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Maybe there is a million of records with ugly covers outside, but this is my choice
Great records bad covers and bad records bad covers, the art work it’s sometimes subjective…
Never judge a book by its cover

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Created by: Blackcrowe | 23.03.2023



1. Metallica - 72 Seasons
After see this cover I decided to make a list of the worst covers, I hope the record deserved a great review…
2. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
Great record I love it but always hate the cover..,
3. Riot - Narita
4. Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely
5. Exodus - Force Of Habit
The worst record from Exodus deserves an ugly cover…
6. Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance
Maybe one of the best from MC but the cover doesn’t fit with the music …
7. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
WTF is that???
8. Ministry - Animositisomina
9. Rammstein - Herzeleid
10. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
I loved MR and I love Crystal Logic but again bad cover…
11. Forbidden - Green
Wierd Record wierd cover
12. Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
13. Alice Cooper - DaDa
14. Artillery - Terror Squad
I never get into this record
15. Heir Apparent - One Small Voice
16. Queensrÿche - The Warning
I can’t understand that
17. Flotsam And Jetsam - Cuatro
the heaviest record from the band strange cover
18. Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
Funny cover impossible to compare with the future art
19. Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
????
20. Anthrax - Stomp 442
not a good Anthrax time
21. Testament - The Ritual
Strange
22. Overkill - Taking Over
a great record deserves a better art work
23. Dark Angel - Leave Scars
not so bad if you understand…
24. Whiplash - Insult To Injury
No definitely no
25. Toxik - World Circus
After Mr Bungle’s everyone got a clown on the cover…
26. Nuclear Assault - Something Wicked
Another funny Clown
27. Vio-lence - Oppressing The Masses
28. Mötley Crüe - Generation Swine
Too many pigs
29. Helstar - A Distant Thunder
30. Sepultura - Dante XXI
31. Dio - Angry Machines
doesn’t catch the idea
32. Deep Purple - Bananas
33. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
34. Budgie - Impeckable
35. UFO - Misdemeanor
36. Rainbow - Bent Out Of Shape
37. Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
38. Mekong Delta - The Music Of Erich Zann
most of the covers from MD are really weird.
39. Girlschool - Demolition
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40. Cripple Bastards - Nero In Metastasi
41. Raven - The Pack Is Back
I think this cover of bad taste are in the most ranking in the web.
42. Tygers Of Pan Tang - Burning In The Shade
They put that cover for that reason
43. Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
one of the worst cover of all time
44. Sodom - Tapping The Vein
Doesn’t get the Idea
45. Venom - Cast In Stone
bad computer effect
46. Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape
WTF
47. Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
not good
48. Dream Theater - Images And Words
another great record with a cover made by a kid of 4th grade
49. Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
The worst Sabbath cover
50. Accept - Eat The Heat
X
51. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
What is that can someone explain that???
52. Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
53. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Lack of creativity
54. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Great record poor art
55. Witchfynde - Stagefright
Great and dark record
56. Ayreon - Actual Fantasy
someone designed this and Simphony X one
57. Tank - Filth Hounds Of Hades
Not
58. Amorphis - Far From The Sun
59. Paradise Lost - Host
60. Wolf - Wolf
after all a creepy wolf
61. Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
doesn’t get the concept
62. Fates Warning - Night On Bröcken
A Disney cover ?
63. King Diamond - No Presents For Christmas
Funny very funny
64. Watchtower - Control And Resistance
this record deserves a better cover
65. Voivod - Angel Rat
another great record
66. Saxon - Forever Free
doesn’t see like a regular Saxon cover
67. Anvil - Speed Of Sound
Basic design
68. Motörhead - Iron Fist
Never like it
69. Pentagram - Sub-Basement
70. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
the first AC/DC cover are use’s Photo Paint effects
71. Exciter - Unveiling The Wicked
72. Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
73. Witchfinder General - Friends Of Hell
74. Slipknot - The End, So Far
Bad record, Bad Cover these guys are going downfall
75. System Of A Down - Hypnotize
76. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades
77. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
78. Helmet - Strap It On
79. Melvins - Tres Cabrones
80. Black Flag - My War
81. KISS - Asylum
Warhol doesn’t work with Kiss
82. Death - Symbolic
Yes great record
83. Pantera - Power Metal
horrible record
84. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
85. Griffin (USA) - Protectors Of The Lair
86. Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill
87. Sacred Reich - Ignorance
88. Forced Entry - As Above, So Below
89. Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb
90. Demolition Hammer - Time Bomb
91. Spastic Ink - Ink Complete



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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23.03.2023 - 15:53
Blackcrowe
👏👏👏👏
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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23.03.2023 - 16:05
JoHn Doe
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I don't mind a few covers here.
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23.03.2023 - 16:33
Redel
Moderator

I totally love the following cover arts:
Crystal Logic
Images And Words
Dehumanizer
Night On Bröcken
The Ethereal Mirror
Symbolic
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23.03.2023 - 17:02
JoHn Doe
Metallica - Load, Reload, Death Magnetic, Hardwired... - all pretty terrible IMO.
Strangely the St Anger album cover I don't mind, terrible album though.
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23.03.2023 - 17:22
Blackcrowe
Written by Redel on 23.03.2023 at 16:33


I totally love the following cover arts:
Crystal Logic
Images And Words
Dehumanizer
Night On Bröcken
The Ethereal Mirror
Symbolic

Manilla Road naïf art of Crystal Logic I always love other record as Open The Gates or The Deluge
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23.03.2023 - 17:23
Blackcrowe
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.03.2023 at 17:02

Metallica - Load, Reload, Death Magnetic, Hardwired... - all pretty terrible IMO.
Strangely the St Anger album cover I don't mind, terrible album though.

