album covers

They were designed by the same artist.

Take a look at some of the scariest, most frightening album covers in metal.

Swirls of sperm and blood, an armless mannequin, a magnetic grave — the band has always experimented with its designs.

Cartoons invade classic album artwork from AC/DC, Queen, Pink Floyd, Guns N' Roses, Metallica and more.

Album covers are works of art that add even more artistic flair to music. So how blown would your minds be if you saw all of your favorite album covers made out of LEGO pieces?

Roadrunner Records In 1984′s ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ fictional guitarist Nigel Tufnel coined a lasting rock ‘n’ roll phrase when he revealed a special amplifier with volume dials that, in his words, “go to eleven.” Well, in November, Megadeth is going all the way to ‘TH1RT3EN.’ And although you’ll still have to wait until then to hear it, you can have a look at the album cover now.

Our friends at PopCrush assembled an epic list of the worst album covers released in the top half of 2011, including atrocities from Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit and 311. We must say, there’s something about the digital age that makes artists release pretty awful cover art — could it be that in the age of Spotify and iTunes, they think these’ll never actually get seen any larger than thumbnail-size? Rea

Being proudly provocative has always been part of rock ‘n’ roll — from the music’s earliest days, when simply shaking one’s hips on television was enough to send middle-aged Americans into a righteous lather, the formula for some of the best rock has been one part rhythm, one part volume, and one part shock. This has also been true for album covers, which some of rock’s most forward-thinking perfo