The Best Album Artwork - Metal Storm Awards 2025

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This fan-favorite category is always a pleasure to peruse. Album covers are artistic works in their own right, but they don't always receive the same attention as the stuff inside the packaging, so we're going to amend that. If you need a refresher course, scan the album index to see who put forth the most impressive effort in making their artwork shine.
Nominations
1  Blackbraid - Blackbraid III 55
2  An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City 38
3  Helloween - Giants & Monsters 36
4  Paradise Lost - Ascension 28
5  Saor - Amidst The Ruins 20
6  Fallujah - Xenotaph 19
7  Cradle Of Filth - The Screaming Of The Valkyries 18
8  Aephanemer - Utopie 16
8  Moron Police - Pachinko 16
10  Dream Theater - Parasomnia 15
10  One Of Nine - Dawn Of The Iron Shadow 15
12  Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons 14
12  Rivers Of Nihil - Rivers Of Nihil 14
14  Oromet - The Sinking Isle 13
15  Heretoir - Solastalgia 12
15  Vintersorg - Vattenkrafternas Spel 12
17  Nightfall - Children Of Eve 9
17  Eluveitie - Ànv 9
17  The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard 9
17  Despised Icon - Shadow Work 9
17  Heaven Shall Burn - Heimat 9
22  Deftones - Private Music 8
23  Avantasia - Here Be Dragons 7
23  Grima - Nightside 7
23  Conjurer - Unself 7
23  Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence 7
27  A Flock Named Murder - Incendiary Sanctum 6
27  Opia - I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep 6
27  Imperial Triumphant - Goldstar 6
30  Slomatics - Atomicult 5
30  Igorrr - Amen 5
32  Nephylim - Circuition 4
32  Skaldr - Saṃsṛ 4
32  Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth 4
32  Dessiderium - Keys To The Palace 4
32  Testament - Para Bellum 4
37  Mutagenic Host - The Diseased Machine 3
37  Blindfolded And Led To The Woods - The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me 3
37  Aeonist - Deus Vult 3
37  Taär - Catharsis Till Dawn 3
37  Istapp - Sól Tér Sortna 3
37  Hexvessel - Nocturne 3
37  Sodom - The Arsonist 3
37  This Gift Is A Curse - Heir 3
37  Nite - Cult Of The Serpent Sun 3
37  Calyces - Fleshy Waves Of Probability 3
47  Froglord - Metamorphosis 2
47  Sadist - Something To Pierce 2
47  The Man-Eating Tree - Night Verses 2
47  Rothadás - Töviskert... A Kísértés Örök Érzete... Lidércharang 2
47  Umulamahri - Learning the Secrets of Acid 2
47  Karg - Marodeur 2
47  Ancient Death - Ego Dissolution 2
47  Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power 2
47  Mors Principium Est - Darkness Invisible 2
47  Noctambulist (NED) - Noctambulist II: De Droom 2
57  NevBorn - Alkaios · Part II · The Peacock 1
57  Blind Equation - A Funeral in Purgatory 1
57  Steven Wilson - The Overview 1
57  Cthuluminati - Tentacula 1
57  Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence 1
57  Häxkapell - Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp 1
57  Tombs - Feral Darkness 1
57  Orbit Culture - Death Above Life 1
57  Ihlo - Legacy 1
57  Qrixkuor - The Womb Of The World 1
57  Revocation - New Gods, New Masters 1
57  Owls Woods Graves - Strix 1
57  Havukruunu - Tavastland 1
57  Inoculation - Actuality 1
57  Kakothanasy - Metagonism 1
57  Kalaveraztekah - Nikan Axkan 1
57  Apocalypse Orchestra - A Plague Upon Thee 1
Show user nominations
Total votes:
537



User nominations:
55
Nominated by Retter
28
Nominated by Gim
20
Nominated by RussellBoys
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Nominated by cfleming1
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Nominated by Spacerunner
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Nominated by Biglet1986
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Nominated by Nifheim
7
Nominated by Steppenwolf
5
Nominated by Ashmedai
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Nominated by 24emd
4
Nominated by Fiorentina
4
Nominated by Anarres
4
Nominated by Ch'ti
3
Nominated by nikarg
3
Nominated by cdn
3
Nominated by Mark Ayoub
3
Nominated by Vrayl
2
Nominated by Pierre Tombale
2
Umulamahri - Learning the Secrets of Acid
Nominated by Konrad
2
Blind Equation - A Funeral in Purgatory
Nominated by femcelkirby
1
1
Nominated by Ren82
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Nominated by SS
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Total votes:
537