[QUOTE=StoneRabbit;52833525]Pretty much all KMFDM covers. Just posting my very top.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=J.Barnes;52833771]I love KMFDM's covers. I really need to start getting their albums together, I was pretty hard into them in the 90s.[/QUOTE]
Always nice to hear KMFDM name-dropped.
Here's the guy whose been behind their album covers since 1986: [url]http://bruteprop.co.uk/[/url]
[t]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0004/055/MI0004055666.jpg?partner=allrovi.com[/t] [t]https://img.discogs.com/SMoSZnutpZRyKglNW9f6t5Al1zE=/fit-in/600x610/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2632874-1423620292-1102.jpeg.jpg[/t] [t]https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/760610c47f04934da41da121e011da50/4080882.jpg[/t] [t]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/metalocalypse/images/f/fc/Dethalbum.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090210183403[/t]
I really like illustrated covers.
[QUOTE=elevate;52835133]Always nice to hear KMFDM name-dropped.
Here's the guy whose been behind their album covers since 1986: [url]http://bruteprop.co.uk/[/url][/QUOTE]
I love their prints but fuck me, the dosh for those. Worth every penny though.
I got exposed to them in 95' when Johnny Mnemonic hit theaters, Virus was on the soundtrack.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DEzTR67iI[/media]
So, there's this British doom metal band named Cathedral, and nearly all of their artwork was provided by this guy named Dave Patchett, who hand-painted it in [i]incredible[/i] detail.
in chronological order (semi-NSFW-- surreal stuff? you could probably explain this)
Forest of Equilibrium (debut):
[t]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EZkufellkew/maxresdefault.jpg[/t][t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9d/12/2c/9d122c53ca8ee2bd1d84cde0527163c3.jpg[/t]
The Ethereal Mirror (second album):
[t]https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2994105552_10.jpg[/t][t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/21/b4/cb/21b4cb7607aa9d9dfbc0ff54b4a391a1.jpg[/t]
The Carnival Bizarre (third album):
[t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/TheCarnivalBizarre.jpg[/t]
There isn't a good image of the third album's cropped cover, but that's alright.
Supernatural Birth Machine:
[t]https://resources.tidal.com/images/173b2b5a/73fa/4044/b69c/e6a7ff030080/1280x1280.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/SupernaturalBirthMachine.jpg[/t]
Caravan Beyond Redemption: Unfortunately, the original artwork for this is really difficult to find, so I only have the cropped version to give.
[t]https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/ar0/a2cbfe969d38427a80e25d87c45e2c62[/t]
This is [i]Endtyme[/i], the first of two albums that weren't done by Dave Patchett, although he did the artwork for the Japanese version.
[t]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/63PtEhIpEIY/maxresdefault.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/1b/1f/3e1b1f44244fba52c5879dd5c107c7cb.jpg[/t][t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/7c/b4/157cb494a541c95e38958dd341927418.jpg[/t]
(Japanese)
The VIIth Coming:
[t]http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/7477195/1000full-the-viith-coming-cover.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/TheVIIthComing.jpg[/t]
The Garden of Unearthly Delights:
[t]https://pm1.narvii.com/6321/994cb6117ab2c655940dfb8ac2d21c8c6e7c4823_hq.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/TheGardenOfUnearthlyDelights.jpg[/t]
The Guessing Game:
[t]http://shop.nuclearblast.com/static/articles/100/100099.jpg/1000x1000.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/TheGuessingGame.jpg[/t]
Unfortunately, their final album, [i]The Last Spire[/i], has small Patchett artwork only on the inner sleeve, which, as far as I know, is hard to track down without a physical copy of the album itself. With that in mind, here's the cover art:
[t]http://www.deathmetal.org/wp-content/uploads/cathedral-the_last_spire.jpg[/t]
The rest of what's here is compiled from some other releases. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a good version of Statik Majik to provide. Most of these don't have larger artwork.
[t]http://img15.nnm.me/1/e/e/6/7/a11f35499248494d1e8d1ed4105.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1f/fd/86/1ffd8630505bc6a8c6f9417503f23b15.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/a2/ba/12a2ba564eef2316a79757700df170a8.jpg[/t]
(back of Cosmic Requiem)
[t]https://img.discogs.com/UQr8RVQIn7bMbDDb5W5A3IjN9_k=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3378015-1328029398.jpeg.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/RendezvousPark.jpg[/t] ("Rendevous Park", larger artwork of Live in Tokyo)
[t]http://heartlandrecords.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cathedral-a-new-ice-age-lp-front-792x800.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/45/7a/ac457a1460c20dff085aa6455df72264.jpg[/t][t]http://davepatchett.net/images/artwork/highres/NewAgeOfUnreason.jpg[/t] ("A New Age of Unreason", larger artwork of Anniversary)
[t]https://img.discogs.com/RYRwU9pxl-D13itR5R6WaOe1xhM=/fit-in/500x495/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2798734-1314131557.jpeg.jpg[/t][t]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9c/bb/5b/9cbb5bcc0e53a81623a5031accfa2c80--album-covers-columbia.jpg[/t][t]https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/1/2/13120.jpg[/t]
[t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/619R4PE4BNL.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/99/48/b199488dfbc95951a4cca814fa6da9f8--serpent-album-covers.jpg[/t]
(Back of The Serpent's Gold)
And that's it. Everything else in their discography had a cover that was either boring, done by someone else, or generic (splits and one single, I think it was [i]Gargoylian[/i]).
