Album Cover Art Cup - <<WINNER: Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper >>

[MrKnickerbocker]

2 Mastodon - Leviathan
3 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Ugh I’ve been voting against it for a bit but Mirror Reaper really is just such a game-changer of an album cover

Word. Seeing that took me down a rabbit hole of weird Polish art, so I thank the nominators for that

 

[The Dissident]

3 Mastodon - Leviathan +1
3 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[Siddharth]

Dark Millennium, Helloween and Vektor were so good, I really thought they would make it to the finals. But in the finale, I would go for Mirror Reaper.

4 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
3 Mastodon - Leviathan

 

[MindRuler]

5 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
3 Mastodon - Leviathan

 

[SixesAlltheway]

6 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
3 Mastodon - Leviathan

 

[Kalata]

6 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
4 Mastodon - Leviathan +1

So here it is, the FINAL. I thought Helloween, Holy Diver (to mention some, Terminal Redux had a good run too, etc) would be here, but the 2 covers are striking. I'm glad Leviathan is so liked - and I vote for it because it looks better to me. Both could have had even more details.

Btw, Leviathan's path to gold is with some impressive wins (from 8th finals onwards), it deserves to win.

Thank you for the fun, cool and great game @MindRuler ! I will participate in any future such game with covers. It was a must.

 

[Vaenyr]

7 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper #1
4 Mastodon - Leviathan

First of all, thank you @MindRuler for hosting and everyone for participating. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the general layout/the rules. Plenty of great covers, and I'm more than satisfied with the finalists. I love Leviathan, but Mirror Reaper was an easy choice for me. That said, in case people haven't seen it yet, there exists a full painting of Leviathan, only a part of which made it on the album cover:

Reddit link because we can't embed pictures from there on our forum

 

[MindRuler]

I´m quite sure if we used this version of Leviathan it wouldn´t have made it this far in the tournament.

 

[Saapanael]

Two worthy contenders in the final. I'll have to give it to Bell Witch for the amazing artwork. It's just that little bit more refined and deep, although Leviathan is nothing short of an artistic achievement itself.

8 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
4 Mastodon - Leviathan

 

[MindRuler]

Mirror Reaper can smell the victory!

 

[Kalata]

That said, in case people haven't seen it yet, there exists a full painting of Leviathan, only a part of which made it on the album cover:

Reddit link because we can't embed pictures from there on our forum

The full art is nothing short of an epic! Yeah, lots of details and more colors, the one in the game emphasizes the whale, but they are all good and mystical. Not refined, but deep.

I´m quite sure if we used this version of Leviathan it wouldn´t have made it this far in the tournament.
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Definitely. Still it's good.

 

[Lamia020281]

9 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
4 Mastodon - Leviathan

 

[MindRuler]

And I think we have a clear winner!

 

[Magnus]

One more vote for the dead proboscidean though, just for the record.
9 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
5 Mastodon - Leviathan +1

 

[Magnus]

And thank you for the game, @MindRuler and all who participated, it was fun

 

[MindRuler]

Album Cover Art Cup 2025

Winner: Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper


Congratulations to @MrKnickerbocker and @Vaenyr ! You both nominated alot of great covers who got pretty far in the tournament.
But with Mirror Reaper we have an amazing winner and I think we all can agree on that!
I want to thank all the nominators once again: @Azas, @Cosmiceddie (It´s a pity we never saw you voting in this game?) , @Kalata , @Lamia020281, @Magnus , @MrKnickerbocker , @Siddharth , @The Dissident and @Vaenyr !
Also a big thank you to those who joined us to vote, even without nominating: @Cat Milk Supreme , @Diesel 11, @frus , @karljant , @Saapanael, @Shmoolikipod and @SixesAlltheway ! I hope I didn´t forget anyone, if so: tell me and I´ll edit the list.

It would be great to make this an annual thingy with different hosts each time. Maybe @MrKnickerbocker or @Vaenyr want to be the host for the Album Cover Art Cup 2026?

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Good game. Thanks for hosting @MindRuler

 

[Vaenyr]

Not making any promises, but if no one else is willing I could host the next time. Would be a shame to not repeat it!

Gonna listen to Mirror Reaper later in honor of its win.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Thanks for hosting, @MindRuler! This was a really fun, quick game to play.

In the end, I definitely think the right cover won. It's a work of art.