The great album-cover artwork thread

[MarcvSS]

Aemma found it to be a splended idea, if we had a thread were we can post incredible album-cover art...

Me and Aemma liked this one both;
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Stahlgewitter_ADR.jpg

I personally have always been a great fan of the Iron Maiden covers (and their music ofcourse)...

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/A_matter_of_life_and_death_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Dance_of_death_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Fear_of_the_dark_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Iron_Maiden_-_Somewhere_in_Time.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Piece_of_mind_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/thebestof1980-1989.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/m_8b4550495e0eea614049efe7607d32b6.gif

[Aemma]

Aemma found it to be a splended idea, if we had a thread were we can post incredible album-cover art...

Me and Aemma liked this one both;
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Stahlgewitter_ADR.jpg

I personally have always been a great fan of the Iron Maiden covers (and their music ofcourse)...

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/A_matter_of_life_and_death_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Dance_of_death_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Fear_of_the_dark_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Iron_Maiden_-_Somewhere_in_Time.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/Piece_of_mind_cover.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/thebestof1980-1989.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/Torvald34/m_8b4550495e0eea614049efe7607d32b6.gif

Great thread TattSS! And thank you for starting it! :) Reps coming your way
as soon as my reserve is replenished! LOL! :thumbs up

:D...Aemma

[Beorn]

http://www.truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/arise.jpg


http://www.rockandmetaldomain.co.uk/slayer2.jpg


http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/2069919.jpg

[Hilding]

http://loudfarmer.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/dissection_storm-of-the-light-s-bane_cover.jpg


http://thesentinelsoftime.club.fr/Images/Burzum%20Daudi%20Baldrs.jpg


http://blog.manheim.no/images/first_bathory1_1158604609.jpg


http://www.dulcemorgue.net/imagenes/cri_disc/ulver_nattens.jpg


Just to mention a few :rolleyes:

[YggsVinr]

Nice thread:thumb001:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Inthenightsideclipseemperor.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Burzum_hvislysettaross.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Obituary-Cause_of_death.jpg

http://www.nsm88.org/merchandise/cds/nokturnal-weltananschauung.jpg

http://www.anus.com/metal/setherial/setherial-nord.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1249/copypp2.jpg

http://img.sharedmp3.net/files/pics/465/464339/img_1_pr.jpg

http://www.utlagr.net/images/utlagr-new.jpg

http://images.hugi.is/metall/131495.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g43jmy-ReY8/R91I09TfviI/AAAAAAAAAT0/-QOCnly8ZH0/s320/darkthrone_foad.jpg

[Stossy]

Your forgot the beautiful inside and back from Stahlgewitter, my comrade.

[Jägerstaffel]

Mayhem - Dawn of the Black Hearts
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r144/jakeestes616/Mayhem_-_Dawn_Of_The_Black_Hearts_F.jpg

I had to.

[Brynhild]

These two are from 1968 and 1970 respectively, both by King Crimson:


In The Court of the Crimson King
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9263/king20crimsont6ic.jpg

In the Wake of Poseidon
http://deaconlight.com/music/recordcovers/1970/kingcrimson_poseidonx.jpg

A Pink Floyd cover
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p27/spiritwasher/AUDIO/Pink%20Floyd/PinkFloyd-PulseDisc1-2-LIVE.jpg

[Creeping Death]

I have a varied taste in Music:

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/115/l_93d788c8070fc05a1f5174da889c5747.jpg
Killing Jokes debut 1980 album Industrial Rock at its best .

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/14/l_9d994f8b042f5729ac0a88cb24274594.jpg
I bought this LP in 1980 later in early 1983 I saw them play live twice when they toured Downunder , where I personally met and had a beer with the Bassist Klaus Fluoride

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/67/l_afc86bc154c29efb6a43660584d5cdbe.jpg
What can I say I purchased this Album in 1980 as a 16 year old . This was ACDC's best effort .

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/118/l_ebf5c2d9725aaff9667941ec5bdddd73.jpg
The Clash's 1979 LP was a departure from their Punk roots to a very Americanized sound .

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_bd5214c6ecf2d445d73dcbb4b067bb47.jpg
The Members 1979 album great entertainment , constructed well .

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/21/l_0743ee5088c8d3574a597790209e063e.jpg
This 1980 album was by Dexy's Midnight Runners debut, Excellent music on this album .

