Home of Metal – 40 years of Heavy Metal and its unique birthplace

‘Birmingham begun with the production of the anvil, and probably will end with them. The sons of the hammer, were once her chief inhabitants’. William Hutton b. 1723. First historian of Birmingham. Home of Metal – 40 years of Heavy Metal and its unique birthplace was a major exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. […]




Home of Metal

  “I’m really proud to be a Brummie and to call Birmingham my home, that’s why I’m supporting the Home Of Metal events and message. Your surroundings and experiences influence your music  so it’s important for people to know where that music came from.” Tony Iommi Black Sabbath After over 5 years of dreaming, planning, […]




You Should Be Living: The Visual Language of Heavy Metal

The global influence of Heavy Metal reaches beyond music, the heritage of the region seeping into all corners of culture. At Wolverhampton Art Gallery You Should Be Living: The Visual Language of Heavy Metal, Capsule explored the impact Heavy Metal has had on visual art.    




Mark Titchner – BE TRUE TO YOUR OBLIVION

BE TRUE TO YOUR OBLIVION was a major solo exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall by internationally renowned artist and former Turner prize nominee, Mark Titchner. An artist hugely inspired by Heavy Metal, Capsule invited Titchner to talk at the Metal Symposium in 2007 and have maintained a strong relationship with this artist throughout the […]