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@jonathanjollimore7156
3 жыл бұрын
Great picks my personal favor cover not art work is Pantera Vulgar Display of Power. The guy getting punched in the face they payed that guy 10 a pop to get punched. He made 310 bucks you do the math LMAO
@dragonqueen6589
3 жыл бұрын
The most badass album cover IMO at least, is the cover for Yngwie Malmsteen’s trilogy - I mean the Swedish shredlord slaying the mythical hydra with his wicked axe tones alone - totally epic!!!
@KittenRaptor
Жыл бұрын
RIP Ken Kelly :(
@tarunkumargogoi7381
Жыл бұрын
Who are the artists behind these artworks??
@lutfimakarim8258
3 жыл бұрын
Can we just all agree that metal has the most awesome covers of any genre in music?
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
yes!
@itsme9679
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah now all the album covers are basically: "hey let’s take of picture of my arrogant self and show the world how much I am prettier than everyone, oh and so that for all the album covers"
@calvinelamparo543
3 жыл бұрын
Its better than rap, its better than country, its better than pop
@johnnyutah482
3 жыл бұрын
No way..I'd go with Smooth Jazz first!!!
@alexanderferus7816
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291
3 жыл бұрын
I do miss the old days when I used to buy an album just based off of the cover artwork if I had never heard of them before.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
those were the good days. Must have been 20+ years since I did that. Cheers!
@Oneshotgear
3 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT got burned a few times, But also got surprised
@TheNothing6
3 жыл бұрын
Me, too! That's why I bought my first Overkill album! I thought Chaly looked cool!
@daveyboyd784
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was before we had the benefit of being able to go online and actually hear at least some of the music before making a purchase. It usually worked out ok, but there were a few times where the cool artwork turned out to be a little misleading. I think I actually ended up liking some stuff that I probably wouldn't have given a chance if I had been able to sample beforehand, so I suppose that could be considered an upside of that era. There's no doubt that album artwork played an extremely important role in the success or failure of a band back in the old days, especially if it was a new band that hadn't had much exposure. 🤘🏻☠️🤘🏻
@marcluciano2748
3 жыл бұрын
That's how I discovered Manowar with Kings of Metal
@TomReed007
3 жыл бұрын
The Sound of Perseverance by Death is one of my favourites definitely, it captures the album's atmosphere perfectly
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@bl00dy_pawzies273
3 жыл бұрын
yes lol
@honcho4581
7 ай бұрын
Fr I love it
@curtisleitch4328
6 ай бұрын
Do you think Its a mouth or a reapers hood? I can only see a mouth when I look at it. But someone told me they thought it was a reapers hood.
@nissekram
3 жыл бұрын
Judas Priest's "Sad wings of destiny" - jawdropping!!!
@ebguitarist375
3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in Time is the best Maiden cover IMO, perfectly fits the music and vibe of the album and the detail is amazing
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@BangBang-hk4rg
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I had it on vinyl as a kid and used to love searching for all the “easter eggs” hidden in the artwork.
@PETERODZZ
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Easter eggs everywhere.
@toddwilliams8128
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Maryland we all thought it was cool that they incorporated Hammerjack's into the background. Also the whole Eddie as Blade Runner concept was too cool
@brockmackin8913
3 жыл бұрын
I love all the Easter Eggs referencing previous songs and albums.
@christopherdaniel5919
3 жыл бұрын
Death- Scream Bloody Gore Massacre- From Beyond Atheist- Piece of Time Sepultura- Beneath the Remains (Oh hell, I could go on for days...) So much great Metal Art. 🤘
@nateW24
3 жыл бұрын
Painkiller is a knight riding a serpent motorcycle with razor wheels over a city sinking into molten rock
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@versilov
3 жыл бұрын
Good list. Here´s some more honorable mentions (in no order) Hypocrisy - Osculum obscenum Pestilence - Consuming Impulse Dissection - The Somberlain Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated Godflesh - Streetcleaner Testament - Practice what you preach Morbid Angel - Blessed are the sick/ Covenant At the Gates - Slaughter of the soul Anthrax - Persistence of time Paradise Lost - Draconian Times King Diamond - Abigail/Them Helmet - Meantime Samael - Ceremony of opposites/ Blood ritual Kreator - Endless pain/ Coma of souls Slayer - Divine intervention Amorphis - Tales of the thousand lakes In Flames . The jester race Exodus - Tempo of the damned Sodom - Agent orange
@ryanritchey3574
3 жыл бұрын
Plus Cause of Death
@MetallIstKrieg
3 жыл бұрын
@@ryanritchey3574 Cause of Death was in the video…
@jimmym3352
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much every one of Iron Maiden's first 7 albums could be on this list. Rust in Peace from Megadeth is another good one, though Peace Sells is better. Into the Pandemonium by Celtic Frost, yes I know this is an actual art piece on display in an art museum, doesn't make the album cover any less cool. What else, what else. Virgin Killer by Scorpions. I'm kidding, that was my joke entry. Now I'm on some FBI watchlist for suggesting that one. What were they thinking, even at the time it seems to cross every line. Slayer has several I like. South of Heaven being my favorite.
