I'm an illustrator, so album covers are always high on my list of what to look for when looking for CD's. If I like a band and I want to buy an album, usually (if I don't know which to get first) I just go by the album cover I like the most.
I wish more musicians would hire artists (real ones plz) to design their album covers in order to be more eye catching and presentable.
Some album covers I am "putt-off" by:
Therion- Theli: Awful, awful digital figure, in front of a digtial wall and sky. It just looks fake and the colors suck and it's just bad.
Hypocrisy- The Arrival, Abducted: Although I like the theme of Abducted, with all the nailed objects and wires and eerie shades of blue-green, the cover shot sucks and was manipulated digitally.
The Arrival's cover speaks for itself as to why it's bad.
Old Man's Child- In Defiance of Existence: The girl on the cover looks so Goth, and the blood looks too fake.I hate it.
Megadeth- Rust In Peace: And any of the early albums with that skeleton guy and cheesy illustration. Although Iknow it's supposed to be cheesy, like Death's early albums, and that at least they had an illustrator come in and work for them, I just don't like those covers. Probably because all the concepts were thought up by Mustaine.
Bathory- Destroyer of Worlds: It's just a fucking image flopped over. It's not very imaginative, Old Man's Child is guilty again of this on their Pagan Prosperity album, which they really overdo it on. Oh well. I'm done for now.
not even penises with angry faces?
