by Matt | Feb 21, 2020 | Design & Illustration, Humor
Do you like laughing at absurdity such as weird gym characters and poop stories? You’d better say yes, because I’m proud to announce the publication of my new book The Chronicles of Bronan The Barbarian, available right now through Terror House Press and...
by Matt | Feb 1, 2020 | Design & Illustration, Music
Hardcore is a great genre of music. High-energy, crazy and super fun to play. Back in the early/mid 2000s I was fairly plugged into the Fort Collins/Denver Colorado hardcore thanks to my involvement in my old hardcore/metalcore/punk crossover band Rally The Fray....
by Matt | Jan 1, 2020 | Music
2019 was a banner year in heavy metal, with an absurd amount of incredible releases. I can’t remember another year that had so many excellent releases in tech death, old school death, melodic and slam. Here’s my list of the best metal albums of 2019, in no...
by Matt | Dec 6, 2019 | Music
I’ve been playing session bass for Aborted Earth for their last several EPs, and I’m stoked to present our latest effort Funny Suits & Shiny Boots, as split album with Maryland one-man project Excruciating Euphoria. Our new EP cover art is a combined...
by Matt | Nov 27, 2019 | Design & Illustration
What’s more brutal than a trip to Walmart? Hordes of zombies, Black Friday murders and worst of all… mobility scooters. I’m part of Community of Metal Designers, a metal design Facebook group featuring some of the sickest designers in the game. We...
by Matt | Nov 21, 2019 | Design & Illustration
Time for a new Dungeons and Dragons party logo! I’ve been creating some sweet logos for D&D parties lately, so I’m proud to show off my latest logo for D&D warriors Dwarven Anvil. I started off this logo with a sweet hammer illustration, spending...
by Matt | Nov 18, 2019 | Music
Every guitarist on YouTube’s already done a Metallica cover, so why not choose Master of Puppets – Metallica’s most overplayed song? Treading well worn territory and falling asleep while doing so, here’s my Master of Puppets bass cover: Nobody...
by Matt | Oct 29, 2019 | Design & Illustration
Pokémon is hands down the most brutal video game ever made. You go into the wilderness, enslave a monster, then FORCE IT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR PERSONAL GLORY. I’ve never actually played it, but at least I think that’s how it works. I wanted to do some death...
by Matt | Oct 28, 2019 | Music, Videos
Halloween is of course the greatest holiday of the year. It’s nothing but costumes, hot skanks in costumes, candy, skanks and more candy. What’s not to like? Instead of celebrating Halloween by transforming into a drunken mess in a half-assed costume,...
by Matt | Oct 23, 2019 | Design & Illustration
What’s more brutal than getting crunk on Jonestown kool aid? This brutal fucking band logo I drew for slam/deathcore (maybe) band Jonestown Crunk. I did two different versions – black and white plus some color. I got a lot of creative freedom with this...
