![]() ![]() Grim Reaper, Helloween and Armored Saint.'”Ĭhristophe designed logos for fanzines andĬompilations before his big break in 1994, designing the iconic ‘evil eye’ logoįor Emperor. ![]() I was fascinated by logos of bands like Possessed, Sabbat, I heard them and realised, 'Wow, this is the thing I’veīeen looking for. 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. ![]()
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