@ryanritchey3574
3 жыл бұрын
MetallIstKrieg didn’t watch the whole thing when I typed the comment
@johnculver3294
3 жыл бұрын
Cradle of Filth-Cryptoriana-The Seductiveness of Decay
@LedgerJoker77
3 жыл бұрын
love your passion for metal bro i’m beginning to think you’ve listened to every metal album ever created 🤘🏽🤘🏽 another great video
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, far from it. :) But I was kinda busy with metal for a few years there. :) Cheers!
@kevinmitchell4018
3 жыл бұрын
great list 👌. I would have included slayer show no mercy & morbid angel.blessed are the sick in my top 10.
@hectorvegasduque2234
3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinmitchell4018 blessed are the sick's painting is pretty cool but in the cover it has like a weird filter or effect that makes it look too saturated Idk why
@shangri-la-la-la
2 жыл бұрын
All Metal bands? Don't make me laugh. Be it Anal Vomit, Serenity in Murder, Abracadathrash, Tantura, ABACABB, Allagash, Anakim, Ascendant and that is only throwing in a few off the top of my head and some starting with A. The rabbit hole goes deeper than anyone can go.
@highonsleep4219
3 жыл бұрын
Compared to other musical genres. Metal has the greatest and most artistic album cover arts.
@inmyhouse11
3 жыл бұрын
Killers- Iron Maiden Hell Bent For Leather- Judas Priest Wild Dogs- The Rods Rock and Roll Over- Kiss Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath Rising- Rainbow Last in Line - Dio Long Live the Loud- Exciter Heavy Metal Breakdown- Grave Digger Metal Church Metal Church
@seagullpoet
3 жыл бұрын
Wild Dogs - saw that - bought it.
@JackieNihil
3 жыл бұрын
I have the Don't Break The Oath art tattooed on my forearm. My favorite album of all time. Probably my favorite artwork as well.
@atena1632
3 жыл бұрын
1. Mercyful Fate - Melissa 2. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death 4. Fates Warning - FWX 5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 6.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 7.Redemption - This Mortal Coil 8. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor 9.Holy Terror - Terror and Submission 10. King Lizard - Viva La Decadence
@metalmat3651
3 жыл бұрын
Mercyful Fate's "Dont Break the Oath" album cover is so damn AWESOME! Honorable mention to Sodom's "Agent Orange"!
@juanflechin2020
3 жыл бұрын
Entombed 'Left Hand Path!!! Hey man! That Cover is Epic! It's definately in my top 10. Manowar 'King of Metal'. Sepultura 'Arise' Obituary 'Cause of Death' Iron Maiden: Killers, Life After Death, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, The Number of the Beast. DIO 'Holy Diver'.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
🤘😈🤘
@dickslickerson486
3 жыл бұрын
Yes... arise has got to be up there it was insane I would look at it endlessly it had so much going on. Sacred reich...the American way was pretty sweet imo 🤟
@Radowitzki
3 жыл бұрын
Left Hand Path is the best, and it's not even close. The detail is awesome.
@PolkCountyWIProgressive
3 жыл бұрын
I love the Somewhere in Time cover. I think it captures the futuristic sound and theme of the album.
@johnnypairoux4356
3 жыл бұрын
KISS had 3 great covers in a row. Scorpions - Blackout MSG - Assault Attack Metal Church - Metal Church King Diamond - Fatal Portrait Accept - Breaker Warlock - Burning the witches Raven - All for one Manowar - Hail to England
@coldblizzard5880
3 жыл бұрын
My Top 10 Album Covers are (not in order): Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Iron Maiden Spiritual Healing - Death Spreading The Disease - Anthrax Dream Evil - Dio Formula’s Fatal To The Flesh - Morbid Angel Schizophrenia - Sepultura Solstice - Solstice The Triumph Of Steel - ManOWar The Ultimate Sin - Ozzy Osbourne Terrible Certainty - Kreator Honorable Mentions: Release From Agony - Destruction Divine Intervention - Slayer Raising Fear - Armored Saint Blood Fire Death - Bathory Leviathan - Mastodon Sound Of Perseverance - Death Stillborn - Malevolent Creation Serpents Of The Light - Deicide Gallery Of Suicide - Cannibal Corpse Spheres - Pestilence
@coldblizzard5880
3 жыл бұрын
@Life Is Peachy it’s good that they didn’t. ANTHRAX is actually very dangerous!
