favorite cover artwork

[Greeno]

hey, that covers book sounds good!

I'd buy it!!

I'm trying to get enough cover scans together to fill a complete cdr, got about 150 megs so far. I think it will be cool to have a little database of 4 or 5 thousand metal covers on 1 cdr. The more obscure the covers the better. If anyone has allot of scans and would like to help out let me know. All types of metal is wanted accept black and death (only because I'm not into that type and I know nothing about it so I'll leave that to someone who does).

 

[Bryant]

I am surprised no one mentioned any of the Dio albums or AC/DC Back in Black. Talk about classic !! Selloutica even copied them with their self titled release in the all black format.


Bryant

 

[baldyboy]

spinal tap-smell the glove!

 

[plan13]

in no paricular oder...

Cradle Of Filth - Midean
Icon - Night Of The Crime
Behemoth - Thelema.6
Behemoth - Satanica
Black Flag - Jealous Again

 

[SLAYER85]

mercyful fate - dont break the oath
megadeth - killing is my business and business is good remaster
slayer - reign in blood
pantera - all of them, execpt reinventing the steel, good disc/bad art

 

[AngelWitch73]

IRON MAIDEN - Powerslave
SKYCLAD - Jonah´s Ark
HEATHEN - Victims Of Deception
METALLICA - Ride The Lightning

 

[Psychonaut]

I think most of these have already been mentioned but:

Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (I spent DAYS staring at it finding all the old songs)
Tristania - Beyond The Veil (See avatar)
Cradle Of Filth - Principle Of Evil Made Flesh
Dio - Holy Diver
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
Belphegor - Lucifer Incestus
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
Manowar - Kings Of Metal

 

[Aborted_Nazarene]

What I think are some worthy pieces of art...

Desultory - Bitterness
Memory Garden - Verdict of Posterity
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

 

[SpiritCrusherBTR]

Death - The Sound Of Persaverance
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Iron Maiden - Killers
Grave Digger - Rheingold

 

[LAWMAN]

JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel
JUDAS PRIEST - Sad Wings Of Destiny
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
Manowar - Warriors Of The World

 

[Officer Nice]

Is it me or has the cover artwork become a lost art? If you think I'm wrong,
tell me, seems like bands just dont do artwork the way they used to anymore.
Seems like the style has changed? what do you think???

My Fav's are

Laaz Rockit- Annihilation Principle
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Nuclear Assault- Survive
SOD- Bigger Than The Devil
Slayer- Reign in Blood
Exodus-Tempo Of the Damned
Napalm Death -Words From The Exit Wound and
Inside the Torn Apart
Megadeth-Peace Sells But Who's Buying
Megadeth-Rust in Peace
Iron Maiden-Powerslave
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In Time
Vio-Lence Oppressing the Masses
Testament-New Order
Testament-Practice What you Preach

 

[DrillSergeant]

Is it me or has the cover artwork become a lost art? If you think I'm wrong, tell me

So damn right!

 

[Greeno]

Is it me or has the cover artwork become a lost art? If you think I'm wrong,
tell me,

You are sooooo right! It went to shit when cd's took over. There nothing like holding a nice big 12x12 record sleave, it's just not the same with a cd. Plus all of the computer generated art for cd covers is getting very old! How about a cover with just a band shot every once in a while people!

 

[Officer Nice]

You are sooooo right! It went to shit when cd's took over. There nothing like holding a nice big 12x12 record sleave, it's just not the same with a cd. Plus all of the computer generated art for cd covers is getting very old! How about a cover with just a band shot every once in a while people!

I Fucking Hate all of that Computer Art stuff. Nothing against Computers,
but the art is ssso cheap and cheesy.

 

[Tauredil]

I Fucking Hate all of that Computer Art stuff. Nothing against Computers,
but the art is ssso cheap and cheesy.

Derek riggs sucks since he does cover with computers!
Compare his work with gamma ray/stratovarius to old iron maiden covers !!!
uke:

 

[Officer Nice]

Derek riggs sucks since he does cover with computers!
Compare his work with gamma ray/stratovarius to old iron maiden covers !!!
uke:

OMG! It's Derek who does those Gamma Ray covers! I didnt know that.
Never cared to bother looking I guess. Kai Hanson is awesome.
I think those covers are fine for Gamma, fitting their music and all,
but OMG, comparing those to Maiden covers of ole, eee-gads man!

 

[Tauredil]

he did powerplant and blast from the past, and they both suck!
he perhaps tried to do something like powerslave for the powerplant cover (you know, pyramid and all the stuffs...) ... but he failed!!!

 

[Officer Nice]

he did powerplant and blast from the past, and they both suck!
he perhaps tried to do something like powerslave for the powerplant cover (you know, pyramid and all the stuffs...) ... but he failed!!!

Yeah, Blast From The Past was just gay. Powerplant wasn't that good, but
not as bad as Blast From The Past.

 

[The saYer]

with all the bands coming together I am seeing better artwork these days, but it is true about the computer stuff. I mean, how hard can it be to have an artsy drawing?

 

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Nocturnus - The Key
Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation
Opeth - Morningrise
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy
Cryptopsy - And Then You'll Beg
Nuclear Assault - Survive (yeah this one rules as well)

thats all I can think of at the moment. some bands just have good covers naturally, for example I could put any Cryptopsy or Neurosis cover