Great Album Art

[gillygan]

Don't know if this has been done before, but thought I might give it a try.

Post your favorite album art,

mine


Mastdon- Leviathan http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers2/ath-2287.jpg

and


Pelican-Australasia http://www.peacedogman.com/Images/pelicanaustralasia.jpg

Post away.

[Flynn]

I think we've already had something like this a while back, but what the hell.

Skydancer ~ Dark Tranquillity:

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/skydancer.jpg

[Nostalgia]

Yeah, we had this thread a while back, but these are cool:

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/covers/wintersun.jpg

[heavy metal kid]

My all time favorite:

Napalm Death-Scum (http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/0/02/NapalmDeathScum.jpg)

[here comes the bird flu]

I really like the cover of The Art Of Balance (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006IQLG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) by Shadows Fall.

[gillygan]

Another good one

http://images.buymusichere.net/images/muze/580/589118.jpg

Nile- Annihilation of the Wicked

[StreetlightRock]

Pink Floyd - Pulse

http://images.yazzy.org/albums/Backgrounds/pink_floyd_pulse_cover.jpg

Favroute Artwork ever.

I really like thes stuff in the Clash's Best Of collection too.

[wardrobe malfunction]

Rhapsody - Rain Of A Thousand Flames

http://www.coveralia.com/audio/r/Rhapsody-Rain_Of_A_Thousand_Flames-Frontal.jpg

[Nepenthe]

Rhapsody - Rain Of A Thousand Flames

http://www.coveralia.com/audio/r/Rhapsody-Rain_Of_A_Thousand_Flames-Frontal.jpg

The Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II art is top notch.

[heavy metal kid]

Pink Floyd - Pulse
http://images.yazzy.org/albums/Backgrounds/pink_floyd_pulse_cover.jpg


That's a great cover, i didn't like to much things in one image, but is good.

[StreetlightRock]

This (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002BWP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) has too many things in one image AND looks bad.

[heavy metal kid]

I've never liked any of the Steve Vai's covers.

I have always like the concept of :

A Change of Seasons (http://home.datacomm.ch/psychotic/progressive/dream/seasons.jpg)

[Det_Nosnip]

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery:
http://www.dark-tranquillity.nl/images/the_gallery_2005.jpg
Carcass - Heartwork
http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/heartwork.jpg
Therion - Sirius B/Lemuria
http://www.piercingmetal.com/graphics/therion_lemuria.jpg
http://www.haoyy.com/music_pic/Therion-Lemuria.jpg
Orphaned Land - Mabool:
http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/1436064.jpg
Naglfar - Sheol
http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/1422189.jpg

[StreetlightRock]

I've never liked any of the Steve Vai's covers.

I have always like the concept of :

A Change of Seasons (http://home.datacomm.ch/psychotic/progressive/dream/seasons.jpg)

I always think of Cat Stevens (http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/dre300/e375/e37508wt49y.jpg) when I see that one

But Vai. My God. Only he could actualy, do This (http://www.united-mutations.com/v/vai_anthology.jpg) and get away with it.

[magicbus]

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/Y/yes.html

http://www.metal1.info/images/cover/487.jpg

http://www.jnetworld.com/images/locandine/aoxomoxoa1.gif

http://www.ilbaluardo.com/Cover/Audio/P%20-%20Q%20-%20R/PRIMUS%20-%20Pork%20soda%20-%20Front.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002VETJA.01._PE30_.Dicks-Picks-Vol-22-Lake-Tahoe-CA-2232468._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[3FingeredHoek]

Strapping Young Lad's Alien
http://www.mrkwang.com/catalog/strapping_young_lad__alien.jpg

Becoming The Archetype's Terminate DamNation
http://www.becomingthearchetype.com/images/terminate_cover.jpg

and Spiral Architect's A Skeptic's Universe
http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/askepticsuniverse.jpg

[heavy metal kid]

I always think of Cat Stevens (http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/dre300/e375/e37508wt49y.jpg) when I see that one.

The image is similar, but the concept is way different.

But Vai. My God. Only he could actualy, do This (http://www.united-mutations.com/v/vai_anthology.jpg) and get away with it.

lol, he looks like a skeleton with hair.

