
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

Men On Fire: We joined Bury Tomorrow on their biggest ever UK tour
By Eleanor Goodman published
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

Rammstein - Rammstein: Paris review
By Eleanor Goodman published
Jonas Åkerlund and German titans dial up the delirium

Five minutes alone with System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian
By Eleanor Goodman published
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
By Eleanor Goodman published
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?
By Eleanor Goodman published
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
By Eleanor Goodman published
Visual kei pioneers hit the road to Wembley

5 things we learned about the Rammstein: Paris movie
By Eleanor Goodman published
A quick look at Rammstein's latest concert movie from Paris

Josh Smith's track-by-track guide to the new Northlane album
By Eleanor Goodman published
Your essential in-depth guide to Northlane's fourth album Mesmer, by guitarist Josh Smith

We saw X Japan live three nights in a row and went mad
By Eleanor Goodman published
What happens when you see the biggest band in Japan over and over again

Your track-by-track guide to the We Are X official soundtrack
By Eleanor Goodman published
Breaking down the music of the sensational new X Japan documentary We Are X

What does Yoshiki think about the X Japan movie?
By Eleanor Goodman published
Speaking to X Japan's mainman Yoshiki about their upcoming movie We Are X

Five minutes alone with Orange Goblin's Ben Ward
By Eleanor Goodman published
When Metal Hammer’s publishing company collapsed, the stoner-rockers started a crowdfunding campaign to help its staff cope financially. We salute our heroes

Metal will never die – Hammer is back!
By Eleanor Goodman published
When Hammer’s life hung in the balance, the rock and metal community stepped up. From the bands in these pages to you guys reading this right now, we just want to say: Thank you

Fight the system: How Lzzy Hale is empowering metal's next generation
By Eleanor Goodman published
Lzzy Hale doesn’t just front one of the biggest rock’n’roll success stories of recent times – she’s giving a voice to a new generation of metal fans

Babymetal - Live At Wembley album review
By Eleanor Goodman published
Fox God emissaries revisit their UK triumph

10 Things We Learned From Maynard James Keenan's Biography
By Eleanor Goodman published
The elusive Tool frontman finally opens up in his new biography – here's what we learned

How Of Mice & Men's Austin Carlile overcame his most challenging year ever
By Eleanor Goodman published
Thanks to his inner strength and a personal epiphany, Austin Carlile has faced down another difficult year

Avatar's Johannes: "I wanted to stab the desecrated body of Jesus Christ"
By Eleanor Goodman published
Avatar have become metal’s resident freaks, with their circus outfits and cane-twirling antics. Is ringmaster Johannes Eckerstrom serious about his band, or is it all one big joke?

Revisiting The Poison, the album that made Bullet For My Valentine superstars
By Eleanor Goodman published
It was the album that launched the biggest British metal band of the 21st century. Bullet For My Valentine reflect on the album that (almost) sent them stratospheric.

X Japan live review – Tokyo, Makuhari Messe
By Eleanor Goodman published
Visual kei stars X Japan get a stunning live homecoming. Read our review here...

5 things we learned at the first Kiss Expo in Tokyo
By Eleanor Goodman published
The first official Kiss Expo launched in Tokyo, Japan, last week, and Metal Hammer was invited along to check it out.

Korn album review – The Serenity Of Suffering
By Eleanor Goodman published
Nu metal leaders Korn revel in their pioneering sound with new album, reviewed here...

Why Avatar covered a song from South Park
By Eleanor Goodman published
Talking to Avatar frontman Johannes Eckerström about the band's decision to cover a song popularised by South Park
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