![]() Aīand that shook my heart was Protector, from Germany, especially their firstĪlbum, Misanthropy. Metal was definitely something that shaped me artistically. I love the Venom logo, it’s one of the ones Even if it’s a font.ĪC/DC, KISS, Iron Maiden, Venom. Where even if you’ve only seen it once, you remember it. An effective logo has to have a visual impact, “I was fascinated from the beginning with logos from different bands – not only “I started back in the early ’80s,” he says. His home studio, he designs logos for bands all over the world. Over the years, earning himself the nickname 'Lord of the Logos'. Parallel lines and mathematical precision, or the brutal barking of Napalm Death and the dense, messy chaos of theirs.Ĭhance on a band because the way they wrote their name looked badass.īelgian artist now living in Exeter. Think of the note-perfect, epic feel of Iron Maiden and their logo’s ![]() Logo to slap on a T-shirt and a couple of patches: a logo is a statement of Otherworldly messages, but they’re more than just branding, more than just a Some look like demonic scrawlings, some like futuristic Have ended up developing fantastic logos, from the savagely complex to the Grindcore bands and other inhabitants of the extreme end of the metal scale Guidance, or an album title, but in the world of metal, logos did a lot of the ![]() Go on – particularly in more niche subgenres that didn’t get any press coverage.īands had to do what they could visually – a band name could offer some Shelves of records trying to discover something new, you didn’t have a lot to Sifting through piles of tapes or endless It seems unthinkable, obviously, but there was once a time when youĭidn’t have all the music ever recorded, and all the information about itĪnyone could ever want, at your fingertips. They made me into the person I am today.Internet. This is what I've always strived to do, forever driven by the way these albums made me feel as a kid. To touch people, and ignite emotion in them. ![]() In some ways, that experience was only possible back then.Īnd yet, all these years later, I am still working to channel that experience for new audiences, to capture the spirit and connection between music and image that these bands gave me. It is no exaggeration to say that I lived through those images-they taught me that the world was bigger than I had ever imagined. Growing up, each one felt like a promise, something that could transport me somewhere I had never been. In so many ways, these visual worlds were expressed through their album covers. I never lost my love of music, but I was just so drawn to the image of these bands, the logos, the makeup, the instruments, the fashion, the visual worlds they created. But the more I immersed myself in these designs, the more I realized that the visual aspect of this dream resonated even deeper with me. That dream was incredible, filling me with so much passion and drive. It's no wonder, growing up with such a deep love of music, that I believed I was going to become a rock star. The worlds of these artists felt so far away, and yet they meant everything to me. I could still draw all the logos simply from memory. It feels so different from today-I wasn't casually scrolling through the internet, I was active, immersed, flipping through the vinyl collection I kept organized in beer crates. If only I could go back in time to the basement of my family home where I spent countless hours, days, even months listening to the music, studying the album covers, basking in their brilliance. If only we all could travel back in time to the line outside the record store that stretched around the block, to the paved sidewalk where we'd sleep all night just to be first to get our hands on Alice Cooper's School's Out. ![]()
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