Christophe Szpadjel is a Plymouth based logo designer who specialises in logos for metal bands. Szpadjel or the 'Lord of the Logos' has designed a number of logos but I have picked out these two to analyse. Szpadjel designed the logo for experimental black metal band Nutrition, Szpadjel has used bold, straight, glimmering lines in the background of the logo to reflect the genre, I believe the shimmering line looks like metal reflecting light. Szpadjel continues to use these glimmers on the band name along withe bolt holes in the letters to make it look almost metalic. I believe Szpadjel has reflected the name nutrition well because all of the lines leading into the band name almost make it seems like they are giving nutrition, a lot like the roots of a tree.
Szpadjel also designed the logo for Black Metal band To Storm The Fortress. The first thing we see with this logo design is the obvious outline of a fortress in the background with the band name in the foreground, I believe the imagery of the fortress represents the genre well because when you think about a fortress the main words that come to mind would be strong, hard, tough and I believe these words can also be used to represent Death Metal as a genre. Szpadjel has also managed to incorporate the band name 'To Storm The Fortress' within the fortress itself and this adds to the impact of the design.
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