Steve Seely Metal Animals

Steve Seeley is an illustrator who has recently done these cool animals melded with iconic metal bands: Slayer, COC, Danzig & Motorhead....

Available on Doublepunch

Bazzier Studio

I'm feeling the metal tee designs from the young designer/illustrator hailing from Indonesia, Bazzier Studio...He's only 24 and has already designed merch and clothing for many bands like As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada & Asking Alexandria, and has his own apparel line, Troll Clothing.

Some Swedish Metal Vibez

Soulfly – Omen

2010 album from vocalist Max Cavalera and Co. Cavalera fuels Omen with the same blood, fire and spirit that made him a genre icon with Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy. Omen is a sign of Soulfly becoming an even fiercer, fierier and more furious metallic monster, seven albums into their storied career. Soulfly traditions remain upheld over the course of the album’s 11 tracks.

GodMachine Dark Mystical Metal Art

‘Godmachine Lives in South Wales, Uk with his wife, two cats and his beard. Inspired in his youth by skatebording and comics and being self taught, Godmachine has managed to carve a space for himself and make a huge impact on the merch world...and soon everywhere else..’ he has worked with so many great bands and festivals on their artwork and has really carved a decent living out of dark art. I love what he's doing and am definitely planning on getting on of his prints!






See ALOT more of his psycho-cool artwork HERE.

Aqua Team Hunger Force Cut You Up

If Mastodon were bits of food, then they'd look like this.....
Spied on the Burning Candy blog!

Lyrics & Type Show Prints

I had a chance to meet and greet curator, Timba Smits (WoodenToy Magazine) last week and find out what's popping in Melbourne. While he made me a great list of things to do, I had a chance to examine the prints that he had on offer and I have to say that for the price of 49squid, you can land yourself a very pretty print indeed....(naturally, the two shown below really floated my boat)

DREW MILLWARD - UK www.drewmillward.com

MR GAUKY - UK www.mrgauky.com

NICOLAS TUAL - FRA www.dekoreone.com


Buy prints from HERE.

Paul Booth Dark & Evil Tattoos

Paul Booth is now, thanks to Jerome Tcherneyan's info, one of my fave dark tattoo artists of the 21st Century. Just look at his evil evil portraits of monsters, freaks, horror & beauty!



After devoting nearly twenty years of his life to the art of tattoo, where he is revered for his efforts to elevate the medium into the realm of fine art, Paul Booth has become a household name. His unparalleled dedication to the evolution of his craft has garnered him numerous awards around the globe, top tier magazine features (among them, many cover stories), public and television appearances including CNN, MSNBC, DISCOVERY, A&E, TLC, MTV and more.

Through his deep involvement in organizations such as The National Arts Club – one of the oldest and most respected art institutions in the Nation – Booth is continually driven to help push the tattoo industry forward in as many ways as possible. In 2000, he created an international art movement called “The ArtFusion Experiment” with Filip and Titine Leu, world-renowned tattooists from Switzerland.

Booth’s masterful paintings and macabre tattoo art is notable for its aggressive nature, and, as such, has been in high demand among dark art and tattoo enthusiasts for decades, including numerous major bands in the metal scene such as Slayer, Slipknot, Pantera, Down, Lamb of god and many more.

Booth has recently stepped into the arena of film. His directorial debut, the award–winning feature documentary The ArtFusion Experiment, continues to extend the reach and success of the movement he created. As a director and lifelong horror fan, he finds film to be an exciting and fresh form of expression.





See more of Paul's insane work HERE.

Black Metal Illustrations By French

French, aka Richard Sayer, has been building up a really good reputation on the skate and black metal scenes for a few years now and currently has some work at Chapter One Gallery...




Get yourself down to Soho, to the Chapter One Gallery to catch the remnants of his show...'Isolated Magick' [Basement gallery] 3rd December 2009 - 10th January 2010
Chapter One, 33 Marshall St, London W1F 7ET
Visit French's site HERE.

