Gnarled, Scratched, Scorched, and Dripping

Here’s a typographer’s take on extreme metal lettering, featuring an essay and cover art by Olivia Kane, back cover art by Lynne Yun, and lettering exercises by Cris Hernandez. It dives deep into the origins, inspirations, and evolutions of extreme metal lettering aesthetics and its adoption into popular culture, and includes a series of lettering exercises to develop your extreme metal lettering finger muscles. Get ready to rock (or something).