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Metal Storm's Favorite Album Art?


Have you ever taken a good look at some albums in your collection and thought to yourself "My God, if only this piece of shit album was half as good as the album artwork that covers it, it would be a solid 10/10." Pretty much anyone who owns Manowar's Anthology has surely thought that at some point or another.

The point being, it's time to give some props to the unsung heroes who create the album artwork of your favorite, and not-so-favorite albums. We want to know what Metal Storm, as a collective, considers the very best album artwork of all time.

Here's how it works:
Step 1: Go through your album collection, pick out your top 3 favorite album covers of all time, regardless of the quality of the music on the albums.
Step 2: Send a PM to Doc Godin here on Metal Storm with your 3 picks.
Step 3: Tune in on July 31st, and we will reveal the top 50 picks. You can then choose your top 3 favorites out of those 50, and we'll continue to whittle it down in that manner.

The deadline for Round 1 is July 30th.

The point? No point. Just for fun.

- The Metal Storm Team
Posted: 24.07.2012 by Doc Godin


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24.07.2012 - 21:29
Mattybu

Here's my 3..





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24.07.2012 - 21:39
Icy
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And here's mine.





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24.07.2012 - 22:00

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Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 21:10

Written by Draugen on 24.07.2012 at 20:45

Here are my choices:




I've always liked these two a lot as well.

Maybe it's the same girl in both...

I like those two too. No pedo.
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24.07.2012 - 22:03
strade

Don't care if they're banned here. The Voice of Steel by Nokturnal Mortum is easily the best.
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24.07.2012 - 22:05
Dinruth

Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 09:31

I bet Primordial's To The Nameless Dead will make it to the top 3.


some already mentioned it, so you might be right ... I prefer the gathering wilderness though, which made it into my top three
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24.07.2012 - 22:07
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by strade on 24.07.2012 at 22:03

Don't care if they're banned here. The Voice of Steel by Nokturnal Mortum is easily the best.


they are NOT bannned, they are just not a visible band, that's all.
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24.07.2012 - 22:13
strade

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.07.2012 at 22:07

Written by strade on 24.07.2012 at 22:03

Don't care if they're banned here. The Voice of Steel by Nokturnal Mortum is easily the best.


they are NOT bannned, they are just not a visible band, that's all.


Ooh, never knew that. Apologies. I still can't seem to find their profile, though...

In that case:


Seriously, wow.
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24.07.2012 - 22:14
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by strade on 24.07.2012 at 22:13


Ooh, never knew that. Apologies. I still can't seem to find their profile, though...



Also no profile, you're right. But people are allowed to talk about them and post their cover art as favourite, so not really banned in that sense.
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24.07.2012 - 23:05
InnerSelf
proofread free
Mine are


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24.07.2012 - 23:05
MetalManic

I'd put Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance in that realm
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24.07.2012 - 23:11
F.N.S.C.A.C

Written by Ag Fox on 24.07.2012 at 18:42

Definitely need to give this some thought.

Two immediately comes to mind though:



Strong from you.
Mine were







Though if we include booklet art etc then this wins for me hands down

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24.07.2012 - 23:34
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by F.N.S.C.A.C on 24.07.2012 at 23:11


Mine were



I've seen that artwork used for a number of different bands. The only one I can remember is Jute Gyte but there's definitely another somewhere that used it (though not as effectively as Burning Witch).

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24.07.2012 - 23:59
Astuto

Art by: H.R.Giger "Satan I" [1977]


Art by: Eugène Delacroix "Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople" [1840]


Art by: Henry Fuseli ''The Nightmare'' [1781]


True works of art
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25.07.2012 - 00:31
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
I've only got one atm, but it's a good one.


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25.07.2012 - 00:34
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 19:20




Definatly voting for this, totally forgot about it, thanks for reminding me!
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25.07.2012 - 01:55
Zap
Guest
Holy shit I see a lot of people post awesome artwork that I'd never seen before, still my choice remains the same. I've noticed that they're all a bit in the same style:




And a few that came close:
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time
Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
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25.07.2012 - 02:21
Rawand

Too many
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25.07.2012 - 03:27
strade

Can't believe I haven't seen Be Gone yet, that's a beauty...

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25.07.2012 - 03:39

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This is also beautiful
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25.07.2012 - 04:06
Troy Killjoy
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A week to narrow down thousands of album covers into just three favorites...