@dickslickerson486
3 жыл бұрын
Mad cow disease....people were sending anthrax through the mail back in the day
@markusyeetus
3 жыл бұрын
Well that smooth butt on the Ultimete Sin is quite a strong argument
@6R3YP1L6R1M
3 жыл бұрын
England's very own Sabbat with their History of a Time to Come and Dreamweaver album covers. Magic... Whole lotta magic ✨
@lordlucifer
3 жыл бұрын
Both stellar albums and covers no doubt.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
oh, I love those. :)
@Taztiger7272
3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere In Time is just an awesome cover. So many great covers. Still when I was young LPs were still available before CDs.
@l2jnichol1986
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Cirith Ungol's album artwork. They all depict Michael Moorcock's tragic and brooding anti-hero Elric of Melniboné.
@BrandNewMorning
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see Powerslave, Painkiller, Rust In Peace as well as Cause Of Death by Obituary in the honorable mentions. I would rank Souls Of Black in that area as well.
@repulo
3 жыл бұрын
Souls of Black so perfectly matched the music on that album!
@Fishfishfishfishfishfishfishfi
3 жыл бұрын
In my personal opinion, Mastodon has the absolute greatest album covers in all of metal. Almost every single one can stand on their own as an legitimate piece of art. The Leviathan cover is what made me listen to them in the first place
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@whiskeyhangover1438
3 жыл бұрын
Just to add perspective guy hears I play guitar in high school brings me first black sabbath album. This is 1970, I'm 13. Mind blown. Fall season in philly looked like the sabbath album cover when he gave it to me. Thank you Terrance Murphy!!!! Life changing moment.
@stephentrager3147
3 жыл бұрын
Maiden's "Somewhere in Time" is indeed an honorable mention! One of my favorites. Enjoyed the list!
@Steve-ht6hh
3 жыл бұрын
My personal favorite artworks : 1) Hell🎃ween - Keeper Of The Seven (Pt I Or Pt II) 2) Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond 3) Powerwolf - Sacrament Of Sin 4) Stratovarius - Elysium 5) Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free 6) Grave Digger - Symphony Of Death E.P. 7) Manowar - Battle Hymns 8) Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance 9) Amorphis - Tale From The Thousand Lakes 10) Testament - The New Order
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
some good looking albums there!
@metalhead7319
3 жыл бұрын
Cool list
@thefateshavewarned
3 жыл бұрын
Kudos to narrowing it down to ten artworks. That’s just so hard considering how many great ones there are. Two of my favorites are Death’s Scream Bloody Gore and Fates Warning’s Awaken the Guardian, both of which were listed in your honorable mentions. They both fit the aesthetic of their respective albums so well, Scream Bloody Gore evoking the horror theme perfectly with the wights in the dungeon, and Awaken the Guardian evoking the high fantasy with the traveler in front of the large mystical gate.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah there are so many cool covers, I do like a lot of the early 80s type of art, but I didn't include that much of it in this video. :) Cheers!
@017aqpqgqika9
3 жыл бұрын
Iron Maiden - Killers Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beas Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark Iron Maiden - Brave New World Megadeth - Killing is my Business… And Business Is Good Megadeth - So Far So Good… So What Metallica - Ride The Lightning Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power Dio - Holy Diver Slayer - Hell Awaits Slayer - Reign in Blood Exodus - Bonded By Blood Judas Priest - Painkiller Overkill - Years Of The Decay Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@crazyking1896
3 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Literally most Iron Maiden covers would be on my list of favorite metal album covers because their so Iconic, but I'll let others have a chance. Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse Judas Priest- Firepower Gamma Ray- Power Plant Slayer- South of Heaven Megadeth- Rust in Peace Metallica- Ride the Lightning Overkill- The Years of Decay Toxic Holocaust- An Overdose of Death Municipal Waste- The Art of Partying Obituary- Cause of Death Death- Symbolic Dio- Holy Diver Iced Earth- The Dark Saga Armored Saint- Raising Fear Testament- The New Order Sodom- Genesis XIX Mercyful Fate- Don't Break the Oath Motorhead- Overkill Praying Mantis- Forever in Time
@017aqpqgqika9
3 жыл бұрын
@@crazyking1896 Agreed and I completely forgot about Sabbath bloody sabbath some really cool album covers there. Always nice to see another municipal waste fan 🤘
@llongone2
3 жыл бұрын
"Screaming For Vengeance" was the first recording I ever bought; and the cover had a lot to do with it. I've also long been a fan of the "Don't Break The Oath" cover (and "Melissa", "Fatal Portrait", "Abigail" etc.). But, dude! You put the newest Eternal Champion cover on here! Subscribed!
@michaelperrys4588
3 жыл бұрын
Ravening Iron is a killer album!
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
thank you! Cheers! 🤘
@emorris0204
3 жыл бұрын
Manowar’s hail to England is a favorite of mine.the artwork is illustrated by ken Landgraf who’s also a student of former dc and marvel comics illustrator, Gil Kane.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cool one for sure!
@williamstoutenburgh2116
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that one is missing for sure! It's among my favorites! Thanks for mentioning it and for the artist info!
