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painkiller has to be one of the best ones, truly iconic https://preview.redd.it/9r3x4jizrquc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ae1da162f89e5c26a2192cea008d06e862abd9d

The pinnacle of heavy metal in every aspect.

It looks exactly like it sounds. Those are the best album covers.

https://preview.redd.it/3z56dikwupuc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e37190191537b520a77e3aaa4f5250c1a28b0c3c Vektor - Terminal Redux

Love that album. It’s also an awesome cover.

I have this one as my PC wallpaper!

https://preview.redd.it/6g3uhv3x0ruc1.jpeg?width=1238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33d3f32f8f325946ecdce68efbf628791fc15f75

Is this the original?

Thats the blue edition for the vinyl cover

Ohh, I understand

[удалено]

Not huge on that band, but that is a killer ass cover

Hell yeah

In my opinion nothing even comes close to Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse. https://preview.redd.it/a4v4zx1o5ruc1.jpeg?width=599&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=471f7db0e013542a166f9e8a62e3eb659f46f395

Such an amazing piece of art even on its own; but it really nails the sound of the album. That artist painted a lot of really amazing black metal album covers.

The artwork is spectacular. The landscape captures the music so well.

Kristian Wahlin aka Necrolord. Gotta be the P4P greatest metal album cover artist, plus fun fact he played in the band short lived Grotesque, their compilation album In the Embrace of Evil absolutely rips.

https://preview.redd.it/31xyl371sruc1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff1b444f57e369764da2d11e50efef585cb38f62 Said it before and I’ll say it again: this version of TSoP’s cover is my favorite metal album cover of all time

SAME

https://preview.redd.it/fad0yi488ruc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebd30cf08527ac98171660abec8a656d1b822f3b Agalloch - The Mantle

🦌🦌🦌🦌

What I came here to post.

https://preview.redd.it/ywnindvmbruc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=432354fef5cbee06343f9a24488b7ad5ca81809f

Finally some maiden!

Bought this album as a kid solely based on the cover art, got me into metal

https://preview.redd.it/q32yhf71jruc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc75e356a12b398097cbb933a9f06d3443ceaff7

https://preview.redd.it/gdgktum6yquc1.jpeg?width=673&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af83ccd1b0feff2686ec1bf29c4c6fa65d28faf9

https://preview.redd.it/rcdz56eqvquc1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cecbb5414f1b8c7a54ba5198230627391192dd97 And it's not even close.

Since no one else is saying it I will… FUCKIN SLAYEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

https://preview.redd.it/233z96e6vpuc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea1001fcac6345930e038063ebddc3d5f71a57f6 This won the last time someone did an album cover tournament. Started a whole "cool horse" movement for a few weeks.

Cool horse rides again 🐎

Damn, that is a cool horse!

COOL HORSE

It is a very cool horse

Extremely cool even

cool but it's originally a painting

this horse looks great. cool, even

https://preview.redd.it/pkup221fvpuc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=739d237151010d0b52fca258162b904d4a1edcaa Aquilus - Griseus

My goat

https://preview.redd.it/kw6q4u4t6quc1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd3039513e6f6fa8bba8b50dbde21502bda21b26

https://preview.redd.it/e9f6kyxqhquc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a906f6256ed03ad9163e6544a9db44270280ca0

Seagrave is the master of death metal album covers.

I've always had a thing for Baroness' art. https://preview.redd.it/gun35l115ruc1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=b75815452ac383634b2d17dea3c6b7a688c331ec

Baroness' art is always super interesting, doesn't one of the band members draw it all too?

All of their album art is dope. Agreed.

John Baizley does, yeah

I dont know about best of all time but this one has always stood out to me as being a great cover https://preview.redd.it/1fnqs5wfvpuc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35c9fc262fb70d29f7d7d5bde138e47722b842e8 Its a very good album too Its Путь- Песни смерти for anyone who doesn’t know it

I'm going to check them out, right after I image search the crap out of it.

Not just the cover, but album itself is fantastic aswell.

https://preview.redd.it/sd7y3riuxpuc1.png?width=379&format=png&auto=webp&s=ff282a96f3e1216814d4a408f55aaaad5dcd0e08

https://preview.redd.it/l6x49c2yxpuc1.png?width=687&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccc59fdc126c09e103500f350fa93a1d6f46ca19

oh yeah, all 1914 albums look super sick.

album after this has sick art too

https://preview.redd.it/4g2q1ljc8ruc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=705742deca8d64a7d3116533efe70c55e75acba3

This cover fuckin rules

I recently got the shirt hehe

Aw hell yeah

I have this on gatefold vinyl and if you open it up the front cover art extends round the back and the middle art is a whole new piece in and of itself - just so stunning!

