Favourite Album Covers?

[vampiregenocide]

Did a search, didn't see anything.


For me a major part of an album is the album cover, its adds a valuable visual element to the music. As soon as you see that album cover, before you even hear the music, you already get a feel for it in your head, and it affects how you view that piece. It can be a subconcious thing, or a more obvious link. Either way, for me a good cover is almost as important as the music itself.

Post your favourite covers and maybe say why

We Are The Ocean - Cutting Our Teeth
- Not even a fan of this band, but a beautiful cover. Its similar to what I want for my bands EP.

Mastodon - Leviathan
- Simply the most epic album cover of all time. Great album too.

Mudvayne - Lost and Found
- Their next best album to L.D 50, combines their weirder aspects with a more traditional metal feel. I love this cover and the ideas it represents, at least to me.

Seether - Karma And Effect
- A fitting title for this album, and a really weird and unusual cover. This is one of my favourite albums, and one of the first metal albums I got along with the above.

Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
- Like their music, WTF is definitely present here.

 

[Dystopia]

heres some of mine:

Whitechapel- The Somatic Defilement

Carnifex- Hell Chose Me

Korn- Follow The Leader

Dying Fetus- War of Attrition

 

[thesimo]

 

[Joel]

TDEP- Ire works



TDEP- Option Paralysis



Scale The Summit- Carving Desert Canyons



Between the Buried and Me- The Great Misdirect

 

[Antimatter]

Pig Destroyer- Phantom Limb (Warning:NSFW)
http://www.self-titledmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PhantomLimbRGB.jpg
It's great because it's not just something to put on the album, it's a work of art.

The Red Chord- Fed Through The Teeth Machine

It's just awesome.

I like the album covers that look like they took some effort, and weren't just stuck on there because they had to be. There are several others, but those were the ones that immediately came to mind.

 

[ry_z]

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante

Just as "wtf?" as the music.

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I

Fits the music really well, in my mind.

Not just the cover, but the packaging in general:

This album = "fuck yes" in every way, basically.

Also, @xiphoscesar - you should really make that a link, bro. Not everyone wants to see that. >_>http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/members/xiphoscesar.html

 

[chasedowbr00t4l]

 

[Anthony]

Hear are a mine

The faceless - pPanetary duality

Sikth - The trees are dead and all dried out wait for something wild.
[imghttp://www.99chan.org/me/src/124259901087.jpg[/img]

Between the buried and me - Colors

Cynic - Traced in air

Cynic - Focus
http://www.metalpesado.com.br/GRAFICOS/wallpapers/wallpapersyahoo/images
/focus.jpg

Meshuggah - Obzen

Hey this was my list! Hahah

 

[Dwellingers]

King Crimson - in the court...

Metallica

Shameless self-promotion.

 

[Mr. Big Noodles]

Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
I'm a big fan bizarre art like this. I wish I had a greater sense of art appreciation, as I really like this style of composition.

Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding

Genesis - Foxtrot
Kind of like the Psychotic Waltz album I commented on above.

I think that the entire cover art is interesting.

Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Pretty clear message. Very metal.

Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And Empty Stage
An ominous cover. Just sort of a dark, blue, swirly thing. Very much like some of the music on there.

Ancient - The Halls Of Eternity
I've been listening to these guys a lot lately. Excellent, excellent black metal.

Death - Symbolic
Weird. You can tell the music is awesome.

Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
Yep. That's what it is.

Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
Because pirates are awesome.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus

Yes - Relayer

Henry Cow - Concerts
Populist avant-garde artwork for populist avant-garde music. Nifty stuff.

King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon

 

[GRUNTKOR]

The original vinyl version with the turning card disc and cut out holes

 

[Skyblue]

a few of my favorites were already posted so I'll simply add some:

Dream Theater- Octavarium

Couldn't find a good pic of the whole cover I'm afraid

Gentle Giant- Octopus (original cover)

Orphaned Land- The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

I know a some more, but I can't really think about any right now~

 

[Xiphos68]

Love spacey looking ones.

 

[Jeepers]

 

[Cyntex]

 

[chasedowbr00t4l]

Another favorite.

 

[lefty robb]

 

[Patriclese]

Now that's a sweet bunch of albums.

 

[vampiregenocide]

I'm pretty sure Ghidorah would beat Malmsteen, he's given Godzilla enough trouble.

Spawn!!!

 

[Cyntex]

Nora - Dreamers And Deadmen