@davesdream
3 жыл бұрын
Mercyful Fate's Don't Break The Oath captivated me the first time I saw it. I didn't even listened to them yet until I bought the cassette. Fell in love!!!
@bammyjastard
3 жыл бұрын
Sepultura beneath the remains. Death human. Bolt thrower realms of chaos
@Dynamite___Harry
3 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who absolutely loves the album art of Octavarium?
@wolverine669
3 жыл бұрын
Some of my faves is Obituary - Cause of death Sepultura - Arise Motörhead - Orgasmatron Iron Maiden - Somewhere in time Dio - Holy diver Gutrectomy - Slampocalypse Entombed - Clandestine Corpse Worship - Horror chronicles Ripped To Shreds - Luan
@Bagledog5000
3 жыл бұрын
Nazerath "Hair of the Dog" Judas Priest "British Steel" Queensryche "Operation Mindcrime" Black Sabbath "Paranoid" Savatage "Hall of the Mountain King" Not exactly metal, but Scatterbrain's "Here Comes Trouble" will always have a spot in my heart.
@seagullpoet
3 жыл бұрын
Savatage was a wild one !
@drunkduck9854
3 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to see that you actually read the comments and took recommendations from viewers. Not all youtubers do that. Nice video.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, thanks!
@alexishuardrheaume2119
3 жыл бұрын
Some of my favorites: Opeth- Blackwater Park Dream Theater- Train Of Thought Iron Maiden- Fear Of The Dark Kreator- Violent Revolution Municipal Waste- The Art Of Partying Wintersun- The Forest Seasons Slayer- Seasons In The Abyss Therion- Gothic Kabalah Testament- Btotherhood Of The Snake Overkill- The Electric Age
@metaldams78
3 жыл бұрын
Witchfinder General’s DEATH PENALTY and FRIENDS OF HELL. I can think of two reasons. Besides that - ten off the top of my head. About to watch your list now and will probably see others I didn’t think of. Don’t Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden Killers - Iron Maiden Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath Hell Awaits - Slayer Reign in Blood - Slayer Destroyer - KISS To Mega Theron - Celtic Frost Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits If You Want Blood…You’ve Got It AC/DC
@tonycortes1777
3 жыл бұрын
@metaldams78 Funny....Back then I bought Witchfinder General's Death Penalty for that same reason " Come to Butthead " LOL...I had to hide it from my Mom. To my surprise, it came clear vinyl, awesome. It reminded me of Sabbath-ish style !!!
@metaldams78
3 жыл бұрын
Boobs aside, those are musically great albums for sure. I’m also a huge fan of the Vincent Price movie of the same name, which I’m sure inspired the band in some way.
@symbolic9558
3 жыл бұрын
There are two album covers pops into my head right now... Beneath the Remains - Sepultura and Death - Leprosy. Both have some sinister and beautiful artwork! thanks for this great video btw.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@chavo7775
2 жыл бұрын
roots too its really recognizable
@blacksabbath3474
3 жыл бұрын
There are some great Album Covers from the NWOBHM: - Angel Witch: s/t debut Album - Demon: Night of the Demon - Witchfinder General: Death Penalty - Tigers of Pan Tang: Wildcat - Grim Reaper: See you in hell - Witchfynde: Stage Fright
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love that old school type of art.
@EyeTunz
3 жыл бұрын
1. Napalm Death - Scum 2. Destruction - Release From Agony 3. Exodus - Bonded by Blood 4. Summoning - Minas Morgul 5. Terrorizer - World Downfall 6. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 7. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse 8. Ozzy - Bark at the Moon 9. Mayhem - Live in Leipzig 10. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@javiermunoz5574
3 жыл бұрын
1-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden. 2-Somewhere Far Beyond - Blind Guardian. 3-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath. 4-Jonah´s Ark - Skyclad. 5-Blizzard of Ozz -Ozzy. 6-Destroyer - Kiss. 7-Screamig for a Vengeance - Judas Priest. 8-Melissa - Mercyful Fate. 9-Holy Diver - Dio. 10-Fire of Unknow Origin - Blue Oyster Cult.
@mrpositronia
3 жыл бұрын
I have to go with Derek Riggs' Somewhere in Time artwork. You can feel the pain that he went through to complete it. So intricate not to mention atmospheric. Forgot to add the hidden messages, one of them is a banner in the shop that says 'This is a very boring painting' which only highlights his pained efforts!
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
hehe, I didn't know that, cool. :)
@patrickboone423
3 жыл бұрын
I can't find the banner, I was looking on the record sleeve and can't find it
@brucedickinson73
3 жыл бұрын
The number of the beast is the best piece of artwork I have ever seen
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Bruce Bruce. Wasn't Powerslave better? ;) Cheers!
