Heavy Metal Cover Girls : Water

  Heavy Metal Cover Girls came about because I noticed that certain themes kept coming up time and time again. Some have obvious attractions for Metal bands (Women with swords, women with guns, women hanging around in forests...) others maybe not so much.

Here's an example. How many metal album covers would you expect to see that feature a woman standing in water?
Well, I found quite a few and as always it's interesting to see what different artists can do with the same concept.

We'll start with the idea displayed in its simplest form.

Vita Nova - S/T (USA/Italy 2013) 

 A young lady with striking hair gazes into the distance - except she just happens to be up to her waist in water. Sometimes I like to try and come up with a story to go with the cover. What's the story here? Why is her hand surrounded by light? How does she get her hair to do that?
You can go from "Serenity" to "Something terrible is about to happen" very quickly.

Macallister Project - Profecias De un Uevo Mundo (Spain 2013)

 Not standing but wading, looking determined. 

She's ruined that nighty, you know. 

Macallister Project seem to like this trope as they used it on their first album as well.

Por Amor Al Arte (2012)

The fanciest swimsuit ever.

The band didn't sound anything like my expectations. 

That wasn't bad. Loving the bagpipes. 

The next two involve nudity. Personally I'm OK with that on album covers - as long as knives aren't involved - but a NSFW warning seems only fair.

Mournful Gust - For All The Sins (Ukraine 2013)

A cover that has a bit of the Classical about it. 

And if you know your Greek mythology, you'll know that being around a bathing nymph 

ends badly for somebody so let's hurriedly move on. 

A band that has Mournful in the name is not going to to be happy-clappy, are they?

Nattsmyg - Fylgja (Sweden 2011)

She's just standing there...
So why does this feel so sinister?
Can we run away now?

Nattsmyg are a one-man Black/Viking Metal project and a lot more interesting than I thought they would be. 

This one's a lot more dynamic.

Crazy Rain - Life illusion (Italy 2014)

You know what I said earlier about the story behind the cover and how it can get to "Something terrible"? very quickly.
Now is this the "Something terrible"?
Or did "something terrible" happen earlier and this is a pissed off sea goddess getting her payback?

You don't see enough bellydancing in metal videos.

Since I have more of these than I thought I did,  expect the rest in a day or so.

Hope you liked the covers
Hope you liked the music
And remember, if you meet a young lady who always seems to be slightly damp..
Don't piss her off unless you are really good at swimming.

That's all folks.