Eliran Kantor

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] He created the artwork used on various releases issued via the likes of Universal Music, Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade Records, Relapse Records and Century Media Records among others.[6]

Eliran Kantor
Born13 September 1984
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Artist and Illustrator
Known forCreating album covers for metal bands

Album cover illustration credits[7]
  • Entheos - Time Will Take Us All (Metal Blade Records, 2023)
  • Malevolence (band) - Malicious Intent (MLVLTD, 2022)
  • Kreator - Hate Über Alles (Nuclear Blast, 2022)
  • Archspire - Bleed the Future (Season of Mist, 2021)
  • Helloween - Helloween (Nuclear Blast, 2021)
  • Testament – Titans of Creation (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
  • My Dying Bride - The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
  • Heaven Shall Burn - Of Truth & Sacrifice (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
  • Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
  • Havok - V (Century Media, 2020)
  • Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities (Relapse, 2020)
  • Gaerea - Limbo (Season of Mist, 2020)
  • Loudblast - Manifesto (Listenable Records, 2020)
  • Venom Prison - Primeval (Prosthetic Records, 2020)
  • Aversions Crown - Hell Will Come for Us All (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
  • Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target (Nuclear Blast, 2019)
  • The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men (Graphite Records, 2019)
  • Andy Black - The Ghost of Ohio (Lava/Republic, 2019)
  • Despised Icon - Purgatory (Nuclear Blast, 2019)
  • Venom Prison - Samsara (Prosthetic Records, 2019)
  • Black Wizard – Livin' Oblivion (Listenable Records, 2018)
  • Archspire – Relentless Mutation (Seasons of Mist, 2017)
  • Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation (Nuclear Blast, 2017)
  • Winterhorde - Maestro (ViciSolum Productions, 2016)
  • Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (Nuclear Blast, 2016)
  • Acrania – Fearless (independent release, 2015)
  • Artizan – The Furthest Reaches – Limited Edition Version (Pure Steel Records, 2015)
  • Orpheus Blade - Wolf's Cry (Pitch Black Records, 2015)
  • Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon (Century Media, 2014)
  • Ferium – Reflections (independent release, 2014)
  • Artizan – Ancestral Energy (Pure Steel Records, 2013)
  • Satan – Life Sentence (Listenable Records, 2013)
  • Dark Sermon – In Tongues (eOne Music, 2013)
  • Spheron – Ecstasy of God (Apostasy Records, 2013)
  • Evile – Skull (Earache Records, 2013)
  • Hatebreed – The Divinity of Purpose (USA – Razor & Tie, Europe – Nuclear Blast Records, 2013)[8]
  • Acrania – An Uncertain Collision (independent release, 2012)
  • Testament – Dark Roots of Earth (Nuclear Blast, 2012)
  • Hammercult – Anthems Of The Damned (Sonic Attack/SPV Records, 2012)
  • Sigh – In Somniphobia (Candlelight Records, 2012)
  • Advent of Bedlam – Flesh Over God (independent release, 2012)
  • Sodom – In War and Pieces (SPV Records, 2010)
  • Atheist – Jupiter (Season of Mist 2010)
  • Acrania – Unbreakable Fury (independent release, 2010)
  • Sigh – Scenes from Hell (The End Records, 2010)
  • Mekong Delta – Wanderer on the Edge of Time (AAARRG Records, 2010)
  • Virus – The Agent That Shapes The Desert (Duplicate Records, 2010)
  • Anacrusis – Hindsight: Suffering Hour & Reason Revisited (Anacrusis, 2010)
  • Master – The Human Machine (Pulverized Records, 2010)
  • Enders Game – What We've Lost (independent release, 2010)
  • The Crinn – Dreaming Saturn (Nuclear Blast, 2010)
  • Hyperion – Orchestrating The Myth (independent release, 2010)
  • Masachist – Death March Fury (Witching Hour Productions, 2009)[9]
  • The Alien Blakk – Modes of Alienation (Reissue) (independent release, 2009)
  • GWAR – Lust in Space (inside sleeve artwork only) (Metal Blade, 2009)
  • Immortal Dominion – Primortal (427Records, 2009)
  • Mandala – I (independent release, 2009)
  • Testament – The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast, 2008)
  • To-Mera – Delusions (Candlelight Records, 2008)
  • Baliset – A Time for Rust (Ret-Con records, 2008)
  • Ansur – Warring Factions (Candlelight Records/Nocturnal Art Production, 2008)
  • Deceiver – Thrashing Heavy Metal (Pulverised Records, 2008)
  • Desolation – Lexicon V (Shadowflame Records, 2008)
  • Xerath – Xerath I (Promotional demo, 2008)
  • Thy Majestie – Dawn (Dark Balance Records, 2008)
  • Masachist – Death March Fury (TBA, 2008)
  • Robot Lords of Tokyo – II: Whiskey, Blood & Napalm (independent release, 2008)
  • Prey For Nothing – Violence Divine (Rusty Cage Records, 2008)
  • Abysmalia – Portals to Psychotic Inertia (independent release, 2008)
  • Grant O'neil – Head-On (independent release, 2008)
  • Sorrow's Joy – Fallow Ground (independent release, 2008)
  • Liberty N' Justice – 4 All : the best of LNJ (Versallis Records, 2007)
  • sHeavy – The Machine That Won the War (Candlelight Records, 2007)
  • Mena Brinno – Icy Muse (Dark Balance Records, 2007)
  • Thrustor – Night of Fire (Black Bastola Records, 2007)
  • The Old Dead Tree – The Water Fields (Season of Mist Records, 2007)
  • Detonation – Emission Phase (Osmose Productions, 2007)
  • Aghora – Formless (European edition) (Season of Mist Records, 2007)
  • Denis Vlachiotis – Imperishable Ferocity (independent release, 2007)
  • Dissonant – Perspective (independent release, 2007)
  • Mekong Delta – Lurking Fear (AFM Records/Candlelight Records, 2007)
  • Savannah – S/T (independent release, 2007)
  • Sickening Horror – When Landscapes Bleed Backwards (Neurotic Records, 2006)
  • Aghora – Formless (American edition) (Dobles Music, 2006)
  • Abed – The Coming of Soon (independent release, 2005)
  • Abused Romance – S/T (independent release, 2005)
  • Dred – A Pathway to Extinction (independent release, 2005)
  • To-Mera – Transcendental (Candlelight Records, 2005)
  • Bishop of Hexen – The Nightmarish Compositions (SPV Records/CCP Records, 2005)
  • Armilos – Race of Lies (independent release, 2004)
  • Solitary – Trail of Omission (independent release, 2004)

Book cover illustration credits
  • Moshe Peled – Back to the Circuit (Kavim Publishing Inc., 2007)

References
  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's Official Website". EliranKantor. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30.
  7. "Eliran Kantor: Complete Discography". Eliran Kantor. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  8. "Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta discusses the artwork for The Divinity of Purpose". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  9. "MASACHIST To Release 'Death March Fury' This Month". Archived from the original on 2009-05-02.
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