Dan Seagrave
Encyclopedia
Daniel Seagrave is a British
artist, who created many record covers for death metal
bands especially in the early 1990s. He currently lives in Toronto
, Canada
. He grew up in Ravenshead
, near Nottingham
.
Seagrave's works are typically highly detailed.
Seagrave is a self-taught painter. He also works on mural designs and sells his art as posters.
United Kingdom
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artist, who created many record covers for death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
bands especially in the early 1990s. He currently lives in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He grew up in Ravenshead
Ravenshead
Ravenshead is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys area, according to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,636....
, near Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
.
Seagrave's works are typically highly detailed.
Seagrave is a self-taught painter. He also works on mural designs and sells his art as posters.
List of works
- Becoming the ArchetypeBecoming the ArchetypeBecoming the Archetype is a Christian progressive death metal band signed to Solid State Records and Century Media Records formed in 1999 in Dacula, Georgia. They have released four albums on Solid State Records. Dichotomy, released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United States...
- Terminate DamnationTerminate DamnationTerminate Damnation is the debut album by Christian progressive death metal band Becoming the Archetype. The title of the album was taken from the song Terminate Damnation from the Mortification album, Scrolls of the Megilloth.... - Becoming the Archetype - Celestial CompletionCelestial CompletionCelestial Completion is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype. The album was released on March 29, 2011 through Solid State Records....
- BenedictionBenediction (band)Benediction is a British death metal band from Birmingham, England. They were formed in February 1989.-Biography:The Birmingham-based death metal band Benediction were formed in February 1989 by Paul Adams , Peter Rew , Darren Brookes , and Mark "Barney" Greenway...
- Transcend the RubiconTranscend the RubiconTranscend the Rubicon is the third album by the death metal band Benediction. It was released in 1993 and re-released in 2000 by Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:-Credits:*Dave Ingram - Vocals*Darren Brookes - Guitars*Peter Rewinsky - Guitars... - CarnageCarnage (band)Carnage was a Swedish death metal band whose members later went on to found Dismember, Arch Enemy and the Grindcore band Carcass. The band was formed by Michael Amott and Johan Liiva in 1988. They released only one album before dissolving in 1991.-History:...
- Dark RecollectionsDark RecollectionsDark Recollections is the debut album by the cult death metal band, Carnage, released in 1990. It was originally released as a split CD with Cadaver's debut album Hallucinating Anxiety on the Earache Records sublabel Necrosis. Some of the songs were later re-recorded by Dismember... - ConspiracyConspiracy (band)Conspiracy was a progressive rock band founded by Billy Sherwood and Chris Squire . The band released two albums: Conspiracy and The Unknown , and a live DVD...
- Reincarnated - Conspiracy - Concordat
- Decrepit BirthDecrepit BirthDecrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
- ...And Time Begins...And Time Begins...And Time Begins is the debut studio album by American death metal band Decrepit Birth. It was released on October 7, 2003 through Unique Leader Records.-Track listing:#"Prelude to the Apocalypse" – 1:25#"Condemned to Nothingness" – 3:03... - Decrepit BirthDecrepit BirthDecrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
- Diminishing Between WorldsDiminishing Between WorldsDiminishing Between Worlds is the second studio album by American death metal band Decrepit Birth. It was released on January 29, 2008 through Unique Leader Records It was voted the best album of 2008 by MetalReview.com for the melodic experimentations by the band.-Track listing:#"The Living... - Decrepit BirthDecrepit BirthDecrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
- PolarityPolarity (Decrepit Birth album)Polarity is the third studio album by the American death metal band, Decrepit Birth.A music video for the song The Resonance was filmed, and is the band's first music video. It was directed by Ann Christin "Anki" Rihm... - Demon HunterDemon HunterDemon Hunter is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. All of Demon Hunter's members are Christians and express their love for Jesus in many of their songs. Although the brothers created the band, only one remains, Don Clark...
