There was a big media hype going on here in Holland 'bout the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 last week. During the grand final of the contest Anouk has made it to the ninth place! With her song 'Birds' she has achieved the highest end result for The Netherlands in 14 years. Made my own cover art version of the song.

Beautiful song with even more beautiful lyrics. 
Bigger version in the Music > Miscellaneous tab.

Website Anouk: www.anouk.com

In early summer 2010 Sue, Christian and Guy met Andy and Thierry who were also looking for musicians to perform their creations live and in a full band environment. The Elysian Gates were born. The combination turned perfect when Kim  joined in to hit the bass. The lineup was now complete and ready to rock.The band's musical style could be described as symphonic progressive metal. Andy´s striking voice and Thierry most noticeable keyboard arrangements are EG's trademark. Bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X and Nightwish have great influence on the band´s songwriting.

Website: www.elysiangates.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElysianGates

For more art go the Music > Elysian Gates tab.

Support NEXT TO NONE, yes this the band of Max Portnoy… son of legendary drummer Mike Portnoy. 

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Next-To-None/427117837379318

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/_NextToNone_

For all the artwork go to the Music > Next To None tab.

Another wallpaper of Anneke and Danny performing Leaves. A song Anneke wrote a long time ago when she was the former lead singer of The Gathering (from the album Mandylion). Bigger version in Additional Artwork > Wallpapers > Miscellaneous tab.

Click on the image to see the video of Anneke and Danny performing Leaves.

Captured a beautiful moment of Anneke and Danny performing 
Untouchable part II, one of the most emotional songs that I know. People/fans who know the history of the band Anathema know that this piece is not 'just a love song'. There is so much more behind this story (see Untouchable part I and One Last Goodbye). 
Bigger version in Additional Artwork > Wallpapers > Miscellaneous tab.




Here's the original song of Anathema's Untouchable Part I & II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsMpOM4uAU

Here's the video of Anneke & Danny performing Untouchable part II
http://vimeo.com/60812806

Made this one a couple of days ago. Cool photoshop trick if you how it is done and have the right brushes. Again I got a great response on facebook and twitter... even from the man himself. :)

This wasn't possible of course if not for this great picture of Mike taken by Carsten Steinhausen, so credits also to him.
Bigger version in the Mike Portnoy tab.

Another Riverside wallpaper. Totally in love with this band at the moment. 
Made this one pretty quick actually and got some great response from die hard Riverside fans. Always nice to hear. Bigger version in 
Additional Artwork > Wallpapers > Miscellaneous tab.

Original photo: Piotr Maczkowski.

Been plugging the new Riverside album 'Shrine Of New Generation Slaves' on Facebook and Twitter ever since it came out. I'm totally in love with this album, absolute masterpiece! The music, the art of Travis Smith… just beautiful. Couldn't help myself to make a visual of one of my favorite songs. If you are prog fan and not familliar with their music, give these guys a listen… you won't regret it. Bigger version in Additional Artwork > Wallpapers > Miscellaneous tab.

It's been a long time since I've done some Dream Theater art. Until a couple of weeks ago. I let my mind go crazy and came up with this. Dark, yes very Riverside/Redemption art looking, but that's the kind of style I really like now. Just want to share it with the DT fans around the world. Bigger version in the Dream Theater III tab.

Last tuesday (01-08-2013) Saybia played their legendary album 'The Second You Sleep' live at the famous Paradiso here in Amsterdam. I was there to witness this memorable concert. The guys from Denmark still got it. Inspired by the lyrics I made this a few weeks ago. I also took some pics of the concert. See Music > Saybia tab.