Most Metal Album Cover
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Topic: Most Metal Album Cover
Posted By: Smurph
Subject: Most Metal Album Cover
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 10:57
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I'm searching for the most metal album cover of all time. Here's my first entry.
SIGH- Scenes from hell
I'm pretty sure you guys can figure out what is considered metal. I mean, death, fire, hell, demons, violence, sex, basically AS MUCH sinning, ominousness and despair as possible on the cover. Haha
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:03
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:09
 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:11
There's quite a few out there, but I thought of this one right off the bat: ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Barah86
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 13:21
 ------------- Death seed blind man's greed Poets' starving children bleed Nothing he's got he really needs Twenty first century schizoid man. 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 13:28
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 13:29
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In my opinion most depraved and sick does not mean most metal. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 13:53
 Here, here! I feel that this should apply to the music as well as the art. Metal needn't be "extreme" to be metal.Anyway, here's my pick:  ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 14:05
| ^Wolves are metal as hell. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 14:59
| Pretty much anything by Cannibal corpse! |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:06
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Oh and btw. Does this topic really belong in the progressive music lounge? Not really eh? ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:29
Left me cold and bleak. I've seen enough. ------------- 
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:34
Completely agree with this. I don't get the metal = abject equation. The thread should have been titled what's the most sick and depraved album cover if these are the types of images you are after. One of the most metal album sleeves I can think of would be British Steel by Judas Priest. Now there's a cover that really wears its metal credentials on its sleeve (literally): 
------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:36
I thought the same thing but there weren't any other "list" things so I figured I'd throw it in there.
And the one with the demons and the naked girl and the poodle hair wins so far imo.
Its not really the best cover, but in terms of metalness I think its most metal haha
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:37
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:38
I didnt say most sick and depraved. Basically the cover with the most sinning combined with epicness. Because sinning and being epic is metal.
Didnt mean for it to go sick. Wolves? epic so its metal- Blood and disgusting stuff? Sinning so its metal.
Judas Priest straight edge to help people committ violent acts like suicide and stuff? Metal as sh*t.
Plus I was just trying to have fun and pass the time...
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:45
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Metal isn't all about sinning. I mean, Moses opening the Red Sea? So frigging metal. Jesus rising from the dead? You can't be more metal than that. Jesus riding a raptor? More metal than the Big Four tour combined with an Black Sabbath/Iron Maiden common gig. |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:48
DAMN IT you're right...
I guess you can't really define metal. IT JUST IS.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:56
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:33
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Supposedly I'm of the few people who think really gnarly and grotesque = metal. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:39
| something something Zuckuss |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:55
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:56
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:01
Nice one. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:04
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:50
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Dead was a very appropriate stage name for that guy to choose. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 19:23
| something something parental responsibilities etc |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 19:34
If the parents are allowing their children to go on an all-ages forum, where they know nothing x-rated stuff won't happen, they can't know someone is going to post a crime scene photo, even though it is technically an album cover; but it's still a crime scene photo. Can we start a thread posting the top 10 best crime scene photos? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 00:18
Censorship =  ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 03:07
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^ Yep, everyone's defense for the indefensible. I've hidden some posts (cos I can). I get enough mutilation, torture and human degradation at home. ------------- 
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Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 03:16
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------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:16
I was making a general comment on censorship, not on what may have been censored in this thread (I haven´t noticed if anything was). ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:21
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...ah I see it was the Mayhem cover which was censored. Since this isn´t primarily a metal site I guess such action is fair enough even though I still strongly believe that censorship is of the bad. I can´t possibly imagine who found it a great idea to use the suicide picture of "Dead" as cover artwork though. That´s morbid and a disgusting way to attract attention to your product. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:29
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Yet you saw no problem with the 'Sexual Carnage' album cover (now also hidden)
Common sense please people  ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:48
My comment makes no sense now as I am reacting against nothing.   ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:48
No I see absolutely no problem with the Sexual Carnage album cover. I think there´s quite a bit of difference between showing a picture of a man who has blown his brains out and showing a gimmick picture of a nude lady. The first is disgusting on so many levels, while the latter really shouldn´t bother anyone unless you can´t cope with the site of mother nature herself. It´s nudity alright, but it´s far from what I perceive as pornography (we have several covers here on PA with nude ladies on the front, including "Electric Ladyland" which features several naked ladies). I guess I just have to accept that some people find gimmick nudity (and we´re talking a couple of breasts) offensive  . ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 05:24
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Oh come on - if you can't see the sexual imagery in that photo, I dread to think what you would call unacceptable - as a member of HC status, I would have thought you could see that. -------------
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 05:38
So there´s a difference (not talking size or prefered personal taste  ) between the breasts shown on the Sexual Carnage cover and the breasts shown on the Electric Ladyland cover? In your world the former is pornography and the latter art? Is that what you´re getting at?------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 05:58
