Best Metal Album Covers
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Topic: Best Metal Album Covers
Posted By: topofsm
Subject: Best Metal Album Covers
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 03:17
In my opinion, the metal genre not only holds the flag for the best music, but some of the best cover art. Not to put down Roger Dean, but some of the modern metal covers are beyond beleif. Anyways, post some of your favorites.
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Posted By: AlbertMond
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 09:01
 Strangely, enough, "United Abominations" was done by someone from DeviantArt. Go figure.
![And, of course, I include BOCs "Imaginos"](http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x243/dam-66/BlueOysterCult-Imaginos400.jpg "And, of course, I include BOCs "Imaginos"") ------------- Promotion so blatant that it's sad: 
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 09:12
        ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 09:19
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 10:50
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Hi,
Why do I get the feeling that I am not missing much not listening to any of these?
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 11:02
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 11:22
Hi,
Why do I get the feeling you're on the wrong thread?
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moshkito wrote:Posted By: AlbertMond
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 11:41
Black Metal covers tend to have a very gloomy, depressing feel to them. And in a great way, too. ------------- Promotion so blatant that it's sad:
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 13:22
one of my favourite topics  Morningrise up there is fantastic and I addeverything that Travis Smith has done with Opeth plus     (for the meaning)       pick your favourite... |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 15:23
You are. Except for the power metal ones.
 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=17263 - I can't find this one on photobucket, but it's awesome. -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 16:26
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I love the Holly Warburton's cover for Paradise Lost's Draconian Times in aapatsos's post above.
           ..and absolutelty anything by Dave McKean, such as...
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 16:38
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 16:43
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modern metal does have the most intricate covers, some on a par with the classic psych posters of the 60s, though it's in danger of becoming common now as 90% of contemporary metal has the same kind of gnarled illustrations and illegible titles |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 27 2009 at 19:50
Look up a fella named Dan Seagrave. He did some fantastic death metal sleeves in the late '80s to early '90s, starting with Morbid Angel's Altars Of Madness.
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Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 06:46
  ------------- The water rushes over all cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:04
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I´ve found this page:
http://www.metalartwork.free.fr - http://www.metalartwork.free.fr
There is quite a good compilation of dark artwork
from several bands (some of them included in PA).
It may be worth checking ------------- The water rushes over all cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:26
Is that the new MDB Dean? That's probably their best cover ever... |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:31
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:32
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:34
Yes, and it's a contender for their best album too.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:49
Nothing will ever beat Turn Loose the Swans IMO , but the cover artwork for the new one is absolutely stunning I agree.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 14:04
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 14:05
| Just love that Cretin cover. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 14:26
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Ups forgot this one:
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 13:42
It's a zombie eating itself. Hell yeah.
Has anyone seen Marduks f**k Me Jesus?
Here's some that relly are good:
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Posted By: fortyninedays
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 13:53
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 13:54
And some more:
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Posted By: fortyninedays
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 13:59
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slightly off topic, but is there a bad meshuggah cover at all?
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 14:45
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Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 15:02
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I dislike a lot of what has been posted, but some are very good (like the above). I especially like the covers that don't try to look like metal album covers (like the above). One of my favourites:  |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 15:47
      Then of course there is this little gem...
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 15:49
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 16:00
Always loved this cover: ------------- 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 16:12
^ like both parts covers actually  , but this one is indeed better
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 16:13
almost true statement, some might not like Obzen for example |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 17:35
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this thread has to have a "parental advisory" on the link... good covers...!!! I also like to add...  ------------- |
Posted By: Hexenmeister
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 20:20
Personally, I hate most modern computer-drawn metal album covers. Give me the hand-painted stuff any day. (Same goes for prog album covers.) Utterly evil.  Okay, not actually a metal album...I know! Still, love the mysteriousness of this cover.  I don't care if it's filled with Orcs, I want to live here.  My winter cottage away from Minas Morgul. ------------- Check out my podcast on iTunes: Temple of Snakes Metal Podcast http://templeofsnakes.blogspot.com - templeofsnakes.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 22:56
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Some classics: Metallica- Master of Puppets  King Diamond- Them  Slayer- South of Heaven  I'll add more when I can think of them. Most of my metal albums are at my parent's house, and my memory is failing me. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 23:05
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 04 2009 at 11:06
  ...no one's mentioned Ozzy...
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 04 2009 at 11:16
     Just to mention a few... The metal album covers from the 80's were the best, IMO! |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: November 04 2009 at 11:33
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Posted By: meatal
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 12:38
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 16:19
   
  
 and last but not least...
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Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 16:43
Not really that metal, but it caught me off guard the first time i saw this at the cd store ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 17:16
I'd be shocked if no one posted this yet: -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 19:45
This is the only cover that made me buy the album without ever hearing of the band or any of their music,way back in the hazy days of 1981.
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 05 2009 at 20:28
Love this one: -------------
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Posted By: Von Kulper
Date Posted: November 08 2009 at 12:10
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Surprised not to see any cannibal corpse on here. Don't think album covers get any more metal than that. (On second thought, it might make this thread rather NSFW |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 08 2009 at 13:15
Most metal album covers? Sure. But they are freakin' horrible abominations which should only be regarded with pure hatred, condescension and much smashing with a hammer.
Also, the band sucks.
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Posted By: meatal
Date Posted: November 09 2009 at 11:35
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Posted By: Hestoz
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 13:58
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