Album Cover Art Cup - ROUND 1

[MindRuler]

You forgot a 4 bro.
Dark Millennium now has 14 points and like a rocket on its way to the finals!

 

[MindRuler]

I would suggest the bright colourful version!

The brighter version makes it even more evil.
The eyes of the mom!
Thx for the suggestion! I changed the pic.

 

[Siddharth]

You forgot a 4 bro.
Dark Millennium now has 14 points and like a rocket on its way to the finals!

Corrected.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

16 Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden + 2
11 Megadeth - Rust In Peace + 3
6 Toxik - Think This + 1
5 Asia - Alpha
4 Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
0 Marillion - Radiation (2013 Remix)

 

[MindRuler]

Poor Marillion.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Poor Marillion.

I like the Marillion cover but those bad-ass classic hand drawn 80s metal covers can be hard to beat!

 

[MindRuler]

I like the Marillion cover but those bad-ass classic hand drawn 80s metal covers can be hard to beat!

Actually I prefer the original Radiation cover over the remix one. Dark Millennium one is pure art.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Also for anyone who doesn't know the Rust in Peace and Think This covers are done by the same guy, Ed Repka. There's quite a few similiarities between those two covers too. Not just artistically but within the themes of world leaders and the governments power and control.

 

[MindRuler]

Ed Repka is a great artist! Unfortunately nobody nominated one of his Death covers.

 

[Kalata]

I missed Round 1. My votes would have been almost the same, my third pick would have been Stratovarius' Nemesis.

Round 2 is much stronger.

The ranking is really odd.

+3 for BG - Somewhere Far Beyond
+2 for Megadeth - Rust In Peace
+1 for Asia - Alpha

Somewhere Far Beyond is probably nothing special to some, but I like covers that I can imagine a story about. Rust In Peace is a very memorable cover. Alpha is cool because it's futuristic and captivating. I also liked Dark Millennium's abstract cover, it's interesting.

16 Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden
13 Megadeth - Rust In Peace + 2
7 Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond +3
6 Toxik - Think This
6 Asia - Alpha +1
0 Marillion - Radiation

Is this right?

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Ed Repka is a great artist! Unfortunately nobody nominated one of his Death covers.

For some reason the albums he did covers for are also mostly bangers! It's like it all came together perfectly.

 

[MindRuler]

Is this right?

Yup! Thanks for voting!

Dark Millennium can feel Mustaines breathing in its neck. Very exciting round!

 

[Siddharth]

Dark Millenium and Asia are next level stuff!

I really want Ed Repka to atleast once do a cover for Maiden. Would love to see his take on Eddie. Some of his finest works (imo):

 

[MindRuler]

The last one is coming soon in the cup!