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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

By Rich Hobson, Dave Everley, Kevin Stewart-Panko, Stephen Hill, Adam Rees, Eleanor Goodman Published
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

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

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

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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

By Hywel Davies, Malcolm Dome, Eleanor Goodman, Chris Chantler, Connie Gordon, Spencer Grady, Adam Rees, Jonathan Selzer Published
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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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
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