Favorite album cover art

[CiG]

Good eye on the Thanatos album man, that's an awesome piece.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Not a fan of Black Dahlia Murder, but this is some of the coolest album art I've ever seen:

Also sweet:

 

[EchoForever]

this isnt metal but its real nice


rest is metal

 

[Internally Deformed]

Drool

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I'm not sure why I like this so much.



This one is just beautiful.

 

[Internally Deformed]

Lol this one is pretty funny, I can see why you like it. The fact that it clearly has nothing to do with the battle at helms deep only improves it.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

They reissued it with this artwork that seems to be Gandalf fighting the Balrog, which is also not part of the Battle and Helm's Deep.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I'm pretty sure that original artwork does have something to do with the Lord of the Rings though. It is, indeed, fucking awesome.

 

[Baroque]

It could maaybe be the battle of Moria if we are to believe the warrior is a dwarf. Not sure what the winged creature is supposed to be lord of the rings wise, but I guess it could work since there are mentioned to be dark unknown creatures in the deep places of the world. You could say this was the fall of Moria, sure. But helm's deep? Noway.

 

[Vilden]

Yeah that Attacker artwork is classic, those goofy but half serious 80s metal covers are awsome. They are definitely at their best when they are fantasy inspired. I mean, Attackers second album has really really boring cover.

This one is also pretty awsome:

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

It could maaybe be the battle of Moria if we are to believe the warrior is a dwarf. Not sure what the winged creature is supposed to be lord of the rings wise, but I guess it could work since there are mentioned to be dark unknown creatures in the deep places of the world. You could say this was the fall of Moria, sure. But helm's deep? Noway.

I also don't know what the cat wizard would be since there's no such creature in Tolkien's world to my knowledge.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Neat thread. I haven't seen this on the last few pages but its probably one of the covers from the last few years that has stuck with me most. High saturation and desert colors are great.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I don't know what it is about TDWoT's cover that I find so striking to this day. It's a beautiful work of art but it's really stuck with me since I listened to the album when I was 9.

EDIT: Good to see another Moorcock fan, Elric.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

EDIT: Good to see another Moorcock fan, Elric.

Cheers to Moorcock, fuck Sapkowski.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Cheers to Moorcock, fuck Sapkowski.

When I read the words "Conjunction of Spheres" in one of the Witcher novels, I just threw it against the wall.

 

[EchoForever]

also, every death album art is pretty badass

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

When I read the words "Conjunction of Spheres" in one of the Witcher novels, I just threw it against the wall.

Yeah, Sapkowski is a pathetic, plagiarizing hack, the only thing more poorly written and unoriginal than his books are the dreck video games they inspired. I feel horrible for an author as brilliant as Moorcock that he got screwed so badly on that.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Yeah, Sapkowski is a pathetic, plagiarizing hack, the only thing more poorly written and unoriginal than his books are the dreck video games they inspired. I feel horrible for an author as brilliant as Moorcock that he got screwed so badly on that.

Ugh, tell me about it. As far as RPGs go, I'll take Gothic, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, etc. over the Witcher games. At least they don't have to rely on T&A to sell copies.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Ugh, tell me about it. As far as RPGs go, I'll take Gothic, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, etc. over the Witcher games. At least they don't have to rely on T&A to sell copies.

Or, speaking of your screen name, any of the Elder Scrolls games as well. Couldn't agree more. The Glitcher can rot in hell.