Matt Mills
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Heavy metal is about uplifting the downtrodden. So why is alleged abuse by Marilyn Manson so easily forgotten? (opens the original)
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Slipknot sharing their stage with a man accused of wrongdoing by more than a dozen women is the antithesis of everything the genre should stand for, even if he denies it I have so many fond memories of my first heavy metal festival. It was Download 2012, and I was 15 years old. Metallica headlined, playing their landmark Black album in full for its 30th anniversary, and it was my first exposure to one of my future favourite bands, Trivium. But just as important as the music I heard that day was
âI want to go furtherâ: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers â and his new band (opens the original)
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A hernia may mean his screaming days are over, but the Napalm Death alumâs influence on metal echoes on in unexpected places â and with âheavy, uglyâ experiments in the pipeline, his passion for âoutsider musicâ remains strong On 4 October 2024, Justin Broadrick felt a pop. The singer and guitarist of pioneering industrial metal duo Godflesh had felt pain in his groin for several years. After a coughing fit following a show in Sofia, Bulgaria, he knew he had a hernia. âIt was a sma
âHe liked to get peopleâs blood boilingâ: metal masters Mastodon on the loss of bandmate Brent Hinds â and his shocking words before his death (opens the original)
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The Grammy-winning band had an acrimonious rift with Hinds â then he died in a motorbike crash. They explain how theyâre paying tribute on their new album, and why their love for each other never ended Mastodon are near the end of a tour where theyâre playing 22 shows in 14 different European countries during a record-breaking heatwave, when they video-call me outside a Bordeaux venue. Bassist and co-lead singer Troy Sanders says the experience has been â31 days of musical blissâ. Heâ
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