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Rites of Blood and Dust

Album cover and cassette sleeve design for the first Blood and Dust release. The texture used as a background to the design was photographed indoors from soil, leaves and branches collected outside and with the addition of a good amount of fake blood. The concept for this album design, especially the cassette version was to make a physical vessel to contain the music, like an ancient cursed object holding the intense emotions and energy channelled in the songs. The cassette sleeves were cut, punched and folded by hand and all cassettes were engraved with our two sigils.

You can get this cassette and listen to the album over here: https://blood-and-dust.bandcamp.com/album/rites-of-blood-and-dust

Cover for the digital album Rites of Blood and Dust
Cover for the digital album Rites of Blood and Dust
Cassette edition of the album
Cassette edition of the album
Back of the cassette
Back of the cassette
Inside of the cassette sleeve
Inside of the cassette sleeve
Detail of the engraved and screen printed cassette
Detail of the engraved and screen printed cassette

CreatedFeb 22, 2021
Last tendedDec 14, 2024