The Art of Metal: Five Decades of Heavy Metal Album Covers, Posters, T-Shirts, and More

About this book

Since the late 1960s the imagery of the heavy metal genre has been closely connected with the music itself. Classic albums evoke memories of famous cover artwork; metal bands have become forever synonymous with their iconic logos; and landmark live shows have led to instantly recognizable gig posters that embody the time place and passion of the events. Its even possible to trace the genres evolution by examining a continuum of its art. In The Art of Metal renowned music journalist Malcolm Dome offers a beautifully presented chronological collection of the colorful outlandish and sophisticated album covers posters T-shirts and more that span decades of heavy metal music. More than 400 gorgeously reproduced works of art are complemented by in-depth features including quotes from the graphic artists and musicians responsible for them. Dome also spotlights the metal genres most influential artists and photographers and delves into other topics that include metal merch magazines fashion and tattoos. In the process The Art of Metal illustrates and explores the close-knit relationship between those timeless riffs that thunder from Marshall stacks and the images that have come to represent the songs anthems and sheer nature of headbanger culturea must for any true thrashers bookshelf.