Anyone else seen this? I spotted it in the Tate Modern's shop, surprisingly enough, but hadn't heard anything about it before...



Release: January 2010
Price: € 35,00 / $ 55,00 / £ 32,50
Format: 21 × 26 cm
Features: 272 pages, full color, softcover, gold embossing
ISBN: 978-3-89955-282-9


This book is a collection of work by Christophe Szpajdel, an artist whose fans in the underground black metal community worship him as the Lord of the Logos. It includes hundreds of powerful logos, each of which captures the force of this musical genre anew. Through his surprising use of aesthetic influences such as art deco and nature, Szpajdel has brought a new dynamic into the gothic visuality of heavy metal. This publication, which is done in the style of a black prayerbook, shows not only how he has succeeded in leaving his own visual mark on this music, but how he has also expanded the canon of forms it uses.



Too expensive for me, especially for what is mostly a book of pretty samey logos, but very well crafted.

Looks interesting! I met Christophe a couple of times, he's bonkers!