Amplifying Music through art Drawing and painting was my biggest hobby ever since. I was self taught passionate until 1997, when I’ve started lessons on photorealistic drawing led by Michal Suffczynski – one of the undisputed masters of pencil and watercolor techniques. Later on, in 2001 I’ve finished a one year training course on desktop…
Fight like a man You may have seen them, heard of them; maybe a friend may have told you about those two girls that look just too good to be playing heavy metal. If you still haven’t given them a chance, after they released two albums and toured the world non-stop for a good four…
“Curioser and curioser…” Formed in Watford, England in 1999, Sikth pioneered a technical, crazy yet melodic style of metal that melded prog, thrash, death metal and a host of eclectic influences. They were (and are) unique with two contrasting singers who somehow manage to complement one another with every line, scream and melody – and…
Icelandic bringers of darkness ZHRINE are now streaming their forthcoming album in full, which will hit stores worldwide on April 8th. ‘Unortheda’ is exclusively premiered by Noisey as official media partner worldwide at the link below and local versions. ZHRINE have previously revealed artwork and tracklist of ‘Unortheda’, which can be viewed below. The cover…
Founding member and chief songwriter Mike Alexander had been working alone until he enlisted Doug Anderson, drummer of Unfathomable Ruination and ex Bloodshot Dawn, however Doug was not brought in for his skill behind the kit, but rather his voice. “When I first heard the Imperium material I was really impressed, and the opportunity to…
For young filmmakers Leo Aragón and Abel Grilo Do Demo, bringing to life the upcoming documentary “Home Of The Wind: A History Of Moonsorrow” has been a true epic journey—as epic as the music of the band they’re focusing on: Finland’s Moonsorrow. They started working on the project more than a year ago, without knowing…
In the scale of everything, we are immensely insignificant I have been drawing as far as I can remember but in terms of formal training, I went to a major oriented high school (Fiorello H. LaGuardia) and continued taking art classes as an illustration major at the Savannah College of Art and Design, so I…
Suvilahti Helsinki will once again be taken over by metalheads, as the nineteenth annual Tuska Festival gets going. Tuska 2016 is will see performances by such acts as Ghost, Avantasia, Children Of Bodom, Anthrax and Testament, to name a few. Schedules have now been released. See who’s playing and when at http://www.tuska-festival.fi/en/schedule. This year Tuska…
Printmaking, Illustration & Design by Glyn Smyth Belfast-borne Glyn Smyth is an illustrator and printmaker. Lured by the Hardcore and Punk movements, a childhood love of art developed into a predilection for the entire anarchic scene. Playing in underground punk bands, a need for DIY promotional posters and tees birthed a career in commercial design.…
One step away to perfection I started back in 2005. I discovered Photoshop through a friend and I fell in love with digital art. Using online tutorials, I started as a self-taught artist who soon started to evolve and become more demanding with her own artworks. As a person who’s always aiming for perfection, I…
I like being inspired by reality Name: Max Winter, but I’m always credited as Dr.Winter (no space between “Dr.” and “Winter”. Teratogen is the name of my site. It’s not a company, just me. I’ve dreamed of making album covers since I was 10 or 11. I’m a Rock/Metal fan since 1989 and I always…
GRAVE DESECRATOR are unleashing the first crushing track taken from their forthcoming album ‘Dust to Lust’, which will hit stores worldwide on June 17th. “El” Necrogoat comments this track on behalf of the band: “There is an intrinsic aura to ‘Temple of Abominations’. This song can serve to bind the listener to our essence, cause…
Emotions hidden inside It all started in 1981 in Amsterdam when Ronny Moorings (mastermind, vocalist and guitarist) formed Clan of Xymox. After releasing their 3rd album “Twist of Shadows” which helped to establish them in the US market by selling 300,000 copies, they soon became a pioneer of darkwave/electro-goth music and enjoying headlining several international…
It’s all about the abstract and grunge also colorful rejoicing and inspiring I started when I was 15 years old, got some basic tools for drawing and painting, but that soon wasn‘t enough, so I annoyed my aunt, a designer herself, to give me some of the programs she used. So I came to get…
Introducing Amok Studio I’m a fully self-taught. I always loved drawing and painting since I was a child. I remember, other than papers, i used to draw on anything I had on hand, like school-bag, desks, walls etc. all the time. Growing up however, I lost a bit my interest in doing it, also due…
More from the Next Generation of Dark Royalty Let’s have a chat about New Years Day. They’re a band that was formed back in 2005, who’s first tracks appealed mostly to a younger audience, and with lyrics that played on a filmy, Halloween-y ‘darkness’. And look at them today… From a humble start on MySpace…
RAM it down RAM is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1999. They boast uncompromised, no-frills approach to their music. Throughout 2015 the continued a metal crusade destroying stages across Europe. At the wake of the devastation, RAM entered the studio to record their fourth album “Svbversvm”. The album “is another step upon the…
Dark and gritty I was born in the middle of nowhere, Alberta, in 1991. My passion for illustration first developed at the early age of 10. At that age, I was into fantasy imagery, and then went into rather morbid and demonic imagery later on. I was into art first, then music a little while…
Path of light Known as Arryan Path until March 2011 when the band changed the name to Arrayan Path. “Arrayán” (Luma apiculata) is a type of plant that grows in the American continents, so an Arrayan Path would be some sort of an alley. The band was formed by Nicholas Leptos and Clement Fung in…
The hidden and uncomfortable After my diploma at the Artistic High School, which wasn’t the best place for self-expression, but surely a good way to learn techniques, I improved by myself looking at great affirmed artists in fantasy and horror genres. My first artwork was for black metal one man band Mortis Mutilati (FR). Macabre…