Favorite album cover art

no country for old wainds · Jan 16, 2023

CiG said:
10 of my favourite metal cover pieces this year:

10. Pretty sure this was painted by Torch, the guy behind this "band" who is currently serving life in a New Mexico prison. It just catches my eye for some reason.
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9. It's not necessarily distinctive, and Juanjo Castellano does too many fucking pieces per year, but I really like this one. Big 90's vibes.View attachment 32266

8. Yes it's goofy and cheesy, and the attempt to capture his neck turning a full 360 doesn't quite work, but it's barbaric and Aghy R. Purakusuma rules. Actually I preferred his painting they used for their "Crushing Wheel" single but I tried to stick to full releases. View attachment 32261

7. It's artwork by Matt "Putrid" Carr which of course immediately reminds me of Razorback's glory days. View attachment 32265

6. Weirdo shit from Ian Miller (yeah the Lovecraft/Tolkien guy) who did all those incredible pieces for Ulthar. Pandemic appropriate.View attachment 32260

5. Sparse yet simultaneously detailed. Very creepy and gross, lots of atmosphere. It's by Chase, the guitarist of Mortiferum.View attachment 32262

4. Apparently it's by a guy named James McCarthy and it's his only credit on M-A. Anyways it's a crazy psychedelic mess with insane details and fully fits the mood of the record.View attachment 32263

3. A very demented piece by Brad Moore, a cult legend who painted things like the Morpheus Descends debut and all the Argus albums. You could stare at this one for ages and still not fully absorb it all. Looks pestilent as fuck. View attachment 32264

2. Utterly fucking infernal piece by Alexander Gjerdevik Skjøtt. How has he not done more!?View attachment 32259

1. Maybe a divisive one but I love the style. There's a faint Robert Balser (Heavy Metal) influence going on, but also a big Albert Cuellar (Hell Awaits) vibe. Also a gigantic vagina. Vincent Helmkamp rules.View attachment 32257

love 6 and 2. think i’ll have a rummage later and come up with a list.

edit: looking on a bigger screen and 3 fucking rules as well.

no country for old wainds · Jan 16, 2023

well, it was a hell of a selection this year, but somehow i managed to narrow it down to my top 3 covers:

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CiG · Jan 16, 2023

That second one is hilarious.

no country for old wainds · Jan 17, 2023

Top 20 Metal Cover Art Of 2022
20. just some cool mad max shit.

19. this guy's done a lot of garbage, and this borders on too slick as well, but it sure jumps out at me.

18. at his fourth attempt kantor finally made a good satan cover, and he will also be appearing in my top 3 further up. progress! i really like the texture of this.

17. this obviously isn't my usual style at all, but it's kind of awesome for a major label record. a rare case where the computerised slickness actually seems to suit it somehow.

16. not sure if this is good, exactly, but it's a fucking trip and makes me want to check out the album.

15. legendary retarded shit. instantly knew i'd be checking this out when i saw CiG post it somewhere.

14. i'm sure it's not for everyone but i just love burke's oil painting style applied to metal stuff. also this reminds me of that serial killer subplot in arkham knight.

13. haven't even listened to this yet but you can tell it's some weird barbaric heavy metal. badass name and logo too.

12. this dude does vocals, guitar, bass, lyrics and the artwork.

11. more very cool menacing shit from burke.

10. this was made by one of the dudes out of garroted! no idea what the fuck it's supposed to be signifying but it works for me.

9. just some top quality seagrave shit.

8. burke at his most surreal.

7. everything about this is very appealing to me for some reason. perfectly fits the music too. makes me wanna break out my amstrad and play the fantastic voyage game. also i swear the tentacles move when you scroll past it.

6. one of the best artworks of this type i've seen, burke again. i would read a fat novel with this cover.

5. burke's fifth appearance on the list? to be fair, he did also do one of the lamest of the year. this one's just fucking intense.

4. my kind of weird. dated in the best way.

3. second appearance of eliran kantor on my list, he also did the satan cover. i always fucking hated this band back in the day, but this cover is inspiring me to wanna check this out anyway.

2. that gross fucking italic font really kind of ruins it but the art itself is killer. easily better than most of mora's other shit.

1. nothing beats this. never seen anything quite like it, total nightmare fuel. this guy actually did the cover for a new vinyl issue of world of myths, also did some cool covers for ulthar as CiG said.

CiG · Jan 20, 2023

no country for old wainds said:
1. nothing beats this. never seen anything quite like it, total nightmare fuel. this guy actually did the cover for a new vinyl issue of world of myths, also did some cool covers for ulthar as CiG said.

Speaking of, he did Ulthar's upcoming album too and it's pretty insane.