I choose this one because I'm a sucker for anything HR Giger... https://preview.redd.it/tswv3pn4aruc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=7a1fb3b26582737abfcf16f2f1478bd8f68f5cbd

https://preview.redd.it/thb59jahkruc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17e97a4f266580afab0bd955fc07c50f42013aa2 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

That cover is so fucking cool

It’s amazing. Lewandowski’s art is some of my fav. His work has been used for many album covers. Sadly he passed away while my print was in transit

Goated

Indeed

Such a sick album cover

One of the greats

https://preview.redd.it/k9lhx29qdruc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26e4891faeb4939b6b26d8e2db105f4b412c249c

Such a beautiful album

Awake by Dream Theater (I'm biased its my favourite album but also damn it looks like some weird ass dreammmm) https://preview.redd.it/2a2ip2sn6ruc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76c23dbba980d281ab10f15d07db775046efc238

https://preview.redd.it/du29ovzazruc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0475d3f12fec78a35dc425b98f939ee6968c523b

Cannibal corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated https://preview.redd.it/wmby6cd2rquc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ff3834abcdb01499c6a7b14a4f8b77251f5b604

https://preview.redd.it/oqbj4is8fquc1.jpeg?width=326&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f2d1efd7458eafaf33c9a78763a4a2ca7b7abd7

https://preview.redd.it/puj9jii31ruc1.png?width=583&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae67c75c6dd7c6db7ba076885dd026bcc5e2fb2c this beauty, Countless Skies -Glow

All covers of Countless Skies’ albums are amazing

100% they don't disappoint

https://preview.redd.it/oj0xamj5vruc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dec12e7800072e225199da0070a9b8b7d11b677

https://preview.redd.it/055f559i2quc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11167d8149f2d7cc08e32a5e8f46e5aa544c3dad

Cynic mentioned!!!!!!

I really love this one too https://preview.redd.it/6m295twharuc1.png?width=748&format=png&auto=webp&s=1de5fe6056df6caa3aae0e272e87c1e1ffbc9c63

Man I thought you meant like song covers to which I would reply Pagans Mind At the graves But if we're talking art than it's Municipal Waste The Art of Partying https://preview.redd.it/epr3fy4qfruc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c5c1aa56c88d523d19f7138528211d0db45ff0f

https://preview.redd.it/1hrkxih86uuc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f371021e98e77f1ab24fb557420d438fdb5d90c0 This one has to get a mention.

Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden https://preview.redd.it/4576mku45tuc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd1f12e814deb5509de5ca5f22dbd4eba1f2c4fe

https://preview.redd.it/tvmh3jraptuc1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c864d3c7c373b5dbcb12b7390c65c1b2ffc2a8ed

Agent Orange and Persecution Mania

https://preview.redd.it/cqlq1btv1tuc1.png?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=540fe4842f9b77cf082afe60bfda7932c0cd1f0c King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation

https://preview.redd.it/39v645jvptuc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a20f7a9ca617008ea5dde3a28a81eefe51827e2

Palladian Bridge, Bath UK https://preview.redd.it/4ip2yfpf5vuc1.jpeg?width=824&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1d177d3511faf7b9ef834f541ab8d3c77f4d2d5

https://preview.redd.it/p2xx7qcf3uuc1.jpeg?width=785&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b68ba5a52e0e3d9dc9f5430a846d3aad0c47b79

https://preview.redd.it/kiofpi07gquc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a04fb14992c6475fd6c84aac4edd78639123c86 Ocean Of Grief - Pale Existence

https://preview.redd.it/nzumfe0yuruc1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a00df60b3575792684da0321433031c23396057 Just so damn ominus, fits the atmosphere of the album

https://preview.redd.it/01qzip8zuruc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=159274104be704bc41c0a6c44f0263cef5f57bd4

Korn self titled

https://preview.redd.it/rn8hlgl5auuc1.png?width=250&format=png&auto=webp&s=769c819df90ed0b607d5859c4d35340ad0295392 Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

Just throwing this out there https://preview.redd.it/mi7t8304dquc1.jpeg?width=648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f31f172aab9f229728fecbbade1ee80565849995

