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…
Jeff was born in Seattle, Washington and currently based out of Salt Lake City, Utah where he produces some beautifully disturbing paintings. Christensen’s work depicts subjects on what seems to be on strange journeys that are straight from another dimension, another world, another dream-like state. A self-taught artist with a passion for oil painting. “I…
Young Mexican painter, Jose Luis Lopez Galván is set to become one of the greatest artists of his generation. His body of work (focused on surreal depictions of human/animal hybrids and other unusual scenarios) keep growing day by day and impressing worldwide audiences – especially through the web. Recently, one of his paintings became the…
Marcin Owczarek, born in October 1985. Lives and works in Belgium. At the age of twenty, he began studying photography at The College of Photography in Wroclaw, graduating with an honourable mention for his cycle Brave New World, which presented an idiosyncratic version of a future world. Owczarek is fascinated with the influence of new…
Samuel Araya is an artist living in the poisoned heart of South America, his work has appeared in a variety of media, from video games, t-shirts, posters, records, to cards and books, including four editions of the prestigious “Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art” annual. Currently also dedicates time to his career as a…
FEANOR was formed in early July 1996, debuting live at the Marquee on November 26, 1998. After numerous concerts in Argentina, the band entered to the studio for the recording of which was his first demo tape “En Alas De Tempestad” including 5 songs which received very good reviews both at a national level and…
Persistence of memory by Phil Stiles It’s difficult to describe our music, I tend to write according to what I feel rather than to any particular genre, so defining the album in a single sentence is pretty much impossible. It’s been interesting, actually, to see the reviews where we’ve been called everything from post-metal and…
Ivica Stevanović was born In 1977 in Niš, Serbia. He grew up on comic books and old horror movies. Ivica is an accomplished illustrator, comic artist and designer. He is a versatile craftsman who utilizes different techniques: from pen and ink, through watercolour to digital painting and collage. His artwork is characterized by moderate expression…