[t]http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/1363294138_936full-the-fragile-cover.jpg[/t][t]https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1928433490_10.jpg[/t][t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31MeFuf4oNL.jpg[/t][t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/510REmT3GcL.jpg[/t][t]https://i.imgur.com/5iCQbs5.jpg[/t][t]https://img.discogs.com/8JeScKXg8MnHJ5XyNlPUxAPGSqo=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-583381-1172242107.jpeg.jpg[/t]
A special mention goes for every single record published by Young God Records, especially for their Swans reissues series that ran in the first half of 2000's
[t]https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/1bad0cff7bee94127f0a0f33b8f935dc/1868623.jpg[/t][t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Swans_are_dead_cover_art.jpg[/t][t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Yn0-NDniL.jpg[/t]
[t]https://shopusa.season-of-mist.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/S/w/Swans-Cop-Young-God---Greed-Holy-Money-31756-1.jpg[/t][t]http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0397/1609/products/swans-various-failures_grande.jpg?v=1396219190[/t][t]http://churchofzer.com/img/swans15.jpeg[/t]
[t]https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1213692473_10.jpg[/t][t]https://i.imgur.com/pXXB7jz.jpg[/t][t]https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/234005/large/original.jpg[/t]
And an especially special mention goes for this adorable boi:
[t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41yULdbKwbL.jpg[/t]
Here's a picture of a bolt thrower album:
[t]https://imgkk.com/i/3sn7.jpg[/t]
Here's a picture I took in London last month:
[t]https://imgkk.com/i/omea.jpg[/t]
[t]https://images.genius.com/80a4a0934cd2f82edb2db7bdbd75e9ce.1000x1000x1.jpg[/t][t]http://cstrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cst024hires.jpg[/t][t]http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/field/image/LiftToExperience_cover2000-584x584.jpg[/t]
mock the lift to experience cover all you want, it's a perfect parody of pen and pixel hiphop covers from the 90s and i've grown to absolutely adore the cover. plus the remix's cover is so much nicer than [URL="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61rVzHbA3eL.jpg"]the original[/URL].
[QUOTE=NightmareX91;52900726][t]https://images.genius.com/80a4a0934cd2f82edb2db7bdbd75e9ce.1000x1000x1.jpg[/t][t]http://cstrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cst024hires.jpg[/t][t]http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/field/image/LiftToExperience_cover2000-584x584.jpg[/t]
mock the lift to experience cover all you want, it's a perfect parody of pen and pixel hiphop covers from the 90s and i've grown to absolutely adore the cover. plus the remix's cover is so much nicer than [URL="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61rVzHbA3eL.jpg"]the original[/URL].[/QUOTE]
I love those tacky bling bling rap album covers. Reminds me of the one Master P cd I had in middle school.
Also found this adorable inner sleeve while I was pricing out a collection today.
[img]https://imgur.com/1OMaGrl.png[/img]
Hello new phone wallpaper.
[thumb]http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/839/cover_71591352016_r.jpg[/thumb]
Tubular bells is one of my favorite prog albums
anything from Ed Repka is guarantied to be my fav.
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ufdvR4LDQTQ/SsAaVzMNMLI/AAAAAAAAAFM/4wjgrYsP7TQ/s640/repka.jpg[/img]
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3c/bc/e6/3cbce67410447cc6bc8266d111fbd790--thrash-metal-death-metal.jpg[/t]
and of course cannibal corpse albums are wonderfully visceral.
[t]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0001/357/0001357815.jpg[/t]
Bolt Thrower: Warmaster is great too.
[t]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/11/12/af1112930ba7cd4c015e09b1b2f0c5a5--metal-albums-death-metal.jpg[/t]
[t]https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000053578025-z316z2-t500x500.jpg[/t][t]http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2014/09/ARCA-XEN.jpg[/t][t]http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Arca-Mutant.png[/t][t]https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929c35d69fc7814a47cd61e/1:1/w_600/77a617e0.jpg[/t]
i love how grotesque arca's album covers are, i think they all represent his music really well
HammerFall's album covers are just great
[img]https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/1/7/6/217687.jpg?3758[/img]
[img]https://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/0/2/6/8026.jpg[/img]
[t]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81gl8rkpvkL._SL1200_.jpg[/t]
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