- The TriptychThe Triptych-Charts:-Credits:*Ryan Clark -- vocals*Don Clark—guitar*Ethan Luck -- guitar*Jon Dunn—bass*Timothy "Yogi" Watts—drums*Aaron Sprinkle -- additional keyboards and programming*Lars Katz—additional guitars and assisting*Produced by Aaron Sprinkle... - Demon HunterDemon HunterDemon Hunter is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. All of Demon Hunter's members are Christians and express their love for Jesus in many of their songs. Although the brothers created the band, only one remains, Don Clark...
- The World Is a ThornThe World Is a ThornThe World Is a Thorn is Demon Hunter's fifth studio album, which was released March 9, 2010. The album is described by the band as their "heaviest but most melodic" album yet... - Desecrator - Subconscious Release
- The Devil Wears PradaThe Devil Wears Prada (band)The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Warner Music Group...
- With Roots Above and Branches BelowWith Roots Above and Branches BelowWith Roots Above and Branches Below is the third studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, released on May 5, 2009, through Ferret Music. Upon its release it charted the Billboard 200 at number 11, selling 31,000 in its first week... - The Devil Wears Prada - Dead ThroneDead Throne-Track listing:-Personnel:The Devil Wears Prada* Mike Hranica - lead vocals* Jeremy DePoyster - rythm guitar, clean vocals* Chris Rubey - lead guitar* Andy Trick - bass guitar* James Baney - keyboards, synthesizer, piano...
- DismemberDismember (band)Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
- Like an Ever Flowing StreamLike an Ever Flowing StreamLike an Ever Flowing Stream is the debut album by Swedish death metal band Dismember, released in May 1991. The title may refer to the Biblical Book of Amos 5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream"... - Dismember - Where Ironcrosses GrowWhere Ironcrosses Grow-Track listing:...
- Dismember - The God That Never WasThe God That Never WasThe God That Never Was is the seventh album by Dismember. A music video was made for the track "Trail of the Dead".-Track listing:-Personnel:Dismember* Fred Estby - drums, producer, engineering, mixing* David Blomqvist - guitar, Bass...
- Draconis - The Cult of the Dragon
- Edge of SanityEdge of SanityEdge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band. Edge of Sanity are regarded alongside Opeth as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock.- History :...
- The Spectral SorrowsThe Spectral SorrowsThe Spectral Sorrows is the third full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band, Edge of Sanity, recorded by Börje Forsberg in July–August 1993 and released by Black Mark Productions in 1993.-Track listing:... - EntombedEntombed (band)Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
- Left Hand PathLeft Hand Path (album)Left Hand Path is the debut album from Entombed from 1990 that is known for defining the style of Swedish death metal by being the first recording to use the "buzzsaw" guitar tone. The tone was created by heavily detuned electric guitars used with a maxed out Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal and the... - Entombed - ClandestineClandestine (album)Clandestine is an album by Scandinavian death metal band Entombed, released in 1991. It helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre, while being more accessible than its predecessor, the atonal debut Left Hand Path...
- Evocation - Tales From The Tomb
- Few against the many - Sot
- GorgutsGorgutsGorguts is a technical death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The band's only constant member is Luc Lemay.-History:Gorguts were formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay , Sylvain Marcoux , Éric Giguère and Stephane Provencher...
- Considered DeadConsidered Dead-2006 Reissue:-Personnel:*Luc Lemay: Guitar , Vocals, Design, Concept.*Sylvain Marcoux: Lead Guitar*Eric Giguere: Bass*Stephane Provencher: Drums... - Gorguts - The Erosion of SanityThe Erosion of Sanity-2006 Re-release:-Personnel:*Luc Lemay: Vocals, Guitars, Piano*Sylvain Marcoux: Guitars*Eric Giguere: Bass*Stephane Provencher: Drums, Percussion-Production:*Produced By Colin Richardson & Gorguts*Assistant Engineer: Luc Pellerin*Mixing: Colin Richardson...
