METAL ALBUM ART & LOGOS | Lock Horns Redux - Episode 6
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2020
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Today guests Dan Seagrave and Nick Sewell join Sam to talk about the aesthetic world of Metal. Join the live chat at 4pm EST
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One of the most interesting shows ever, I love album arts and I love hearing you talk about it (I wish it lasted longer). Great job as always guys, keep on
Why was there no discussion about indecipherable metal logos? I was waiting for it?!?!?
Paul Romano's work with Mastodon in their early days is just had dropping, every album cover and the artwork throughout the packaging is fucking sick
As a metal guy/artist/graphic designer I am real appreciative that this was a thing. I feel like a lot of creatives are drawn to metal because of how evocative the art and design is, and a lot of metalheads get into fine art as a result as well.
Seagrave is a legend. Props!
Glad Pushead was mentioned. He is, imo, the best! One that comes to mind that I bought in the mid 80s solely because of the art was To Mega Therion by Celtic Frost. That shit scared me to death. I bought it just to hear what kinda metal would be contained therein. Still have it.
It's so cool that Left Hand Path is inspired by Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire - it's about 8 miles from where I live!
Was really cool to learn about this too
"Does album art mater in the era of thumbnails?" Absolutely. An a time where I have unlimited access to music, the art is often what gets me to click. I discovered Rivers of Nihil this way, the Monarchy album cover drew me in. Same with Fleshgod Apocalypse and their Oracles album. Total Neverending Story callback to the vaporized knight scene which really made an impression on 7 year old me.
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Love the first six Voivod Records art
I'm really big on album art. One of my aspirations is to become a designer for metal album covers. I enjoy the whole process of logo and cover design.
I've designed for my own projects; it's a real blast; whether it's painting an abstract or using photography.
This episode must've been right up your alley
Dan is the most humble artist. His art is so brilliant, and he has no sense of arrogance about himself or the stuff he’s done. I totally identify with talk about staring into those paintings while listening. Much respect.
If not for the artwork on the Holy Diver and Last in Line albums, I’m not sure I would have given Ronnie James Dio a spin back in the early/mid 80’s. I am so glad I did because it scared the hell out of my friends and it really directed me from hard rock to heavy metal.
Thanks for video, really awesome to see the visionaries get some light
Old School Death Metal definitely has the greatest album cover of any genre. The deeper you dig into the underground the cooler the art gets.
And just remember, if the art is airbrushed, then the album always kicks ass
Honorable Mention:
Wes Benscoter
Joe Petagnos snaggletooth design on most Motorhead LP covers is still the most iconic metal image 43 years later.
Hard to argue against that!
Vic Rattlehead is equally iconic
Steve Harris came up with Iron Maiden logo while he was still working as a draftsman - it's in the book by Mick Wall :)
Say Roseanna The logo font came from a 1976 movie with David Bowie “The Man Who Fell to Earth”.
Like an everflowing stream is my favorite album art, it captures the aesthetic of swedish metal just right
My favorites:
Baroness - Red Album
Cathedral - Caravan beyond redemption
Mastodon - the hunter
Fantômas - suspended animation (ring binder styled case)
Blues Pils- Lady in gold
Rammstein - Völkerball
Oranssi pazuzu - valonielu
Grave Digger and King Diamond have some amazing album covers.
As a teen in the 80's I loved the Iron Maiden albums, particularly, "Piece of Mind," and, "Live After Death." Recently I've enjoyed Tool's use of H.R. Giger imagery (very fitting), and truly enjoyed the artwork, AND the music, of Soilwork on, "The Panic Broadcast," and their double album, "The Living Infinite."
Slayer Decade of Aggression with the red background, like Hell was coming from behind the band. I loved that set! And that led me to love those "moment in time" photos on albums. I always loved Charles Peterson's SubPop album covers for Mudhoney, Soundgarden
Dan Seagrave is the man!...his art is awesome...You can spend hours looking and discovering a new detail in his work, amazing!
The handshakes were scary, but then I remembered this was filmed months ago...
Not to even mention that Dan was sick xD
Thought the same thing ... 😕
Have no fear, the Banger Hangar has been on strict lockdown for 2 weeks now. Hope everyone is safe & healthy!
@@BangerTV Make Blayne do bootleg edition of Overkill Reviews from home 😂
I am pretty surprised to read these words in here!!
Its a virus that is non lethal to 99,9999% of the population!
But if Seagrave had bad health I accept your concern. But it's a giant cover up for getting mandatory vaccines!!!
Seagrave's work is incredible. I bought a signed print of Edge of Sanity's Spectral Sorrows from him in Toronto about five years ago.
Ingo came up with Helloween's logo
my favorite Metal lp cover art is No rest for the wicked ( Helix)
that poor Demon must have been awake for 1,000 years !
Highly, highly recommend you guys do one of these about metal producers. A lot of great ones out there and I believe they play an essential role in how great an album is.
This was a really cool show. These Lock Horns shows have really increased my awareness of all things metal. For my money, I think Mastodon's album covers/imagery is the best of this generation, and arguably some the best in the history of metal.
