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Illustration by Dan O’ConnorClick on image to enlarge I have dreamed of metal only twice. The first dream was a Ludicra show. Singer Laurie Sue Shanaman had cut her hair, and they were playing new songs, which ruled. My subconscious is evidently good at writing Ludicra music. Ludicra, write new songs! Too bad I can’t […]

Bad news from Canada’s Cursed. Say it ain’t so, Joe. Yeah, you heard. Apparently, it gets even worse. That’s all I know or even want to know for now. We got robbed at the very end of tour in a totally unreal, extremely sketchy series of events that still makes no sense at all, only […]

Illustration by Dan O’ConnorFor the glorious full-size original, click on the image I love metal; I love hockey. The two should go together, right? Well, maybe. Darkest Hour recently threw together a fight song for the Washington Capitals that makes Ministry’s for the Blackhawks sound like “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Even for a fight song, it’s moronic. […]

The artwork for Soilwork’s new album, Sworn to A Great Divide (Nuclear Blast, 2007), is a complete rip-off of Stephen Kasner. At first, I thought he did the cover, but I emailed him and found out this was not so. It straight-up bites Kasner’s artwork for Himsa’s Hail Horror (Prosthetic, 2006), down to the serpentine […]

Pig Destroyer – Phantom LimbOriginal painting by John Dyer Baizley Up at Stylus today is the final installment of my metal artists feature. It features John Dyer Baizley, who’s done artwork for Kylesa, Torche, Pig Destroyer, Magrudergrind, and The Red Chord, among others, as well as the Skeletonwitch EP I reviewed some time ago. He […]

I wonder when Dan Seagrave will start swatting away the metal writers that keep interviewing him about his work from over 10 years ago. Luckily, he patiently and good-naturedly answered my questions about his death metal years. Seagrave’s newer covers are just as epic as his old stuff, if not more so, and he recently […]

The art of Stephen Kasner is one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. Although I’m now familiar with his style, it still d/haunts me. It’s a “take a deep breath and leap into the unknown” proposition, which I prize but find so rarely. I’m honored to have spoken with him; his interview […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BeP4i6w2s] My metal artists feature at Stylus today highlights Larry Carroll, who did the covers for Slayer’s Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss, and Christ Illusion. He’s also doing the cover for The Hour of Reprisal, the upcoming album by Ill Bill of Non Phixion fame. It’s no coincidence that the […]

At Stylus this week, I have a feature (URL updated) on artists who do metal album artwork. Each day will publish an interview and artwork for a different artist – Orion Landau, Larry Carroll, Stephen Kasner, Dan Seagrave, and John Dyer Baizley. This blog will host supplementary materials and interview outtakes for these artists. Neurosis […]