ABOUT

This site is dedicated to all of the amazing artists who have done artwork for metal bands. No genre of music has a bigger connection to the visual arts. Visual art plays an important role in the world of metal from the artwork that that has graced album covers to the tons of shirt designs. Often the countless artists who create imagery for bands toil away in anonymity but this site looks to expose these amazingly talented artists. If you have any story ideas or want your work shown on the site…please drop me a line at: yendor2 (at) earthlink.net

All the best,
Rodney

About Site Owner Rodney Githens/Vertebrae33:
I am a visual artist who has done artwork for bands and merch companies.
Bands: Slayer, Skeletonwitch, Heaven Shall Burn, Kylesa, Intronaut, Whitechapel, Sons of Tonatiuh, War From a Harlots Mouth & others…
Clients: Global, FEA, Imperial, Metal Sucks, Metal Hammer, BC Rich & ROH Wrestling

Contributing Writer – Matt S:
Played guitar for multiple Thrash/Death/Hardcore bands around the NYC area.
Worked for Wizards of the Coast.
Currently working in Advertising.
Can wear a different Slayer T Shirt every day for a month.

About the Author

Through hard work and dedication, Vertebrae33 has established himself as one of the most prolific and exciting illustrators on the scene today.  He has received much acclaim as of late for his innovative designs, attention to detail, and wholly unique, raw style.

9 Comments

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   Evan Simpson

   Posted June 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM

   Hey, my name is Evan Simpson, I love the idea and existence of this site. I really appreciate seeing people do stuff not only helping out the metal community, but artwork as well! That link is to my facebook art page. I just started doing metal artwork so i only have 4 pieces suitable for this site, but I assure you I’ll have more soon! My other artwork is goofy shit, I was working on some comics and such. I have much more art on the way too I plan on creating a constant stream of it. Let me know if you’ll consider my works!
   Muchos thanks my friend,

   Evan Simpson

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   Rodney

   Posted June 13, 2011 at 8:21 PM

   Cool…send me more samples when you get them…thanks for the compliment on the site…I have wanted to find a site like this for a while and when I did not…I made one…

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   nicole pagano

   Posted June 25, 2011 at 5:19 PM

   wow …Awesome site !!!!
   Nice to see some light shed on the people who have created these amazing pieces of art and inspirational imagery that is so intertiwined with the music….
   Nicole

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   Rodney

   Posted June 25, 2011 at 8:53 PM

   Thanks Nicole…there will be new posts everyday

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   connie

   Posted July 4, 2011 at 4:34 PM

   Nicole mentioned the site, it’s awesome!!! amazing work.

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   Dan Bradley

   Posted July 20, 2011 at 4:28 AM

   This site is amazing. Great work sir, you are doing a great thing bringing the tight group of artists and designers closer.

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   C

   Posted November 22, 2011 at 4:42 AM

   Finally the credits goes to the ones deserve, some metal fans even have no idea who the fuck are the cool dudes behind their fav album art or merchs. Amazing website!

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   Bretton Kreye

   Posted July 18, 2012 at 10:34 PM

   Hey there! It’s awesome to see that someone made a site dedicated to metal band artists! I’m a young artist trying to break into the scene of metal album and merch art. So far I have done artwork for Skunk Ape from Sarasota and the cover for Obsidian Sea’s debut album from Bulgaria. Most of the art on my site is either personal work or what you could call “fan art” for bands I like.

   Thanks for looking!
   Bretton Kreye

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   Futural

   Posted October 19, 2012 at 10:15 PM

   Great great page! Thank you, I would love if could contact and make an interview with
   http://philiplawvere.com Kreator covers and other it seems he’s come back, why he was away so many years high prices?
   Thank you so much.