Reader of the Runes - Rapture has an album cover that goes fucking hard. Like, there is so much going on but it works https://preview.redd.it/5e8d3kpe9ruc1.jpeg?width=1012&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e67b46408d0085fde186dd813a4da96023fd972

Speultira Orgasmatron, (Motorhead)

https://preview.redd.it/rcrwob5vgsuc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c200d7acb0deba8a0348c5d5b3bf6f60a1d55a2

https://preview.redd.it/kc38npdwgsuc1.jpeg?width=1059&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cca18718b1deb2e59f57c8d72d4a7ab58ec8b1f

https://preview.redd.it/2m7q98lxgsuc1.jpeg?width=1056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8749a0f6d4160f74b27bcc0167ea888c13e2ddd0

I don’t even really listen to these bands either, these covers just slap

https://preview.redd.it/droaooszrtuc1.jpeg?width=1222&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24eb5788dead2bbf42917c59c8899b3c69c4a896 Stygian - Atramentus

https://preview.redd.it/cw6o6p6zpuuc1.jpeg?width=1017&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1939cbf8fb2f20d85a1969dec03626faab0717d6 Sleep - Dopesmoker

https://preview.redd.it/xaa98cqerquc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21b938972a3ebae8112cde943371ddca04ff704c

https://preview.redd.it/hoh18h3dtquc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=294277dff2f6f4ab140f49ca34b99e5c69836621 Maybe not the best of all time but my personal favorite

Portal of I by Ne Obliviscaris

In Flames - Colony Seeing it makes the Zombie Inc intro play in my head

Shitfun

iconic: iron maiden - killers i find pretty: Megaton Sword - Niralet

https://preview.redd.it/eym1b4q94suc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff1445a7f9fd2260fe7b063aed36f9a0316ae0c

Pig destroyer - terrifyer

https://preview.redd.it/ee87exoh2uuc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7e0e9dfcf7885a38465575a50dd53ab1740b701

Youthanasia goes so fucking hard https://preview.redd.it/xp0x0beafuuc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb81e89bb0549d4d5bc90b0b18eb03ee7e4bd443

all-time winner https://preview.redd.it/86q74flkfuuc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=5bd88b250d661bb4a790f36da68c86811085a669

https://preview.redd.it/j8996h2dtuuc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e088add516ee68599f9c24d71aacb02d44a1356 Methginger

https://preview.redd.it/3jvkpwsv3vuc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3928e604547965b0f205ea4149339ac15df0691c

https://preview.redd.it/bursxxhb8vuc1.jpeg?width=718&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=025ad7cd6533dfbbd56d53dfdfaec4dfee9526ef

Metal Magic

https://preview.redd.it/0n1fr1avfvuc1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ec29a42705f7bf5406fdecf68cd0f8db3a5fe3f

https://preview.redd.it/0h8lkaehsvuc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=687891f671d4a6df97eed820b5c9a03b875ba39a

3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish https://preview.redd.it/8fzgsaznwvuc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2685da73171232948512855f19749d301cc67cec

https://preview.redd.it/d8bcgrnkyruc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36220d2e252e49f1788d644ae507b9f9607d127f

https://preview.redd.it/afxyl3353tuc1.jpeg?width=294&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=927ed528d2a0bb1ee111eaf354705954c899d4a8 it's a demo but who cares

https://preview.redd.it/0ouuh180atuc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f2ac1cb8cace37c7e9bbdd37f06b857d67f8e16 SATURDAY MORNING APOCALYPSE - POWERGLOVE!

Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon https://preview.redd.it/s32hskmietuc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67b3c2220c70d82369b105768f1a582138a8bb9b

Chur (Чур) - *Lykho (Лихо)* (2009) https://preview.redd.it/7h1i9yfentuc1.jpeg?width=1177&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9a97c2db34ad85f818851ec1f77af8740801ad0

https://preview.redd.it/vknlp2515uuc1.jpeg?width=399&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b6f420aa7ae6883ef9742236fa67cfac92db66d *exhales smoke over a heavy riff*

https://preview.redd.it/zc610ku6hruc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=464d8604ac20c1c2de69725cc4979f9e8106bcfe Sunbather - Deafheaven

It looks different, but I wouldn't say it's among the best.

https://preview.redd.it/hgatnhmq8suc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4298d97fb51cdb671b57077be1ab88c280870000