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.

Articles by: Eleanor Goodman

Papa Roach’s Infest: the story behind the first great nu metal album of the 2000s

By Eleanor Goodman published 25 April 22

How Papa Roach dragged nu metal into the 2000s with Infest

The story of Katatonia's City Burials

By Eleanor Goodman published 24 April 22

After a one year hiatus Swedish dark prog rockers Katatonia returned in 2020 with their eleventh album City Burials

Metallica’s Load and Reload album sleeves

“I think James is still fuming”: an interview with the artist who created Metallica’s Load and Reload album covers

By Eleanor Goodman published 23 April 22

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

How Queen Of The Damned reinvented vampire movies for the nu metal generation

By Eleanor Goodman published 21 April 22

Korn’s Jonathan Davis, R&B star Aaliyah and a classic Anne Rice novel - Queen Of The Damned was the perfect vampire movie for the early 00s

Brandon Lee was tragically killed on set while filming The Crow

The Crow: the tragic story behind the ultimate cult goth comic book movie

By Eleanor Goodman published 4 April 22

The Crow is one of the great comic book movie adaptations of the 90s. But it was overshadowed by the death of its star Brandon Lee

“There was conflict”: the inside story of Metallica’s Some Kind Of Monster documentary

By Eleanor Goodman published 28 March 22

The tears, the tantrums, the walkouts – the story of Some Kind Of Monster, by the people who made it

10 obscure but brilliant 2000s bands who should have been massive

By Rich Hobson, Dave Everley, Kevin Stewart-Panko, Stephen Hill, Adam Rees, Eleanor Goodman published 15 March 22

For every Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage, there were hundreds of 2000s bands the world has forgotten. Here are 10 who should have been massive

Spiritbox are metal's most hyped young band - and they're just getting started

By Eleanor Goodman published 17 February 22

Inside the unstoppable rise of Spiritbox and what 2022 may hold for metal's hottest new band post-Eternal Blue

How Mastodon's Hushed & Grim channelled tragedy into beauty and catharsis

By Eleanor Goodman published 19 November 21

When Mastodon’s beloved manager died in 2018, they poured their grief into creating the beautiful and expansive epic Hushed & Grim

Nightwish's Floor Jansen quashes After Forever reunion: "It’s good to leave things in the past"

By Eleanor Goodman published 17 November 21

Nightwish's Floor Jansen looks back on a youth spent indulging in cigarettes and symphonic metal with After Forever and collaborating with Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel

The 25 best symphonic metal albums

By Hywel Davies, Malcolm Dome, Eleanor Goodman, Chris Chantler, Connie Gordon, Spencer Grady, Adam Rees, Jonathan Selzer published 17 November 21

From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side

Health: The Trent Reznor-approved industrial band angering hipsters

By Eleanor Goodman published 22 September 21

How Health went from LA's vibrant noise scene to collaborations with some of the most experimental names in metal

Gojira: six things you need to know

By Eleanor Goodman published 29 July 21

French metallers Gojira on their spooky house, the influence of Mike Oldfield, and inspiring people to change the world

Download Pilot as it happened: Music, moshing and a whole lotta rain

By Stephen Hill, Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Rich Hobson, Matt Mills, Elizabeth Scarlett published 20 June 21

Updated! Here’s what happened as it happened at Download Pilot Festival – the return of bands, fans and some classic Download weather

“We like to melt faces”: how Gojira became the most important metal band of the decade

By Eleanor Goodman published 2 June 21

With Fortitude, Gojira have delivered the year’s boldest metal album. Joe and Mario Duplantier look back on the 20-year journey that brought them here

“Extra-terrestrials are kind of a new religion”: a strange conversation with Maynard James Keenan

By Eleanor Goodman published 26 April 21

Aliens, muppets and ‘manstruation’: inside the head of Puscifer’s enigma-in-chief Maynard James Keenan

Runes, ravens and sorcery: how pagan-folk mystics Wardruna are bringing the old ways back

By Eleanor Goodman published 30 March 21

Wardruna may have soundtracked the TV show Vikings, but their music goes deeper than battleaxes and longships

If you’ve ever danced to Disturbed’s The Sickness as a teenager, you’ll know how brilliant it is

By Eleanor Goodman published 7 March 21

Disturbed are the ultimate people’s band – and The Sickness is the multi-platinum nu-metal album that deserves way more love than it gets

Leprous perform Malina and Pitfalls live

By Eleanor Goodman published 24 February 21

Our review of Norwegian proggers Leprous' latest live streams for Malina and Pitfalls

Alien Weaponry: the New Zealand metal heroes bringing Māori culture to the masses

By Eleanor Goodman published 18 February 21

Jacinda Ardern-approved Kiwi trio Alien Weaponry are heading up a wave of new global metal. And things are only going to get heavier…

Living with tinnitus: "We all love music – why would we want to lose that?"

By Eleanor Goodman published 4 February 21

Metal Hammer Editor Eleanor Goodman has been living with tinnitus since she was 16. Here, Eleanor reveals what it’s like to live with the condition and what she does to protect her hearing

Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan: “What are you gonna do? Lay around and whimper?”

By Eleanor Goodman published 21 January 21

The world is crazier than ever right now – and Puscifer have the perfect soundtrack

Killer Be Killed’s Max Cavalera: “The Pope should listen to our new album”

By Eleanor Goodman published 18 December 20

We got metal all-stars Killer Be Killed to do our job for us and interview each other. Cue tales of bus crashes, bar brawls and bacon binges

How trap metal anti-icon Ghostemane became the new king of the misfits

By Eleanor Goodman published 8 December 20

He grew up on Korn and Nine Inch Nails, and has worked with Ross Robinson. Now Ghostemane wants to drag metal into the 2020s

Mastodon: “Fans think all we do is sit around and listen to heavy metal. We just don’t”

By Eleanor Goodman published 18 November 20

Mastodon’s Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher talk us through Medium Rarities and 20 years of prog-metal madness

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