Cover Decoder

Featuring: Gerald Brom, Don Punchatz and John Shroades

In this thrilling installment of the fantasy cover festivities the Brengineer takes you beyond the backroom of Egghead Software, into the dank darkness of his pixel dungeon! Explore the cryptic, cover caverns of Heretic and Hexen. Square off against demonic hoards and Minotaurs caught in the act of intimate self appreciation. Hold tight to your tome of power folks because this cover conquest is sure to get your staff's power crystal buzzing.

Enter the Dungeon Slides

Featuring: Paul Wenzel, Evaline Ness, Don Maitz, Jean-Leon Huens, David Wyatt and Brian Froud

In this chapter of the Fantasy February saga Inks throws the Decoder boice into a black cauldron and hauls them through the glorious cover world of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series. Horned kings, bad haircuts and strong smelling hominids await! To adventure!

The Slides Of Coverdain

Fantasy February has begun! And what could be more epic than riding into battle with a master of heavy metal and oil painting, the mighty Vidarr The Silent! Join the boice as they speak to this cover warrior about fantasy, heavy metal and the intricate process or art and creativity.

Legendry Interview with Vidarr Slides

Legendry Music

Hillsfar Music

Featuring: Aleta Rafton and Bill Gold

January is getting steamy as the boice dig into the sultry world of romance covers. Get ready to have your crotch ignited with beefy phoenix fire fighters and your curiosity moistened by mermaids, fish men and of course, Tom Hanks. Featuring a Q & A interview and some legendary artists this episode is sure to give those stiff jeans a run for their money.

Cover Lovin Slides

Featuring: J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur Rankin jr., Ralph Bakshi and Tom Jung

A New Year should be a time of epic beginnings and what could be more epic than a visual journey through the covers of some of the most influential fantasy books of all time written by none other than J.R.R. Tolkien! Join The Fellowship of decoders as they lead you through an astounding cover world inspired and sometimes created by Tolkien himself! Dodge the neon spandex wearing goblins of 80s book art, sing the ballads of middle earth with a host of hairy animated dwarves and prepare to throw the next hour of your life into the fires of Mount Doom, because the greatest art adventure is what lies ahead!

Lord of the Covers Slides

Featuring: Spectrum, Bill Garland, Rudy Obrero, Scott Johnson, Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman and Kevin Fales

After a visit from Criff Holloway derails the Decoders plans, the boys get into the holiday spirit with some surprise covers! Join them as they unwrap this special episode filled with merry mutants, cheery art guilds and wonderful wasteland warriors. Filled with thrills, revelations, and fantastic art this episode is the epitome of good holiday fun.

How the Criff Stole Christmas Slides

Featuring: Kristian Wahlin, Regnault, Timothy Philips, Kris Verwhimp and an unholy horde of black metal covers!

For many the winter means bundling up against the grim frostbitten cold, but to the Decoders it's a time to embrace that cold atmosphere like skin tight leather and scream into the howling winds! Join the Brengineer as he lights a torch and walks his fellows through a furious tundra of album covers, revealing the good, the bad and the ugly sides of one of Metal's most notorious and interesting genres. Those of a sensitive disposition be warned. Not all darkness is fun to look at, but this episode will have you wanting to scream back at the void! 

A History of Black Metal in Covers 

It's time once again to open Meemaw's oven and waft the sweet scent of fresh baked cover goodness. Inks starts things off with Papa Gurney's famous dino casserole, chock full of delicious prehistoric flavor and the Brengineer finishes it off with a piping hot cross section Biesty pie, complete with tanks and mutilated sailors. Now if that ain't comfort then these boys don't know what is, so take off your hats, grab a seat, and dig in Covers are served!

Comfort Cover Slides

As October rots behind us and colder winds blow us further into November, the Decoders have once again entered the Dungeon Synth tavern to share a hot mug of inspiration with one of the genres biggest acts, Sombre Arcane! Join Naginah, Phranick and the Decoders as they discuss everything from cover art, Dungeon Synth and creative philosophy! Full of amazing stories this episode isn't just a good time, it's an inspiration overload, bound to get your creative juices pumping! Featuring the art of @Suture_and_Soil, @AvengedCreations, and Aaron White.

Sombre Arcane Slides

Part three of the Decoder Halloween special is about to get abducted out of our world and into a terrifying cover scape of cryptid beasts and probing aliens! Inks tells the true story of a young boy protecting his cows from an assault by the Legend of Boggy Creek and then jumps into his truck at full speed to escape the bondage horror of red neck aliens from Fire in the Sky! Skeptics beware, for the covers shall reveal the truth!

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