During the last decade, some of the best international artists, designers and illustrators have broken the boundaries of metal and hardcore music and have taken them to new territories with their works for bands such as Mastodon, Converge, Slayer or The Dillinger Escape Plan. This book is the first ever anthology of contemporary metal and hardcore art, and includes covers, booklets, posters, flyers, t-shirts, art, merchandising, logos and photos. This is, more than an 'art book', a bible of a whole lifestyle, a sourcebook of inspiration for fans, artists and anyone interested in metal and hardcore music. The book contains the work of more than 100 artists and labels, more than 2000 images, and ten in-depth interviews with metal designers and artists, illustrated with photos taken by themselves specially for the occasion. The book also includes material from all the metal and hardcore genres, from the massive ones to the most underground ones: grindcore, thrash metal, death-metal, hardrock, doom, black metal, and metalcore.