hilariously awful album cover art

I don't think it looks like Goosebumps, I'd say it's a pretty classic 80's dark fantasy vibe. My issue with it was always that it looks RNG'd or something. If it came out today people might assume it's AI generated.
 
Seeing the full painting by Michael Whelan makes a big difference. It's great either way imo.

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Also used by The Mist

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And i don't know if this is hilariously awful, maybe just awfully good

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I haven't heard the band, but their use of the painting is way better.
hard disagree, i don't love the DH cover or anything but most of the stuff they cropped out is cornier than what they left in, whereas the mist cropping off part of the skeletons like that is some amateur hour shit, awful framing. the colouring or lighting or whatever is better on the dem hammer too. i do really like that header and footer style and the logo/font choices though.
 
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