Bad album art that's good

[ranseur]

[DieuxDesCimetieres]

One of my fave "adventuring in the woods" -style covers:


Also a great band, the best stuff Samoth, Ihsahn and Ildjarn ever did IMO!

[danwerneck]

[mutter]

Jul 31, 2017 13:08:27 GMT -5 olofdigre said:

Jul 31, 2017 12:32:14 GMT -5 Pilgrim's Shadow said:

I really find no clue of what bad about it. The same with other works you guys posted here  

Have you seen how goth-girls did draw before everything went manga? This is how. I like it but it is pre-teen gothgirl styled.

Yes! I love this kind of thing - it's a parade of cliche and undeveloped drawing skill, but it's a got a particular kind of charm. 

[thekeeper]

Not sure if this fulfills the "but is good" part

[thekeeper]

Seems like symphonic bands went for the early CGI art much more than anyone else

[nahadoth]

Just seeing this thread now, but that Symphony X cover is the first thing that came to mind upon seeing it. I played a lot of video games with cutscenes that looked like this in the late 90s so that one really struck a chord with me.


I'll go ahead and submit the original cover for Faces of Winter, which was widely (though not entirely) panned on the FB group when I first shared the album. It's a watercolor painting that I made, and despite the reaction I still like it. But obviously I cared enough about the perception to change it (twice), first prior to uploading the album on YouTube/releasing it on cassette, then again when I started working with Canrith. I think if I were releasing this album right now, I'd be pretty confident in using art like this, but at the time I was not very confident in my visual sensibilities.
 

[nahadoth]

This one is kind of interesting - Bernhard Gander, a modern classical composer who is seen in his bio photo wearing a Napalm Death t-shirt, and who from a distance has pieces that might be mistaken for experimental tech-death. Most of his album covers have either weird CGI or manipulated photos with some imagery that is pretty rooted in a metal aesthetic. To my knowledge he's the only composer in this field with a visual aesthetic like this.

[zerointerno]

Møntsën / «The Lie» /2017

[andrewwerdna]

Haha, that one snarky-looking sun. But that's pretty cool I think, there's something vaguely creepy about it.

Also I do like that original Nahadoth cover. It's simple but unique and makes you curious about its sound.

[Alder]

This promo pic of Rob Darken from Graveland:



"I'm slightly disappointed in you, Corpsepaint Jr."

[nahadoth]

+5 for that comment.

[DieuxDesCimetieres]

Then there's this one which has baffled me for years...



"For my meat stew, I only accept the tender meat of young virgins!"

[thekeeper]

Most pictures of Rob Darken are goofy to some degree.



The word-art really makes this one:

[Erang]

I also like the singularity of the Nahadoth's Cover : to me that's completely part of the charm and uniqueness of Dungeon Synth.

andrewwerdna nahadoth