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
With their fourth album, Turnstile have confirmed themselves as the most important and daring band to have emerged from the hardcore scene in decades

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Garbage have carved out a unique space in the modern rock world, and we've reviewed their eight albums to offer the definitive guide to their catalogue

By Stephen Hill, Merlin Alderslade Published
Reordering the catalogue of one of metalcore's greatest bands in reverse order of awesomeness

By Merlin Alderslade, Stephen Hill Published
One of the UK's greatest ever metal exports has amassed a hell of a catalogue. Here's our guide to every album, in reverse order of greatness

By Stephen Hill Published
Lamb Of God's frontman has a new book in Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head

By Stephen Hill Published
From starting their own label and running a PR firm to teaming up with Jesse Leach and Will Ramos, Employed To Serve represent the true spirit of DIY

By Stephen Hill Published
Zakk Wylde on shredders, best movies and his favourite Ozzy Osbourne moment

By Stephen Hill Published
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As the universes of Diablo and Berserk cross over, Blizzard have partnered with Beast In Black to reveal brand new song Enter The Behelit

By Stephen Hill Published
How D-beat pioneers Discharge took punk and metal to extreme new realms

By Rich Hobson Published
Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness

By Rich Hobson Published
Sneaking beers on tour in Japan? Heaven forbid

By Rich Hobson Published
Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia

By Stephen Hill Published
New Zealand's Alien Weaponry step up to the big leagues on stunning third album

By Stephen Hill Published
How Jesse Leach went from preacher's son to metalcore icon with Killswitch Engage

By Stephen Hill Published
We took Wardruna's Einar Selvik foraging in one of London's oldest graveyards

By Stephen Hill Published
From winding up death metal legend Glen Benton to chaotic live shows in their underpants, Chat Pile are one of metal's wildest new bands

By Stephen Hill Published
Killswitch Engage go rawer and heavier than they have in some time, led by an impassioned Jesse Leach

By Stephen Hill Published
How Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine ushered in metal's next generation

By Stephen Hill Published
Jesse Leach tried to write “words of wisdom” for Killswitch Engage’s next album, but it ended up containing the angriest songs of their career

By Stephen Hill Published
We catch up with Ukrainian metallers Jinjer ahead of new album Duél

By Rich Hobson Published
From the post-hardcore squall of Hidden Mothers to Lutharo's invigorating mix of power metal and melodeath, to one-woman black metaller Hulder and Saudi Arabian tech-prog-metallers Ana.n7n, these are the bands you need to hear in January 2025

By Stephen Hill Published
Band founder Michael Amott spills the secrets of Arch Enemy’s highly anticipated new album

By Stephen Hill Published
Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be
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