Rivers of Nihil’s debut album, “The Conscious Seed of Light,” will be released on October 14th in the UK. The album was recorded in March of 2013 at Mana Recording Studios in Florida with famed metal producer/musician Erik Rutan. While The Conscious Seed of Light is not necessarily a concept album traditionally speaking, Rivers of…
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These days, Gothenburg Metal veterans Dark Tranquility are busy promoting their brand new opus “Construct”. But, in 2009 while playing on a German Festival, they decided to take a detour to have a promotional photo shoot at one of the most non-Metal places : a sunflower field. “We were kind of skeptical at first, hung-over…
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It was the end of 1993. A young British band called Cradle Of Filth was giving the finishing touches to their official debut full length, “The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh”. Little they knew but the album was destined to become a landmark. Their crossover of Black/Death Metal and Gothic sensibilities, took the underground by…
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By Andy Starz Lots of people probably expect this list to include books like the KISS biography by David Leaf or Mötley Crüe’s infamously funny “The Dirt”. It is very likely that I’ll do a list about the most entertaining band biographies at some point but this is not it. No, this list does not…
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By 1984, Metallica was already on its way to the top. Sure, they were still a penniless band, short on resources but with an immense sense of drive and determination. Their debut album “Kill ‘Em All” had taken the then-nascent underground Thrash Metal scene by storm and people had begun to take notice. That included…
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By Lukas Lancko Originally published in CGArena Magazine #8, 2013, http://www.cgarena.com artwork used for cover of CAMP CHAOS “The World Is Bleeding” http://www.isisdesignstudio.com INTRODUCTION Hello guys, my name is Lukas and today I’m going to share with you insight of one of my latest artwork “The World Is Bleeding” and share with you some techniques…
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By Lukas Lancko Originally published in DigitalDesign Magazine #1, 2012 – http://www.digitaldesignmag.com Artwork used for cover of BETWEEN THE PLANETS “Immersion Into The Unknown” Biography I was born in 1984 in Slovakia, Europe. It was 4 years ago I fell in passion with digital art and computer graphics. After finishing my university studies I started…
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“One One One” will be available as a digipack containing a 20 page booklet filled with lyrics and artwork designed by famous designer duo Trine+Kim (Enslaved, Solefald, Mayhem, Drakthrone). Shining front man and saxophone superman, Jørgen Munkeby, comments on the process and thoughts behind the cover art: “We wanted to continue the visual aesthetics we…
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by Pete Alander (Bandmill/HeavyMusicArtwork.com) As times goes by all bands in any music genre must face the facts of changing music industry and re-invent or at least update their concept of producing albums. There must be millions of things you need to discover again as an artist but one of the key points is how…
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