Best Maiden album cover art:
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Siddharth
Long Distance Trooper
6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - At first I used to find it very weird but ever since I got the concept, I have come to appreciate it even more. Especially the very detail about Eddie's "flaming head" which shows his clairvoyance powers (probably inspired by Arthur Brown). As Thanos says to Iron Man in 'Avengers Infinity Wars' that, "you are not the only one cursed with knowledge"!
5. Brave New World - Love the atmospheric image it has with a utopian futuristic city being looked upon by gigantic Eddie among the clouds. Really like its colour scheme.
4. Somewhere In Time - Great details in the cover. Its like they created a universe or a cult of their own with this art. It could have been even more high in my ranking had Eddie's angle in the art been a bit more better. At first look it's like he took off his bionic arm (which is at the very front of the art) but only later did I realize that he is actually putting aside his gun/pistol or whatever and the hand shown at the front is that of his victim, but still a solid art!
3. Virtual XI - I actually really like this version of Eddie! I like the "peeling away" effect it leaves, contrasting the greenery or the actual world with that of Eddie's world or the virtual reality. I prefer the more dark-reddish version (I don't know in which format it appears).
2. Fear Of The Dark - They really nailed the eerie Eddie concept with this album art.
1. The Number Of The Beast - Just iconic! Not just Maiden's but arguably among the best covers in Metal world. I like how Eddie seemingly controls the devil, who in turn is again controlled by him and so on.
Hon'ble mentions: Powerslave and Edward The Great
5. Brave New World - Love the atmospheric image it has with a utopian futuristic city being looked upon by gigantic Eddie among the clouds. Really like its colour scheme.
4. Somewhere In Time - Great details in the cover. Its like they created a universe or a cult of their own with this art. It could have been even more high in my ranking had Eddie's angle in the art been a bit more better. At first look it's like he took off his bionic arm (which is at the very front of the art) but only later did I realize that he is actually putting aside his gun/pistol or whatever and the hand shown at the front is that of his victim, but still a solid art!
3. Virtual XI - I actually really like this version of Eddie! I like the "peeling away" effect it leaves, contrasting the greenery or the actual world with that of Eddie's world or the virtual reality. I prefer the more dark-reddish version (I don't know in which format it appears).
2. Fear Of The Dark - They really nailed the eerie Eddie concept with this album art.
1. The Number Of The Beast - Just iconic! Not just Maiden's but arguably among the best covers in Metal world. I like how Eddie seemingly controls the devil, who in turn is again controlled by him and so on.
Hon'ble mentions: Powerslave and Edward The Great
Alright
Killers : that's a bit simple, but it's the most iconic Eddie design and also the best looking one on a t-shirt.
Powerslave: it's a masterpiece, this and SIT are the 2 best ones by far imo.
Live After Death: I love the colours and Eddie looks so good. My second favourite on a t-shirt
Somewhere in Time: it's the most detailed one. It's probably the best one and also my fav album. I love those details. Fun fact: they explain all the little details in the new book.
SSOASS: that was the most difficult choice for me. I was so torn between this one and Piece of mind. Both of them iconic covers, but I went with this one, because I really like this light blue colour.
Somewhere Back in Time: weird choice, but it's a mixture of my 2 favourite covers so I had to. I also like the Eddies of the last 2 studio albums, but the covers are just a close up to Eddie. So I went with this one.
Killers : that's a bit simple, but it's the most iconic Eddie design and also the best looking one on a t-shirt.
Powerslave: it's a masterpiece, this and SIT are the 2 best ones by far imo.
Live After Death: I love the colours and Eddie looks so good. My second favourite on a t-shirt
Somewhere in Time: it's the most detailed one. It's probably the best one and also my fav album. I love those details. Fun fact: they explain all the little details in the new book.
SSOASS: that was the most difficult choice for me. I was so torn between this one and Piece of mind. Both of them iconic covers, but I went with this one, because I really like this light blue colour.
Somewhere Back in Time: weird choice, but it's a mixture of my 2 favourite covers so I had to. I also like the Eddies of the last 2 studio albums, but the covers are just a close up to Eddie. So I went with this one.
I think my favorite album cover is Brave New World even if that's not my favorite IM album.
My favorite IM album is Somewhere in Time, which along with Powerslave rounds out my top 3 album covers.
After that I give honorable mention to Killers for being most iconic, and 7th Son and Virtual XI for being cool and trippy.
My favorite IM album is Somewhere in Time, which along with Powerslave rounds out my top 3 album covers.
After that I give honorable mention to Killers for being most iconic, and 7th Son and Virtual XI for being cool and trippy.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Powerslave - a definition of epic, timeless art!
Killers - the classic image of Eddie and background, enough said.
Brave New World - the art is very captivating with the futuristic city and (even with just) Eddie's head. The colors add a lot, striking image.
Fear Of The Dark - one of the best idea for Eddies, doesn't even need a background, it's that strong.
Somewhere In Time - the details are special and create a whole world, you can't beat that. That's always important.
Virtual XI - underrated idea, one of the best covers since the 80s in this regard. The details could have been better/better drawn, but it captures your imagination, which is always good. Good mix of colors too.
hm: A Real Live One (cool Eddie imo), Death On The Road (if it wasn't for its background) - and I definitely would have voted for Book Of Souls & Senjutsu if it were their booklet arts, despite being very strong Eddies.
It will be harder with singles.
Killers - the classic image of Eddie and background, enough said.
Brave New World - the art is very captivating with the futuristic city and (even with just) Eddie's head. The colors add a lot, striking image.
Fear Of The Dark - one of the best idea for Eddies, doesn't even need a background, it's that strong.
Somewhere In Time - the details are special and create a whole world, you can't beat that. That's always important.
Virtual XI - underrated idea, one of the best covers since the 80s in this regard. The details could have been better/better drawn, but it captures your imagination, which is always good. Good mix of colors too.
hm: A Real Live One (cool Eddie imo), Death On The Road (if it wasn't for its background) - and I definitely would have voted for Book Of Souls & Senjutsu if it were their booklet arts, despite being very strong Eddies.
It will be harder with singles.
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
Oh snap. I thought this was a new @MindRuler cover art contest! Nudge nudge, hint hint.
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MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
A singles artwork Survivor Cup would be nice but somebeksz can host this time.
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
Singles and album + live artwork. In fact ALL of the artwork! Some-who?A singles artwork Survivor Cup would be nice but somebeksz can host this time.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
And in the end it´s The Trooper vs. Live After Death
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
And in the end it´s The Trooper vs. Live After Death
But it's not the final result that's the most interesting. It's the placement of the rest of the top 10, or top 20, or 30....
Also, +1 Live After Death.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Format idea:
A ladder of 8 covers (mix of studio, live, single and compilation)where each of us give points from 1 to 5. After a voting round the bottom 3 covers are eliminated and 3 others join for the next round and all points are set back to zero.
SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
Uh perhaps. I'm not good at structuring such things. The current format for the album cover contest could easily just be used here as well!
Also sorry for hijacking your thread @karljant