Best/Worst album covers in Metal/Rock

[aliasp]

OK I am sure we will get some rippers in this one.

For me it's these two

Best - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Maiden)
http://mi9.com/iron-maiden-seventh-son-of-a-seventh-son-iron-maiden_79443.html

Used to draw this album nonstop when I was a teenager.

Worst - For sheer hilarity, Manowar's Anthology
http://tinyurl.com/4t9zusq
Hand's down that is a pisser of a cover.

 

[Thrashard]

Best: Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

Worst: Fates Warning - Night On Bröcken

 

[motorpsycho]

Uhm....

Best:
Tomahawk - Mit Gas (I like the simplicity and the attention to detail).

Worst:
Pantera - Metal Magic

Well, it's a draw. Projects in the Jungle is pretty horrid as well.

 

[ruud3166]

Best: Anthrax - Among the living. I also like Stomp 442.

Worst: Megadeth - Killing is my Business.

 

[Arg_Hamster]

Best: Faith No More - Angel Dust.

Worst: Metallica - Load.

 

[Stormwatch]

Spinal Tap Movie Soundtrack for best.

Or, Killers, Powerslave, PoM or Somewhere In Time.


Worst - Final Frontier, The X Factor or Dance of Death

 

[KillerB]

Best: Exodus - Force of Habit

Worst: Dance of Death

 

[Arg_Hamster]

Dance of Death really has a shity cover. I thought it was a joke when I first saw it.

 

[Stormwatch]

Final Frontier isn't much better. What's with the stupid cartoon-like Eddie these days? It's fucking stupid.

Get back to the evil, realistic looking motherfucker from Killers!

 

[Joecephus]

Best

Worst

 

[Jono]

Yeah the shitty CG phase of Eddie was pretty bad...
The new version is OK but I much prefer classic Eddie.


The First OSI album LE was pretty neat. It was like a passport.

 

[danaholica]

Best - All the Maiden Albums of the 80's

Worst - Load / Re-Load

 

[DumbAss]

Best:

Worst:

 

[aliasp]

Spinal Tap Movie Soundtrack for best.

Or, Killers, Powerslave, PoM or Somewhere In Time.


Worst - Final Frontier, The X Factor or Dance of Death

Good shout out on the Dance of Death - was like some teenage kid got a copy of some 3D art package, went to work one night and said `here Steve. Use this as the album cover'.

 

[Joecephus]

Brave New World's cover wasn't bad, but Dance of Death, A matter of... and Final Frontier --- are good albums, but man do those album covers suck. I prefer the drawn Eddy of the digitalized Eddy.

actually come to think of it I haven't liked a Maiden album cover since maybe Powerslave or Somewhere in Time. Their later covers, imo, have not matched the music for awesomeness.

 

[Thrashard]

the old Manowar-covers are all pretty shitty, i like the ones from the late 80's and after.

 

[motorpsycho]

Best: Faith No More - Angel Dust.

Worst: Metallica - Load.

Yeah, that FNM cover is pretty fantastic.

 

[Anthrax_Mosher]

Best:

Iron Maiden 'Iron Maiden'

Atreyu 'The Curse'

Six Feet Under 'Graveyard Classics'

Anthrax 'Spreading The Disease'

Twisted Sister 'Stay Hungry'

 

[johnnieCzech]

the best: Anthrax: WCFYA, King Diamond: House Of God
the worst: Metallica: Metallica

 

[Arg_Hamster]

the best: Anthrax: WCFYA, King Diamond: House Of God
the worst: Metallica: Metallica

At least the black album didn't have semen on it (unless you produce some yourself and come all over it listening to the fantastic Bob Rock production).