Terrible Metal Album Covers: Chapter 18

  Just so you know, I am lumping "Hard Rock" and occasionally "Melodic/AOR" albums in with "Heavy Metal".  Otherwise I end up splitting into smaller and smaller categories. "Terrible European Power Metal album covers" "Terrible Metal album covers by bands where I can't quite work out what genre they are and I can't find any songs on Youtube" - you get the picture.

Anyway, here's some more album covers that brought shame upon the bands involved.

As always, a band may be stuck with a crappy cover but that doesn't mean their music sucks.

My Lai - Attila's Horses (France 1994)

 

Easily the most furious horses I've ever seen on an album cover. 

There's a look of murder in those equine eyes. 

Maybe they object to the rider wearing frigging sunglasses?

Lethal saint - S/T (Cyprus 2010)

I've featured these guys on The Metal Project and if you like 

no-frills 80s Metal, you might find them worth your while. 

This does not excuse them apparently getting a passing

12 year old to draw their album cover.

God dammit. I'm listening to one of their tracks now and there's 

some nice guitar dueling going on. They deserve better. 

Kratos - Iron Beast EP (USA 1985)

He seems like a cheerful sort of city-destroying monster really.

I have no idea why his vest seems to attached to his ears.

Horizon's End - Sculpture on Ice (Greece 1998)

If, like me, you used to spend a lot of time rummaging through racks of cheapo LPs

in secondhand shops you've probably seen a lot of this sort of thing.

You know, desperately trying to be hip and at the cutting edge of 1980s design

Except this album dates from 1998, by which time there really was no excuse. 

Their next album cover was much better.

Hang on, why am I posting an album cover that's actually good?

Crap. Better post something godawful toot suite. 

Future Tense - Condemned To The Gallow EP (NLD 1984)

 I suspect this was drawn by the guitarist's girlfriend, which is why they had to use it.

"C'mon guys. She spent ages on this..."

Wisely, they elected to make it the smallest size they could get away with.

And while they were worried about that, they weren't paying attention to their spelling.

In all fairness, I've never understood why it's a "gallows" even if it's just the one.

Anybody know?

Front - Mortal Surgery (Russia 1992)

This is one of those covers where the only way you can tell it's the right way up is the lettering. 

Farcry - Mr Red White Blue (USA 1992)

They seem awfully casual about the girl lying in the road.

Then again, you get this sort of thing every Saturday night in Britain.

Her half-eaten kebab is just out of shot and her boyfriend is currently fighting four bouncers.

And losing

Badly.

Oh look at that. One of them just stood on his face.

This is why I stay in at weekends.    

That's all folks. See you again soon.