Non-metal albums that have metal looking album covers

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
The album cover would fit a doom metal album cover. A couple of their other album covers look pretty metal, too, but this one looks especially metal.

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams
A rap album whose cover would make a cool thrash metal album cover.

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Easily the most metal looking album cover for a non-metal album ever. Nothing else comes even close.

Gideon's Army - Warriors of Love

... I wish I had a picture...
very metal looking... very AOR sounding....

I don't know whether people consider them METAL or not, but one of the most METAL looking covers EVER:





Also:

Molly Hatchet has fooled many a metal head with their album covers of that viking warrior, even though i love them.

rattpoison wrote:

Molly Hatchet has fooled many a metal head with their album covers of that viking warrior, even though i love them.

This is true. Great covers. Great band.

rattpoison wrote:

Molly Hatchet has fooled many a metal head with their album covers of that viking warrior, even though i love them.

Very true. I can remember thinking when I was a kid "Wow, those guys must be really hard rock," and then being shocked when I actually heard them.

I saw a cd in Best Buy the other day that I had to take a second glance. It was pretty metal looking (skulls, guitars) and was even titled "Live like a Rock Star". The thing that tipped me off was the group name...Shop BOYZ. Bleh...rap

EDIT: It's "Party Like A Rock Star", not Live.

I got a mysterious one last week. Bought it just for the cover; a big helmeted guy holding a lightning bolt. It's called "Goliath", and appears to be from Kentucky, early-mid 70's. Pretty good, but only about two hard rock numbers, and no metal. I don't know a thing about this band.

Required Fields wrote:

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
The album cover would fit a doom metal album cover. A couple of their other album covers look pretty metal, too, but this one looks especially metal.

They actually have a few that look fairly metal-like:

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Absolutely! Awesome album!

Front cover:


Inside cover:

ultmetal wrote:

I don't know whether people consider them METAL or not, but one of the most METAL looking covers EVER:





Also:

couldn't agree more....

I'm glad Molly Hatchet were mentioned.... WHAT A METAL COVER....!!
I remember hearing them and going WHA????? Cool metal band Name for a band that isn't metal .....

spiritoradio wrote:

This guy or creature or whatever it is, is also pictured in the back tray of Bruce Dickinson's CHEMICAL WEDDING CD.

Fat Freddy wrote:

spiritoradio wrote:

This guy or creature or whatever it is, is also pictured in the back tray of Bruce Dickinson's CHEMICAL WEDDING CD.

That guy is Nebuchadezzar. I hope I spelled that right.

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GrandNational wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

spiritoradio wrote:

This guy or creature or whatever it is, is also pictured in the back tray of Bruce Dickinson's CHEMICAL WEDDING CD.

That guy is Nebuchadezzar. I hope I spelled that right.

He's on Troglodyte Dawn's album too, right? If I remember correctly, Nebuchadezzer was the oldest man in the bible and advisor to King David. I seem to recall that from 8th grade religion class. Or was that The Simpsons? :geek:

SAXON1500 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Agreed.

More Meat Loaf:

Eyesore wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
The album cover would fit a doom metal album cover. A couple of their other album covers look pretty metal, too, but this one looks especially metal.

They actually have a few that look fairly metal-like:

Those covers are pretty cool