[Euroblood]

http://spearoflonginus.ark11.net/tyons.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/111x/fanisk.jpg

Spear of Longinus - The Yogas of National Socialism
Fanisk - Noontide

[Electronic God-Man]

Still my favorite band. Black Sabbath's first album.

http://www.sabbathlive.com/gallery/pics/album1280/Black_Sabbath_Reel_To_Reel.jpg

Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-back.JPG

Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup

http://www.everythingathon.com/RS-goats-head-soup-750.JPG

And the inside:

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/85/70/57449.jpg

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee255/zichi/blogger/trout_mask_replica.jpg

[Psychonaut]

One of my favorite covers:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x80/alovose/themantle.jpg

[Treffie]

Kate Bush - Aerial

http://www.earthhouse.com/images/inst_karma/Bush-K.jpg

[Ulf]

http://www.seldonhunt.com/archive/neurosis.jpg
http://www.knockoneffect.com/wp-content/uploads/Neurosis.jpg
http://www.neurotrecordings.com/artists/neurosis/images/neurosis.eye_of_every.jpg

[Lars]

Best typical low-brow/cliche
http://www.trendyink.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cattle_decapitation-humanure.jpg

Best atypical. Great colours.
http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/0/15777/15777129_leviathanwf3.jpg

Metal!!! \m/

[Loddfafner]

Strength Through OI!

http://www.captainoi.com/images/covers/various-oi!-strength-thru-oi!-ahoy-cd-230.jpg

[Thorum]

Led Zeppelin's 4th album

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LedZeppelinFourSymbols.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LedZeppelinFourSymbols.jpg)

Outside of jacket

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gatefold_4th_album_from_Led_Zeppelin.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gatefold_4th_album_from_Led_Zeppelin.jpg)

Inside of jacket

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Hermit_led_zep_4.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Hermit_led_zep_4.jpg)


Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Sad_wings_of_destiny_cover.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Sad_wings_of_destiny_cover.jpg)

Two bad-ass albums!! :cool:

[Allenson]

The Grateful Dead, American Beauty:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/grateful-dead/26-1.jpg


The Eagles, On the Border:

https://www.nakasha-spain.com/shop/images/ON%20THE%20BORDER.bmp

The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006AW2J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Aemma]

A couple that I like...


From Pink Floyd's Tree of Half Life

http://i43.tinypic.com/9s6yqw.jpg


From Rush's Hemispheres (I still have this one on vinyl laying about my garage somewhere. The image itself was embedded into the vinyl making for a great piece of vinyl art.)

http://i39.tinypic.com/8y8dpe.jpg


From Supertramp's Crisis What Crisis? (I do believe that I have this one kicking about somewhere as well. :))

http://i42.tinypic.com/w9i4v5.jpg

[Laudanum]

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/U/Ulver/Shadows%20Of%20The%20Sun/Shadows%20Of%20The%20Sun.jpg
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
http://www.metalunderground.com/images/covers/Nortt_-_Galgenfrist_cover.gif
Nortt - Galgenfrist
http://www.detonation-distro.com/images_productos/181.gif.jpg
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LAHoU0fvW5c/RvawaVlq0OI/AAAAAAAAAAc/crU_B_3Q1rc/s320/nokturnal_mortum_-_lunar_poetry_-_cover.jpg
Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yyPej2kLfXU/R_13WRxb6HI/AAAAAAAAALQ/fOq6MbjcXts/s320/00-nokturnal+mortum+-+lunar+poetry+-+front.jpg
Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry (Other artwork)
http://static.twoday.net/arcade/images/Filosofem.png
Burzum - Filosofem

[Tabiti]

Graveland "Fire Chariot of Destruction"
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_59SNx2OFHvU/SAFeAcWxlQI/AAAAAAAAABU/DRLFwVUgwfw/s320/Graveland%2BFCOD.jpg
Lord Wind "Atlantean Monument"
http://www.thepaganfront.com/graveland/pic/lordwind_2006front.jpg
Burzum "Aske"
http://www.mortesubita.org/sinfonias/artigos/Aske.jpg

Some "ideological" ones, not copied but made exclusively for the releases ;):
Branikald "Triumph of the Will"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZmwg5GqN7Q/SITLpb8ICwI/AAAAAAAAAi4/6BYG6JPL4i0/s400/branikald%2B-%2Bthe%2Btriumph%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bwill%2B-%2Bfront.jpg
Nitbeg/Volkoten split
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/9/9/0/49906_49907.jpg
Forest "In The Flame of Glory"
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/0/1/100110.jpg

Absurd "Blutgericht"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LCh6sUpVt3w/SgWod3I539I/AAAAAAAABik/jlSmer9jngE/s320/Blutgericht.jpg

Some sick ones:
Grand Belial's Key:
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/8/0/1080.jpg
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/8/2/1082.jpg
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/8/3/1083.jpg
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/8/5/1085.JPG

[Zyklop]

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2387/altarsofmadness.jpg

[Daos]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSxXUm0_hPM/SpEhcSBZUzI/AAAAAAAABjc/aoKYpcKLkio/s400/cover.jpg

http://www.alternativmusik.de/images/schattenlieder.jpg

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/5/6/7/15670.jpg

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/82/l_4e285a7670574157afbfe2426d41493b.jpg

http://www.westwind.fr/disco/pics/ww-ravage.jpg

[Lithium]

