Metal 2016

[The Ozzman]

Random explosions coming out of the cover art would be pretty metal..

By what standard? Slayer's first few records have fucking awesome cover art. What do you want? Michael Bay?

By your standard. If your standard is that 'if an album cover is shit, it probably sucks', why did you care to check out anything up to South of Heaven? Obviously the majority of those covers suck (with the exception being (maybe) Hell Awaits). You would have looked and the cover art and said 'Welp, it's probably shit'. People deprive themselves of what is probably really good music with that standard.

On the same token, I've checked stuff out based on awesome cover art and it's turned out to be not what I expected (see: Skeletonwitch). It goes both ways.

 

[CiG]

[eyeroll]

How can you say it's by my standard if I haven't told you how I define 'shit' when it comes to cover art? C'mon, this is basic stuff. Do I have to give you a handheld guide through logic buddy?

 

[The Ozzman]

[eyeroll]

How can you say it's by my standard if I haven't told you how I define 'shit' when it comes to cover art? C'mon, this is basic stuff. Do I have to give you a handheld guide through logic buddy?

Please enlighten me then.

 

[CiG]

Please enlighten me then.

I thought it was already obvious in here that I'm a narrow-minded primitive anti-modern edgy faggot by now?

I guess just check my posts.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/favorite-album-cover-art.959479/page-12

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

By what standard? Slayer's first few records have fucking awesome cover art.

I love all of Slayers early artwork, Hell Awaits being one of my all time favorite covers. I mean look at this ...

... pure fuckin' evil!

My favorite shirt ...

 

[CiG]

Cool shirt!
Yeah I fucking love that album cover, it would make for a great, decently sized poster.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... i'd buy that poster in a heartbeat.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I judge albums based on the artwork all the time. I mean, the shittier the cover, the greater the album. Mortiis, Messiah, Attacker, all classic albums with atrocious artwork.

 

[JontRevolting]

I remember Skeletonwitch cover art was the reason I avoided them and Slayer's art up to Seasons In The Abyss was great.

 

[no country for old wainds]

ya shut it ozzman u poofta

 

[The Ozzman]

ya shut it ozzman u poofta

NO U

 

[CiG]

Skeletonwitch's art is the exact reason I avoided them for so long and then when I checked them out and they inevitably sucked arse my instincts were validated. I hate that artist they use, same douchebag that seems to do all that hipster wank shit like Baroness and Kylesa etc.

 

[JontRevolting]

Yes it's shocking looking art.

 

[Baroque]

Skeletonwitch has some redeeming qualities, but they're not my favorite. The one album I own pretty much never gets played, but I do want their specific sound occasionally.

New Metal Church track "No Tomorrow" is really, really bad.

 

[Baroque]

Lost Society has a new album coming out. Wtf happened? They went from being the youngest thrashers on the scene, with some fun songs, to being some unholy marriage of nu metal and Avenged Sevenfold.

From this


to this...

 

[Baroque]

New Metal Church is horrible also. Possibly worse than Lost Society

 

[CiG]

Well, that was fucking gay.

Edit: that actually wasn't at Metal Church, but yeah that link too.

 

[Baroque]

I warned you.

In hopefully better news, new Protector coming next month:

No tracks available yet

 

[JontRevolting]

That's sad to hear Metal Church release crap like that.
A Shedding of Skin should be reissued by now as well.

 

[Baroque]

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