[Riva]

Probably my current favourite:

Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out (http://images.bol.de/images-adb/05/f4/05f46fef-828b-49f6-b877-8b99574f80c0.jpg)

[Nepenthe]

For Mike, I prefer

http://users.mundivia.es/ayllonp/amadian/covers/songs_of_distant_earth_reissue.jpg

[Flynn]

I thought this was pretty cool.

Naglfar ~ Vittra

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/vittra.jpg

Oh, and I cannot forget this . :cool:

Ophthalamia ~ Via Dolorosa

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/viadolorosa.jpg

[Riva]

Yeah, Songs of Distant Earth has great cover art.

Any cover without Mike on it is good, really. :p

[Nepenthe]

:lol: the ones with Mike on them make me laugh.

[Riva]

I think Amarok is the worst of the lot. Ommadawn looks like it was photocopied, though. :p

[Nepenthe]

Voyager is my favorite :lol:

He's like the Manowar of New Age :lol:

[Riva]

Hang on, I think this is the best place to hi-jack the thread and make it the "Vote which Mike Oldfield album has the worst cover featuring Mike himself".

Earth Moving (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Moving)
Voyager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_%28album%29)
Guitars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitars_%28Mike_Oldfield_album%29)
Discovery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_%28Mike_Oldfield_album%29)
Ommadawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ommadawn)
Incantations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incantations_%28album%29)
Amarok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarok_%28album%29)
Light & Shade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_%26_Shade)

Guitars looks like a boyband album cover.

[Nepenthe]

Yeah, Mike should never bleach his hair. I mean, just look at the monstrosity that is the Voyager cover.

Voyager still gets my pick.

My God, I sound like a girl...

[eug008]

Always liked Dream Theater CD covers, nice and mystical

Dream Theater - Awake

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/awake.jpg

But this is one sickass cover and album

Riverside - Out Of Myself

http://digilander.libero.it/alexy600/riverside%20out%20of%20myself.jpg

[ArcLite]

All of Iced Earth's and Blind Guardian's are my favorites.

[Thor]

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/stormofthelightsbane.jpg

Ihsahn - The Adversary
http://www.the-pit.de/images/bands/i/ihsahn/album/the_adversary.jpg

Devastatin' Dave - Zip Zap Rap :)
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/zipzaprap.jpg

Arsis - A Diamond For Disease
http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/gas/images/5/arsis_disease.jpg

Children of Bodom - Something Wild
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005ZDO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
http://www.blind-guardian.com/new_version/images/albums/a_twist_in_the_myth.jpg

Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
http://www.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/doci/try/try_metal-1136203386_i_6342_full.jpg

[gillygan]

http://www.ilbaluardo.com/Cover/Audio/P%20-%20Q%20-%20R/PRIMUS%20-%20Antipop%20-%20Front.jpg

Primus- Antipop :thumb:

Devastatin' Dave - Zip Zap Rap
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/zipzaprap.jpg


Best in the thread.

[raz0r]

Surprised to see that 10,000 Days hasn't been mentioned yet.

Opeth's Blackwater Park is another of my favourites:
http://fsmat.at/~atrax/Florilegium/Opeth_Blackwater-Park_cover.jpg

[Patrick]

youth by collective soul

[Prince of Darkness]

Tool - 10 000 Days
Tool - Lateralus
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mastodon - Remission
Dream Theater - Octavarium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Muse - Absolution

[Tyler]

Pretty much every Iron Maiden album.
Also I love the artwork for Boris "Amplifier Worship"
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000083MF6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.sonore.com/images/covers/ROOT-015.jpg (I think this is the Japanese version of the artwork)

[eighty d]

Death - The Sound Of Perserverance
http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/thesoundofperserverance.jpg

Behemoth - Demigod
http://www.piercingmetal.com/graphics/behemoth_demigod.jpg

Hypocrisy - Virus
http://www.fourteeng.net/Logos/misc/hypocrisy-virus.jpg

Amon Amarth - Versus The World
http://scandinavian-metal.de/schweden/schweden_bands/amon-amarth/versus-the-world.jpg

[Riva]

Tool - 10 000 Days
Tool - Lateralus
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mastodon - Remission
Dream Theater - Octavarium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Muse - Absolution

I don't think Octavarium or Remission really has outstanding cover art, to be honest.

