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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 - 09:05
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Done.
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24.07.2012 - 09:31

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I bet Primordial's To The Nameless Dead will make it to the top 3.
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24.07.2012 - 09:33

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Also, when's the deadline?
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24.07.2012 - 09:38
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 09:33

Also, when's the deadline?

July 30th. Round 2 starts July 31st.
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24.07.2012 - 09:44

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Written by Doc G. on 24.07.2012 at 09:38

Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 09:33

Also, when's the deadline?

July 30th. Round 2 starts July 31st.

How many rounds?
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24.07.2012 - 09:54
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 09:44

Written by Doc G. on 24.07.2012 at 09:38

Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 09:33

Also, when's the deadline?

July 30th. Round 2 starts July 31st.

How many rounds?

Not sure yet.
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24.07.2012 - 11:50
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Sounds fun - very interested to see the results of round 1 i.e. the top 50 picks and then the further results after that.
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24.07.2012 - 12:53
Spirit Molecule
spirit molecule
Man, this is tough. Just 3 ?
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24.07.2012 - 13:12
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
As long as Rust In Peace doesn't win. It hogs the top 200 crown enough.
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24.07.2012 - 13:12
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Any possibility get some deutche dunkel lagers to
I might take a part on this
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24.07.2012 - 14:22
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Ace Frawley on 24.07.2012 at 11:50

Sounds fun - very interested to see the results of round 1 i.e. the top 50 picks and then the further results after that.


Interesting will be : as long as they don't spam artworks from Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth or the ones which we're already bored by seeing it
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24.07.2012 - 15:30
Dark Blood
The Avenger
Very sweet idea! I'm on it!
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24.07.2012 - 15:30
PocketMetal

I'll pick Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
gonna be fun .
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24.07.2012 - 16:27
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
EVERYBODY BETTER PICK MY SE RELEASE!!

or else

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Man this is tough though, will go through now.
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24.07.2012 - 16:52
Zap
Guest
That's tough, I sure hope not too many top 200 albums are in the top 50, because 50% of those artworks aren't that nice... I think I'll pick at least one Rhapsody of Fire album, not a real fan of their music, but those covers . Nice contest thingy though

EDIT: Went through my whole cd collection and picked my 31 favorites... Now have to go through those again and decide my top 3.
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24.07.2012 - 17:52
InnerSelf
proofread free
Great idea.
Maybe dedicating a spot in the awards for cover artworks ?
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24.07.2012 - 18:02
Enemy of Reality
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Not easy. Picked 17 in total, reduced to 5 from which i took 3 blindfolded.
I took the booklet in consideration also. Not only the cover.

Mastodon - Leviathan



Iron Maiden - Powerslave


My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans


The other ones:

Metallica - AJFA
Carcass - Heartwork
Dimmu Borgir - SBD
CoF - Dusk and Her Embrace
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Darkthrone - ABITNS
Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Napalm Death - Scum
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Black Sabbath - S/T
Morbid Angel - AoM
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Obituary - Cause of Death
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24.07.2012 - 18:20
Warman
Erotic Stains
Damn, I've been staring at my albums for hours! This is impossible. And how do I compare one album to another? I've narrowed it down to four categories:
1. Album art which just screams METAL.
2. Album covers which could go for art.
3. Just cool album art.
4. Morbid and/or depressive stuff.
I really don't know what I prefer. This is hell.
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24.07.2012 - 18:42
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Definitely need to give this some thought.

Two immediately comes to mind though:


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24.07.2012 - 18:47
Lit.
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This is my main one right now:

(I photoshop'd it and made it into the cover of a book I worked on in high school.)
I'm also quite fond of this one:
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24.07.2012 - 18:52
Windrider
Raureif
My favourite was clear:

King Of Asgard - Fi'mbulvintr


The other ones:
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

Amon Amarth's TOTTG and Wintersun were also in my choice but lost closely...
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24.07.2012 - 19:20
!J.O.O.E.!
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Only 3 eh? Difficult. Doubt I'd bother entering but if I were too these would probably be my choices:







This studio does amazing artwork too: http://start1g.ovh.net/~metastaz/home2007.htm
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24.07.2012 - 19:31
CHEF METALHEAD
KEEP IT METAL






I know I have more than three up, but they are killer and love to share killer art work....
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24.07.2012 - 19:32
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Guest on 24.07.2012 at 19:20

Only 3 eh? Difficult. Doubt I'd bother entering but if I were too these would probably be my choices:


Haah! Mine are more interesting.

PS: Doc - Ssssh! don't open up my choices out here.
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24.07.2012 - 19:50
FeskarN

It was really tough to choose only three coverarts. Here's mine top 3:





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24.07.2012 - 20:07
Uldreth

Written by Ag Fox on 24.07.2012 at 18:42

Definitely need to give this some thought.

Two immediately comes to mind though:


I chose Weighing Souls With Sand too!

Along with Born Of Osiris' 2011 release and Wall Of Sleep's Sun Faced Apostles.

Would probably change the latter to Écailles if I could but meg, it's fine as it is.
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24.07.2012 - 20:37

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My 3 so far (until I find better ones)


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24.07.2012 - 20:45
Draugen

Here are my choices:



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24.07.2012 - 21:10
!J.O.O.E.!
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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...
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24.07.2012 - 21:14
AngelofDeth
Cyborg Raptor
Id say these three




Surprised no ones posted SethSiro yet..
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