this year. For generations of rock fans, this is a sad moment

By Stephen Hill Published
A classic of the nu metal era, this hit is also woven into the story of an infamous weekend of live music

By Stephen Hill Published
Conjurer's new album is the sign of one of the UK's most promising metal bands delivering once again

By Stephen Hill Published
The story of one of the 90s most pivotal albums

By Stephen Hill Published
This early 2000s project could have been asbolutely huge

By Stephen Hill Published
There's a reason drugs are bad, kids, and this chaotic night in Nottingham was one of them

By Stephen Hill Published
It’s a guaranteed floor-filler more than 30 years on

By Stephen Hill Published
I Prevail should be up there with Bad Omens and Sleep Token as metal's next big crossover success

By Stephen Hill Published
The song was not a commercial hit, but today it stands as a classic of its genre

By Stephen Hill Published
Max Cavalera reveals how heartache led to one of Soulfly’s greatest anthems

By Stephen Hill Published
Sleep Now In The Fire helped Rage Against The Machine survive the nu metal takeover – then its music video nearly got them arrested
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