[YouGottaBeCrazy]

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00006IU73.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Led_Zeppelin_Houses_Of_The_Holy.jpg

Rush - Moving Pictures

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/movingpictures.jpg

[Prince of Darkness]

I don't think Octavarium or Remission really has outstanding cover art, to be honest.

But we're not talking cover art, we're talking album art. The art inside Octavarium is nice, and I like Remission's.

[KRASH]

Tool - Lateralus, 10,000 Days

[got tool?]

Tool - Lateralus, 10,000 Days

...and Ænima

[Otherside]

I like Radiohead's the best, probably.

[barosjn]

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
KoRn - Life Is Peachy
Metallica - Metallica
System of a Down - Steal This Album!

[got tool?]

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
KoRn - Life Is Peachy
Metallica - Metallica
System of a Down - Steal This Album!

Wasn't it just black & grey pics of the band member's faces? :confused:
Ah well.

[Prince of Darkness]

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
KoRn - Life Is Peachy
Metallica - Metallica
System of a Down - Steal This Album!

What a crappy list.

sorry

[Mr. Ron]

I always thought slayer had good album covers.

[Prince of Darkness]

OK, wait. Are we talking about the cover or the entire art package, including booklet art and such and such?

[Mr. Ron]

OK, wait. Are we talking about the cover or the entire art package, including booklet art and such and such?
The while thing. I always liked them. Especially Diablos in musica, that was pretty dark looking.

[AA-12]

Slayer has awesome art.

I also like:

Bathory
Opeth
Agalloch
Nile

[Otisbum]

http://www.coverportal.de/cover/audio/r/rage_against_the_machine_rage_against_the_machine_ a.jpg

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

'Nuff said.

[Txus]

Godspeed you! Black Emperor:

http://www.geekculture.dk/bedler/musik/godspeed.jpg

Infected Mushroom:

http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://galvirpho.free.fr/patrikblog/uploaded_images/Infected%2520Mushroom%2520-%2520The%2520Gathering%2520(front)-742040.jpg&imgrefurl=http://galvirpho.free.fr/patrikblog/peuto.html&h=709&w=709&sz=134&tbnid=zP0ZGK4ZdewNEM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=138&hl=es&start=10&prev=/images%3Fq%3DInfected%2Bmushroom%26svnum%3D10%26hl %3Des%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:es-ES:official%26sa%3DN

Converge:

http://gfx.dagbladet.no/kultur/2004/11/23/converge.jpg

Haggard:

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/awakingthecenturies.jpg

[The Internets]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Metallica - Kill 'Em All

[Musical_Nerd]

I like:
Psycroptic - Scepter of the Ancients
http://store.unitedguttural.com/Store/Inventory/psycroptic-ulr60013.jpg

Nightwish - Century Child (I dont know why, I just do)
http://www.nightwish-page.de/alben/century-child-a.jpg

Gorerotted - A New Dawn for the Dead
http://www.metalblade.de/cover/Gorerotted_ANewDawnForTheDead800.jpg

[deathscreamingsheep]

System of a Down - Steal This Album!
Metallica - Metallica
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

In what way do these show good album art?

[JamJar]

AFI - Black Sails In The Sunset
http://graphics.ink19.com/issues/july1999/covers/afi.jpeg

Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
http://www.buergerradio-beverungen.de/Bilder/Sendungen/PowerTraxx/Platten/pain_of_salvation_rl_g.jpg

And then there's Lateralus and 10,000 Days which have amazing artwork.

[Flynn]

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/thepastisalive.jpg

[Shadows Within]

My fav are still

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
http://www.coverportal.de/cover/audio/i/iced_earth_something_wicked_this_way_comes_a.jpg

Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/followthereaper.jpg

Biomechanical - The Empires Of The World
http://www.earache.com/images/cd_covers/mosh911.jpg

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
http://www.nevermore.tv/downloads/nevermore__this_godless_endeavor.jpg

[Flynn]

Driller Killer - F the World


http://i5.tinypic.com/142dliq.jpg


/thread

[Bongy]

I really like the art on Korn: follow the leader.

Front:
http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drd500/d542/d54254ukbia.jpg

Back:
http://www.coverportal.de/cover/audio/k/korn_follow_the_leader_b.jpg

[Kage]

Godspeed you! Black Emperor:

http://www.geekculture.dk/bedler/musik/godspeed.jpg
GTFO plzkthx.


