Covers

It’s time for some mindless fun. We all know the covers that encases the disc on which albums are released. Sometimes they’re great, and the image portray the musical direction excellently. Some are hilarious and otherworldly, while a great deal simply suck. I present a mixture of covers of equally various quality.

Exhorder are best known as Pantera’s most serious contenders. If not in sales stats, then in sound. This rather fun illustration depicts unknown agents dragging the pope out for his execution. Quite absurd, with the classic thrash metal touch.

The never-ending dystopia of death metal, manifested through Suffocation. Decay, chaos and apocalypse. And a fascination of all things cyber.

D.R.I was exactly that; crossover thrash. This cover just HAD to be spawned in the eighties, when the love of airbrushed metal was at it’s heyday. Why the band settled for a spoofing man, beats me.

Long live the gore! This artwork concerning meat was initially censored, until it was replaced altogether for the re-issues. Pretty disgusting and frightening (considering those salmonella bacterias), it fits the noise perfectly.

Decidedly one of Bathory’s most important releases, and it was packaged in style. It might be ousted as ridiculous, but it’s still an iconic image.

Suicidal Tendencies urged us to join up through this truly horrific artwork. I guess it was a product of blatant patriotism and the popularity of a certain John Rambo.

Back when Alice was less of an old fart, he actually managed to frighten the public with the help of covers such as this. The drawing is undeniable cool though.

I guess the reason this Black Sabbath artwork isn’t featured on t-shirts worldwide, is the fact that it’s rather silly. How scary can a red baby really be?

I do realize that this is supposed to be humorous, but still. This is just awful.

Many people seem to enjoy the art that encased the early progrock-releases. Well, this cover of Yes has a dreamy quality to it. A fantasy castle conceived during some heavy chemical influence.

Hey, it’s The Planet of the Apes all over again! A great image that probably would prompt me into buying.

Very clever. It’s like King Kong, only there’s a tiger. Fancy rendering, lame plot.