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This is the logo for the act, designed by Shadow Von Nyx.
The A features the Anarchy symbol - representing freedom of expression and liberation, not adhering to social norms and being yourself. The O features the Goddess insignia with a pentacle inside. The pentacle serves as protection from evil, whilst both symbols serve as both 'shock value' and a nod to Shadow's pagan beliefs.
The A features the Anarchy symbol - representing freedom of expression and liberation, not adhering to social norms and being yourself. The O features the Goddess insignia with a pentacle inside. The pentacle serves as protection from evil, whilst both symbols serve as both 'shock value' and a nod to Shadow's pagan beliefs.

This is the album cover for the 2022 EP 'Upon A Bloodied Earth' by Ankoth. Whilst the concept was made by Shadow, it was their good friend Daisy Banks, who drew this design based on Shadow's description.
The design consists of a globe of the Earth, covered in blood, with a skeletal hand holding the globe - a literal symbol of earth being in death's clutches, with the blood symbolising its dying and critical state. The picture was originally drawn in black and white, but red colour was added onto the blood and a red/pink tint was added to the picture when edited by Shadow, giving it an infernal feel. The cover is used on both the 2022 EP Upon A Bloodied Earth, and the remastered version.
The design consists of a globe of the Earth, covered in blood, with a skeletal hand holding the globe - a literal symbol of earth being in death's clutches, with the blood symbolising its dying and critical state. The picture was originally drawn in black and white, but red colour was added onto the blood and a red/pink tint was added to the picture when edited by Shadow, giving it an infernal feel. The cover is used on both the 2022 EP Upon A Bloodied Earth, and the remastered version.

Hand drawn by Shadow's close friend, Daisy Banks, this is one of the first art pieces by Banks that contain colour. The image is that of a polluting factory, filling the toxic green skies with smoke and fumes, besides a river of what appears to be toxic waste or other pollutant liquid, and a wasteland besides the river, with dead trees at the riverbank. This image represents the dying state of Danu - the Celtic primordial Goddess of the Earth - a nod toward's Shadow's pagan beliefs. and a reminder of the climate crisis and the state of the world in 2024. A dying, skeletal, withered hand reaches out from the toxic river, with a human hand seen reaching for its aid - the skeletal hand representing the lives of both humans and people dying in a man made crisis, with the hand reaching from above (a part added in entirely by Daisy Banks - the latter being omitted in Shadow's description first made to Banks) the hand representing a literal helping hand and a small ray of hope that we may be pulled out of this mess, should we change our ways.
This cover appears on both sides of the Danu's Decline demo tape on BandCamp, and will appear on the final studio album too.
This cover appears on both sides of the Danu's Decline demo tape on BandCamp, and will appear on the final studio album too.

This is the Ankoth sigil, created by Shadow von Nyx, which compacts the important motifs of Ankoth's logo, down to one letter.

This is the Ankoth Mascot Storm, created by Shadow as early as 2018, with the idea being that of a giant magickal cat-like being with supernatural powers, including pyrokinesis and access to the otherworld and other realms and dimensions.
This concept was made into this image/character by Shadow, by editing a picture of their cat, Mickey, to look more demonic and supernatural.
This is a character that will reoccur in Ankoth's media and has the ability to shapeshift based on the premise, with the character also appearing on Shadow's tattoo, in a different shape, with goat horns and a pentacle on her forehead.
The idea behind the character was based on Shadow's love for cats, and their special connection with cats, as well as cats representing freedom, magick, mystery, self expression and revolution against normality, human rules and social norms, in the eyes of Shadow. "Cats always do their thing, do what they please, act crazy when they feel like it and weird at other times, and there is no stopping them or telling them what to do, cats stand their ground and stand for what they feel at any given moment, they are free, noble and uncontrollable creatures - wild and beautiful, and very much like Ankoth" - Shadow Von Nyx
This concept was made into this image/character by Shadow, by editing a picture of their cat, Mickey, to look more demonic and supernatural.
This is a character that will reoccur in Ankoth's media and has the ability to shapeshift based on the premise, with the character also appearing on Shadow's tattoo, in a different shape, with goat horns and a pentacle on her forehead.
The idea behind the character was based on Shadow's love for cats, and their special connection with cats, as well as cats representing freedom, magick, mystery, self expression and revolution against normality, human rules and social norms, in the eyes of Shadow. "Cats always do their thing, do what they please, act crazy when they feel like it and weird at other times, and there is no stopping them or telling them what to do, cats stand their ground and stand for what they feel at any given moment, they are free, noble and uncontrollable creatures - wild and beautiful, and very much like Ankoth" - Shadow Von Nyx
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