Eliran Kantor (born 13 September 1984) is a Berlin-based artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for metal bands such as Testament,[1] Soulfly,[2] Helloween[3] and My Dying Bride.[4]
Eliran Kantor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 September 1984 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Artist and illustrator |
| Known for | Creating album covers for metal bands |
Album cover illustration credits
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- Solitary – Trail of Omission (independent release, 2004)
- Armilos – Race of Lies (independent release, 2004)
- Bishop of Hexen – The Nightmarish Compositions (SPV Records/CCP Records, 2005)
- To-Mera – Transcendental (Candlelight Records, 2005)
- Dred – A Pathway to Extinction (independent release, 2005)
- Abused Romance – S/T (independent release, 2005)
- Abed – The Coming of Soon (independent release, 2005)
- Aghora – Formless (American edition) (Dobles Music, 2006)
- Sickening Horror – When Landscapes Bleed Backwards (Neurotic Records, 2006)
- Savannah – S/T (independent release, 2007)
- Mekong Delta – Lurking Fear (AFM Records/Candlelight Records, 2007)
- Dissonant – Perspective (independent release, 2007)
- Denis Vlachiotis – Imperishable Ferocity (independent release, 2007)
- Aghora – Formless (European edition) (Season of Mist Records, 2007)
- Detonation – Emission Phase (Osmose Productions, 2007)
- The Old Dead Tree – The Water Fields (Season of Mist Records, 2007)
- Thrustor – Night of Fire (Black Bastola Records, 2007)
- Mena Brinno – Icy Muse (Dark Balance Records, 2007)
- sHeavy – The Machine That Won the War (Candlelight Records, 2007)
- Liberty N' Justice – 4 All : the best of LNJ (Versallis Records, 2007)
- Sorrow's Joy – Fallow Ground (independent release, 2008)
- Grant O'neil – Head-On (independent release, 2008)
- Abysmalia – Portals to Psychotic Inertia (independent release, 2008)
- Prey For Nothing – Violence Divine (Rusty Cage Records, 2008)
- Robot Lords of Tokyo – II: Whiskey, Blood & Napalm (independent release, 2008)
- Masachist – Death March Fury (TBA, 2008)
- Thy Majestie – Dawn (Dark Balance Records, 2008)
- Xerath – Xerath I (Promotional demo, 2008)
- Desolation – Lexicon V (Shadowflame Records, 2008)
- Deceiver – Thrashing Heavy Metal (Pulverised Records, 2008)
- Ansur – Warring Factions (Candlelight Records/Nocturnal Art Production, 2008)
- Baliset – A Time for Rust (Ret-Con records, 2008)
- To-Mera – Delusions (Candlelight Records, 2008)
- Testament – The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast, 2008)
- Mandala – I (independent release, 2009)
- Immortal Dominion – Primortal (427Records, 2009)
- GWAR – Lust in Space (inside sleeve artwork only) (Metal Blade, 2009)
- The Alien Blakk – Modes of Alienation (Reissue) (independent release, 2009)
- Masachist – Death March Fury (Witching Hour Productions, 2009)[6]
- Hyperion – Orchestrating The Myth (independent release, 2010)
- The Crinn – Dreaming Saturn (Nuclear Blast, 2010)
- Enders Game – What We've Lost (independent release, 2010)
- Master – The Human Machine (Pulverized Records, 2010)
- Anacrusis – Hindsight: Suffering Hour & Reason Revisited (Anacrusis, 2010)
- Virus – The Agent That Shapes The Desert (Duplicate Records, 2010)
- Mekong Delta – Wanderer on the Edge of Time (AAARRG Records, 2010)
- Sigh – Scenes from Hell (The End Records, 2010)
- Acrania – Unbreakable Fury (independent release, 2010)
- Atheist – Jupiter (Season of Mist 2010)
- Sodom – In War and Pieces (SPV Records, 2010)
- Advent of Bedlam – Flesh Over God (independent release, 2012)
- Sigh – In Somniphobia (Candlelight Records, 2012)
- Hammercult – Anthems Of The Damned (Sonic Attack/SPV Records, 2012)
- Testament – Dark Roots of Earth (Nuclear Blast, 2012)
- Acrania – An Uncertain Collision (independent release, 2012)
- Hatebreed – The Divinity of Purpose (USA – Razor & Tie, Europe – Nuclear Blast Records, 2013)[7]
- Evile – Skull (Earache Records, 2013)
- Spheron – Ecstasy of God (Apostasy Records, 2013)
- Dark Sermon – In Tongues (eOne Music, 2013)
- Satan – Life Sentence (Listenable Records, 2013)
- Artizan – Ancestral Energy (Pure Steel Records, 2013)
- Ferium – Reflections (independent release, 2014)
- Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon (Century Media, 2014)
- Orpheus Blade - Wolf's Cry (Pitch Black Records, 2015)
- Artizan – The Furthest Reaches – Limited Edition Version (Pure Steel Records, 2015)
- Acrania – Fearless (independent release, 2015)
- Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (Nuclear Blast, 2016)
- Winterhorde - Maestro (ViciSolum Productions, 2016)
- Venom Prison - Animus (2016)[8]
- Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation (Nuclear Blast, 2017)
- Archspire – Relentless Mutation (Seasons of Mist, 2017)
- Black Wizard – Livin' Oblivion (Listenable Records, 2018)
- Bloodbath - The Arrow of Satan is Drawn (2018)[8]
- Venom Prison - Samsara (Prosthetic Records, 2019)
- Despised Icon - Purgatory (Nuclear Blast, 2019)
- Andy Black - The Ghost of Ohio (Lava/Republic, 2019)
- The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men (Graphite Records, 2019)
- Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target (Nuclear Blast, 2019)
- Aversions Crown - Hell Will Come for Us All (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
- Venom Prison - Primeval (Prosthetic Records, 2020)
- Loudblast - Manifesto (Listenable Records, 2020)
- Gaerea - Limbo (Season of Mist, 2020)
- Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities (Relapse, 2020)
- Havok - V (Century Media, 2020)
- Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
- Heaven Shall Burn - Of Truth & Sacrifice (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
- My Dying Bride - The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
- Testament – Titans of Creation (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
- Helloween - Helloween (Nuclear Blast, 2021)
- Archspire - Bleed the Future (Season of Mist, 2021)
- Kreator - Hate Über Alles (Nuclear Blast, 2022)
- Malevolence (band) - Malicious Intent (MLVLTD, 2022)[9]
- Entheos - Time Will Take Us All (Metal Blade Records, 2023)
Book cover illustration credits
edit- Moshe Peled – Back to the Circuit (Kavim Publishing Inc., 2007)
References
edit- ^ "Testament: Title Track Of New Album Available For Free Download". Blabbermouth. 8 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ "Check Out Eliran Kantor's Awesome Album Art for Soulfly's Archangel". MetalSucks. 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Nuclear Blast Catalog: Helloween - Skyfall". Nuclear_Blast. 15 February 2010.
- ^ "MY DYING BRIDE To Release 'The Ghost Of Orion' Album In March; 'Your Broken Shore' Single Available". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.
- ^ "Eliran Kantor: Complete Discography". Eliran Kantor. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ "MASACHIST To Release 'Death March Fury' This Month". Archived from the original on 2009-05-02.
- ^ "Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta discusses the artwork for The Divinity of Purpose". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ a b Franklin, Dan (19 March 2020). Heavy: How Metal Changes the Way We See the World. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-3102-7. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Heavy Music Awards 2023 Winners Announced". Heavy Music Awards. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.