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Exciting news indeed! Acrostichon (my band), The Gathering and Pentacle live at W2, NL

I know, it sounds like April fools, but it sure isn’t! Check this:

Thanks to a post on Facebook, Acrostichon and The Gathering ran into each other.

Of course we talked a lot about the good old days, especially the ones we had at the Willem II concert hall in Den Bosch. There was a matinee gig every month (I think it was every last sunday), and we saw some great bands such as Candlemass, Morbid Angel, Death, and of course we played there as well. Those days were so much fun. We had a great nostalgic trip talking about those days. Soon we came to the conclusion we would love to do this again! As you might know our debut album “Engraved in Black” (that got the Re-issue treatment recently on Memento Mori Records) was recorded 20 years ago in 1992. The bands gathered and immediatly liked the idea to do something together. An old school Doom/Death party! The Gathering released their debut album ‘Always’ almost the same period, and our friends from Pentacle released their debut demo “Caressed by Both Sides” as well 20 years ago. Why not celebrate this?
So, grab your agenda: The Gathering, Acrostichon and Pentacle will play live together at the Willem II (now called W2) sunday afternoon 1st of april (no joke!) 2012! Like 20 years ago, Acrostichon will be headlining, The Gathering and Pentacle will be support acts.
Last but definitly not least: All profit will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

www.w2.nl
www.gathering.nl
www.acrostichon.nl
www.pentacle.nl

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Heimwee naar de legendarische zondagmiddagen in de Willem 2 die gevuld waren met een portie goede muziek, bier en gezelligheid? Dit is je kans om het nog allemaal nog eens over te doen. Deze middag staan er 3 oldschool deathmetal bands in de W2 met nostalgische redenen om die feestjes van 20 jaar geleden nog eens fijntjes over te doen. Het is dit jaar namelijk 20 jaar geleden dat Acrostichon hun debuutalbum “Engraved in Black” opnam , dat het debuutalbum “Always” van The Gathering  uitkwam en dat Pentacle aan de weg ging timmeren door de release van de demo “Caressed by Both Sides”. Redenen genoeg dus voor een ouderwets oldschool Brabants death metal feestje !! Verder zijn er nog een paar speciale gastoptredens gepland die jullie zeker niet willen missen. De totale opbrengst van deze middag komt geheel ten goede aan de stichting Cystic Fibrosis.

Dit wordt een zeer speciale middag want The Gathering gaat ter ere van het 20 jarig jubileum van Always eenmalig in de bezetting van de eerste cd nl.  Hans, Rene, Bart, Jelmer, Hugo, Marike en Frank een aantal nummers van deze legendarische cd ten gehore brengen . Deze klassieker stond aan de wieg van een zeer succesvolle carriere .

Acrostichon viert het 20 jarig jubileum door te laten zien en horen dat hun debuut Engraved in Black glansrijk de tand des tijds heeft doorstaan en dat deze cd nog steeds staat als een huis. Ze zijn sinds 2009 weer bij elkaar maar spelen slechts zeer occasioneel. Ook zij spelen in de bezetting van hun debuut cd nl. Corinne, Richard, Jos en Serge.

Pentacle speelt ook al meer dan 20 jaar Ancient death metal in de stijl van Celtic Frost en Possessed dus deze geroutineerde muzikanten zullen zeker een gedegen show neerzetten . Wannes en kornuiten hebben niks aan enthousiasme verloren en dat bewijzen ze door zoals altijd een zeer energieke show neer te zetten.

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New flyer artwork

I did this painting for a very special event.

More about the event and the final flyer design will pop up here upcoming tuesday, be sure to check it out!

 

monk-flyer-painting

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M-inc cover update

I’ve been working on a cover for the Florida-based Deathmetal band M-inc.  I painted it in black and white and colored it digitally. I made a few different colored versions. A final choice hasen’t been made yet so here are all 3 versions I did:
(Click on the thunbnails for a larger version)

The original B&W painting:
mincdef-painting-mail

Black & whte with red:
mincdebutcoverV2bw-red

Full color with grey blackground:
mincdebutcoverV2grey

Full color with blue background:
mincdebutcoverV2darkblue

 

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Hair

I’m working on the M inc cover right now. The painting is going to be pretty sick!

I was figuring out what type of hairstyle to use on the cover and I did this little study to practice long hair.
I liked the result so I thought I’d show some “behind the scenes” work and post this one here.
Thanks Lorena :)

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Upcoming Album cover for Florida based M inc.

I’m glad to say that I’ve been asked to do the cover for the debut album of Florida based, ”M inc”

I’ve already sketched out the base for the cover and let me tell you, the sketch we have agreed on is pretty sick!

For those who are not familiar with the band, check ‘m out here: M inc

(“M”) INC. the new Orlando, Florida-based band featuring former Mantas/Death/Massacre guitarist Rick Rozz DeLillo was formed by Rick and drummer Mike Mazzonetto (Pain Principle) in August 2009. Rick and Mike soon teamed up with Tim Vazquez (Devolve, CGM Studios) and Chris Jack (Devolve)

DEBUT RELEASE: TASTE THE HATE scheduled Nov. 2011

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Acrostichon Return to Killburg Album cover continued

I finished the illustration for the back of the Acrostichon gatefold-cover.

Here’s the black and white original painting

 

After colorization

Here’s the result after editing. It blends in pretty good with the front cover

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Return to Killburg WIP

New artwork in the making. It’s an illustration for the back cover of Acrostichon’s upcoming Return to Killburg live vinyl.

There’s still a lot of work to be done.

Here’s the initial pencil drawing

and this is the painting after 2 evenings of painting.

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Dixie Witch, Roadsaw and Sasquatch eurotour poster finished.

Poster finished guys, get busy Rockin!

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New poster in the making! Dixie Witch, Roadsaw and Sasquatch eurotour.

This weekend was spent on drawing and painting the artwork for the upcoming european tour of the kickass package: Dixie Witch, Roadsaw and Sasquatch.

I decided to take another route and not go for the typical stonerrock “chicks and cars” or Fillmore hippie poster, but instead go for a camp but cool monster movie poster. Gotta love them giant bug movies in the 50′s. With the cars I gave it a 70′s twist.
Fortunately the bands liked the concept too so I’ve started drawing right away. It takes quite some time to stage a scene like this, with busted buildings, and such. Of course I spent way too much time on details that won’t be seen on the final poster, but what the hell. I painted it in black and white and colored it digitally. I know it’s unorthodox, but I like the flexibility. It’s a lot easier to change colors around afterwards when that’s all done digitally.

Here’s what it looks like in this stage.

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Upcoming Pentagram DVD release and new Pentagram T-shirt available through Metal Blade

The end of this month will see the release of the first ever official Pentagram DVD. I’m proud to say that it features my artwork on the cover. There’s a great package deal on the Metal Blade site for a combi of the DVD and a new shirt, also featuring my artwork.

Go check it out here:
The DVD/shirt deal and more info on the DVD:
http://www.metalblade.com/pentagram/

The T-shirt:
http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords/item/12437

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