Awesome Album Art

[ThrashO]

I love album art, it's one of the reasons why I collect vinyls. I'm big into old school thrash metal and punk, and I love the iconic imagery that goes along with the legendary music.

So post them. The band doesn't necesarrily have to be good, but brownie points if they are. All the ones I'm going to post are kick ass bands though.

One of my favorite bands, Bolt Thrower, have the best fucking album art ever:

Bolt Thrower - Honour, Valour, Pride
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4qu52jXDNtY/0.jpg

Bolt Thrower - Mercenary (I like this one the most just because it's so subtly badass)
http://www.rockdiscography.com/coversah/bolt_t/bolt_mercenary3x3.jpg

Gwar - Violence Has Arrived (Not my favorite album, I love their early stuff)
http://www.fibits.com/uploaded/2008-2-7/rad935CAgwarviolence.jpg

Dismember - Massive Killing Capacity
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RBwQegWadJQ/Sc-75FPjkXI/AAAAAAAAAQM/j8IOWbdxk8Q/s320/Kristian+W%C3%A5hlin+-+Dismember+-+Massive+killing+capacity.jpg

Megadeth's Rust and Peace Sells, two classics, still awesome album covers though
http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/metal-week/50-greatest-metal-albums/peace-sells-530-85.jpg
http://weisone.cdcomplete.com/cdimages/15477.jpg

The same guy who did those two album covers also did artwork for one of my favorite current bands, Municipal Waste:

Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
http://www.vinylsearcher.com/largeImages/26701512.jpg

Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_137H7sdqkLQ/SttduQHQDCI/AAAAAAAAANk/gfWdYIIfFKg/s400/MunicipalWaste-TheArtOfPartying.jpg

Megadriver is a brazillian band that covers alot of the greatest game music that has come and gone. Obviously mostly sega stuff. I wish they would release this on vinyl, it's awesome and so is the cover:

http://file.vustv.com/O3EEXOUPUrmHw.jpg

Just a quick plug, because I love these guy so much it borders on gay, all their music is free on their website: http://www.megadriver.com.br/ a couple good listens are Thrash Earthquake, the Top Gear theme, Successor of Fate and Green Hill Zone.

[Esuohlim]

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/images/original/146944.146724.merriweather_0.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The municipal waste covers are great.

Is the cover on the animal collective a gif or is that an illusion. Tripping me out right now something fierce.

Mos Def
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FcsXcjtML._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616x%2BftV5HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/r/rx-bandits/album-and-the-battle-begun.jpg

[Esuohlim]

Is the cover on the animal collective a gif or is that an illusion. Tripping me out right now something fierce.

Illusion. I can only get it to stop moving if I back up far enough.

[Aaarg]

yeah that ac album cover totally matches their music when you're high as shit. i can't stand 'em anymore since i quit smoking pot, but i used to love them. haha.

http://eyesore.no/tfdi/4ad-pics/TheBirthdayParty.MrClarinet.single.jpg
http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/o/oingo-boingo/1454342-oingo-boingo-the-best-of--skeletons-in-the-closet.jpg

[Fathom Zero]

I've that Best of Boingo. Wonderful cover, that is.

[Aaarg]

yeah i bought it for the cover and the cover is the best part

except maybe nasty habits

... and only a lad

[Tadao]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mO1nHxVpuiU/TJygb2oKDJI/AAAAAAAADnQ/W8_B3MNVZTw/s1600/judas_priest_-_sad_wings_of_destiny_front.jpg
http://img.sharedmp3.net/files/pics/280/279389/img_1_pr.jpg

[Aaarg]

man i don't think black sabbath could top the cover for master of reality.

i'm boring.

actually paranoid is pretty good but i'm probably only saying that because that's a goddamngreat album

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iMCfDjkaZjE/TMsAsu0MnxI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/a1y85SMX1lU/s1600/1981-Scientist_rids_the_world_of_the_evil_curse_of_the_ vampires.jpg

[ThrashO]

good covers, my dad gave me one of Black Sabbath's live albums when I was a kid, always been one of my favorites, this one is Live Evil

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NFWTGy5oXaQ/TA7bZRKYBmI/AAAAAAAAAsw/QXPsD4TNdTU/s1600/live_evil_front_big.jpg

[Tadao]

I'm mainly impressed with cover art that has hidden images. Both Sad wings and Mob rules have hidden devil faces and snakes and skulls, etc, well both albums together have all that.

[Esuohlim]

Most of the album covers here look like shitty sci-fi paperback covers

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

:lol I would watch them if they played them on syfy too.

[Fathom Zero]

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8865/200709facd10.jpg

[Ex Leper]

http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/o/oingo-boingo/1454342-oingo-boingo-the-best-of--skeletons-in-the-closet.jpg


I have the VHS version of that compilation. It's a lot shorter though, only six videos

[Esuohlim]

http://www.residents.com/historical/page0/page6/files/page6-mtr500.jpg