Wow.

Only 1 from the 3 I picked last round. And 2 that I own left.

Amon Amarth and Amorphis STILL there? Oh man...

Again. Here's the full version of Dwellings' artwork.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.08.2012 at 11:09

Amon Amarth and Amorphis STILL there? Oh man...

Would it make you even more upset to know that Amon Amarth beat out Esoteric by 1 point?

Written by Doc G. on 16.08.2012 at 11:19

Would it make you even more upset to know that Amon Amarth beat out Esoteric by 1 point?

What the fuck.

Damn, no Kvelertak. Oh well there are 5 which I think range from decent to good.
The Cormorant extended art is awesome!

Well, there is certainly an interesting mix out there. All covers resemble the music perfectly. We've got dreamy and melancholic artworks, creative and provocative and classics with an overused cheesey theme. I think I'll downvote the classics 'couse you see that far too often and they kinda lack of imagination. For me, the most important factor is creativity, the use of colour and creating depth through shades.

Written by Doc G. on 16.08.2012 at 11:19
Would it make you even more upset to know that Amon Amarth beat out Esoteric by 1 point?

...Why do you post? Ignorance is a bliss dude!

Hey, Doc. If it's something simple like copy-paste, could you post the full results from round 1? I'm curuous as to what was nominated. And if anyone else liked Slania. And, again, Candlemass by Candlemass.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.08.2012 at 11:09

Amon Amarth and .......STILL there? Oh man...

Hell Yes. I'm pushing up AA to that extent.

Great! Most of the album artwork thats left is very original and creative! That last round was a great idea!

No Kvelertak, but StS made it, so I have one. I really hope AA doesn't win.

Well at least Opeth and Les Discret album artworks are still up on the list.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 11:11

Again. Here's the full version of Dwellings' artwork.

If I knew there was a full version I would have voted for it a long time ago.

IMHO, Opeth's is the greatest. But all of them except Cormorant's are really nice.

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting in some artworks, just because they're pretty, not because they had an historical importance in metal. So we got a list that's made of trendy recent bands. How can an important artwork such as Obituary's "Cause of Death" not be here?? Just tragic. At least At the Heart of Winter and Leviathan made it all way from the beginning which is nice.

From that list:

Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter +1 (this cover won several artwork of the year prices back in 1999, classical stuff and a classic BM album)
Mastodon - Leviathan +1 (the album that made it for Mastodon! concept work about Moby Dick, awesome painting!)
Amorphis - Skyforger +1 (least worse from the rest! the great comeback from Amorphis, the cool painting (too much photoshop for me) portrays the Kelevala)

Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thundergod -1 (what's so important about this cover?? A viking, a hammer and a dragon in the ocean...)
Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)
Opeth - Blackwater Park -1 (grey painting with a tree and some shadows in the back...now really guys?)

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting on some artworks, just because they're pretty, not because they had an historical importance in metal. So we got a list that's composed of trendy recent bands. How can an important artwork such as Obituary's "Cause of Death" not be here?? Just tragic. At least At the Heart of Winter and Leviathan made it all way from the beginning which is nice.

Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)

I think you missed the point. It wasn't Favourite Art from a monumental metal band.
It doesn't matter if the album was recorded in the drummers basement, didn't have a label and was heard by 5 people. If the artwork was good, it should have made it to this list. The list is not about historical importance to metal anyway. Also it's just a fun list at the end.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)

Now this is why some terrible album covers made it to the previous round.

The ones that made it here are all good/average, I'm relieved it turned out this way. It will be hard to give some thumbs down.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting in some artworks, just because they're pretty,

Uhhhh... That's the whole point of this contest, bub.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.08.2012 at 12:04

Written by Doc G. on 16.08.2012 at 11:19
Would it make you even more upset to know that Amon Amarth beat out Esoteric by 1 point?

...Why do you post? Ignorance is a bliss dude!

damn, ignorance was indeed bliss

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting in some artworks, just because they're pretty, not because they had an historical importance in metal. So we got a list that's made of trendy recent bands. How can an important artwork such as Obituary's "Cause of Death" not be here?? Just tragic. At least At the Heart of Winter and Leviathan made it all way from the beginning which is nice.

From that list:

Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter +1 (this cover won several artwork of the year prices back in 1999, classical stuff and a classic BM album)
Mastodon - Leviathan +1 (the album that made it for Mastodon! concept work about Moby Dick, awesome painting!)
Amorphis - Skyforger +1 (least worse from the rest! the great comeback from Amorphis, the cool painting (too much photoshop for me) portrays the Kelevala)

Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thundergod -1 (what's so important about this cover?? A viking, a hammer and a dragon in the ocean...)
Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)
Opeth - Blackwater Park -1 (grey painting with a tree and some shadows in the back...now really guys?)

Wow I think this is the post on Metal Storm that I'd give an award for making me nauseous.

If Amon Amarth wins I will change my name to XxThor LoverxX or something like that.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting in some artworks, just because they're pretty, not because they had an historical importance in metal. So we got a list that's made of trendy recent bands. How can an important artwork such as Obituary's "Cause of Death" not be here?? Just tragic. At least At the Heart of Winter and Leviathan made it all way from the beginning which is nice.

From that list:

Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter +1 (this cover won several artwork of the year prices back in 1999, classical stuff and a classic BM album)
Mastodon - Leviathan +1 (the album that made it for Mastodon! concept work about Moby Dick, awesome painting!)
Amorphis - Skyforger +1 (least worse from the rest! the great comeback from Amorphis, the cool painting (too much photoshop for me) portrays the Kelevala)

Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thundergod -1 (what's so important about this cover?? A viking, a hammer and a dragon in the ocean...)
Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)
Opeth - Blackwater Park -1 (grey painting with a tree and some shadows in the back...now really guys?)

I think you're supposed to thumb up 5 and thumb down 5 too.

Esoteric's disqualification already made me lose interest in this gig's outcome. Not that I entertained any illusions from the outset but I see most of the covers being voted for as being interesting works but not outright art pieces. At least the worst clunkers are also gone.

Also, Dwellings' extended artwork absolutely rocks. Much more impressive than the captioned version.

Written by Doc G. on 16.08.2012 at 11:19

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.08.2012 at 11:09

Amon Amarth and Amorphis STILL there? Oh man...

Would it make you even more upset to know that Amon Amarth beat out Esoteric by 1 point?

I feel like a total asshole now because I was too lazy to have contribution here, Esoteric's was my between my top covers and AA's seem just like a total shit
Anyway here's my choices:
+1s:
At the heart of the winter
Blackwater park
Leviathan
dewllings
Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées
-1s:
the rest esp AA's

Well, still three extremely bad ones left: Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Immortal. It can't get more truly generic than those three.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

I think (maybe wrong of course) that people are voting in some artworks, just because they're pretty, not because they had an historical importance in metal.

Dang! Some people understood the reason behind that contest... Pfft They suck!!

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23

Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)

Musically, if that's what you want, they beat everything on this list.

Written by Guest on 16.08.2012 at 16:23


Cormorant - Dwellings -1 (nice burtonesque painting, but who are these guys??)

who cares who they are? this is about BEST album cover art. And their cover easily beats 99.99% of all ocver art out there in metal world.

Enemy Of Reality will see lots of notifications when he gets back online I'm predicting either Les Discrets or Cormorant as the winner...