Interviews

Hailing from Orange County, California, Christian Sloan Hall has created some of the most vibrant and distinctive rock and metal artwork of recent years, working with a host of bands including Amon… Read more

A self-taught photographer with a background in marketing, Alison Richards found an new outlet for her passion as a long-time metal fan when she became an official Bloodstock photographer in 2014. A selection of her work was subsequently featured in the RAM gallery in 2015 and now, as well as taking part in 2016’s exhibition, Read more

Tired of seeing the same old guitars and designs, luthier, artist, and musician Cynosure decided to change all that and create stunning, original conceptions he calls ‘functional art’. Each guitar is… Read more

Already established as an artist and frontwoman of metal band Khaotika. Lariyah Hayes has recently branched out into the world of publishing with her first book ‘Darkadya’, a collection of works by… Read more

An English art dealer, gallery owner, author, lecturer, and journalist, Peter Nahum is known for his many appearances on the long running BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow. He is a patron of… Read more

Ramon Martos is the creative mastermind behind the book ‘And Justice for Art – Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers’, a unique collection of revealing tales about the making of some of the most… Read more

“I’m definitely inspired by the music. I did the photography at Bloodstock last year, which is where the pictures in the exhibition are from. If someone asks me to do a job whether it’s paid or not,… Read more

“Tolkien was always interested in art and I think he’d have been pretty impressed with the sheer size and ambition of some of the pieces aside from anything else, and the technique is obviously very… Read more

“Yeah, there is. The iconography of metal artwork is often fantasy orientated. Before I got involved with Marillion I was doing science fiction and horror book covers and I’d always been interested in… Read more

“I am a guitar luthier and artist, with a ‘uniquely unique’ strategic-building concept. Essentially, my creations are the result of the dichotomy between music and art; one could suggest that my… Read more