Alexander Milas is an erstwhile archaeologist, broadcaster, Kerrang! music journalist and award-winning decade-long ex-editor-in-chief of the UK's Metal Hammer magazine. In 2017 he founded Twin V, a creative solutions and production company.

In 2019 he launched the World Metal Congress, a celebration of heavy metal's global impact and an exploration of the issues affecting its community. His other projects include Space Rocks, a festival space exploration in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle ride which has raised nearly a million pounds for four chldren’s charities which he co-founded with Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood.

He is Eddietor of the official Iron Maiden Fan Club, head of the Heavy Metal Cycling Club and works closely with Earth Percent, a climate action group. He has a cat named Angus.