You Wouldn't Know What Good Art Is If It Hit You In The Face

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Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like, but the artwork is still great.
I'm not quite sure of some of the illustrators and designers on some covers, so they have been left blank, if you do know who did them, let me know. If you think there are some artists that I would dig coz of similar work, just leave me a shout.
This list is not finished so I will keep adding covers that I like.
I don't like Derek Riggs work too much so don't ask me why an Iron Maiden cover is not on the list.

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Spirit Molecule | 25.08.2012

	1.	Baroness - Red Album John Dyer Baizley
	2.	Baroness - Blue Record John Dyer Baizley
	3.	Mastodon - Leviathan Paul Romano
	4.	Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse Florian Bertmer
	5.	Kvelertak - Kvelertak John Dyer Baizley
	6.	Kylesa - Static Tensions John Dyer Baizley
	7.	16 - Bridges To Burn Florian Bertmer
	8.	Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull Arik Roper
	9.	High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine Arik Roper
	10.	High On Fire - Death Is This Communion Arik Roper
	11.	Sleep - Dopesmoker Arik Roper
	12.	Ufomammut - Idolum Malleus
	13.	Alcest - Écailles De Lune Fursy Teyssier
	14.	Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth Eliran Kantor
	15.	U.S. Christmas - Rtitn Hush/Josh Graham
	16.	Beastwars - Beastwars Nick Keller
	17.	Sorceress - Demo 2011 Cruise Winger
	18.	Rotor - 4 ??
	19.	Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black Travis Smith
	20.	King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge Travis Smith
	21.	Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor Hugh Syme
	22.	Behold the Monolith - Behold the Monolith Dusty Peterson
	23.	Behold the Monolith - Defender, Redeemist Dusty Peterson
	24.	Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Rickard Westman
	25.	Cormorant - Dwellings Alice Duke
	26.	Horn Of The Rhino - Grengus Rafa Garrés
	27.	SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones Glyn Smyth
	28.	Zoroaster - Voice Of Saturn Brian Mercer
	29.	Latitudes - Agonist ??
	30.	Intronaut - Valley Of Smoke David D'Andrea
	31.	Mastodon - Call Of The Mastodon Paul Romano
	32.	Mastodon - Blood Mountain Paul Romano
	33.	Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder Josh Graham
	34.	Atoma - Skylight Jan Meininghaus
	35.	Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol Valnoir
	36.	Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification Valnoir
	37.	The Sword - Age Of Winters Conrad Keely
	38.	Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Hugh Gilmour/Electric Wizard
	39.	Howl - Howl ??
	40.	Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Marcus Keef
	41.	Summoning - Minas Morgul (Taken from a video game)
	42.	Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth Andreas Marshall
	43.	Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality Travis Smith
	44.	Gojira - From Mars To Sirius Joe Duplantier
	45.	Rose Kemp - Unholy Majesty Glyn Smyth
	46.	The Gates Of Slumber - The Wretch Arik Roper
	47.	The Gates Of Slumber - Suffer No Guilt Ken Kelly
	48.	Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know Per Øyvind Haagensen
	49.	Deströyer 666 - Cold Steel... For An Iron Age ?? (Reissue)
	50.	Conan - Monnos Anthony Roberts
	51.	Svart Crown - Witnessing The Fall Stefan Thanneur
	52.	Serious Beak - Huxwhukw Caitlin Hackett
	53.	In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading Dave Correia
	54.	Abysmal Dawn - Leveling The Plane Of Existence Par Olofsxon
	55.	Sons of Tonatiuh - Sons of Tonatiuh Vertebrae 33
	56.	Anathema - A Natural Disaster Travis Smith

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Zap Posts: 3589	Permalink 26.08.2012 - 15:02 Zap Posts: 3589 You forgot my favorite John Baizley artwork - Beyond The Permafrost. Nice list though, better than what resulted as the 50 highest rated ones in the contest. Loading...
Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7600	Permalink 26.08.2012 - 18:28 Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7600 Meh. Mastodon's Leviathan shit is just shit. Cover art is fucking shit. Shit. ---- Cynic's Metal On Spotify Cynic's Stoner/Sludge/Doom On Spotify Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 26.08.2012 - 20:41 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 I like the fact there's some Travis Smith in here, though these are not quite my favorites you have nice taste, everything here is pleasant to look at and has some point. ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 26.08.2012 - 22:45 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by Zap on 26.08.2012 at 15:02 You forgot my favorite John Baizley artwork - Beyond The Permafrost. Nice list though, better than what resulted as the 50 highest rated ones in the contest. I like all of John D's work actually, but I must say the Skeletonwitch one is my least favourite :/ Written by Milena on 26.08.2012 at 20:41 I like the fact there's some Travis Smith in here, though these are not quite my favorites you have nice taste, everything here is pleasant to look at and has some point. Well I like some of his work, but his work for Nevermore is my favourite, I also like the cover for Anathema's A Natural Disaster. I'm guessing you like his stuff for Opeth ? Or what are your favourites? ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 27.08.2012 - 00:15 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 Written by Spirit Molecule on 26.08.2012 at 22:45 Or what are your favourites? I really like his Riverside and Amorphis covers, and stuff he did for Novembre/Katatonia/Deadsoul Tribe is cool, there's some nice imagery in there even if I don't always like the way he delivers. My favorite is probably the cover he did for October Tide. Anyway, here's the full list for anyone interested: http://www.seempieces.com/GalleryFrameset.html ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 27.08.2012 - 14:38 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by Milena on 27.08.2012 at 00:15 I really like his Riverside and Amorphis covers, and stuff he did for Novembre/Katatonia/Deadsoul Tribe is cool, there's some nice imagery in there even if I don't always like the way he delivers. My favorite is probably the cover he did for October Tide. Anyway, here's the full list for anyone interested: http://www.seempieces.com/GalleryFrameset.html Ah cool. Well I've seen most of his work. I do like some of his other work, but probably not as much as the ones I've got in the list. I just realised I haven't added the anathema one. You'll probably notice that I prefer illustrations to photo manipulated covers, but that is just me ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 27.08.2012 - 14:46 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 Written by Spirit Molecule on 27.08.2012 at 14:38 You'll probably notice that I prefer illustrations to photo manipulated covers, but that is just me Yeah, that's pretty cool since illustrated covers are more rare nowadays, or at least they are in the genres I frequent ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 27.08.2012 - 15:15 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by Cynic Metalhead on 26.08.2012 at 18:28 Meh. Mastodon's Leviathan shit is just shit. Cover art is fucking shit. Shit. Topic title is directed at you Written by Milena on 27.08.2012 at 14:46 Yeah, that's pretty cool since illustrated covers are more rare nowadays, or at least they are in the genres I frequent True, 90% of prog art is photo manipulation. The sludge/stoner scene on the other hand is the complete opposite. I guess there are a lot of people who don't really care for cover art, its like me with lyrics. ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7600	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 07:21 Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7600 By no ways, Mastodon's Leviathan art didn't hit on my face to be honest. Except for that huge shark playing around in water, I don't see anything attractive/ catchy in that artwork. It's plain and simple. So for me it's big MEH. Infact, 4 ,5 ,6, 26 is way better than what you placed at 3rd. ---- Cynic's Metal On Spotify Cynic's Stoner/Sludge/Doom On Spotify Loading...