The Death Metal of Whitechapel

East London borough meets Deathcore band from USA. I need one of these tees to fully represent!

Chinese Heavy Metal

China's youth are really starting to rebel hard against the system with bands like VoodooKungFu leading the way. Their blend of Chinese traditional musical instruments, heavy guitar riffs and screaming in Mandarin creates a very progressive sound and pushes the envelope of 'Metal' even further. It's so interesting to see how a generation gap between parents and kids can be so far removed from each other. Anyone who is 40 yrs old and above would have been brought up with a mix of Communist and Confucian education, whereas the kids now have the internet as a tool of education.






Go HERE to see an excerpt from the recently released documentary, Global Metal. This clip focuses on China and how its Metal roots were sowed. A very interesting 14 min.
Thanks to the beautiful Veggie Heart for all the info and metal inspiration!

Black Metal Audition

There should be more metal-heads joining those Talent Shows.....

[VIA]

Until The Light Takes Us

Following on from the last post, Until The Light Takes Us is a new documentary featuring key founders of the Black Metal genre. Set to be released later on this year, fans of this music will not want to miss it. Featuring interviews with Varg Vikernes of the one man band Burzum, Gylve Nagell, Kejetil Haraldstad and film maker Harmony Korine, this feature presents interviews about the murders, arson, through a candid account of a sub-culture immersed in fact/fiction, myth and mystery that spiraled out of control. For the general release date and theatre showings near you, keep an eye on the official website for updates.

Harmony Korine Fanzine Re-Release

From the script writer of the cult classic 'Kids' and 'Gummo', comes a re-released version of the fanzines he and Mark Gonzales put together some years ago. Having been a fan of Korine since the release of Kids, I'm glad to see he's still producing (even if it is re-released old work). It is avaliable to pre-order through Drag City.

When I first saw Kids back in the 90's, it was like watching art imitating life (minus the gang violence and sex, I was never a massive hit with the ladies), I was blown away with what I saw. It was the raddest thing ever because there was nothing else like it at the time. The closest you could get to this kind of youth culture in Britain was to either live at southbank in London with the locals or read imported skate zines from the states. Nowerdays you've got it on tap via the internet/magazines/shops, there is no 'sub' to the culture any more and everyone has an understanding of it. However, due to the authenticity of Korine's script writing and creative approach, you can watch that film some 10 years on and still feel genuinely imersed by it's authenticity.



Although Korine's work is now widely avaliable and is well documented through trendy magazines and hipster companies, his films have not diluted in form or content as a result. They have retained a consistency and progression. His second and third features 'Gummo' and 'Julien Donkey Boy' show just this and have been praised by Gus Van-Saint and Werner Herzog.





Although I thought much less of his latest feature 'Mister Lonely', there is a definate progression and development from the previous that suggests that Korine has not lingered on the success of his previous work.



To judge for yourself, rent the films, or to get some more info on Korine you can visit some fan sites here and here.

Broke Ass Sunday

Gorgoroth "Unchain My Heart"

Sundays have always had a little dread looming in the background for me, as it is merely hours before Monday and you have to start the work for another shitty week (unless you've got a job you enjoy and in which case I hate you). Even if you're not employed it's merely hours before all your employed friends go to work leaving you feeling lazy and pitiful for yourself for not having a job.

Bethlehem 'Tagebuch Einer Totgeburt'

This post has been designed both to represent the dread of the remaining hours of Sunday and the looming horror that awaits you on Monday (having stayed up too late drinking or looking at crap on the internet), and also the joy of being able to play anti-social music really loud (something that is usually frowned upon in the office) and celebrating the few hours left of freedom.

So, if you're a fan of this genre and like me you feel the dread of Monday looming ahead, then crank up yer speakers, let them R&B fassies next door know what time it is, and indulge in some of the raddest in black and doom.

Graves at sea (Documentary pt.1)

Sleep 'Dragonaut'

If you like these bands, check out also:
Dystopia, Bongzilla, Eyehategod, Electric Wizard, Burzum, Om, Enslaved.