Latest articles by Matt Mills
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford is “gutted” to not be playing Black Sabbath’s final show: “I had no idea it was happening!”
Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.
"I had an idea for an album about people bottling Jesus's vomit."
Rivers Of Nihil might be modern prog metal masters, but that doesn't mean they sign from the same hymn sheet as everyone else
Watch this death metal band marry two of their fans onstage during a concert
Symphonic/death metal maximalists Fleshgod Apocalypse paused a show on their current North American tour to officiate a wedding
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil wants to put out final recordings featuring Chris Cornell
The band and the estate of late frontman Cornell have had legal disputes over the potential release of posthumous music
7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025
London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most
WWE wrestler Penta has a new entrance theme featuring Tool’s Adam Jones on guitar
The juggernaut pro-wrestling company has also collaborated with metal legends Machine Head, Slayer’s Kerry King and Living Colour in recent weeks
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar
Metallica’s lead guitarist offers an honest appraisal of his own playing during an interview with Metal Hammer
Einar Selvik on black metal, nature and the importance of having a message
"I said yes, but only if I could criticise the Constitution."
This acoustic guitar virtuoso has turned Sleep Token’s Euclid into the most gorgeous instrumental you’ll hear this weekend
UK guitar wizard Mike Dawes has released a studio version of his Euclid cover, after live recordings of it went viral last year
Hear Deftones frontman Chino Moreno’s remix of The Cure track Warsong
It’s taken from the transformative project Remixes Of A Lost World, out on June 13
Sepultura’s Iggor Cavalera: “We didn’t like how metal was made in Europe or in America”
Sepultura’s original drummer explains why the Brazilian metal scene was so enamoured with the Devil in the 1980s
Listen to metalcore heroes Loathe’s first new song in three years, Gifted Every Strength
The Liverpudlians have returned to their metal roots in teeth-gnashing fashion
Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and Soundgarden members have been added to Black Sabbath’s farewell show, Sharon Osbourne reveals
The legends will join Metallica, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses and other rock/metal stars at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5
Propagandhi are as confused about the state of things as everyone else on vital new album At Peace
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same
Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five solo songs at his final show this summer, support act Sammy Hagar reports
And one of them will be No More Tears
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs demoed for new solo album, will record it next year
The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again
The best new metal bands you need to hear in May 2025
Meet "denture-core" maniacs Melted Bodies, marine biology-inspired post-black metallers Dawn Of Ouroboros, Lady Gaga-inspired industrial metallers Tayne and melodic hardcore heroes Bloom
The five most metal Sleep Token songs
The detractors say, “Sleep Token aren’t metal” – these songs reply, “Yeah, right!”
Sharon Osbourne remembers first thoughts when she laid eyes on Ozzy: “What the f*ck?!”
Sharon Osbourne first saw her husband at a Black Sabbath show when she was 18 – and it was unlike anything she’d experienced before
Metallica are going to re-release their Load
The metal titans’ controversial sixth album is getting remastered and reissued via an expanded package, featuring demo versions and live recordings
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale says it’s an “honour” to be the only woman performing at Black Sabbath’s farewell show
The singer/guitarist believes that other leading women in rock and metal will “be there in spirit”
Take a sneak peek at Ghost’s phone-free world tour thanks to new music video Peacefield
The song is taken from the Swedish devil church’s new album Skeletá
Jerry Cantrell has an amazing solo song on the Sinners soundtrack and no one seems to be talking about it
Listen to the Alice In Chains guitarist/singer’s raspy and overlooked new track In Moonlight here