Carl Berg Carl Berg Posts: 589	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 10:43 Carl Berg Carl Berg Posts: 589 Burzum wins. Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 10:47 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by Cynic Metalhead on 28.08.2012 at 07:21 By no ways, Mastodon's Leviathan art didn't hit on my face to be honest. Except for that huge shark playing around in water, I don't see anything attractive/ catchy in that artwork. It's plain and simple. So for me it's big MEH. Infact, 4 ,5 ,6, 26 is way better than what you placed at 3rd. Lol ok. Firstly, it's not a shark. Secondly, as the description says, this is not in any order. ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
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theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 16:18 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Spirit Molecule on 27.08.2012 at 15:15 Written by Cynic Metalhead on 26.08.2012 at 18:28 Meh. Mastodon's Leviathan shit is just shit. Cover art is fucking shit. Shit. Topic title is directed at you the idea of it is good, but it"s painted far too flat looking, so the final result looks terrible ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 16:43 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 16:18 the idea of it is good, but it"s painted far too flat looking, so the final result looks terrible You mean it lacks depth? Well I could see that. Still think it looks great though ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 17:19 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Spirit Molecule on 28.08.2012 at 16:43 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 16:18 the idea of it is good, but it"s painted far too flat looking, so the final result looks terrible You mean it lacks depth? Well I could see that. Still think it looks great though Well rephrased, yes i mean that Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad: If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great" And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Fredd Account deleted	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 21:35 Fredd Account deleted Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 17:19 Well rephrased, yes i mean that Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad: If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great" And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be that's one disturbing analogy Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 21:59 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by [user id=114127] on 28.08.2012 at 21:35 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 17:19 Well rephrased, yes i mean that Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad: If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great" And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be that's one disturbing analogy sorry for having disturbed your young brain anyways, do you agree to it or not? ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Fredd Account deleted	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 22:08 Fredd Account deleted Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 21:59 Written by [user id=114127] on 28.08.2012 at 21:35 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 17:19 Well rephrased, yes i mean that Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad: If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great" And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be that's one disturbing analogy sorry for having disturbed your young brain anyways, do you agree to it or not? i pictured a post-mastectomy woman... fuck my education. yes, you're kinda right. Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 22:19 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by [user id=114127] on 28.08.2012 at 22:08 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 21:59 Written by [user id=114127] on 28.08.2012 at 21:35 Written by theFIST on 28.08.2012 at 17:19 Well rephrased, yes i mean that Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad: If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great" And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be that's one disturbing analogy sorry for having disturbed your young brain anyways, do you agree to it or not? i pictured a post-mastectomy woman... fuck my education. yes, you're kinda right. sorry about that, didn"t want your mental image to get close to a grindcore album cover anyways, have fun with your education, but please get a room for that great ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18390	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 22:24 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18390 Pffff... Ass over tits any day of the week. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 28.08.2012 - 22:30 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by X-Ray Rod on 28.08.2012 at 22:24 Pffff... Ass over tits any day of the week. 100% agreed. Rather see small breast than big breasts anyway. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 01:27 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 28.08.2012 at 22:30 Rather see small breast than big breasts anyway. Are you a pedophile? ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 01:31 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 01:27 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 28.08.2012 at 22:30 Rather see small breast than big breasts anyway. Are you a pedophile? what does that have to do with preferring nice small perky breasts to ugly big ones? ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 01:44 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 29.08.2012 at 01:31 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 01:27 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 28.08.2012 at 22:30 Rather see small breast than big breasts anyway. Are you a pedophile? what does that have to do with preferring underdeveloped small breasts to nice round big ones? Well, at some point the girl has none, somewhen they start growing At first they are small (when she"s still underage) but if she develops well they become big and part of mature curves ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 01:54 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 01:44 Well, at some point the girl has none, somewhen they start growing At first they are small (when she"s still underage) but if she develops well they become big and part of mature curves nope, most of the times they don't become big, thank God. I truly hate anything above cup d and higher. And the worst of them all are those fake boobs. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 02:09 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 29.08.2012 at 01:54 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 01:44 Well, at some point the girl has none, somewhen they start growing At first they are small (when she"s still underage) but if she develops well they become big and part of mature curves nope, most of the times they don't become big, thank God. I truly hate anything above cup d and higher. And the worst of them all are those fake boobs. What do you have against nice big natural breasts? Scared of beauty and great feeling, doom guy? ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 09:55 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 02:09 What do you have against nice big natural breasts? Scared of beauty and great feeling, doom guy? Beauty is such a subjective word innit ? And I just love your comparison of the Mastodon cover to a girl with no tits. Hilarious. Awful comparison, but still hilarious ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
theFIST Posts: 1075	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 11:49 theFIST Posts: 1075 Written by Spirit Molecule on 29.08.2012 at 09:55 Written by theFIST on 29.08.2012 at 02:09 What do you have against nice big natural breasts? Scared of beauty and great feeling, doom guy? Beauty is such a subjective word innit ? And I just love your comparison of the Mastodon cover to a girl with no tits. Hilarious. Awful comparison, but still hilarious Of course it is, that last sentence was meant rather as a joke, yet it"s difficult to show voice changes and facial expressions through text And glad to have amused you ---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com 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: Loading...
Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 12:33 Spirit Molecule spirit molecule Posts: 1918 That is what the internet is here for ---- If you never wake up from a dream does it become reality? Last fm Don't click here Loading...
R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099	Permalink 29.08.2012 - 13:51 R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099 This thread = Also, in light of the discussion on breasts: Cool choices btw Spirit Loading...