@crazyking1896
3 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT I think Number of the Beast is cooler than Powerslave, I mean cmon, Eddie controlling the devil, fires of hell, lightning in the background, it's just so metal!!!!
@FreeRPGer
3 жыл бұрын
You named a few of my faves here, for sure. But another favorite of mine is *Vio-lence: Eternal Nightmare.* I also like Angel Witch: Frontal Assault, Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny, & Destruction: Release from Agony. There's definitely too many to even name a fraction of them all.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Minstrel2009
3 жыл бұрын
I love how you included one of the newer cover artworks in your honorable mentions like helloween for example, Kreator etc. Really dope list!
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
thank you Sir! Cheers!
@riceeater9821
3 жыл бұрын
Burzum - Filosofem is one of my favorites. Even if he just took an old painting for an album cover, it's just perfect. Also Dissection - The storm of a light's bane is perfect.
@eon14873
3 жыл бұрын
Both all time classic albums
@toddwilliams8128
3 жыл бұрын
Cause of Death by Obituary was killer. A month after I picked it up, a friend picked up a Lovecraft compilation with the same artwork.
@brooksrownd2275
3 жыл бұрын
Off the top of my head I like the covers for Reign In Blood, Screaming For Vengeance, Sad Wings of Destiny, Somewhere In Time, Welcome To Hell, Emperor's Return, Pleasure To Kill...
@Soydrinker999
3 жыл бұрын
Blind Guardians "live" album is probably my favourite cover of all time, Somewhere Far Beyond and NiMe also have great artwork, anything by Andreas Marschall is amazing
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@EUKARYOTIK
2 жыл бұрын
Liked for Cirith Ungol, subscribed for good content! That artwork for Frost and Fire was originally the cover of the book "Stormbringer" by Michael Moorcock, starring Elric of Melniboné, the same white haired swordsman on the cover. Brilliant book series! Elric seems to be a common thematic topic for many different metal bands, like Blind Guardian, Domine, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan-Tang (which happens to be named after a location in the fictional world), and of course Cirith Ungol.
@RuthlessMetalYT
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, they have kept Elric. :) I havent' read the books maybe I should. It would perhaps be a good TV Show from the images I've seen. Cheers!
@ryanritchey3574
3 жыл бұрын
They aren’t Metal, but Rush has some amazing Album Covers
@gocars3210
3 жыл бұрын
Hemispheres. The naked star man on a giant brain. “We were pretty high” Geddy Lee
@joelpocalips
3 жыл бұрын
What a good list. Its hard to choose just ten out of all the great art that's out there. I'll give it a go...in no particular order: Electric wizard- come my fanatics Conan- horseback battle hammer Scorpions- lonesome crow Uriah heep- demond and wizards Darkthrone- eternal hails Judas priest- sad wings of destiny Future tense- condemned to the gallows Pagan altar- room of shadows Hellbastard- ripper crust Eagle twin- thundering heard
@SentientNr6
3 жыл бұрын
The Cirith Ungol Cover. That's Elric wielding Stormbringer. So yeah definitely fantasy inspired.
@Revanchist
3 жыл бұрын
Also the art is from the book covers :)
@sidthejovian5105
3 жыл бұрын
I always love how creative these album artists can get when it comes to drawing the covers for these bands. If not the cover art, it's the music, both is just awesome! 🤘 (Also, I know, overrated, but my favourite album art artist is Ed Repka.)
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@juliancavz8983
3 жыл бұрын
Some of my honorable mentions: Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer Burzum - Filosofem Children of Bodom - Something Wild Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade Obituary - Anthology Deicide - Once Upon the Cross In Flames - Colony In Flames - Whoracle Judas Priest - Stained Class Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh Dream Theater - Images and Words Believer - Gabriel Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst Six Feet Under - Haunted Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide Ratt - Invasion of your Privacy Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan Warrant - Cherry Pie Atreyu - The Curse Amon Amarth - Versus the World
@Revanchist
3 жыл бұрын
I just have to say Kudos for Night of the Blade. Such an amazing but underrated album imho.
@azrael8759
3 жыл бұрын
Angra - Angels cry Rebirth Hunters and prey Edguy - Babylon Judas Iscariot - to embrace the corpses bleeding Mortician - chainsaw dismemberment Uada - Djinn Sarcófago - I.N.R.I Rotting 1914 - the blind leading the blind Signs of the swarm - vital deprivation
@guitarguru.3572
3 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite album cover of all time is “Hysteria” by Def Leppard
@SirZPthundergod
3 жыл бұрын
Cool list, but don't forget Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God!
@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi
Жыл бұрын
Have to add in Metal Health, by Quiet Riot imo
@tintindb
3 жыл бұрын
By the way, I saw your other video on thrash metal and ok not a hardcore thrash fan but an album cover on the thumbnail captured my attention and I watched the video till I got to the group cro-mags and the album cover for best wishes with narasimha on the cover is beautiful. Right now I like the jugulator cover...
