Slayer comes back to its original logo, and its version, introduced in 1986. The renewed color palette now featured white and gradient gray, and the uneven contours looked messy yet cool, and were the most recognizable part of the band’s visual identity for six years, until the next redesign. The scratched logotype became lighter and wider with the redesign of 2009. It looked like it was colored by a pencil, though it was a professional and very stylish logo. The original style of the inscription came back in 2001, though the contours were similar to the first versions of the logo, its execution was completely different - its thin lines were scratched on a white background and featured a black color. The sans-serif typeface of its capital letters was complemented by a gradient white color and a grain texture of the letters, which had a gray shadow, making the emblem three-dimensional and airy. The redesign of 1988 brought a completely new wordmark to the band’s visual identity. The straight thick lines of the narrowed geometric letters looked sharp and edgy, showing the individuality of Slayer and its unique style. In 1995 the band starts using simply its logotype, executed in white and red, and placed on a black background. The contours of the swords were also cleaned and made more distinctive. The circular frame of the sword structure was colored yellow, as for the lettering, in gained a brighter shade of red and became enlarged. The redesign of 1986 changed the color palette of the emblem and refined its contours. The whole composition was placed on a black square and looked a bit spooky, reflecting the music of the band. The red stylized inscription was placed on a background of an unfinished pentagram, formed by four swords, enclosed in a gradient red circle. Proving an attention-grabbing start to the ongoing Magic Sword project with Size Records, ‘Legend’ also reinforces the label’s forward-thinking reputation.The original Slayer emblem was introduced in 1983 and boasted a dark color palette and evokes symbols. ‘Legend’ is a unique EP that combines influences from french touch electro, rock, and film and game soundtracks for music that would perfectly slot into one of ‘The Keeper’’s increasingly notorious live performances. ‘The Curse’ rounds off the EP in a suitably memorable fashion, with long, forbidding drawn-out chords over a steady beat eventually giving way to faster drums and another evocative electric guitar. ‘Uprising’ features a similarly tension-filled intro, with a steady beat creeping in to provide the backdrop for cascades of uplifting, video game-like synths. An atmospheric build-up leads to a stomping beat, dramatic chords and even an electric guitar lending a cinematic feel to the track. The EP opens in an epic fashion with ‘Legend of the Keeper’. ‘Legend’ is the first of these exciting new releases, and more than lives up to expectations. Now, for 2016, Magic Sword are partnering with Size Records for the project’s follow up to ‘Volume One’ - a series of episodic EPs, each featuring a comic that tells another chapter of The Keeper’s eternal battle. As word about the project spread, copies of the debut record quickly sold out, leading to a re-release in 2015. Debut album ‘Volume One’, featuring a full comic created by the producer, quietly found its way onto store shelves in 2012. Magic Sword is a project from an anonymous music producer and comic illustrator, promising to combine the power of music and comics to tell the fantastic story of Magic Sword - a weapon of infinite power left to be guarded by an enigmatic character named The Keeper.
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