Snakes #7

Please note this is a pre-order, the release date of this book is on the 23/01/2026

Snakes returns with Issue 7, a fully redesigned volume that delves deeper than ever into the art, culture and extremity of heavy music. This new instalment features over 30 exclusive interviews with metal legends, underground cult icons and some of the genre’s most gruesome and uncompromising bands. Inside, readers will find in-depth conversations with artists such as Sabaton, Equilibrium, Helloween, Testament, Igorrr, Revocation, Nine Treasures, Blood Red Throne, Beyond The Black, and many more — each offering rare insight into their creative worlds, visual identity and artistic philosophy.

Expanding on the legacy of previous issues, Snakes #7 blends sharp editorial work with bold artwork, experimental design and a curated exploration of heavy-music aesthetics. From traditional metal through to avant-garde, folk, symphonic and brutally underground acts, this issue maps the breadth of today’s metal landscape while celebrating the designers, illustrators and visual thinkers shaping its imagery.

Printed in a limited edition, Snakes #7 comes in A4 format with a newly overhauled layout and a striking new cover design created exclusively for this issue. With approximately 146 pages of interviews, features, photography and art, it stands as both a collectable object and an essential document of contemporary metal culture.

SNAKES v7.: Sabaton, Ambush, Beyond The Black, Blood Red Throne, Bloodbound, Dead Heat, Equilibrium, Feral State, Helloween, Igorrr, Ingested, Nine Treasures, Revocation, Rún, Serpico, Smote, Testament, Zu + more tbc.

Aesthetics of Sickness: Archaic Thorn, Cytolysis, Darklon, Devastrosity, Fessus, Foul Body Autopsy, Heteropsy, House by the Cemetary, Lust of Decay, Piece, Putrevore, Sepulchral, TombWorm.

Artists: GodLikeIkons, Damian Scaglia, Miłosz Kawaler, Nigrum Cornu, Peter Diamond, Yury Skorohod.

Collections: Masterpieces, Monochromes, Aesthetics of Sickness

Print edition limited to 500 units
Available only via HMA stores
A4 size 210 x 297 mm
146 pages

Cover art: Sabaton, Legends (Better Noise Music, 2025) by Péter Sallai

Release date 27/01/2026