Articles by Eleanor Goodman, Editor, Metal Hammer

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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

“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 last updated 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 last updated 4 April 22

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

A photograph of Pat Sharp throwing the horns

We played Pat Sharp from Fun House metal’s most fun songs and these are his thoughts

By Eleanor Goodman published 6 November 20

We got former Fun House star and 90s TV legend Pat Sharp to give us his thoughts on some of metal's most fun songs. You're welcome.

Puscifer: “We can get swallowed in the burning hellfire of social media or we can take a step back”

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 30 October 20

Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round reveal all about their new album, Existential Reckoning

Therapy, rebirth and the ghosts of the past: the inside story of Deftones’ Ohms

By Eleanor Goodman published 28 October 20

“We had to bring it back to life”: how Deftones rediscovered their sweet spot to make Ohms

Bloodywood: the Indian metal stars who broke the internet

By Eleanor Goodman published 26 October 20

Indian mavericks Bloodywood are the missing link between metal and Bollywood. And now they’re out to take over the world

First reaction: Linkin Park's Pictureboard, the song fans waited 20 years to hear

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 9 October 20

First reaction Linkin Park have finally released their long-lost song Pictureboard – after 20 years, was it worth the wait?

Blue is the new black: inside the otherworldly universe of A.A. Williams

By Eleanor Goodman published 5 October 20

AA Williams is the death-gospel singer-songwriter bewitching metal’s underground

How Oceans Of Slumber went to the edge and back to make the most vital prog metal record of 2020

By Eleanor Goodman published 2 October 20

Oceans Of Slumber are redefining what it means to be a prog metal band in 2020. But the future remains uncertain for them

The planet is f**ked and Avatar are seriously pissed about it

By Eleanor Goodman published 23 September 20

Think Avatar are just about loud costumes and OTT gimmicks? Wrong. And now it’s time to get serious

Oceans Of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber review

By Eleanor Goodman published 4 September 20

Not yet rated

Texan prog metallers rebuild themselves on album number four.

Lacuna Coil were the first metal band caught up in the pandemic. This is how they made it through

By Eleanor Goodman published 2 September 20

When COVID-19 forced Lacuna Coil to cancel shows in March, little did they know what was coming next. Singer Cristina Scabbia looks back on the most disorientating year of her life

Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström: 10 albums that changed my life

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 10 February 21

Avatar ringmaster Johannes Eckerström dives into his record collection and pulls out Marduk, Helloween and Beethoven

Deftones’ White Pony: the explosive story of a post-nu metal classic

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 10 February 21

Fuelled by drugs and internal friction, and bristling against nu metal, Deftones served up a 21st century masterpiece with their third album White Pony

Paul Gray: the life and death of Slipknot’s quiet genius

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 21 September 22

It’s been 10 years since we lost Slipknot bassist Paul Gray. From triumph to tragedy, here is his story

Bring Me The Horizon’s new single Parasite Eve is bizarre, baffling and brilliant

By Eleanor Goodman published 25 June 20

Robotic voices? Eight armed nurses? The return of riffs? We crack open BMTH’s new single Parasite Eve

Papa Roach’s Infest: Jacoby Shaddix looks back at a nu metal classic

By Eleanor Goodman last updated 10 February 21

Jacoby Shaddix’s track by track breakdown of Papa Roach’s breakthrough album Infest

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