Articles by: Matt Mills

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Louder’s resident Cult Of Luna obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Prog and Metal Hammer, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Guitar and many others, too. When he’s not writing, you’ll probably find him skydiving, scuba diving or coasteering.

Articles by: Matt Mills

In Flames' Anders Fridén: "We were missing that guitar attack"

By Matt Mills published 6 December 22

In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén talks upcoming album Foregone - "This f***ing thing ignited!"

"We’re finding something completely new": why Africa is the future of metal

By Rich Hobson published 5 December 22

Author Edward Banchs' new book introduces the metal bands reshaping the genre and giving it a brighter future

The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal: where are they now?

By Matt Mills published 2 December 22

From Shadows Fall and God Forbid to Bleeding Through and Unearth, we track down the NWOAHM’s Class Of 2002

Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez: "Slipknot have a hardcore audience, but we were up for the challenge"

By Matt Mills published 23 November 22

Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez talks touring, proper hair care and almost making a movie with Mark Wahlberg

The Dark Crystal at 40: inside Jim Henson's misunderstood, dark fantasy epic

By Matt Mills published 23 November 22

Critically misunderstood at the time and bombing at the box office, The Dark Crystal is now rightly praised as a classic

The Halo Effect: "the most talked-about melodeath band since the golden age of Gothenburg"

By Matt Mills published 15 November 22

Meet The Halo Effect, the supergroup made up of ex-In Flames members lighting a fire under melodeath

Shinedown's Brent Smith: My Life in 10 Songs

By Matt Mills last updated 11 November 22

Shinedown singer Brent Smith shares the stories behind his anthems, from leaving behind a troubled childhood to getting clean

Bram Stoker's Dracula at 30: a love letter to Francis Ford Coppola’s classy, bloody, horny masterpiece

By Matt Mills published 10 November 22

Bram Stoker's Dracula turns 30 this week. Despite being the last thing mainstream horror needed, it smashed expectations and remains a cult classic - and with good reason

An image from the promotional poster and artwork for The Excorcist

Every Exorcist film (and one TV series) ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills last updated 10 November 22

We had a devil of a time putting The Exorcist and its sequels into an order of ascending evil

The 20 greatest prog metal bands of all time

By Metal Hammer published 5 November 22

The results of the poll to find the greatest prog metal band ever are in and we have a winner

A section of the cover of the Strangeland DVD showing a girl with her lips sewn shut

How Dee Snider made horror’s most metal box office bomb

By Matt Mills published 4 November 22

Despite starring Freddy Krueger, being soundtracked by System Of A Down and written by Dee Snider, Strangeland sank to the bottom of bargain bins. Why?

An Abstract Illusion/Grief Ritual/State Of You/God Alone/Gozer

5 new bands you need to hear this month

By Matt Mills, Will Marshall, Alex Deller published 1 November 22

From Tory-bashing metalcore to experimental mathcore and Britain's answer to Every Time I Die - these are the five new metal bands you need to hear this month

Ranking every Hannibal Lecter film (and TV show) from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 31 October 22

From the Oscar-sweeping Silence Of The Lambs to the critically acclaimed TV show Hannibal, we rank every major outing for the world's favourite cannibal

“The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal was a marketing trick”: Chimaira’s Mark Hunter looks back on the NWOAHM’S glory days

By Matt Mills published 31 October 22

Rivalries, meltdowns and being charged at by bat-wielding members of Slipknot – Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter revisits the heady days of the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal

Mastodon: "Hushed And Grim is our proggiest album."

By Matt Mills published 28 October 22

Inspired by the tragic death of their beloved manager Nick John Mastodon created another prog metal classic in Hushed And Grim

Cage Fight, Gojira, Elulivete, Powerwolf

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

By Matt Mills published 28 October 22

A brand new Gojira song, a rager featuring the late Trevor Strnad and an unexpected Slipknot cover – these are the songs you need to hear right now. Plus! Vote for your favourite

Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson: "I’ve said from day one that we’re not actually a black metal band"

By Matt Mills published 28 October 22

Enslaved mastermind Ivar Bjørnson says the band's upcoming 16th album mixes thrash, black metal and space rock

The 50 greatest horror movies of all time

By Merlin Alderslade last updated 31 October 22

From gruesome slashers and iconic monsters to terrifying spirits and beyond, these are the 50 films that have defined horror over the last century

Every Alien film ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills last updated 25 October 22

From Ridley Scott's original masterpiece to the sequels, prequels and intergalactic face-offs that followed, we rank every single film in the Alien franchise

Riverside band shot from 2022 against a blue background

Riverside announce new album ID.Entity – stream first single I'm Done With You here!

By Matt Mills, Natasha Scharf published 21 October 22

Polish proggers Riverside release eighth album ID.Entity in January 2023 and it'll contain some of their most energised material in a decade

Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix and Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland

“Arrogant, misogynistic and full of testosterone”: 10 nu metal musicians hating on nu metal

By Matt Mills published 20 October 22

Nu metal haters gonna hate, especially when they’re in nu metal bands

Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia: "in the music world, if being sexy is the only thing that you have to offer, that’s kind of sad.”

By Matt Mills published 11 October 22

Cristina Scabbia faces your questions on 'female-fronted' metal (sigh), videogames and life in Lacuna Coil

Separate photographs of Arnold Schwarzenegger as The terminator, Pinhead from Hellraiser and actor Danny Trejo

The 10 greatest Hollywood cameos in metal videos

By Matt Mills published 7 October 22

Keanu Reeves and Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pinhead and Lemmy – this is what happens when metal and Hollywood collide

A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests: "One of the UK’s most compelling young solo acts."

By Matt Mills published 7 October 22

Not yet rated

Atmospheric post-rocker ups the grandeur and maintains the sorrow.

Every film in the Living Dead series ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 4 October 22

From George A. Romero's original zombie trilogy to the remakes and beyond, here are all eight Living Dead films ranked

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