Latest articles by Matt Mills
This Black Sabbath song has “one of the best riffs of all time”, according to Employed To Serve’s Sammy Urwin
Employed To Serve’s co-founder says a classic cut from Master Of Reality contains one of the best guitar parts ever written
Lemmy’s hometown may get new music venue in memory of late Motörhead leader
Weeks after the city got a Lemmy statue, plans for Burslem to become the site of a music hall dedicated to Motörhead’s mainman have been revealed
Ozzy Osbourne to make public appearance at Comic Con days after retirement gig
Osbourne, along with members of his family, will be guests at the Birmingham edition of Comic Con Midlands, taking place from July 12 to 13
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Volbeat cover – and a t-shirt you won’t find anywhere else
Metal Hammer has teamed with Volbeat to bring you an exclusive package celebrating their new album God Of Angels Trust
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums
Prog idol Steven Wilson co-produced Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation albums – Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he didn’t return for Ghost Reveries
The essential slow Slayer songs
Despite their reputation as one of thrash metal’s fastest bands, Slayer haven’t been afraid to lift the pedal from the metal on occasion. Here’s when they did it best.
Download festival comments after artists speak out over “unsafe” toilets for trans people
Several musicians complained on social media after reports that the UK’s biggest rock/metal festival does not want trans people using the toilets of the gender they transitioned to
UK post-metal dynamos Svalbard to break up in 2026, announce farewell tour
Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, singer/guitarist Serena Cherry describes her band’s split as a creative decision and says they have one song left to release
The six bands that defined the final Portals festival
Julie Christmas, Brontide, Joliette and others helped Portals festival bow out with its most impressive lineup to date
Watch metalcore pioneers Converge play chaotic new song WWNTS live
The track is one of two new songs the Massachusetts band have added to their setlist since recording their next album
Family say taking their daughter to see Metallica saved them from deadly truck crash
The McKee family say that going to bed early to drive their daughter to a Metallica show the next day removed them from the path of a pickup truck that crashed into their living room
Ice Nine Kills issue sarcastic apology for using AI-generated promo picture
The horror-metalcore band came under fire for allegedly using AI to promote a merch sale over the weekend
Jim Root wants Slipknot’s new album to be made like the debut and Iowa
The guitarist also reveals that he has “six finished arrangements” for the nu metal icons’ eighth studio album
Incubus played two sold-out New York City shows days after 9/11
Brandon Boyd tells Metal Hammer about how selling out the Hammerstein Ballroom on September 15 and 16, 2001 brought “lightness in a dark period of time”
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 23 2025
Electric Callboy, Blackbraid, Malevolence and many others have devastated our eardrums with new tunes this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.
The five least metal Metallica songs
Not even having the word ‘metal’ in their name could stop the Four Horsemen from adventuring outside of their genre
Music agent Dave Shapiro and ex-Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams die in San Diego plane crash
Shapiro and Williams died in a crash that injured eight people on the ground and is presumed to have killed six overall
Ian Gillan is really, really glad Tony Iommi wants to remix Born Again, one of Black Sabbath’s most maligned albums
Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, who briefly fronted Black Sabbath in 1983, likens his album with the band to Spinal Tap
Metallica announce stacked UK and Europe tour with Gojira, Knocked Loose and more
The biggest band in metal will be supported by a mammoth lineup when they hit Europe in summer 2026
A Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is in the works
The Brummie stars have announced The Ballad Of Judas Priest – produced by Iron Maiden, Rush and ZZ Top collaborators Banger Films – but kept tight-lipped regarding a release date
Former Megadeth guitarist says Dave Mustaine damaged his career by calling him a “liar”
Chris Poland, who performed on Megadeth’s first two albums, likens being the subject of Mustaine’s ire to dragging around a “50-pound ball”
Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer
Sinsaenum – also featuring members of Kreator, Mayhem and others – will continue with Jordison’s old drum tech behind the kit
Wendy Dio remembers visiting Motörhead’s Lemmy “two hours before he died”
The widow of Ronnie James Dio reveals that she was one of the last people to see Lemmy before he passed away in 2015