I love Banger. It's amazing and my favorite YT channel by far. I just wish there was something like this for punk.
As a graphic designer and a music lover(wide variety), I really dig these discussions. More please!
oh and yes Cannibal Corpse gets a mention, VINCENT LOCKE y'all!!
Excellent episode on metal music semiotics! One of my favourite topics personally speaking!
Keep it up!
As much as I love artwork I think there is something extra brutal and captivating about real photos. Nailbomb, Unchain the wolves, extreme cold weather, a blaze in the northern sky to name a few. One of my favourite artworks is Sleep's holy mountain. So much detail you can stare and look for a long time.
Great to see the legendary Lawnmower Deth get a mention.
Arik Roper’s stuff is awesome; his High On Fire album covers are amazing, and I even have a The Black Crowes gig poster of his (hanging in my home (Hampton Beach 2005) that is an absolute classic.
thanks so much for y’all’s hard work. not a lot of quality content being put out for our genre. love from louisiana and laissez les bons temps rouler!
Austen Jennings thanks man!
Amazing guests!
Morbid Angel's "Gateways to Annihilation" made me an instant Dan Seagrave fan. Just recieved Skeletal Remains' "Devouring Morality" LP which depicts absolute destruction. Such beauty.
Favorite album art: Dopesmoker, Mirror Reaper, and Terminal Redux. I shouldn’t have to explain these choices
Favorite logos: tough to choose. Maybe Emperor, Suffocation, and Vektor? Emperor’s is JUST SO ELEGANT, and it fits their music perfectly. Suffocation’s is brutal but still readable and it fits their cover art perfectly. Vektor’s looks like it’s exploding out of a vortex of technology. Gives me borg vibes in the best way possible.
Favorite artists: Repka (duh), Seagrave (Effigy of the Forgotten, Erosion of Sanity, and Considered Dead all have bonafide masterpieces for covers), Lewandowski (Mirror Reaper’s cover is a
Always liked Darkthrones logo
The origanal dopesmoker/Jerusalem cover is the greatest
If you dig the Vektor logo you gotta acknowledge where it came from...VOIVOD!!!
@@shaynewest8757 Created by Tomas Lindberg of Grotesque/At The Gates fame.
Just watched the ZZTop documentary. Great stuff. Rekindled my fondness for the band
Right on!
also untouched is the retro 70's vibe that the current "spacer" DM bands are using, for example Blood Incantation licensing Bruce Pennington original art from then. xx
SO true!
Toxik - Think This.
A fairly recent discovery for me, but so cool! Great comic art.
And still relevant after 30 years!
Dan's definitely one of my favorite artists. Very talented.
I've been really digging Mariusz Lewandowski recently (as in the last couple of years). And Dan's "Left Hand Path" is one of my favorite covers ever. I originally got into Voivod because of the artwork for Killing Technology - that lime green logo and the spacey cover that Michel did... wow!
I remember buying Prong's "Beg to Differ" based on Pushead's cover art. Loved the record, so it worked out well!
great show and great episode!
Dark Fortress is one of my favorite logo's.
a big goal of mine as an artist is to do album art for metal bands eventually. no idea how to get the attention of bands/labels tho.
Dan Seagrave is obviously an icon and a big personal inspiration, so neat you got him on. don't think i've ever seen an interview with the man.
Reedit might be a good place , make some samples expose yourself out there eventually someone will show up if your art is good . It worked for me but i realized quickly it's not my thing.
From someone with a graphic design background I really enjoyed this episode! Being an artist myself i've always loved the marriage between the visual arts and heavy metal music. Now that Dan has been on the show lets get Mark Riddick next for a more recent modern perspective. When he provides the art I pay attention!
As a fantasy obsessed teen, Helloweens Keeper pt2 had a cover that drew me in (I was a fan already). It still looks stunning now to my eyes.
love this episode!!
Nazareth love the Logo n some of there albums art work
cool story: my favorite band is tool, and I've never listened to something prog, but the day a saw the cd cover from 10k days I was so amazed that I bought it... at the time was the best think I had ever listened to
i dont know if brad has commented on post malone yet, but the singer of gatecreeper has done tons of artwork for post malone now. lots of videos of posty playing metal and hardcore on his bus
Most of the Rodney Matthews stuff is outstanding.
Loved this episode!
I loved this episode! 🤘🏻
Great show!
Top3 Metal albums covers for me 1. Painkiller-Judas Priest. 2 Metal Church- Self titled. Reign in Blood-Slayer.
Love the Eternal Devastation shirt Sam!
Cant forget legendary Bones Brigade pro skater Lance Mountain who did the early Suicidal Tendencies skull/ skeleton skater art
BOBBY DAGGER that’s right!
Fun fact related to something in the stream, Kristian Wahlin actually also designed the logos for Dissection, Grotesque, and Liers in Wait. Maybe more.