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
good stuff! :)
@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291
3 жыл бұрын
There are so many that I'm not even going to put up my list because it would take forever lol.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@shawnmcnally1254
3 жыл бұрын
At least Awaken the Guardian was an honorable mention. Other great ones are Nordland I and II by Bathory and Transcendence by Crimson Glory.
@planetbarrett6055
3 жыл бұрын
Well I was making a List but I had to Restart. Iron Maiden's First Album, is My Favorite Album Cover. Honorable Mentions. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (This or Kill 'Em All) Black Sabbath - Mob Rules Judas Priest - Jugulator Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 (Between this, Helloween, or Walls of Jericho) Deep Purple - Fireball Megadeth - So Far... So Good So What! Motorhead - Another Perfect Day Alice Cooper - Killer Scorpions - Virgin Killer, just Kidding, Lonesome Crow (All 3) Opeth - Blackwater Park Death - Scream Bloody Gore Anthrax - Fistful of Metal Testament - The New Order Venom - At War with Satan Slayer - Hell Awaits Sepultura - Morbid Visions Sodom - Persecution Mania Exodus - Bonded by Blood Overkill - Feel the Fire Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Queensryche - The Warning Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm Accept - Too Mean To Die Slipknot - Slipknot Korn - Issues And, Type O Negative - (Honestly they don't have any Good Album Covers) Honestly, I could go on...
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@volcanicwinter4417
3 жыл бұрын
I really like the Under the Influence album cover from Overkill... it reminds me of my adolescence... hanging in the gutters or culverts... ha ha!
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@TJ-se3ih
3 жыл бұрын
1. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian 2. Savatage - Edge of Thorns 3. Chastain - Mystery of Illusion 4. Diamond Head - Borrowed Time 5. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@uhtredragnarsson8961
3 жыл бұрын
Judas Priest-British Steel Judas Priest -Painkiller Iron Maiden - Powerslave Iron Maiden -Killers Black Sabbath Tyr DIO-Holy Diver Whitesnake -Slide It In Motorhead 1916 Bathory-Hammerheart Bathory-Bathory and many many others...can't remember of all of them..many bands have great album cover's..each on own way...my favorite is Rhapsody-Legendary Tales and Triumph or Agony...
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
🤘
@alnikur87
3 жыл бұрын
Among the best: Sodom - Agent Orange Death - Scream Bloody Gore Autopsy - Severed Survival Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
@diabeticmonkey
3 жыл бұрын
Powerslave is one of my all time favorites, but Fear No Evil by Grim Reaper has a skeleton reaper riding a fucking motorcycle through stained glass. You can't beat that. Also, anything from Dissection and the like, and all of Dan Seagrave's art.
@cyriousvynil2433
3 жыл бұрын
I just hope you considered Laaz Rockit's Know your Enemy and Armoured Saints Raising Fear. I love your list, and I was amazed at how many of these albums, and or cassettes, I have. Some of which I completely forgot about.
@esehn6972
3 жыл бұрын
I've always liked the cover for Beneath the Remains-Sepultura.
@jorozco13yearsago40
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Obituary's Cause of Death album cover was supposed to be the cover for Beneath the Remains? Lmao it's crazy
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
🤘
@kathleech8044
3 жыл бұрын
I worked in a record shop in the late 80’s/early 90’s and this brought back great memories. My vote is for Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff!
@deantodd8103
3 жыл бұрын
You have a solid top 10 list here. I could easily make a top 10 list of just Iron Maiden album covers. Like you said, having the same logo, the same mascot, drawn by the same artist throughout the 80s was brilliant branding. Fantastic songwriting didn't hurt either, though. 😉 My top 10 album covers would be as follows. 1. Iron Maiden, Killers. The Number of the Beast was a strong contender, as well, featuring the Hellscape with a dark blue twilight sky in the background, signifying Hell on Earth. But the Eddie on Killers was more detailed and somehow scarier. 2. Metallica, Master of Puppets. Simple, yet elegant. Incredibly powerful imagery. And red is one of my favorite colors, so the red sky connected for me. 3. Judas Priest, Jugulator. I actually really liked Tim "The Ripper" Owen's debut with Priest. Yes, I love Rob Halford, and he is very much a key ingredient in Priest's sound. But for a replacement/fill-in, Owen was spectacular. The groove metal/thrash metal influences on this release were great. And the cover art captured the intensity well. 4. The Scorpions, Blackout. Eye popping. No pun intended. 😆 5. Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. The Ozzy era Sabbath album cover that best reflected the band's horror movie vibe. 6. Megadeth, Peace Sells... But Who"s Buying? When I was younger, I would have picked So Far So Good... So What because Vic Rattlehead was shown as an armed action hero. But with age comes wisdom, and I now better appreciate the symbolism of the Peace Sells cover. 7. Anthrax, Spreading The Disease. 8. Motorhead, Orgasmatron. A decent album, not their best. But the most striking depiction of Snaggletooth of any of their albums. (Honorable mention for Ace of Spades, which IS their best album, for the cover photo of the band dressed like Wild West outlaws. I love Westerns. What can I say?) 9. Angel Witch, Angel Witch. It's a warm album cover to look at on a cold winter day. 😆 10. The Ramones, The Ramones. OK, so it's actually punk rock. But come on! It's awesome! 😉
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@marcluciano2748
3 жыл бұрын
Blackout is Such a Great Record!
