Alec Chillingworth

Alec Chillingworth

Writer

Alec is a longtime contributor with first-class BA Honours in English with Creative Writing, and has worked for Metal Hammer since 2014. Over the years, he's written for Noisey, Stereoboard, uDiscoverMusic, and the good ship Hammer, interviewing major bands like Slipknot, Rammstein, and Tenacious D (plus some black metal bands your cool uncle might know). He's read Ulysses thrice, and it got worse each time.

Articles by: Alec Chillingworth

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Marilyn Manson’s Acting Roles Ranked From Worst To Best

By Alec Chillingworth published

Marilyn Manson pops up in the most unexpected places on your TV – but some of his thespian jobs have been better than others…

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The 10 Best Industrial Metal Albums

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The essential industrial metal albums you need in your life

The 10 worst Rammstein songs

By Alec Chillingworth published

The most entertaining industrial metal band on the planet? Sure. But mein gott, Rammstein recorded some turkeys

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10 Deep Cuts from The Darkness

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Sponsored 10 magnificent chunks of prime rock mined from deep within The Darkness

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10 genius Nine Inch Nails songs that only diehards know about

By Alec Chillingworth published

Trent Reznor has buried some classics on Nine Inch Nails b-sides

Devin Townsend: My Top Five Guitarists

By Alec Chillingworth published

Devin Townsend reveals the five guitarists who've most shaped his sound

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Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Immortal's Demonaz and Horgh get back on the frostbitten track with Northern Chaos Gods

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LLNN – Deads album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

LLNN take you on a harrowing journey into the darkest recesses of post-metal

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Andrew W.K. - You’re Not Alone album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Hard partying rock icon takes a delirium-inducing detour

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Black Space Riders - Amoretum Vol. 1 album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

German space rockers branch out from their base station

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Cradle Of Filth and Savage Messiah at Electric Ballroom, London - live review

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Gothic metal mavens still own their orgy

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Big Dumb Face - Where Is Duke Lion? He’s Dead… album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Wes Borland’s crew wage a new war on your senses

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Dragonforce & Power Quest at Electric Ballroom, London - live review

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Epic metal lunatics prove their staying power

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Spreading The Disease - Insurrection album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Brutality-edged melodic metallers miss a few too many punches

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Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Political metalcore stalwarts offer fast food for thought

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GWAR - The Blood Of Gods album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Shock rock grotesques usher in the post-Oderus era

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Septicflesh - Codex Omega album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Greece’s epic death metallers power up the pomp

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Swans at The Roundhouse, London - live review

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Subterranean live

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Napalm Death/Brujeria/ Power Trip/ Lock Up at Electric Ballroom - live review

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Grind legends find new fuel for the furnace

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Slaughter To Prevail - Misery Sermon album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Cranium-crushing deathcore from UK/Russian alliance

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Earth Groans - Renovate album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Small Mercies - new Blood

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Endon - Through The Mirror album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Japan’s noise sculptors wring the trophy out of catastrophe

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Timeworn - Venomous High album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Resilient if familiar riff-worship with an air of gothic gloom

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The Family - Welcome To The Family album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Small Mercies - New Blood

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From Eden To Exile - Modern Disdain album review

By Alec Chillingworth published

Midlands groove metallers find more positivity than personality