Dear friends, welcome to the third browsing through the upcoming Czech edition of the "Masterpieces 2018" artbook by the English publisher Heavy Music Artwork, in which we are moving on to glance at the next two galleries.

The fifth one to be found in the book is entitled Highlight Artist of the Year and it showcases the work of such an artist, who is still to some extent under the general radar, but whose talent is already a sign of a stellar career. In case of Masterpieces, this title for last year went to the Russian visual artist Vladimir Chebakov, who so far has worked predominantly with bands on the Eastern European metal scene. That said, there is also a Czech connection, since the Ostrava-based death-thrash act NAHUM recently established cooperation with Vladimir Chebakov, who thus painted the frontcover of the current full-length "Within Destruction", as well as of the upcoming re-release of their first demo "Unhuman". You can check out more of his art here.

The sixth gallery then reflects the fact that in multiple cases, the metal releases get beside the standard edition also a special limited one, the best of which is presented precisely in the Boxset of the Year chapter of this book. In 2018, this honor went to the collector's edition of the "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic" album by the German progressive/sludge/post-hardcore act THE OCEAN, authored by the Norwegian artist Martin Kvamme, who is a true specialist on the unusual and innovative album packaging (even outside the metal genre), be it in terms of form or techniques used, for which he gained multiple awards. You can check out more of his art here.

So enjoy, and still more browsing next time!