@rat_32
3 жыл бұрын
Spreading the disease is cool, i admit
@thalesvasconcellos2086
3 жыл бұрын
Great list, man! I was as happy as a child, who's just got their wished birthday present, when i saw Mercyful Fate's Don't Break the Oath by Thomas Holm on the list (it's one of my absolute favorite cover arts). Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast by Derek Riggs os killer, too (metal music has some really cool cover arts). Good work, and stay heavy!
@sadusattack2628
3 жыл бұрын
Sadus-Swallowed in Black is probably my favorite album cover.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@daveyboyd784
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video brother! I love this aspect of metal, the artwork is something that seems to carry over into all genres for the most part. I distinctly remember drawing many of these album covers back in the day, so much cool artwork. I can definitely relate to others who have mentioned buying albums based on the cover art, we didn't really have anything else to go by back then. It's hard to overstate how important it was to have awesome artwork for your album back in the old days, it was something that could literally make you or break you.🤘🏻☠️🤘🏻
@brakonierrr7067
3 жыл бұрын
Half of Megadeth's, Iron maiden's and Helloween's discography cover art featured, but still not a single piece by Manowar... that can not be serious! Battle Hymns, Hail to England and The Triumph of Steel cover arts definitely deserve place among the best metal album covers.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
you gotta join the discord and suggest albums then. :)
@faultier3215
3 жыл бұрын
cant really tell my favourite, but CFs "To mega Therion" would be top 3 for sure
@skull4722
3 жыл бұрын
Un gran saludo desde chile muy bueno tu canal, mis favoritos covers albums son: megadeth peace sells, iron maiden live after death y killers.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Deft1-007
3 жыл бұрын
Maiden .Priest..yea some great Artwork! Killers was painted on my Denim jacket as a teen!!
@TheMDJ2000
3 жыл бұрын
Deep Purple's Machine Head cover is iconic - if you consider it to be metal of course.
@mateuscarvalho2579
2 жыл бұрын
Bathory - blood, fire, death Doomsword - resound the horn Caladan Brood - echoes of battle Anathema - a natural disaster Burzum - filosofem Burzum - umskiptar Immortal - diabolical fullmoon The Mist - the Hangman Tree Candlemass - nightfall Summoning - with doom we come Others i like: The Equinox ov the Gods - images of forgotten... Sanctuary - into the mirror black Black Sabbath - black sabbath There are so many Megadeth - Countdown
@RuthlessMetalYT
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Revanchist
3 жыл бұрын
I'll just pick some of the "less popular" bands and their amazing covers also the music is amazing as well so you might listen to it aswell. Legendary Tales, Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Dawn of Victory, Power of the Dragonflame - Rhapsody The Eight Mountain - Rhapsody of Fire Tunes of War and Excalibur - Gravedigger Dragonslayer - DreamEvil Battalions of Fear - Blind Guardian (kinda reminds me of Master of Puppets artwork) Fright Night and Visions - Stratovarius Silence - Sonata Arctica Universal Migrator Pt.1 & 2 - Aryeon Legacy of Kings, Glors to the Brave, Renegade, Built to Last, (R)evolution - HammerFall (one of the most consistant album covers I have seen) Night of the Blade - Tokyo Blade Burn the Night - Riot City East of Sun - Gatekeeper By the way Cirith Ungols cover art is from Elric of Melnibone book series and the art was done for the books before the band adapted it into their album covers.
@SirZPthundergod
2 жыл бұрын
One album cover that I think deserves an honorable mention is Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God, that one's epic!
@RuthlessMetalYT
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm mostly for painted artworks more so than the photoshopped ones. but yeah that's just me. ;)
@marcluciano2748
3 жыл бұрын
I just discovered Uncle Slam tonight! Wow what a good Record 🔥🤘🔥
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah they had a few albums. Cheers!
@pasqualecurry7773
3 жыл бұрын
Cryptosy's blasphemy made flesh and none so vile are some of my favorites. None so vile is also my favorite death metal album ever I think. Oh! Portal's outre is also a dope cover
@jr698
3 жыл бұрын
Cirith ungol cover artworks are killer🤘🤘🤘
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@kevinhennessy1615
3 жыл бұрын
My Top 10 Album Covers - 1. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind 2. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 3. Thin Lizzy - Chinatown 4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 5. Megadeth - Rust In Peace 6. Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth 7. Iron Maiden - VIrtual XI 8. Body Count - Body Count 9. Iron Maiden - Killers 10. AC/DC - The Razors Edge
@mozsab
3 жыл бұрын
I know he’s a love it or hate it artist but Dave patchett (did most, if not all, of Cathedral’s albums) is my favorite.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, Cathedral had some cool art.