I think after Derreck RIggs the second most known painter is Andreas Marshal with a very unique style. He has made album covers for Blind guardian, running wild, Rage, Grave digger, obituary, sodom, kreator, dimmu borgir, in flames, covenant, hammerfall
I love the hemptress album art for the album alchemy bug im sure non of you have heard it before
Damn, back then I thought only seagrave and sewell does metalbum covers
Voivod War and Pain. Away is genius and I am art teacher, use him in class regularly
I like the art Sam Turner did on the khemmis albums. Especially hunted
How can one forget andreas marschal kreator of the mascot violent mind and also classics like agent orange (the extended art work is outstanding), jester race and the likes. Really informative an interesting discussion. Great episode.
Wanted to say this earlier but: FUCK YES, ZDZISŁAW BEKSIŃSKI! An absolute legend, highly influential yet consummately original.
Roger Dean, my favorite artist, did the Yes album covers mentioned.
He did the covers for Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards and The Magician's Birthday too.
Some of my favourite album covers are, Megadeth Rust In Peace; Obituary Cause of Death; Sepultura Arise: Annihilator Alice In Hell and Never Neverland, and Testament Souls In Black.
Michael Whelan did the covers of Obituary's Cause Of Death & Sepultura's Beneath The Remains & Arise. He is my favorite artist. I have the Cause Of Death artwork tattooed on my leg & the Beneath The Remains artwork (titled Nightmare In Red) tattooed on my left bicep.
I will always believe heavy metal has the most beautiful album art . Curious any books that discuss metal art and inspiration behind it?
Not a single mention of the Metallica Logo? It has to be one of the most iconic metal logos.
what?! there is dan seagrave in this episode and they´re not putting it in the title?! holy smokes. im glad i clicked anyways!
Now get the logo creators on a panel and force them to come up with the best and the worst logos they've seen or worked on.
Favorite artists would have to be Seth Siro Anton (singer/bassist of SepticFlesh who has done all their artwork + made a lot of album covers but his art isn't always representative of the music), Kristian Wahlin a.k.a. Necrolord, Dan Seagrave of course, Patrik Tegnander (album art for Gods Forsaken, Sentient Horror, ...), Pär Olofsson, Gyula Havancsak,...
However, my all time favorite would have to be Ola Larsson. Even though he hasn't made that many album covers, most of his work is fantastic. Look up "Sulphur Aeon - Gateways To The Antisphere" (or pretty much anything for Sulphur Aeon - great band as well btw), "Disma - Towards The Megalith", "King Of Asgard - Fi'mbulvintr", ...
DAN SEAGRAVE IS THE MASTER!!!
I've always thought Benediction's Transcend to Rubicon and Malevolent Creation's Retribution are the best album art.
so like yeah like i was like those like albums are like the coolest like ever like seriously
How could you leave out the fact that he made the best logo in Death Metal??? SEANCE!!!!
Dan Seagrave is the BOSS!
My fav' is "Cirith Ungol - King of the dead". Fits LP and atmosphere the LP gave. Fucking rules!! Artist is awesome.
Yes, those days when you judge what to buy base on album art. Missed those days.
URIAH HEEP n YES Great Art work Love the SAXON Logo
32:00 excellent
Not a single word about H.R.Giger ?
Heartwork got a mention
I'm very surprised how little mention and attention Necrolord received in this episode because he's the author of some of the best metal album artwork out there!
Valid.
ok this is epic
More record art content pls!
As a graphic designer, This is the best episode for me
The Ace Of Spades cover almost had a ZZ Top sort of feel to it.
The Scorpions Lonesome Crow album art i have the one with a giant Scorpion on the front and an Atom Bomb on back
Ed Repka, Derek Riggs, Pushead and Dan Seagrave are responsible for getting my attention to metal music. And recently there is John Baizley who responsible for me to keep buying vinyl in this digital era. I think this what differentiate this genre. fans are not only "buying music" but also printed art collecting.
Dan Seagrave is SO superior when Metal became more extreme.. Altars of M. set new standards to cover artwork.
Some of my personal friends who played in Thrash band :
Invocator, was just blown away when their 2nd album "Weave the Apocalypse", got Dan Seagrave to make their cover artwork. I knew it before it was made, but o.c. never told anyone.
Iron Maiden have a special sign on all their albums. To find it on Powerslave, took several hours. (It's placed just over the entrance to the pyramide!!)
Weave the Apocalypse re-release March 2022!
I think ‘Maiden and/ or Derick Riggs owe a bit to the Film poster designer Vic Fair; the guy who designed the poster for “The Man who fell to Earth”.
Frehley came up with the KISS logo
Don't forget the centerfold for zz top tres hombres it's literally just food
Costin Chioreanu one of the best graphic designer !!!
So in other words: He Was Deployed.
My personal favorite is to mega therion by celtic frost
The discussion about coughing at the beginning of the video did not age well
Probably the best Dan Seagrave is the cover for Gorguts 'Considered Dead'. 'Effigy of the Forgotten' is a close second... Metal album art matters, but there are a lot of garbage albums with great cover art, and great music with nondescript cover art. Listen to the music in a dark room to truly judge its quality.