Mark Riddick’s work is often rooted in the grotesque. With a deep passion for the death metal, thrash and black metal music scenes, he’s devoted nearly all of his life’s work to the subcultures that exist around the music.

His artwork has been commissioned by the likes of Kanye West and Justin Bieber, but you’ll still find his detailed ink and pen drawings gracing the covers of underground death metal bands all over the world. We visited Mark at his Virginia home to peruse his art and discuss his work, religion, death, and the world’s created by his art and the subcultures that keep them alive.

Be sure to read our full-length interview inside the upcoming Issue 19 of What Youth, and keep an eye out for a limited run tee collaboration with him coming soon.