Behind The Artworks: Sangue e Aço - Profanação Cirrótica Luciferina (2025)

The cover, created by Melkor himself, is not just an illustration but a visual seal of the album’s blasphemous essence. It acts as the heraldic banner of Sangue e Aço, translating the lyrical and sonic violence into a single, striking emblem.

1. The Central Emblem

The symmetrical design of sword, wings, and a horned skull-like visage embodies the duality of the project: blood and steel.

The sword represents ritual violence, spiritual warfare, and the blade that cuts through both flesh and faith.

The wings and demonic face evoke infernal ascension, rebellion against divine order, and the ever-present shadow of Lucifer.

The dripping black forms suggest corruption, decay, and the unstoppable rot that flows through the album’s veins.

2. Gothic and Metallic Aesthetics

The gothic typography for both Sangue e Aço and Profanação Cirrótica Luciferina ties the work to the black/death metal tradition, while also recalling medieval grimoires and forbidden scriptures.

The metallic sheen against the darkness creates a sense of ritual coldness, as if the cover itself were an altar forged from iron and bone.

3. Connection to the Lyrics

Every visual element echoes the lyrical themes: desecration, intoxication, orgy, disease, and blasphemy.

The emblem functions as a heretical crest, condensing the recurring imagery of the album - blood, steel, fire, sex, and decay.

Just as the songs move between ritual and obscenity, the artwork balances the sacred and the profane, the symbolic and the visceral.

4. The Artist’s Signature

The fact that Melkor himself created the artwork gives it brutal authenticity. It is not outsourced decoration but a direct extension of the creator’s vision.

This makes Sangue e Aço a total work of art: music, word, and image fused into one profane body.

In essence, the cover is the blasphemous standard of the album, the seal of the pact, the crest of heresy, and the first wound opened before the listener descends into the delirium of Profanação Cirrótica Luciferina.