A special issue of Revolver has just landed in my mail box that features the art of hard rock and heavy metal. The magazine goes through the concept behind classic album cover art with the band and artists. Bands included are Deftones, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Converge, Guns and Roses, Cattle Decapitation, Mastodon, Napalm Death and more. Artist interviews include Wes Benscoter, Paul Romano, Arik Roper, Ed Repka and more.

Iron Maiden tickets for the July 12th Madison Square Garden show go on pre-sale tomorrow March 19th at 10 AM through Ticketmaster. The reigning kings of prog-rock, Dream Theater will be opening the show.

Buy Iron Maiden Tickets here with the password HEMAIDEN

This past weekend I checked out the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn. One thing that caught my eye were the pillows made out of old metal t-shirts including Slayer, Pantera, Iron Maiden and more by a company called Dang Lorang. Perfect gift for your girlfriend thats a metalhead but still likes a pile of throw pillows on the couches and bed. Cool idea, good luck selling the Family Values one though, that tour line up (Limp Bizkit) always sucked.

Buy these here. More photos after the jump. I didn’t include the Kiss pillow because I am sure they have made pillow cases for years so this is nothing new for them.

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 hits stores next week (June 9th) on blu-ray, dvd and 2xCD which includes 17 Maiden classics each performed in a different country. The documentary as a whole is pretty amazing to see the band trek through territories that are mainly uncharted for Metal Bands to play. The cover for the album is pretty basic, but what is cooler than Ed Force One flying above Iron Maiden?

New England Metal and Hardcore Festival kicked off early this year with a pre-party the Thursday night before the festival. The festivities of the night included several movie screenings including Crowley, Iron Maiden: Flight 666 and Anvil: The Story of Anvil. There was also a few performances including Anvil and Kobra Kai an 80′s metal cover band featuring members of Shadows Fall, All That Remains, Fates Warning and Dark Day Sunday. Check out some photos below.