Hagan and had its United Kingdom premiere on 2 December 2016 at the Two Short Nights Film Festival. The 12-minute documentary was directed by Luke J. Szpajdel was also the subject of a documentary, appropriately titled Lord of the Logos, which explores his life and work as cult artist and his decades-long career designing logos for the metal underground. 2 (2016, Darkadya Books) and Arte Arcana (2018 Heavy Music Artwork), and have been featured in such magazine as Metal Maniacs, Metal Hammer, Terrorizer and Vice. Szpajdel's illustrations and interviews have also appeared in the books Logos from Hell: A Compendium of Death and Black Metal Logos (2008, re-printed 2015 Doomentia Press), Black Metal: Beyond the Darkness (2012 Black Dog Publishing), Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult (2013, Feral House), Darkadya: The Book of Art From Below Vol. When first announced in the 2010s, the second book's title was tentatively titled Ancient Modernism once it was picked up for publishing by Heavy Music Artwork, it was given a release date for September 2020 but was pushed back by several months. Lord of the Logos: Designing the Metal Underground was successful enough for a sequel, titled Archaic Modernism: The Art of Christophe Szpajdel, publication through Heavy Music Artwork on 16 December 2020. The book showcases a selection of 2500 of his illustrations from over the years, accompanied by photographs taken by Szpajdel. This sobriquet was reinforced when he authored a book of the same name, Lord of the Logos: Designing the Metal Underground, published in January 2010 through Die Gestalten Verlag.
The significant amount of work that Szpajdel has done in the industry has led him to be nicknamed, originally by a fan in 2006, the Lord of the Logos.
#Death metal logo maker professional
Since designing his first professional band logo for Belgian death metal band Morbid Death (featuring members that would later play in Enthroned) in 1988, Szpajdel estimates to have drawn over 10,000 logos, mainly within the black metal, death metal and dark ambient music scenes. He has also illustrated logos for posters of such films as Mandy and Lords of Chaos (both 2018) and The Tell Tale Heart (2020). Szpajdel's most prolific logos include ones designed for death metal band Disgrace in 1990, black metal band Emperor in 1992, alternative rock band Foo Fighters in 2015, hip hop artist Rihanna (designed especially for her MTV Video Music Awards appearance and following Anti World Tour) and thrash metal band Metallica, both in 2016. Although he spends over 30 hours a week drawing, he continues to work a day job as a retail assistant for the Co-op Food convenience store chain around Exeter. Since 2006, he has been residing in Stoke Hill, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Szpajdel moved from Belgium to England in 2002. A seventh issue of Septicore was in development for release in 1992 but was abandoned before completion. During his time working at Septicore, Szpajdel was often credited under the pseudonyms Necromaniac, and later Volvox. Septicore released six issues between 19, though two had already been published at the time that Szpajdel joined the team. Some of his early illustrations were featured on the Morbid Noise various artists compilation cassette tapes that came with the fanzines. It was during his first year of university that Szpajdel joined Thierry Prince's fanzine Septicore, as a writer and illustrator. In 1989, Szpajdel enrolled at the Université catholique de Louvain where he studied biology, agronomy and forestry, graduating in 1996 with a degree in Forestry Engineering. His parents were originally against his ambitions of becoming a calligraphist and insisted on his continual education and enrollment in a university. įrom 1981 to 1989, he attended the Institut Saint-Jean Baptiste, a Catholic primary school in Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Szpajdel began drawing at the age of 3 when he drew a praying mantis while vacationing with his parents in the south of France. He grew up speaking Polish and French, and eventually learned English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
His parents are of Polish origin but immigrated to Belgium before he was born. Szpajdel was born on 29 September 1970 in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium, and grew up in Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Christophe Szpajdel ( Polish: born 29 September 1970) is a Belgian-born international calligraphist and illustrator, principally known for designing band logos.
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