Matt Mills

Shawn Crahan explains how Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window

By Matt Mills published 16 April 26

Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson pays tribute to his late former bandmate Joey Jordison

By Matt Mills published 15 April 26

Slipknot’s founding drummer departed the band in 2013, before dying in July 2021 aged 46

Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend

By Matt Mills published 14 April 26

The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career

Slipknot fan compares Look Outside Your Window album to Pink Floyd, claims Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia guests

By Matt Mills published 14 April 26

Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18

Ville Valo would love to reunite goth metal icons HIM

By Matt Mills published 14 April 26

Nearly 10 years after one of Finland’s biggest bands called it a day, their singer is hoping they can get back together

Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Soundgarden legend Chris Cornell

By Matt Mills published 1 April 26

How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

Babymetal announce a tour of the Americas with support from Halestorm and Violent Vira, plus an expanded edition of last year’s Metal Forth album featuring Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish

By Matt Mills published 31 March 26

A busy summer and autumn for the Fox God

Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

By Matt Mills published 31 March 26

Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast

By Matt Mills published 31 March 26

The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event

Metallica producer: “Nothing happened in the band unless Cliff Burton nodded ‘yes’”

By Matt Mills published 27 March 26

80s producer Flemming Rasmussen remembers Cliff Burton being the heavy metal titans’ unofficial musical leader

Black metal giants Dimmu Borgir are returning with their first album in eight years

By Matt Mills published 26 March 26

Grand Serpent Rising will come out on May 22 – listen to lead single Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel now

Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it”

By Matt Mills published 26 March 26

Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year

Slayer soundtrack a fist-fight featuring Bruce Campbell as Satan in the new episode of Invincible, and TV doesn’t get much cooler than that

By Matt Mills published 26 March 26

SPOILER ALERT: watch a snippet of the blood-soaked battle here

Watch guitarist turn hits by Blink-182, Creed and Chris Stapleton into black metal riffs

By Matt Mills published 25 March 26

Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin is giving a wide array of hit songs an icy makeover

Sepultura founders Max and Iggor Cavalera declined invitation to perform at band’s final show, claims guitarist

By Matt Mills published 25 March 26

Even though Kisser spoke with ex-drummer Iggor over the phone, an onstage reunion doesn’t seem to be on the cards

Why Avenged Sevenfold “fell in love” with Metallica’s ever-controversial St Anger

By Matt Mills published 25 March 26

They’re not quite there with Lulu, though

Parkway Drive distance themselves from former employee who pleaded guilty to underage sex offence

By Matt Mills published 24 March 26

Jed Gordon, brother of the Australian metal band’s drummer Ben Gordon, recently pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was in his early 20s

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood can no longer listen to Metallica’s Enter Sandman, and his infant son is to blame

By Matt Mills published 24 March 26

“It became the only song that he wanted to hear for a very long stretch of time”

Ex-Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz’s new band Blue Medusa release debut single Checkmate

By Matt Mills published 20 March 26

The death metal vocalist makes a fresh start and teases that the heavy new song is also one of the “lightest” things her new band have been working on

Dee Snider opens up about health issues that made him step away from Twisted Sister

By Matt Mills published 20 March 26

A planned reunion tour was scrapped after the singer walked away due to health concerns, though the band are now coming back with Sebastian Bach on vocals

Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl addresses infidelity and social media fallout in new interview

By Matt Mills published 20 March 26

The singer/multi-instrumentalist says he’s had 430 therapy sessions in the past 70 weeks and suggests that fathering a child with a woman outside of his marriage in 2024 is part of the reason why

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s memoir In My Darkest Hour, looking back on his cancer battle, to come out in September

By Matt Mills published 19 March 26

The book will detail the thrash singer/guitarist’s life after being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma at the back of his tongue in 2019