Heavy Metal Cover Girls - No Visible Means of Support

One of these days I'll have to do a header for HMCG, even if it's only a logo.  

  Time for some more album covers that are totally not about putting some eye candy on the sleeve to sell more units.  

 In all seriousness, you can usually spot the ones where the artist wanted to evoke a mood, as opposed to engage some hormones. If there's a massive pair of butt-cheeks front and centre then yeah, definitely in the latter camp. 

   What I'm hoping to do with this series is a) show off some cool artwork and b) demonstrate how often very different bands hit on similar themes for their covers.  As an example, today we're looking at the theme "Women in mid air."  

   You'll note that none of them have wings. That's a whole other subject. 

You'll also note that clothes seem to make the process difficult. 

   Cain's Dinasty - The Hollow Earth (Spain 2015)

Levitation Level: 9000 - Achieving Earth orbit. 

The tricky part is getting back down. 

I do like this cover. I think it's the serene expression on her face.

Cain's Dinasty are Power Metal in a  similar bracket to.. Hammerfall, maybe?
Give them a listen and see for yourself. 

 Wrathchild - Delirium (UK 1989)

   The colours man... the colours!

Evesham's Glam Rock Legends would probably have been bigger if they'd been from LA and not err... Evesham.

Ne Spitsya - The Awakening (Russia 2014)

Admit it. You want to be able to do this too.

I couldn't find any videos online, which is a shame because I think they'd be the kind of thing I like.

Revelation - Осознание (Belarus 2011)

Now this is the sort of album cover where you start wondering "What's going on here?"
Is she time travelling?
Did she just fall off a really big clock?
Why did she think clingfilm would make a suitable material for wings?
We will never know.

Revelation are Gothic/Doom Metal and I'm fairly certain they're the first band from Belarus to appear on this blog.

Ghosthill - Flying Through Imagination (Russia 2012)

Why are there so many Eastern European bands this time around?

That's weird.

This has an old-time feel to the artwork? Like something from the 19th century maybe?

Ghosthill are a female fronted band with a melodic take on Power Metal.
I  am impressed so I might check out some more tunes

Stardust Reverie - Proclamation Of Shadows (International 2015)

I think she's floating like that because they needed the rest of the cover to fit all the names on.

While the artists involved might have backgrounds in Heavy rock, all the songs I've heard so far are more lightweight.
Not bad, just don't expect double-bass drumming and sweep-picking.

And finally..

Vattnet Viskar - Settler (USA 2015)

Ooh. Sensible clothing. Isn't that a rarity on here?

Vattnet Viskar are "Atmospheric Post Black Metal" according to METAL ARCHIVES
I've given up trying to keep track of all these sub-genres and sub-sub-genres.
It's just gotten silly.
The band however are not silly. Have a listen.

That's all folks.

See you tomorrow.