Eliran Kantor

Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor
Born	13 September 1984
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation(s)	Artist and illustrator
Known for	Creating album covers for metal bands

Eliran Kantor (born 13 September 1984) is a Berlin-based award-winning^[1] artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for metal bands such as Testament,^[2] Soulfly,^[3] Helloween^[4] and My Dying Bride.^[5]

Album cover illustration credits[edit]

Source:^[6]

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)^[7]
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)^[8]
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 [he] - 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)^[9]
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)^[9]
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)
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]

^ "Heavy Music Awards 2023 Winners Announced". Heavy Music Awards. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "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.

External links[edit]

[1] "Heavy Music Awards 2023 Winners Announced". Heavy Music Awards. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[2] "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.

[3] "Check Out Eliran Kantor's Awesome Album Art for Soulfly's Archangel". MetalSucks. 5 June 2015.

[4] "Nuclear Blast Catalog: Helloween - Skyfall". Nuclear_Blast. 15 February 2010.

[5] "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.

[6] "Eliran Kantor: Complete Discography". Eliran Kantor. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

[7] "MASACHIST To Release 'Death March Fury' This Month". Archived from the original on 2009-05-02.

[8] "Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta discusses the artwork for The Divinity of Purpose". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

[:0-9] 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.

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