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Yes there is - in my world, the women on the Electric Ladyland cover aren't being pawed over by Jimi Hendrix -------------
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 06:31
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Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 06:54
 ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 07:05
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 08:02
That cover is like anti porn. Shows the women in a very harsh unerotic way. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 09:59
You mean they look like real women do when naked i.e. vulnerable, flawed, beautiful, emotive? (I think most people have a resistance to the voyeuristic cartoon sexuality that some metal graphics portray) -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 11:21
No. I'd go further and say they are shown in an intentionally unflattering way. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 19:38
Interesting perspective which garners some support here: http://www.sixtiescity.com/Mbeat/mbfilms12.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.sixtiescity.com/Mbeat/mbfilms12.htm The idea for the cover came from Chris Stamp and David King, art director of Track Records. Stamp sent King and photographer David Montgomery to the Speakeasy club in Margaret Street to get some girls who were offered £5 a head to pose for the sleeve and £10 if they agreed to pose with their knickers off. One of the 19 girls, Reimie Sutcliffe, told the music paper Melody Maker, “It makes us look like a load of old tarts. It’s rotten. Everyone looked great but the picture makes us look old and tired. We were trying to look too sexy, but it didn’t work out.” -------------
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 20:02
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Obviously, the most metal album cover has to be the Spinal Tap soundtrack. None more black, as they say. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 20:07
And for the record, this is the ORIGINAL Electric Ladyland sleeve. No, the one with the nekid girlies was not the original. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:25
You are in error I'm afraid. The naked girls is definitely the original cover. Don't know who told you otherwise. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:29
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I believe the naked girls cover was the original album cover for the UK version, while the flaming head was the original US one. ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:31
^Was it? In that case I am in error. Partly. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:36
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Mr Claypool is correct, though neither were the cover that Hendrix wanted:
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 05:49
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I know you're not supposed to rely on Wikipedia as a source, but it has the following: "The original North American-only Reprise release album cover featured a "fiery" photo of Hendrix' head. The slightly later Track/Polydor International album release cover, controversially, was a photo of a group of nude women, which was only replaced after Experience Hendrix took control of Hendrix' recordings." Unfortunately it doesn't list dates other than the original release date. If anyone has any further info, do tell. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 11:36
 But it all depends on the metal subgenre : - glam has (nude) women in languishing positions and/or long-haired guys with make-up - power has fantasy characters - black has corpse-painted people or sinister landscapes / greek mythology-inspired characters - death has ghouls, zombies, demons or cadavers - grindcore has severed corpses - thrash can be very diverse in terms of artwork etc. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:05
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:11
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:21
Not just you Dean. There were many of us in favour of the nudes cover. I still very much am. Any other cover looks completely wrong to me. I will never agree with current PA policy on this. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:29
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:33
You and me both.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:35
lol, they should learn french before giving a french title to an album. In french, it should indeed read "la mascarade infernale". ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:42
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i don't know if it is intentionally spelled that way or just a sloppy mistake, but i think not and their are some deep, underlying reasons it is made that way, mabe it is a word with more meanings then just one (1). i dunno, im no Arcturus expert but as i seem to understand BM culture it is deep, hidden in dark mysticisme and obsucrity
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 13:45
Very illuminating. Cheers. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 14:04
------------- What? |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 14:29
falling is kvlt ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 17:43
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^it would be perfect for a gothic rock band. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 17:59
Sorry to be off topic again here but I feel like I should say somethin since I put that picture up. Ha You might find it disgusting, but I find the album cover of Dead's Suicide to be way more "art" than naked ladies. Ha- I don't think it is distasteful at all in comparison to the fact that the band advocates suicide, murder, rape, and other forms of violence. What do you expect? haha But I'm totally ok with censoring anything on this website. If i wanted to truly find uncencorsed crazy crap I could go anywhere else on the web. I'm perfectly ok with the moderators keeping this place in line to a sort of extent. And while I post crazy stuff sometimes, if anything is too bad I'm ok with it being taken down- I'd hate to actually scare off some young kid that just getting in to Rush or something. Also colorofmoney youare funny :) ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 18:12
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I really like how Mayhem took Dead's suicide, which could've been (and probably was) catastrophic for the band, and decided to work it into their art style to make that occurrence part of their identity rather than calling it quits. That's quite metal, in my opinion. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 18:52
I personally think that when it comes to metal covers nobody beats Molly Hatchet, who self-ironically play with all the metal cliches in their album covers. here just one example: but maybe I am getting it all wrong and they mean these covers seriously -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 19:33
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 19:41
Well..hard to beat Frank Frazetta,,,or Conan. I always thought they were serious.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 07:07
| Argh, after seeing the Molly Hatchett and Amon Amarth covers, I nearly had a hard-on! Stupid sexy Conan! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 07:21
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he's such a barbarian. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:16
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That Amon Amarth cover is maybe the most metal thing I've ever seen. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:25
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 19:00
Great. And has one of the best metal songs, Victim of Changes.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 21:40
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 22:13
 First album I ever bought. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |