Eleanor Goodman
Eleanor was promoted to the role of Editor at Metal Hammer magazine after over seven years with the company, having previously served as Deputy Editor and Features Editor. Prior to joining Metal Hammer, El spent three years as Production Editor at Kerrang! and four years as Production Editor and Deputy Editor at Bizarre. She has also written for the likes of Classic Rock, Prog, Rock Sound and Visit London amongst others, and was a regular presenter on the Metal Hammer Podcast.
Latest articles by Eleanor Goodman

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Nightwish are on the cover of Metal Hammer

By Eleanor Goodman Published
They might be masked and mysterious, but the subjects and themes of President's debut are deeply personal

By Metal Hammer Published
Read the full story behind the metalcore stars’ latest effort inside

By Metal Hammer Published
Celebrate the release of the metal masters’ album Marrow Deep in style

By Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade, Justin Breckner, Joe Daly, Eleanor Goodman, Perran Helyes, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Hannah May Kilroy, Matt Mills, Jonathan Selzer Published
From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Sweden’s hard rock devil church celebrate their fans and crew alike in this dazzling backstage look. Mild spoilers ahead…

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Celebrating their 20th anniversary with new album Decades, Motionless In White are on our new cover

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Metal’s ultimate party band grace the front of our brand-new issue

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Artist Andres Serrano looks back on his involvement with the controversial covers for Metallica’s Load and Reload albums

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Calling all Iron Maiden fans!

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Electric Callboy draw a huge crowd and make the most of it with a bangers-filled, dancefloor-baiting set

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Evanescence fans, you're gonna wanna get all over this one

By Eleanor Goodman Published
From hyperpop maverick to one of the most in-demand collaborators in metal Poppy's journey is full of twists and turns

By Jon Weiderhorn Published
They’ve sold millions of albums, won four Grammys and inspired legions of copycats, but this is where the legend of Tool kicked off

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Ville Valo looks back on 30 years of HIM, only in the new Metal Hammer

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Poppy returns to the cover of Metal Hammer and she's as delightfully enigmatic as ever

By Eleanor Goodman Published
Metallica’s Some Kind Of Monster remains the benchmark for heavy metal documentaries

By Eleanor Goodman Published
We asked Halestorm, Mastodon, Health, Clutch, Killswitch Engage, Ice-T and more to put their burning questions to Randy

By Eleanor Goodman Published
The New Heavy 2026 has arrived, and it's starring four of the most exciting young bands in metal today

By Eleanor Goodman Published
As the thrash legends release their final album, we find out why they’re calling it quits

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Buying guide Myself and the Louder team have put a number of concert-ready earplugs through their paces to see which are the best choices

By Matt Mills Published
The Hammer team name their greatest gigs of the year, from stadium extravaganzas to sweaty basement dust-ups

By Eleanor Goodman Published
From drug-fuelled parties to in-band fighting, the story behind this classic is a full of drama as it is great songs
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