Metal thrashing geeks The thrash movement of the 1980’s was without a doubt one of the most glorious and significant periods in heavy metal history. The aggression, the speed, the politically, violent and gory themes, the anger and the power, changed the metal music world forever. Warbringer, the quintet from the LA area, bring all this…
Apex by Brittney Slayes Those that choose to listen to it make it real; the fans, the ones that dig deep into the albums they love and find the stories written there or make up their own. It doesn’t matter what you write about so long as it means something to you, and so long…
Fantasy and reality by Marco Heubaum Metal is as real or unreal as music just is. And it´s a big mixture of themes anyway; you find everything in metal. And a big part doesn’t have anything to do with fantasy topics. For example, I would name Pantera as one of many influences for Xandria (for…
March of the vegans Cattle Decapitation, the San Diego extreme metal- death metal giants have been realising brutal metal albums since they formed and started spreading their message of animal rights and compassion through their lyrics and images to raise awareness. Their music is a solid wall of brutality, aggression, rawness and extreme grindcore. Their…
Handful of Stars By Woody We all come from different backgrounds, for sure we all evolve from the seventies and sixties rock n roll but going more in-depth we all have different preferences about specific kind of genres. In my case I listen a lot to jazz music not always related to guitar playing, I…
Progressive rock, metal, atmosphere and skill are fused with almost pop music flavoured melodies in what becomes the perfect marriage of inspiration and history of the great progressive and rock bands from the seventies until today. Novelty and experimentation that also manage to grant the pleasure of familiarity. Such drive will see the birth, in…
Return of the Babies: Rock hellions Backyard Babies are best known for their seven studio albums, two Swedish Grammy Awards, numerous collaborations with legends like Michael Monroe, in addition to a classic reputation for hardcore partying and on-the-edge living. What’s it like returning to the stage after a five-year hiatus? What new materials have the seasoned…
Costa Rican band Nostoc was founded in 2010 by Freddy L. and Ariel J. They were looking to create groovy music that would be groundbreaking and unique. They soon found comrades in Leonard C. and David M. In 2011, Ariel departed from the group, but they found a new face in Emmanuel C. With this…
Agostino Arrivabene from Rivolta d’Adda, Italy. Graduated at the Accademia di Brera in 1991, he dedicates himself to the study of past masters such as Leonardo, Dürer and Van Eyck, maturing a surrealistic and visionary style. He participated in the exhibitions of the Sunnis Surrealism: from De Chirico to Foppiani (Piacenza, 2002) and Visionaries, primitive,…
Born in Poland and now residing in the United Kingdom, Kuziola began his career as a dentist before switching his focus to creating art. His style is distinct and surreal, with a stylized texture often resembling sculpted clay. His illustrations are filled with eerie elements like skeletons, twisting vines, medieval armour and fanciful characters. Specialize…
Christophe Vacher is a two-time Emmy Award Winner and two-time Annie Award Nominee who has provided artwork for the Animation industry and most major Hollywood Studios since 1989 as a painter, designer and Art Director. He worked on movies such as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, Shark Tale, Enchanted, “9”,…
“Tonight We Stand is a 5-piece melodic-metalcore act from Venice, Italy. Each member of the band comes from different musical influences, ranging from Avenged Sevenfold to Trivium. In this way the sound of their songs is really particular, creating a unique form of metalcore music. Their unique sound can be heard already in their debut…
Christopher Ulrich is one of the most devoted painters of our time. His surreal iconographic images have adorned museums and galleries worldwide. He recently was a guest artist at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), in the Guillermo del Toro exhibition “At Home with Monsters”. Christopher began to work on his major Demoneater…
Daniele Valeriani was born in Rome in 1974. He works as a graphic designer with various media, his tools are mostly digital but also charcoals, inks and oils. His interests have always been focused on the wonders of nature, science fiction, astronomy and occultism. Valeriani’s art can be described as surreal, dreamlike, hellish, futuristic. H.R.…
Most Metal fans, know Russian painter, Denis Forkas, as the creator of mind-blowing visions for the album covers of bands like Locrian, Horseback, and more recently, the mighty Behemoth. His works are full of cryptic imagery, traditional art overtones and symbolical significance. They challenge viewers to look further and discover a place where poetry, fantasy…
Erik Heyninck was born in Antwerp in 1952. He began his artistic life as a guitarist in his own band for which he was also the main composer and lyrics writer. When this road came to an end, he went to work in Catalunya, Spain and, inspired by the rocky shore, it was there that…
The work as a painter by Fernando Vicente is characterized by the constant presence of the human figure combined with other elements that the author has been collecting throughout his life. Thus, of the four main series that group their pictorial work, Anatomies is painted on maps, Atlas on mechanical workshop sheets, and Vánitas and…
The Italian studio-band is formed with the initial intention to create Black Metal songs, tending to be Raw and Atmospheric but with a latent tendency to melancholy and to the melody. In 2010, the 1st album ‘The Darkest Dream’ is released. With the flowing of the time, is decided to slightly customize the sound, engaging…
Decennium by Camden Cruz We are not super political in our lyrics, but there are times where we speak generally how we feel against what people would call ‘the man’, haha. As for religion, we don’t really hit that at all either. We are mostly trying to write music that is memorable, melodic an catchy.…
“I have been creating art for the publishing and entertainment markets for the past 16 years, and have had the pleasure of working on some of the best and biggest games in the world over that time. My work has also been included in some of the most notable books of collected fantasy and digital…