Latest articles by Eleanor Goodman
The new issue of Metal Hammer is a massive 2022 celebration – with three free gifts!
The brand new issue of Metal Hammer is out now – and it comes with a Ghost badge set, a Stranger Things Hellfire Club patch and a 2023 calendar
We brought Evanescence’s Amy Lee and Korn’s Jonathan Davis together for the brand new issue of Metal Hammer
The new issue of Metal Hammer features icons Amy Lee and Jonathan Davis in conversation
Gloria Cavalera on tragedy, triumphs and a life in heavy metal management: "Sharon Osbourne has a bigger heart than anyone I've ever met"
From making Jason Newsted's first group her house band to bringing Sepultura to the world, Gloria Cavalera has done it all. And no, she doesn't care if people think she's "Sepultura's Yoko Ono"
Get your exclusive signed Lamb Of God lyric sheet with our new Metal Hammer bundle
The bundle features an exclusive cover variant and a lyric sheet hand-signed by Randy Blythe
Meet Major Parkinson: the Norwegian septet who are very big Cardiacs fans
Introducing Major Parkinson's experimental, atmospheric dark prog from Bergen
The 10 best things we saw at California’s Aftershock festival
From Slipknot’s epic headlining set to the unstoppable rise of Spiritbox, here the our highlights from this year’s Aftershock festival
Why Slipknot are the ultimate Download Festival headliners
What we thought about the eighteen-legged Iowans' triumphant return to the UK
Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind: Your ultimate track-by-track guide
Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is upon us – here's everything you need to know about it... one track at a time
Paul Gray: the life and death of Slipknot’s quiet genius
It’s been 10 years since we lost Slipknot bassist Paul Gray. From triumph to tragedy, here is his story
What happened when Babymetal went head-to-head with Metallica in Seoul
It finally happened. This century’s biggest metal phenomenon sharing a show with the biggest metal band of all time. Step this way to see how it played out when Metallica met Babymetal...
The first reaction to Metallica's new song Hardwired
Metallica have released the first new song from new album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, but is it any good?
This is what it feels like to miss out on the chance to join Metallica
Former Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder looks back on the time he unsuccessfully auditioned to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica
10 rock and metal tours that went to absolute sh*t
Onstage meltdowns, backstage fistfights, egg bombardments and empty venues – this is what happens when touring goes horribly wrong
“I think James is still fuming”: an interview with the artist who created Metallica’s Load and Reload album covers
Artist Andres Serrano looks back on his involvement with the controversial covers for Metallica’s Load and Reload albums
“There was conflict”: the inside story of Metallica’s Some Kind Of Monster documentary
The tears, the tantrums, the walkouts – the story of Some Kind Of Monster, by the people who made it
“Fred Durst is the most charming person I know”: how super-producer Ross Robinson defined an era
From pushing Korn and Slipknot to the edge to his turbulent relationship with the nu metal scene he helped create, this is producer Ross Robinson’s rollercoaster life story
The art of worrying: the inside story behind Leprous' Aphelion
Leprous frontman Einar Solberg reveals the stealth recording sessions behind Aphelion and how the positive changes he’s been making to his life are switching up the lyrics.
Papa Roach’s Infest: the story behind the first great nu metal album of the 2000s
How Papa Roach dragged nu metal into the 2000s with Infest
The story of Katatonia's City Burials
After a one year hiatus Swedish dark prog rockers Katatonia returned in 2020 with their eleventh album City Burials
How Queen Of The Damned reinvented vampire movies for the nu metal generation
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
Living with tinnitus: "We all love music – why would we want to lose that?"
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
The Crow: the tragic story behind the ultimate cult goth comic book movie
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
10 obscure but brilliant 2000s bands who should have been massive
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
