Heavy Metal Cover Girls: Sadness and Sorrow

 Day two of this weeks' HMCG marathon and I'm afraid this one might be a bit of a downer.

  Sometimes you don't need words to know when something is wrong. When somebody is curled in on themselves, that's a giveaway that they need a kind word and a hug.

   When you see this on an album cover, the artist is trying to put over the idea that this isn't going to be wham-bam-thank-you-mam rawk, but something with a bit more emotion.

  Some album cover stars are full of life. Some are full of bloody rage. What we have here is girls holding themselves together..

  Trail Of Tears - Profoundemonium (Norway 2000)

    The artist is clearly trying to show somebody vulnerable here...

Oi.!

    Stop trying to peer up her towel you perv. 

Trail Of Tears are Gothic/Black Metal with the classic Gravel/Soprano vocal combo. 

Moving on to an artist that's more AOR than Metal.

Robin Beck - Underneath (USA 2013)

It's interesting that Robin is doing almost exactly the same pose but looks more drawn in on herself.
As with the Trail of Tears cover, it's also hard to see the connection between the album title and the artwork
What does "Profoundemonium2 mean anyway?

There's a reason Robin Beck is so well thought of in Melodic rock circles.

Cattarse - Blackwater (Brazil 2016)

I think we can all agree that things have gone horribly wrong for this poor girl.

The combination of Curled up + Water + White Clothing is evidently quite a popular one.


Cattarse probably means something quite different in Portuguese.
The band are sorta-retro-with-a-groove Hard Rock

I'd better post another actual Metal band before I get done for false advertising.

Marge Litch - Ring Of Truth (Japan 1992)

   Just screams "Vulnerable" doesn't ?

Also screams "Get down from there before you bloody freeze. He wasn't worth it"

The band are Symphonic Metal with a distinctly Japanese flavour.

The next two are like something from a horror film.

Dark Sky  - Empty Faces (Germany 2008)

 How creepy this cover is depends entirely on whether you think here eyes are downcast
Or wide open and glowing as they stare into your soul.

We're back in the realms of Melodic Hard Rock again.

The Relapse Symphony - Shadows (USA 2014)

Oh that's frigging creepy.
I hate the way dolls stare at you.

I was exepcting The Relapse Symphony to be Gothic Metal
Turns out they're modern Kerrang Glam

Fatal Impact - Esoteria (Norway 2012)

Under the circumstances, I can't blame you for giving up.
I could lie but when you can see the moon exploding in the sky, positive thoughts aren't gonna help.

Fatal Impact are  proper Heavy/Power Metal
They don't have much on Youtube so this track is off the subsequent album "Cancel Life"

Weeping Silence - Theatre Of Life (Malta 2011)

        When times are bad, a combination of Yoga and her secuity blankie always makes her feel better.

I don't think I've ever posted a Maltese band before, so this is an interesting experience for me. 

Weeping Silence are another band that use angelic female vocals to counterpoint male growling. 

And finally, a band from another country not known for their Metal.

Iluminata - A World So Cold (Austria 2011)

Yeah, you're just milking it now, aren't you?

This female fronted Alpine outfit are Power/Symphonic metal.

That's all folks
See you tomorrow.