I always loved the cover of Red Sparowes' album (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007LLP1U/sr=8-1/qid=1150066063/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-1508972-7288632?%5Fencoding=UTF8).

[Txus]

GTFO plzkthx.
:lol: I never saw that man...sorry :(

Here is the cover:

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ce/5d/346426-music-resized200.JPG

[Spoonful of Shame]

I love all the opeth covers.

[Flynn]

I thought this was pretty cool.

...And Oceans: Am God

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/amgod.jpg




I always loved the cover of Red Sparowes' album (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007LLP1U/sr=8-1/qid=1150066063/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-1508972-7288632?%5Fencoding=UTF8).

Likewise. I can't wait for a new album by them.

[Apocalypticon]

Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunnista

http://www.moonsorrow.com/2005/html/moonsorrow_wp2.jpg

[Txus]

Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunnista

http://www.moonsorrow.com/2005/html/moonsorrow_wp2.jpg
123 all the way man.

I had that album cover as a Wallpaper a while ago.

[HAIL TRUE METAL]

the original cover of CoF's upcoming album "Thornography" has to be killer since it has been banned in the US

[Apocalypticon]

123 all the way man.

I had that album cover as a Wallpaper a while ago.
I still do:thumb:
Epic heathous pagan meta metal ftw!

EDIT: @ Hail True Metal: have you seen the cover yet cause I haven't found any pictures and I wanna see it even though I hate Cradle of Filth.

[HAIL TRUE METAL]

have you seen the cover yet cause I haven't found any pictures and I wanna see it even though I hate Cradle of Filth.
i have seen the new cover. i tried looking for the banned cover online but havent found it.

heres the new cover

http://www.cradleoffilth.com/cof/thornography_cover.jpg

[Apocalypticon]

i have seen the new cover. i tried looking for the banned cover online but havent found it.

heres the new cover

http://www.cradleoffilth.com/cof/thornography_cover.jpg
Yeah I've seen that one, it's stupid like all other Cradle of Filth covers.

[Kage]

:lol: I never saw that man...sorry :(

Here is the cover:

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ce/5d/346426-music-resized200.JPG
Ah, there we go. Honest mistake...I was thinking, "What the hell?" But then again, I'm a Godspeed fanboy.


Likewise. I can't wait for a new album by them.
Agreed wholeheartedly. The new song off of it is amazing.

[Flynn]

Ah, there we go. Honest mistake...I was thinking, "What the hell?" But then again, I'm a Godspeed fanboy.



Agreed wholeheartedly. The new song off of it is amazing.


I have not heard a new song. Where can I hear that at?

[Txus]

Yeah, the new RS song is great.

I like this album cover too:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000QGP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Jawaharal]

Gospeed You..... - F# A# infinity
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Radiohead - Kid A, Ok Computer
Murder By Death - In Bocca Al Lupo
Envy - A Dead Sinking Story

[Kage]

I have not heard a new song. Where can I hear that at?

It's on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/redsparowes

Really damn good song.

[Danger Bird]

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/00/f8/72aa224128a0aaf054e34010.L.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000A5A20.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KCI.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A7M4NE.01-A3H9NXXVMBPZB4._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KAX.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002U9Y.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/78/59/70ddb2c008a0393000ea4010.L.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001Q3T.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Kage]

Who has the energy to trudge through that list without any labels?

[Danger Bird]

Who has the energy to trudge through that list without any labels?
Those of us who aren't morbidly obese.

[Kage]

Those of us who aren't morbidly obese.
Based on your username, I'm not interested in what you have to say anyway.

[ChrisAdlerisGod]

Anthems of Rebellion by Arch Enemy
Wages of Sin by Arch Enemy

[Danger Bird]

Based on your username, I'm not interested in what you have to say anyway.
Haha, I'm just kidding. Friends?

[Kage]

Haha, I'm just kidding. Friends?
I was too. ;) You've actually got some cool covers in your post.

[gillygan]

Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunnista


A'greed.

I'm just starting to get into that record too.

[3FingeredHoek]

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/thousandlakes.jpg

I really like this one.

[Txus]

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/thousandlakes.jpg

I really like this one.
Superb album also. :thumb:

[3FingeredHoek]

Superb album also. :thumb:

123

EDIT: 600th post!