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/64/l_a6ff97e24f47bed2f558a55b462a28a3.jpg
http://www.kaosthetik.com/catalog/images/ARTESIA-llydaw.jpg
http://savepic.org/36011.jpg

[Debaser11]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/SAbEX8SPeLI/AAAAAAAAIKA/UW8G-m8APdo/s400/flipper

http://tonemarrowreviews.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/white-album.jpg

Spinal Tap:
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/~ferguson/spinal-tap/smell-the-glove.gif

http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/files/jpg/Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_To_Save_A_Drowning_Witch.jp g

:D

In all seriousness, I really like this collage:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rlup1MxyxF8/S2DROLICcRI/AAAAAAAABZE/190BV0Cw2_o/s400/Smash+Your+Head+On+The+Punk.jpg

And I like the simplicity of the Curt Kirkwood's art on the Meat Puppets' albums:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vy4z0ulpRK4/R24ZnkKWbuI/AAAAAAAAAqE/-WJdL_kHvBo/s400/mpuppets_huevosf.jpg

http://gormsey.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/meatpuppetsfull.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QHzeNbFB07o/Rjnn5pD4yxI/AAAAAAAAACc/qtoquen1wFU/s320/MEAT+PUPPETS+FORBIDDEN+PLACES+PREDNJA.jpg

One of the best records of all time:
http://musicwebzine.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/nick-drake-pink-moon.jpg

[Blood Trinity]

http://a.imageshack.us/img237/601/70966.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img69/7874/axi02.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img810/5388/mentalfuneral.jpg

[Pallantides]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ayWckGsRiTQ/S670IzJ6VjI/AAAAAAAAFZw/tB_UBxm9eCM/s1600/The_Stooges_-_Fun_House_-_Front.jpg
http://mp3passion.net/uploads/posts/1241281566_the_cult.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qTvnX_kfJMM/SgwL7NMWhTI/AAAAAAAAB60/L-dzxO0bubM/s400/black_sabbath_1970_self_titled.jpg
http://www.bahamasentertainers.com/Artist/Exuma/assets/ExumaLPs/Exuma1L.jpg
http://metalinfernus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Dissection_Storm-of-the-Light-s-Bane_cover.jpg
http://www.reinkaos.net/releases/10_Maha_Kali.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c5wyNLYolyE/Swv0dVv3A4I/AAAAAAAAAaU/ulHrLbxCqi0/s1600/Emperor_-_in_the_nightside_eclipse.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zWDwZC0rSzA/SMPzgSAzldI/AAAAAAAAALA/tKndHR0fJoU/s400/Live_-_Frontal.jpg

[Æscwyn]

http://www.10bestthings.com/userFiles/itemImages/aafebda19e30492b800c09c55df6cd0b.jpg

http://media.voir.ca/pictures/36/36107_1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WWIy23PK7tM/TD9YVMEG5LI/AAAAAAAAJDA/eEFJH3hHMWY/s1600/cover.jpg

[Megrez]

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=169&pictureid=1240

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=169&pictureid=1239

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=169&pictureid=1238

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=169&pictureid=1237

[W. R.]

http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00424/Entartete_Kunst1_BM_424084p.jpg

[Treffie]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WWIy23PK7tM/TD9YVMEG5LI/AAAAAAAAJDA/eEFJH3hHMWY/s1600/cover.jpg

In all honesty, all of Kate Bush's album covers have been nothing short of awesome. Amongst female artists, she stands alone.

http://gaffa.org/sensual/cov_tki2.jpg

[Beorn]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__RahHtBqYhU/S7cB-QfEP3I/AAAAAAAAB50/vD4ujPp2WhU/s1600/b394228348a0e7cd1098e010_L__AA300_.jpg

What an album cover!

[Bloodeagle]

http://www.ifsociety.com/img_upload/records/1693r.jpg
http://www.ratsnest.com/pictures/albums/Dead%20Kennedys%20-%20In%20God%20We%20Trust%20Inc..jpg
http://www.majorlycool.com/media/1/20071226-cheap-thrills-album-cover.jpg
http://felipecotta.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/pink_floyd_-_wish_you_were_here-front1.jpg
http://rajeevpenmatsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tool_10000days.jpg
http://thehelplessdancer.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dark-side-of-the-moon.jpg

[Eldritch]

Panasonic: Vakio
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R4gLbZg4AmI/S1D-zv33KjI/AAAAAAAAAiA/3hXu2W-7KYw/s400/00+-+Pan+Sonic+-+Vakio.jpg

Merzbow: Pulse Demon
http://www.emd.pl/wiki_data/images/e/e6/Merzbow_pulse_demon.jpg

[Debaser11]

http://www.majorlycool.com/media/1/20071226-cheap-thrills-album-cover.jpg


^RACISS!

