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...And Justice For Art: A Look Back to (some of) Darkthrone's Album Covers with Drummer Fenriz
If there's one band that has never been lured by the temptations of mainstream commercialism or false musical trends, look no further than Darkthrone. The Norwegian old school black/death/extreme metal duo has always bee…
...And Justice For Art: "Fade To Black" - Interview with Author Extraordinaire Martin Popoff About His New Book on Hard Rock/Metal Album Covers
After publishing more than 7,000 album reviews and 40 Rock/Metal-related books, Martin Popoff can easily be considered one of genre's ultimate writers. The Toronto-based author has also professed on many occasions his lo…
...And Justice For Art: Van Halen's "1984" - A Naughty Little Angel Meets a Hard Rock Landmark
Despite the mainstream success and commercial appeal of Van Halen's 1984, this mega-selling album was released with some accompanying controversial issues. For instance, though the album featured muscular Heavy Rock cuts…
...And Justice For Art: A Guide to (some of) the Best Metal Album Covers of 2012 (Part II)
This is the second part to our "A Guide to (some of) the Best Metal Album Covers of 2012" posting last week. As we know, cover artwork was a big thing for Metal music in 2012. Many of them were epic, cryptic, nightmarish…
...And Justice For Art: A Guide to (some of) the Best Metal Album Covers of 2012 (Part I)
As far as Metal music goes 2012 was one of the most interesting years in a long time. Masterful albums such as Sigh's In Somniphobia, Ihsahn's Eremita, Enslaved's Riitiir, Katatonia's Dead End Kings, among many others, k…
...And Justice For Art: "Motorized" - An Interview with Motorhead's Longtime Illustrator Joe Petagno
In 2005, legendary North American illustrator Joe Petagno published via Feral House the book "Orgasmatron: The Heavy Metal Art of Joe Petagno". The impressively-illustrated volume compiled some of the most outstanding, e…
...And Justice For Art: "Beyond Time and Place" - A Conversation with Artist Paul Raymond Gregory
Veteran visual artist Paul Raymond Gregory seems to be one of the busiest personalities in the world of heavy Metal. The British painter and illustrator recently completed the cover artwork for Saxon's upcoming album Sac…
...And Justice For Art: Guns N' Roses' "Lies" - Gossips, Tabloids and the Antics of one of Rock N' Roll's Wildest Bands
Let’s compare the first half of Guns N' Roses' roller coaster-like career with a winning hand in a card game. We have the mega-selling, game-changer Appetite for Destruction (1987) and the twin behemoths Use Your Illusio…
...And Justice For Art: Katatonia's "Dead End Kings" - A Vision of Man and Nature's Decay
"To follow your own vision without compromising and conforming to other people’s demands and expectations would make you a king in what people would just define as a dead end", says Katatonia’s guitarist Anders Nyström w…
...And Justice For Art: Cynic's "Focus" - The Cosmic Marriage Between Progressive Metal and Angelic Art
In many ways, Cynic’s 1993 debut full-length, Focus, was such a revolutionary recording that even by today's standards it still sounds as current as ever. Its unparalleled uniqueness still produces amusement, especially…
...And Justice For Art: Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers (Part 4)
This is it! Unlike our mix-up last week, we present with the fourth and final episode in our And Justice For Art mini series dubbed "Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers". We're ending it with a bang and bringin…
...And Justice For Art: Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers (Part 3)
Welcome to the third installment of "Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers". While last week we were under the impression that this would be the final part of our mini-series, we realized that we actually had eno…
...And Justice For Art: Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers (Part 2)
Last week both veteran and upcoming Metal artists talked about some of their all-time favorite album covers and the long lasting impressions and influences that many of those visuals have imprinted on them. Today, we kee…
...And Justice For Art: Metal Artists' All-Time Favorite Album Covers (Part 1)
Everyone, metal musicians included (unless of course you are Devin Townsend), has a favorite album cover. At some point in their lives, these musicians have fallen in love with a particular cover art that has long-since…
Sonic Pulse: Exclusive Tour Journal #5 with vocalist Dan Kowal (aka Dan Hammer)
7/28 - Hilltop Fortress (West Lafayette), 7/29 (Toledo): After a victorious show in Chicago, it was back to Indiana to play the hilltop fortress. This time in Indiana would be different. But first, there was a pit-stop…
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