Latest articles by Eleanor Goodman
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
Spiritbox are metal's most hyped young band - and they're just getting started
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wardruna may have soundtracked the TV show Vikings, but their music goes deeper than battleaxes and longships
“We tore them apart with chainsaws”: how Tool changed metal forever
Twisted, provocative and downright weird - this is how Tool began the journey that would turn them into the modern metal’s most influential band
If you’ve ever danced to Disturbed’s The Sickness as a teenager, you’ll know how brilliant it is
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
