Axel Hermann - born April 25th 1968 - is a self taught illustrator,

grafic designer and cover artist located in Dortmund, Germany.

He started his career as an inhouse artist for Century Media Records in November 1988.

From there he went on to illustrate numerous artworks for bands like SODOM, ASPHYX,

GRAVE, MORGOTH, UNLEASHED, MOONSPELL, EDGUY, etc. (Just to name a few.)

Added to that he provided lots of designs for Tour- and Festival-Shirts.

(ROCK HARD FESTIVAL, BANG YOUR HEAD FESTIVAL, PARTYSAN.)

Clients (Bands):

Abandoned
Abythic
Angel Dust
Asphyx
Baphomet
Bloodbath
Borknagar
Casus Belli
Crows
Deathblow
Deathevokation
Deiphago
Demolition Hammer
Desaster
Despair
Diabolical Imperium
Dream Evil
Duke
Edguy
Flowing Tears
Fueled By Fire
Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
Gloryful
Grand Supreme Bloodcourt
Grave
Iced Earth
In Flames
Innerwish
Kadaverficker
Kermania
Liar
Messias Kiss
Moonspell
Mystic Prophecy
Nocturnal Rites
Onkel Tom Angelripper
Paganizer
Poltergeist
Rawhead Rexx
Runemagick
Sacramentum
Samael
Scartown
Silent Force
Sodom
Soulburn
Mushroom River Band
The Ruins Of Beverast
Twin Obscenity
Unleashed
Wargasm
Zonata

Clients (Label):

Century Media Records
Dockjard 1 Records
Hells Headbangers Records
High Roller Records
Massacre Records
Metal Blade Records
NoiseArt Records
Nuclear Blast Records
People Like You Records
SPV
Van Records
Xtreem Music

Clients (Other):

Art Worx
EMP
Bang Your Head Festival
Hexentanz Festival
PartySan Festival
Rock Hard Magazine
Rock Hard Festival
Jack’s Inn 54

Wacken Open Air
WA Verlagsgruppe