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 Post subject: Favorite Album Cover Arts
PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:14 am 
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A topic to discuss cover arts and artists. In order to not slow the Forum, here are some rules :

1/ No oversized pics : good size would be around 450x450 MAXIMUM, I suppose. If you see you're about to post an oversized one (like 650x650 or something), please put the link instead

2/ No more than 2 covers by post, please. If you want to post more than 2, then make another post, simple as that :P

3/ this is not a Posting Covers Contest : this is also to discuss about favourite cover artists. For example, and to start, my favorite is the mighty Dan Seagrave

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The mighty Sabbat's Dreamweaver masterpiece..

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And Diamond Head's classic Borrowed Time..

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Those were the days when bands really thought about album artwork... The biggest failing in the cd format in my opinion ... SHITTY ARTWORK! :evil:

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I've never focused on the work of any single cover artist, I rather enjoy the covers as they come ^^,

this is (what I think) the single coolest album cover made that I've seen up-to-date...
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:27 pm 
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Forgot this one also.. One of the best albums ever recorded and surely one of the best covers (With its double meaning) :D

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In The Nightside Eclipse and At The Heart Of Winter are up there

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This one kind of started it for me! Classic character based theme.
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Great one Slab with Diamond Head. Has that Frank Frazetta feel to it! He did a bunch for Molly Hatchet and Nazareth as shown below:
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Maiden... eeh not so much :P
Nazareth on the other hand... yes, their album covers are sweeet ^^

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Bathory: At the Sign of the Black Mark

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I like this one, it is a classic. There is an interesting story behind it too: The cover photo was taken at the Stockholm Opera, the dramatic landscape is a stage decoration. The man with the mask is a then quite famous Swedish bodybuilder. 8)

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could you post a larger pic?

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thanks ^^,

Here's another I like...
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I really Like This Cover:
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ANd The Album is just Even Better :D

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