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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tupan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:27pm
Few things are worst than the cover art of the (real) first album of Pantera:

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Originally posted by goskoski goskoski wrote:

Riot - Thundersteel:
 
Riot - Narita
 
 
 
Bad News - Bad News
 
 
 
Tokyo Blade - Blackhearts & Jades Spades
 
 
 
 
 
 

What the f### LOL
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Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

Here's a notoriously bad one: Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death.  There's too much going on, and it looks like a first draft. The album title font doesn't look right either.  Actually nothing looks right aside from Eddie.




LOL Yup. Certainly up there
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Are the worst I can think of at the moment.

(and btw, I agree with unitron on the court of the crimson king cover.)


Edited by VerticalUprising - 02 Sep 2014 at 7:18pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote floflo79 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2014 at 11:18am
Oh no ! It's a great cover !


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Unitron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2014 at 11:10am
Leprous Bilateral is a great album just has a bad album cover

and Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy, stupid innuendos Wink 

Metallica - Lulu (Need I say why?)



I know this isn't metal, but King Crimson's 'In the court of the crimson king' is probably the worst album cover I've ever seen Dead
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote floflo79 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2014 at 11:02am
The thing is that Narita is an awesome album but the cover is just ugly (like Fire Down Under)
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Riot - Thundersteel:
 
Riot - Narita
 
 
 
Bad News - Bad News
 
 
 
Tokyo Blade - Blackhearts & Jades Spades
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Stooge Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Mar 2011 at 10:52am
Originally posted by Vic Vic wrote:








Considering they have a very accomplished artist in the band (Away), that is a rather laughable effort.  It's a compilation/rarities album, so I'm not sure they wanted to release it to begin with nevermind with that cover.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Mar 2011 at 10:39am
Damn, I missed some posts. 

HEY! Who posted Doomsday for the Deceiver??? That's awesome!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Mar 2011 at 10:38am
That list was crap. Not only they failed to mention some monumental classics but they managed to list some awesome album covers in there as well. Bolt Thrower, really? Leprosy? Tankard? FAIL.

Here is a favourite atrocious cover of mine:


More atrocities:








From the top of my head... Also Riot had some terrible covers in their day, early Pantera...
..and I second the Dance of Death cover. Not that X-Factor, Virtual XI or indeed their last one are any masterpieces...



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wilytank Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 7:27pm
Number 3: Fallen by Burzum.  I'm sorry, Varg, but this doesn't fit your style at all.  Especially when put next to your older art.



Number 2: Dissident Alliance by Jag Panzer.  I'm not totally sure what's going on in this one.




Number 1: Shitfun by Autopsy.  Ewwww!


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Stephen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Feb 2011 at 8:39pm
just found out this threat, fkin' hillarious :D :D

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Block Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Feb 2011 at 4:08pm
Originally posted by Balthamel Balthamel wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

 
 
looks like  a prevous version of a Pokemon before it evolves into something like
this
 
 
 
 


LOL that one is awesome

I chooooose you Tarkus!!! LOL



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Balthamel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2011 at 6:31pm
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

 
 
looks like  a prevous version of a Pokemon before it evolves into something like
this
 
 
 
 


LOL that one is awesome
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton


I have that album, it's actually very good  LOLLOLLOL
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LOL that one is awesome
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote topofsm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2011 at 1:20pm
^Yeah. It looks like an exercise in patterns on photoshop or something. Tongue
Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

I've found most of FW's cover art to be pretty boring. But that's just awful. Who thought that was releaseable?


I'm pretty sure I could whip up the No Exit album cover on MS Paint. LOL


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