@eon14873
3 жыл бұрын
I had some mad mushroom trips looking at those covers ha ha🍄🍄
@GShumway132
3 жыл бұрын
I always liked the ones with the really crazy psychedelic monsters, like Sepultura Arise and Obituary Cause of Death.
@nonchalanto4117
3 жыл бұрын
Not a metal band, but Uriah Heap’s Abominog is an awesome album cover.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@f.g.e.2976
3 жыл бұрын
I would have to choose any among Killers, The Number Of The Beast and Live After Death. Can't decide.
@Morbidous
3 жыл бұрын
Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua S.O.D. - Speak English or Die Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (original) Dismember- Like an ever Flowing Stream Entombed - DCLXVI
@LIttleCrow83
3 жыл бұрын
I miss here nevermore. Maybe Obsidian conspiracy, dead heart or dreaming neon black
@user-tq1bj3fn7h
3 жыл бұрын
Metallica's Ride the lightning is my favorite. That chair and the lightnings on the background are f*cking awesome. I would also mention Obituary's The end complete and frozen in time
@icandleall
3 жыл бұрын
Sick concept on it
@eon14873
3 жыл бұрын
Mine in no particular order. Dismember like an ever flowing stream, emperor in the nightside eclipse, dissection storm of the lights bane, mercyful fate don't break the oath (I have a tattoo of it), sepultura beneath the remains, entombed left hand path, dark funeral secrets of the black arts, slayer South of heaven. Megadeth peace sells, first 3 death albums, necrophobic darkside, black sabbath, King diamond abigail and them, nocturnus the key. Phew!
@eon14873
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit how did I miss obituary cause of death. Fucks sake
@StarsDie88
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite metal album covers (typically don't qualify as 'iconic' however): The Blind Leading the Blind by 1914 Emissary of the Void by Abaroth Labyrinth Constellation by Artificial Brain Eternal Hails by Darkthrone Passages Into Deformity by Defeated Sanity Tropical Sun by Fulci Powerslave by Iron Maiden III by Spectral Lore Odyssey by Vokonis Mark of the Necrogram by Necrophobic
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
🤘😈🤘
@therealgod.
3 жыл бұрын
Some of my fav album art no order: Nails: unsilent death Cattle decapitation: death atlas Helslave: from the sulphur depths Death: the sound of perseverance Slayer: reign in blood High on fire: electric messiah Bloodbath: unblessing the purity Darkthrone: transilvanian hunger Burzum: filosofem Behemoth: zos kia cultus Septicflesh: codex omega Skeletonwitch: at one with the shadows
@migonher6666
3 жыл бұрын
For me Dark Angel - We Have Arrive(first edition) is nº1, Slayer - Hell Awaits nº2, Voivod- Killing Technology nº3... and don't forget Brujería - Matando Gueros...
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@laudanum669
10 ай бұрын
My favorite Metal album cover is Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell". I find it's simplicity, yet somewhat amusing cover very pleasing. Plus it's a subtle shot at religion. It was done by artist Lynn Curlee titled "Smoking Angels" inspired by a 1928 photograph of women dressed as angels smoking backstage during a break at a college pageant.
@RuthlessMetalYT
10 ай бұрын
cheers
@Gregbaltzer
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I missed any of these on your list but Voivod - War And Pain and Killing Technology. Obituary - Cause of Death. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains and Arise. Motorhead - Orgasmatron. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath. King Diamond - Abigail. Exodus - Bonded By Blood. Kreator- Pleasure to Kill. Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration. Bolt Thrower - War Master. Motorhead - We Are Motorhead. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind and Number of the Beast. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease. Armored Saint - Raising Fear. Dio - Holy Diver and The Last In Line. Sacred Reich - The American Way. Sodom - Agent Orange. Worst Album covers: Kreator - Extreme Aggression. Motorhead: Overnight Sensation Sacred Reich: Heal
@eon14873
3 жыл бұрын
Great choices there
@vietnamd0820
3 жыл бұрын
I would say Iron Maiden’s Killers instead of Piece Of Mind
@vietnamd0820
3 жыл бұрын
For Celtic Frost I’d pick To Mega Therion...excellent choices with Kreator, Anthrax and Sodom
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
good list!
@prosatanic82
3 жыл бұрын
This Top 10 could be an only Maiden covers too. Can't think of another band having half (or more) of their discography continuously only with great covers.
@RuthlessMetalYT
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@marvintimke3978
3 жыл бұрын
Molly Hatchet has some of the best cover artworks ever. Frank Frazetta is an impressive artist.
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