- Hydra Vein - After the DreamAfter the DreamAfter the Dream is the second album from UK thrash metal group Hydra Vein.-Significance:The follow-up to debut record Rather Death Than False of Faith was again released to much critical acclaim...
- HypocrisyHypocrisy (band)Hypocrisy is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren.Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their first albums, and soon drifted to become a melodic death metal band. The lyrics in their early stages -...
- PenetraliaPenetraliaPenetralia is the debut album of Hypocrisy released in 1992. The cover artwork is created by Dan Seagrave. The digipak reissue contains two bonus tracks; "Life of Filth" and "Lead by Satanism".-Track listing:... - Invection - Demented Perception E.P.
- InvocatorInvocatorInvocator are a Danish technical thrash metal band featuring Esbjerg-based guitarist/singer Jacob Hansen, founder of the band. They are considered influential on the European thrash metal/heavy metal scene, and known for incorporating elements from death metal, thrash metal, groove metal and...
- Weave the Apocalypse - Landmine MarathonLandmine MarathonLandmine Marathon is an American extreme metal band from Phoenix, Arizona.The band started in 2004 and is currently signed with Prosthetic Records...
- Sovereign Descent - Lawnmower DethLawnmower DethLawnmower Deth are an English thrash metal band who parodied the genre and recorded three-and-a-half albums. Initially active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they reformed in 2008.-Main career :...
/ Metal DuckMetal DuckMetal Duck were an English spoof thrash metal band of the late 1980s and early 1990s who recorded one-and-a-half albums.-History:The band was formed in the late 80s in Cheshire, North West England, on the more humorous side of metal....
- Mower Liberation Front / Quack 'Em All - Lawnmower Deth - Oh Crickey, It's
- Lawnmower Deth - The Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns
- Malevolent CreationMalevolent CreationMalevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1987, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records...
- The Ten CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments (Malevolent Creation album)The Ten Commandments is the 1991 début album by Florida death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was produced and engineered by Scott Burns.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Brett Hoffmann - vocals* Phil Fasciana - rhythm guitar... - Malevolent Creation - RetributionRetribution (Malevolent Creation album)Retribution is a second studio album by Florida death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was produced and engineered by Scott Burns- Track listing :-Personnel:* Brett Hoffmann - vocals* Rob Barrett - lead guitar* Phil Fasciana - rhythm guitar...
- Malevolent Creation - StillbornStillborn (Malevolent Creation album)Stillborn is the third full length studio album by Florida death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was released in 1993 on Roadrunner Records.- Track listing :-Personnel:* Brett Hoffmann - vocals* Jon Rubin - lead guitar...
- Mithras - Behind The Shadows Lie Madness
- MonstrosityMonstrosity (band)Monstrosity is a death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the death metal scene of the early 1990s. Vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and drummer, Lee Harrison, were the founders of Monstrosity. Harrison had just left the band Malevolent Creation and George Fisher...
- Imperial DoomImperial DoomImperial Doom is an album released in 1992 by Monstrosity. The album sold 40,000 copies worldwide and received excellent ratings in the press. A triumphant tour of Europe was accomplished but, a little later, following disagreements regarding royalties, Monstrosity left the Nuclear Blast... - Morbid AngelMorbid AngelMorbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
- Altars of MadnessAltars of MadnessAltars of Madness is Florida-based death metal band Morbid Angel's debut album. Bonus tracks were included on the CD version as well as the remastered 2003 release. These are remixed versions of songs from the album... - Morbid Angel - Gateways to AnnihilationGateways to AnnihilationGateways to Annihilation is the sixth studio album by the death metal band Morbid Angel.This album saw a change in musical style as the speed-laden intensity of the previous album Formulas Fatal to the Flesh was abandoned for a slower, more droning style, reminiscent of Blessed Are the Sick...
