Artist Gallery

Pennsylvania metalcore outfit Texas in July just wrapped up a tour of the United States and Canada in support of August Burns Red. The band recently checked in with a video tour diary, and now have been nice enough to send over some all-access photos from the Canadian portion of the tour with August Burns Red and Set Your Goals. Enjoy, and be sure to check out the new Texas in July album, One Reality, when it drops on April 26! (All photos by Joel Pilotte, www.joelpilotte.com)

As we all know, metal and tattoos often go hand in hand. It's much rarer though to find an artist that embodies both pure metal pedigree and wicked tattoo skills. Such is the case with Tim Lehi.

As one of the practitioners in the new wave of U.S. black metal, Lehi creates vicious records as Draguar, and was part of the first incarnation of Twilight, the black metal "supergroup" that also featured members of Nachtmystium, Leviathan and Xasthur. As a tattooer, Lehi works out of San Francisco's incredible Black Heart Tattoo shop, which he also runs with Jeff Rassier and Scott Sylvia. These guys are literally some of the best tattooers in the country.

MetalKult met up with Lehi last year in San Fran and had the privilege of getting some appropriately diabolical ink (see the Baphomet goat image in the following gallery). We had a blast talking about all things metal and geeking out about guitars, and came away with an awesome leg tat.

Lehi recently launched a blog—http://timlehi.blogspot.com—where he regularly posts shots of his recent tattoo work, excellent guitar collection and whatever other crazy things catch his attention.

To celebrate the launch of his blog, Lehi provided us with a little sample of the tattoos and album artwork he's created. Below, check out the shots and read what Lehi has to say about each piece.

Didn't get enough of the January/February issue's Hottest Chick in Metal, Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll? Neither did we. Which is why we've posted these bonus pics of her. Check out Kimberly's pinup in the new issue of Revolver, on stands now, and check out her video from America's Got Talent below the pics.

Photos by Matthew Rainwaters

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