Yes your right
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24.03.2023 - 00:52
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Why have Brave Murder Day listed if you say you love the cover?
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24.03.2023 - 10:50
Blackcrowe
Katatonia always made great covers the concept is great. Yes maybe I have to put other record in that place, Dance Of December Souls maybe
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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24.03.2023 - 11:17
Redel
Moderator
Written by Blackcrowe on 24.03.2023 at 10:50

Katatonia always made great covers the concept is great. Yes maybe I have to put other record in that place, Dance Of December Souls maybe


If
"Katatonia always made great covers the concept is great."
then why
"Yes maybe I have to put other record in that place, Dance Of December Souls maybe"?
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24.03.2023 - 11:56
Blackcrowe
Yes
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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24.03.2023 - 12:01
Blackcrowe
Ok I erased Katatonia from the list
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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24.03.2023 - 16:47
theFIST
A list of worst covers needs Fireaxe - Food for the Gods
Also it sounds like it looks
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Written by Warman on 07.11.2007 at 22:39
Haha, that's like saying "compose your own Metal album and upload it here, instead of writing a review of an album". :lol:
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24.03.2023 - 16:58
Blackcrowe
Yes terrible
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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24.03.2023 - 19:51
Ansercanagicus
endangered bird
The Mercyful Fate one is nice. Most of them are alright in fact.

You didn't include Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death? Clearly the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear 'bad album cover'
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24.03.2023 - 22:12
antvre
Symbolic's cover art is a masterpiece... my arms your hearse is also a great one
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24.03.2023 - 22:32
JoHn Doe
Alice Cooper - DaDa has got a great cover IMO. The two albums before DaDa had pretty awful album covers.
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24.03.2023 - 23:52
Blackcrowe
Written by Ansercanagicus on 24.03.2023 at 19:51

The Mercyful Fate one is nice. Most of them are alright in fact.

You didn't include Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death? Clearly the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear 'bad album cover'


Yes is funny… Dance of Death? I like it Maybe the worst cover of the band but still pretty nice
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24.03.2023 - 23:57
Blackcrowe
Written by JoHn Doe on 24.03.2023 at 22:32

Alice Cooper - DaDa has got a great cover IMO. The two albums before DaDa had pretty awful album covers.

Never like it it is interesting but not of my taste there is lot of covers from Cooper that out of my taste
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24.03.2023 - 23:58
Blackcrowe
Written by antvre on 24.03.2023 at 22:12

Symbolic's cover art is a masterpiece... my arms your hearse is also a great one

Yes in a subjective way for some people it is a masterpiece for me the lowest point in the art of the band
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25.03.2023 - 11:59
24emd
Theory Snob
I agree with the Symphony X one, I always hated that cover.
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26.03.2023 - 00:12
Blackcrowe
Written by 24emd on 25.03.2023 at 11:59

I agree with the Symphony X one, I always hated that cover.


Yes A great record deserves a better cover
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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26.03.2023 - 05:48
Pablo
THE ETHEREAL MIRROR cover is part of a bigger artwork. And it sums up perfectly what's inside musicwise. This cover shouldn't be here.
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26.03.2023 - 05:54
Pablo
Musicians shouldn't be on the cover artwork. Come on, you have the chance to tell what the album is about and you don't have a better idea than putting your photo on the cover...meh...
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26.03.2023 - 23:11
Blackcrowe
Written by Pablo on 26.03.2023 at 05:48

THE ETHEREAL MIRROR cover is part of a bigger artwork. And it sums up perfectly what's inside musicwise. This cover shouldn't be here.

Yes You are right weird stuff on Cathedral covers
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26.03.2023 - 23:12
Blackcrowe
Written by Pablo on 26.03.2023 at 05:54

Musicians shouldn't be on the cover artwork. Come on, you have the chance to tell what the album is about and you don't have a better idea than putting your photo on the cover...meh...

Maybe, art work it’s subjective for some people it’s great and for other its a crap
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Maybe as his eyes are wide.
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27.03.2023 - 00:15
JoHn Doe
Written by Pelle on 27.03.2023 at 00:08

Queensrÿche "Empire" is real trash! I bet they were making it in Microsoft Paint... Windows 3.0 version


I like that one, nothing wrong with it, simple and effective for me. Also one of my favorite QR albums.
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27.03.2023 - 00:48
Pablo
Written by Blackcrowe on 26.03.2023 at 23:12

Written by Pablo on 26.03.2023 at 05:54

Musicians shouldn't be on the cover artwork. Come on, you have the chance to tell what the album is about and you don't have a better idea than putting your photo on the cover...meh...

Maybe, art work it’s subjective for some people it’s great and for other its a crap

Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe we should create a list with "Great records with bad album covers"...
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27.03.2023 - 15:08
Blackcrowe
Written by Pablo on 27.03.2023 at 00:48

Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe we should create a list with "Great records with bad album covers"...

Yeah great Idea “Great Records With Bad Covers”
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27.03.2023 - 15:16
Blackcrowe
This list doesn’t have the appreciation of the new guys or youngest metal fans, cause in the present time maybe those guys don’t have the opportunity to buy vinyls or cds so they just downloaded from internet or listen on Spotify or others platforms, so the artwork are in second line, for other side when we buy a record in the eighties the 50 % of the fun it was the artwork the album cover it was part of the fun…
Now the art for most people it is something disposable.
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28.03.2023 - 00:19
Nejde
CommunityManager
Moderator
I usually don't write negative comments (with a few exceptions) so I'll just say which ones I like instead. Opeth, Mercyful Fate and especially Death shouldn't be on this list imo. All classic album covers. I also like Slayer's Diabolus In Musica but my favourite one, without joking, is Riot's Narita cover because I think that baby seal head sumo with a giant axe is awesome in a so bad it's good kinda way. The album is awesome too.
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