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/4/b70-2147

Great movie. Great soundtrack.

[Eldritch]

Some Impaled Nazarene album covers (I'm listening to them right now):

http://i7.tinypic.com/63h9407.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IxOXtjKDR8w/TDsDmpb_Q8I/AAAAAAAAAuI/MHP-IYBWVik/s1600/UGRA-KARMA.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WqeoSmZbt6o/S7yuTuXow9I/AAAAAAAAAwc/EaMlc9kA6Vw/s1600/2001+-+Absence+Of+War+Does+Not+Mean+Peace.jpg

http://stream.cdandlp.net/osmoseproductions/images/INrapture2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/thumb/9/96/Impaled_Nazarene_Pro_Patria_Finlandia.jpg/252px-Impaled_Nazarene_Pro_Patria_Finlandia.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BJs8mlnXmKQ/RvAjWs8DFzI/AAAAAAAADXw/HE6zqPS2YaM/s320/Impaled+Nazarene+-+Nihil.jpg

[Rainraven]

http://thedumbingofamerica.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Joy-Division-Unknown-Pleasures-419602.jpg

[Laudanum]

http://www.musicfearsatan.com/DSK/celeste_mortes_(big).jpg

[Daos]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7959/nikcopygg2.jpg

[Han Cholo]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K1TgMgYM55o/Se80HNRCukI/AAAAAAAAAy0/8bpap0R5v0A/s400/fleshcrawl-descend_into_the_absurd_front.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zXBHr0y1nAQ/TL4cV28yMNI/AAAAAAAAAFc/HxaIOJ1NjQY/s320/Death-leprosy%5B1%5D.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Df8mR2ieoks/TSWQFKA5mEI/AAAAAAAAAiU/kmyT_IUieOw/s1600/Demilich+-+Nespithe.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_ujvzAynzfUM/Rv3bI-LGX9I/AAAAAAAAAd4/McrF6CVebp8/s320/B0000245BH.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/4481/godflesh_1277059014_crop_550x550.jpg

http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/cover/d94/984_napalm_death_from_enslavement_to_obliteration. jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mnvbkbKLNkw/TE4llU_EO5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/r0u4qPdcnrE/s1600/Darkthrone%2520-%2520Soulside%2520Journey-front.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hswUeKkN7Ug/THA-uRroRoI/AAAAAAAAAnI/QWbOBsurzkw/s1600/img01.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vui6Kx4V9J4/SHuBI3198FI/AAAAAAAAAiY/hrxWo38m1W0/s320/1040%5B1%5D.jpg

http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/f/funebre/542834-funebre-children-of-the-scorn.jpg

And the best of all:
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/0/4/7/50473.JPG

[Neanderthal]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ss4O1ItYI8/SwNOns8n-KI/AAAAAAAAAJE/n5SfHv7Xn_E/s1600/Evile+-+2009+-+Infected+Nations.jpg
http://letrasmp3.com/images/discos_l/rust-in-peace.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6aKV48TSBow/Srxou8njIpI/AAAAAAAAA2s/AYqvPTyWjGM/s400/exodus+bonded+by+blood1.jpg

[Daos]

http://www.metalorgie.com/uploaded/images/2011/06/6696834._269462_10150356843639128_70272229127_1021 1705_5592963_n.jpg

[Daos]

http://image.iodalliance.com/release/300dpi/385718-300.jpg

[Laudanum]

http://image.iodalliance.com/release/300dpi/385718-300.jpg

The music on there is just as nice as the album cover.:)

[rhiannon]

Some my favorites:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cgc03ecPwEk/TkBgdaZ0-5I/AAAAAAAAFDo/IWBMHKz1eW8/s1600/Folder.jpg

http://generationbass.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-back.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u9kg_7elRDQ/S7OnP73aVOI/AAAAAAAAAKw/463IgBhx3GE/s1600/tb_125gallery.jpg

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAMhj9p-mmpFIfHrlXLLpuqPJzfHVPzJDtz51vqBq40rQCSvTCCBkeE_pF

http://www.rockalbumblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rush_moving_pictures-300x298.jpg



http://www.atu2.com/band/warcover.jpg

[Laudanum]

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/antics.jpg
Interpol - Antics

http://www.mega-media.nl/Image/Shining_-_Halmstad.jpg
Shining - Halmstad

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9RstVU5l8/TDLAfirwVVI/AAAAAAAAALw/FgyXJgg2wPU/s400/Gris+-+Il+%C3%A9tait+une+for%C3%AAt....jpg
Gris - Il était une forêt