I don't think I'm going to be able to contribute here. I don't have enough time to do my own "battle of the best" to narrow it down in time.
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25.07.2012 - 04:55
?apleee
Mouthcrab






Edit: Doesn't look like the images are working, they are:

Amon Amarth- Twilight Of The Thunder God

Nevermore- This Godless Endeavor

Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond
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25.07.2012 - 06:10
WorpeX
Made of Metal
Some great album artwork! Two of the ones I voted for were already posted in this thread, Dark Saga and The Morning Never Came. I also voted for Battle Sluts, here is a picture of the art:

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25.07.2012 - 06:24

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Written by Troy Killjoy on 25.07.2012 at 04:06

A week to narrow down thousands of album covers into just three favorites...

I don't think I'm going to be able to contribute here. I don't have enough time to do my own "battle of the best" to narrow it down in time.

I didnt go through all the albums I've heard to pick my three. I chose from the ten or so that I love. Think of the artworks that made you go "wow" and choose 3 of those.
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25.07.2012 - 06:42
Void Eater
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Not sure if this will make my top three, but it has to be posted for being pretty much the most evil cover ever. Deathday 666's album has to be up there also.
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25.07.2012 - 10:26
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
No one's mentioned Darkthrone's Peaceville trillogy yet.
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25.07.2012 - 11:17
Vombatus
Potorro
Written by M C Vice on 25.07.2012 at 10:26

No one's mentioned Darkthrone's Peaceville trillogy yet.


Transilvanian Hunger probably being my favorite cover, it would definitely be in my top 3 - simple, raw, grim, the visual essence of BM. But can't bother to pick another 2.
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25.07.2012 - 11:32
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Written by Vombatus on 25.07.2012 at 11:17

Written by M C Vice on 25.07.2012 at 10:26

No one's mentioned Darkthrone's Peaceville trillogy yet.


Transilvanian Hunger probably being my favorite cover, it would definitely be in my top 3 - simple, raw, grim, the visual essence of BM. But can't bother to pick another 2.

Pick Blaze and Funeral, too. Then you've got 3.
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25.07.2012 - 17:47
Enemy of Reality
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I've mentioned ABlaze in the Northern Sky, but not on the first 3 albums.
Classic artwork.
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25.07.2012 - 18:05
bitethepain

Tough choices. Here are a few I'm contemplating
1.Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
2. Obituary - Cause of Death
3. Rush - Fly By Night
4. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
5. Autopsy - Severed Survival
6. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7. Demons and Wizards
8. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
9. Cynic - Focus
10. Iced EArth - Glorious Burden
Than theirs Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God, Blind Guardian's Imagination From the Other Side, Dio's Holy Diver, first two Dissection albums, first Emperor album, Immortal's Heart of Winter Geez What to pick!?
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25.07.2012 - 18:23
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by bitethepain on 25.07.2012 at 18:05

Tough choices. Here are a few I'm contemplating
1.Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
http://eternal-terror.com/userfiles/Dypdykk_MorbidAngel_Altars.jpg
2. Obituary - Cause of Death
http://www.fqrwallpapers.com/albums/userpics/normal_Obituary_Cause_1600.jpg
3. Rush - Fly By Night
http://www.legendaryrockinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Rush-Fly-By-Night.jpg
4. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
http://data.lyrdb.com/cdcovers2/00/00/42/00004236.jpg
5. Autopsy - Severed Survival
http://www.kvlt.fi/img_upload/records/1965r.jpg
6. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/3253/cover_1035162272009.jpg
7. Demons and Wizards
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yq_JVvRZk_U/TNPInG6wciI/AAAAAAAAAzk/YmRJvT-6IQU/s1600/dwc.jpg
8. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
http://www.bandswallpapers.com/data/media/4/07_1998_-_The_Sound_Of_Perseverance.jpg
9. Cynic - Focus
http://united-metal.ru/uploads/posts/2010-09/1283590397_cynic-focus-1993-download-320.jpg
10. Iced EArth - Glorious Burden
http://www.wallpaperhere.com/view/20110627/Iced_Earth_The_Glorious_Burden_800x600_Iced_Earth_03_1200x900.jpg
Than theirs Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God, Blind Guardian's Imagination From the Other Side, Dio's Holy Diver, first two Dissection albums, first Emperor album, Immortal's Heart of Winter Geez What to pick!?


Ugh, spamboat.

Well, I think you need to check it out how to use url link's out here.
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