The cover artwork of "Loved By None, Hated By All" (the new album by Danish Death Metal/Hardcore outfit, LIFESICK) was created by American artist, Andrew Durgin-Barnes.
"The album artwork encapsulates the entire lyrical universe of the album [which] features lyrics written entirely by vocalist, Simon Shoshan," explains guitarist, Nicolai Lindegaard. "The artwork envisions a person lost at sea. The sea represents something vast, dark, and uncontrollable. This person is being torn apart, dragged either up or down by demons with no intention of helping. It mirrors the way society, as described in the lyrics, it pulls in different directions without offering any real support. We shared these lyrical themes and ideas with Andrew, the painter, and he captured them perfectly in the artwork."
Andrew Durgin-Barnes says that the artwork was painted "in a traditional oil painting manner. The band told me what they wanted for the painting and were pretty specific. I first drew a couple compositional sketches to make sure where I wanted things to be. After that, I moved onto the larger piece of linen. I did it on flat linen rather than having it stretched on stretcher bars. This way it would be easier to have scanned and potentially mailed. I started the painting by filling the large areas with the colors that would kind of give the painting its vibe and then from there sort of just went back and forth refining things."
Barness assures that "the whole painting was done directly from my imagination as I pictured in my head given the bands description of what they were looking for. I’m a huge fan of Gericault’s 'The Raft Of The Medusa' painting which is engrained into my mind from studying it in books when I was younger. So, I’m sure a lot of the inspiration in my head came from that. The sky, and the way the bodies hang limp, dangling in the water were definitely motifs that lined up with what the band was looking for. The final touches were the good and evil spirits trying to pull the man in different directions. These were the most fun to paint because it added so much more visually by giving it that swirling composition and enhancing the motion of the wave. I had a really great time working on this album cover."
"Loved By None, Hated By All" is available through Metal Blade Records at https://lifesick.dk/products/lbnhba-cd
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