- NocturnusNocturnusNocturnus was an American progressive death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by drummer/vocalist Mike Browning . They were known for their science-fiction themed lyrics and use of keyboards, both of which were virtually unknown in extreme metal...
- The Key - PestilencePestilence (band)Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008...
- Testimony of the AncientsTestimony of the AncientsTestimony of the Ancients is the third album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence. After each song on the album, there is an outro track. The eight outros range from twenty five seconds to a minute and eleven seconds in length.... - Pestilence - Spheres
- Pestilence - Mind ReflectionsMind ReflectionsMind Reflections is the fifth release from Dutch death metal band Pestilence. Mind Reflections is a best-of compilation with both studio and live songs.-Track listing:...
- Requiem - Within Darkened Disorder
- Resurrection - Embalmed Existence
- Resurrection - Mistaken for Dead
- SeanceSeance (band)Seance is a Swedish death metal band. The band was formed in March 1990 when two local Linköping bands, Orchriste and Total Death, fused. They split up after two albums in 1998. Most band members were also involved in the bands Satanic Slaughter and Witchery. Patrik Jensen later joined the band The...
- Fornever Laid to RestFornever Laid to RestFornever Laid to Rest is the debut album by the Swedish death metal band Seance. It was released in 1992. The cover is done by Dan Seagrave.-Track listing:# "Who Will Not Be Dead" – # "Reincarnage" – # "The Blessing of Death" –... - SuffocationSuffocation (band)Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
- Effigy of the ForgottenEffigy of the Forgotten-Personnel:Suffocation*Frank Mullen: All Vocals*Doug Cerrito: Lead & Rhythm Guitars*Terrance Hobbs: Lead & Rhythm Guitars*Josh Barohn: Bass*Mike Smith: DrumsProduction*Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Scott Burns*Mastered By Eddy SchreyerGuest Musicians... - Suffocation - Breeding the SpawnBreeding the SpawnBreeding the Spawn is the second full-length album by Suffocation. Though it still employs the characteristics and elements associated with Suffocation's song writing, the production on the album is much thinner than on other albums, due to financial problems regarding their label Roadrunner...
- Suffocation - Souls to DenySouls to DenySouls to Deny is a fourth album by the death metal band Suffocation marking the end of a six year hiatus. This is the first album featuring former guitarist Guy Marchais and marks the return of original drummer, Mike Smith...
- Unmoored - Kingdoms of Greed (this is the same cover as Pestilence - Mind Reflections)
- Usipian - Dead Corners of the Eye
- VaderVader (band)Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...
- The Ultimate IncantationThe Ultimate IncantationThe Ultimate Incantation is the debut album by Vader. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records. The cover art was drawn by Dan Seagrave. The album was originally recorded at Sunlight Studios with Thomas Skogsberg but neither the record label or Vader was pleased with the outcome, and decided to... - Various Artists - At Death's Door
- Various Artists - Death is just the Beginning II
- Various Artists - Masters of Misery: An Earache Tribute to Black Sabbath
- Warfare - Deathcharge
- WarbringerWarbringerWarbringer is an American thrash metal band. The band formed in 2004. Warbringer is signed to Century Media Records. Century Media signed Warbringer after seeing them at a local show in LA. Originally, a Century Media rep was at the show to see another LA thrash metal band but decided to sign...
- Waking into NightmaresWaking into Nightmares-Personnel:* John Kevill - Vocals* John Laux - Guitar* Adam Carroll - Guitar* Ben Bennett - Bass, * Nic Ritter - Drums* Gary Holt - Guitar Solo on track 11... - Warbringer - Worlds Torn AsunderWorlds Torn AsunderWorlds Torn Asunder is the third album by the American thrash metal band Warbringer, released on September 27, 2011 via Century Media.-Track listing:All lyrics by John Kevill. All music by Warbringer and _______...
- Wretched - Beyond The Gate
External links
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