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All images by red5standingbyClick all to enlargeInterview by Cosmo Lee Some time ago I stumbled across a wonderful gallery on Flickr. It had images of Kerry King, Steve Harris, Dimebag Darrell, and other metallers — rendered in stunning fidelity with MS Paint. (I nicked a portrait of King Diamond for this review of his reissues.) […]

Click to enlarge Motörhead’s Bomber turns 30 today. Incredibly, the band also put out Overkill in 1979 (see here). Bands these days take longer to write worse records. I prefer the music on Overkill, but Bomber is no slouch. The Overkill/Bomber/Ace of Spades trilogy is as fundamental to heavy music as Black Sabbath’s first six […]

Some of today’s most forward-looking black metal bands have gotten visuals to match. Frenchmen Merrimack have unveiled the cover for Grey Rigorism, out September 15 on Moribund/Osmose. Two new tracks up on the band’s Myspace show an almost geometric sense of space. It’s a welcome progression from previous relentlessness. Seldon Hunt‘s artwork looks to be […]

Invisible Oranges needs a new logo. It will be part of a much-needed overall redesign of the site. Here are the details. Seeking: Power, symmetry, legibility from a distance. Some examples along these lines: Metallica, Testament, Immortal, Mayhem, Deathspell Omega. I prefer logos where the first and last letters are bigger than the rest. Design […]

Sabina Classen needs to cut her toenails. Practically all of Doro’s discography could go in this post. Note the combination robe/thong thing. That is one intense sword. Believe it or not, “women wielding swords while wearing diaphanous clothing” is a subgenre of metal artwork. See? Next up: “female warriors in metal pasties.” Holy abs of […]

Illustration by J. JokilehtoClick to enlarge Found, on Hail of Bullets‘ forum, an illustration of drummer Ed Warby exercising his Second Amendment rights (if he were American). It gives a whole new meaning to “blastbeat” and “drum triggers.” The artist is a “J. Jokilehto.” Click on the image to enlarge – it’s a beaut.