are album covers crap now??

[Morpheus]

Actually i didn't want to win this but Miranda made a mistake in her bid and she retracted it.:hotjump: I was having some fun bidding thinking well, someone's gonna bid higher, but then she retracted her bid, so I hope it doesn't cost me too much

oh, you really won it? By chance? so you're excused!

Harm set, harm get.

 

[Andy_2003]

yeah i was getting frustrated in a way cos every time i bid, i was always outbid by a huge bid by Miranda that she later took back hmm what should I do now? lol

 

[Morpheus]

well, sell it on ebay again

 

[Crack Hitler]

and maybe stop fucking with other peoples auctions and biddings unless you're serious, eh?

 

[Andy_2003]

ah well i'll get it then

 

[toolsofthetrade]

its a bit always the same tho. that pic could have fit on any katatonia booklet like.

yeh i must admit i like cliche things at times. like that crow theme has been used like 100 000 times. but Travis's stuff is well done overall. and this piece doesnt seem that hard to build as such. imho

 

[Thortyir]

I love it to, I just bought the albul two weeks ago just because of the artwork! Didn't know the band before.
I have just listen to it once, seems to have neo-metal tunes in it. I Have to dig it.

Actually not... It's more a mix of Dream Theaterand A perfect circle... Great CD, check out a (french) review here:

http://metalchroniques.free.fr/chroniques/albums/deadsoultribe.htm

 

[Nicolas]

Thanks Thortyir, I should spend more time listening to the CDs I buy...

 

[Nicolas]

http://metalchroniques.free.fr/chro...adsoultribe.htm

Ah, I think I have already seen the name of the guy who did the review somewhere!

 

[Thortyir]

Hahahahaha... Self advertising you know

By the way, I found something yesterday... Is it you?

 

[Thortyir]

Thanks Thortyir, I should spend more time listening to the CDs I buy...

I know what you mean... I buy so many stuffs too... In 15 minutes, I'll be in downtown Brussels to get the new TIM'S FAVOURITE and JANES ADDICTION

 

[Nicolas]

Jane's addiction rules, Strays is a great album, bought it last week!!!

Are you gonna see them live in Paris?

Or anybody in this forum gonna see one of the following in Paris?

- Jane's Addiction (October)

- Dimmu Borgir (October)

-Iron Maiden (November)

 

[Nicolas]

Hahahahaha... Self advertising you know

By the way, I found something yesterday... Is it you?

Ah ah, no, but I am a SYL fan too

 

[Bambi]

travis smith is good but but his stuff is not always good cover art
plus he seems to have a kind of "just like katatonia covers" deal for crap metal bands, which makes a lot of it samey

but this thread is about covers and not artists (and deffo not about how much andy payed for some cd, so andy shut the fuck up and dat )
now lets make a list of what makes a good cover

good image/idea... sticks in you head
relates to the music
is unique in some way

anything else??

 

[Nicolas]

I don't know what can make a good cover.

Let's say that it has to suggest something, like an invitation

 

[Nicolas]

Anyway, here is my favourite cover. Look at it while listening to the first song of the album, it's dreamlike.

 

[Bambi]

this worked well all dem years ago, me still like

 

[Bambi]

yeah rush do good covers sometimes, they suffer a bit from "prog rock clever punsand visual statements syndrome" sometimes.

 

[Nicolas]

You're right, but this one is really great

 

[Hypnos666]

I prefer Black Metal covers...I like the cover on Borgir's Garden album...the one on Burzum's Det Som's pretty good too, and Behemoth almost always has a good cover. Also, Rush's 2112 cover is one of my favorites by Rush. That's my input.