Latest articles by Eleanor Goodman
The 10 best X Japan songs, as chosen by Yoshiki
X Japan's enigmatic leader Yoshiki picks his ten favourite songs from his band's five albums
Why Silence fest is back and bigger than ever
New to Silence Festival? This is what it's all about.
Trivium's track-by-track guide to The Sin And The Sentence
Matt Heafy and Paolo Gregoletto break down the new Trivium album The Sin And The Sentence track by track
Fighting talk: How Trivium got their voice back
After injuring his voice, Matt Heafy thought he’d lost his scream for good. We look back on how they got ready to roar again
Devin Townsend in Bulgaria: The gathering of the nerds
Not yet ratedHammer travelled to Plovdiv in Bulgaria to see the mighty Devin Townsend do what he does best
Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down album review
The God Of F*ck aka Marilyn Manson brings back some old memories on Heaven Upside Down
The first reaction to Marilyn Manson's new song We Know Where You Fucking Live
Marilyn Manson has released his first new music since 2015, but is it any good?
Arcane Roots: "Our music is going to keep evolving"
Ten years into their career, Arcane Roots are preparing to release their proggiest album to date, inspired by frontman Andrew Groves’ eclectic listening habits. Prog finds out more...
Can metal rule the world again?
We asked one of Ghost’s spooktacular Nameless Ghouls to share his thoughts on world domination
From Dethklok to Galaktikon: The 10 best songs from Brendon Small
The man behind Metalocalypse picks the ten best songs throughout his very metal career
How do Ghost feel about headlining Bloodstock 2017?
In conversation with a Nameless Ghoul about Ghost's upcoming headlining appearance at Bloodstock
Chester Bennington: The Voice Of A Generation
Hammer remembers the life of Linkin Park's frontman Chester Bennington
On the frontlines: White Zombie's Sean Yseult remembers the 90s
White Zombie bassist Sean Yseult looks back on metal's craziest decade
John Baizley: Losing Pete Adams, finding Gina Gleason, and Baroness' new album
Baroness frontman John Baizley opens up about the departure of Pete Adams, recruiting Gina Gleason and the band's future
Underside: "Humans are f*cking up this planet"
Talking to Underside about life in Nepal and their new song Right To Hate
Worlds Apart: What happened when Tesseract went to South Africa
We spent a week on the road with Tesseract as the UK’s finest took tech metal to South Africa. What we found was a nation with a scene ready to explode
Men On Fire: We joined Bury Tomorrow on their biggest ever UK tour
Their biggest-ever UK tour. Their most critically acclaimed album ever. We jumped on the bus with Bury Tomorrow for a whirlwind 12 hours with Britain’s most stoked metal band
Five minutes alone with System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian
With the metal legends making a massive comeback, bassist Shavo Odadjian tells us what to expect from Download and beyond
How Northlane stared sorrow in the face to make their boldest album yet
With new album Mesmer, Northlane have had to navigate death, drugs and addiction to produce their boldest work yet. We find out how they managed to make it through the dark times
Rammstein: Have metal's mad scientists gone serious?
Their insane new live film suggests Rammstein are as nuts as ever – but beneath the chaos there’s a new attitude brewing...
X Japan at London's Wembley Arena - live review
Visual kei pioneers hit the road to Wembley
5 things we learned about the Rammstein: Paris movie
A quick look at Rammstein's latest concert movie from Paris
