Lex Metalis Cover...your thoughts...

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The picture makes it look like he's hitting himself in the nads

Your take on things always makes me laugh!

I like the all green pic, and I like of the idea of B & W only.

scottmitchell74 wrote:

I like the all green pic, and I like of the idea of B & W only.

The idea does sound cool, but I think all Ultimatum green would be better.

I did try the black and white. However, I wanted to continue the green theme from past Ultimatum albums. As well, black and white would make it look too much like Too Fast for Love, Balls to the Wall, Sticky Fingers, etc.

Do the all green. Any chance of a Metal Church song? I'd love to hear your take on them, especially the Wayne years as your voice has a little of the feel his did.

TheNazgul wrote:

Do the all green. Any chance of a Metal Church song? I'd love to hear your take on them, especially the Wayne years as your voice has a little of the feel his did.

A very good chance actually.

so what did you end up with? I like the all green or the green/red. Both say METAL!!!!

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TheNazgul wrote:

Do the all green. Any chance of a Metal Church song? I'd love to hear your take on them, especially the Wayne years as your voice has a little of the feel his did.

A very good chance actually.

Awesome! What kind of kissing up do I have to do to find out which it is?

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kissing up

Kiss down.

Ton of Bricks, as suggested by Sideshow. Shhhhh...don't tell anyone I told you.

I like the colorized version. But I think the denim should be blue. Green denim?

kmorg wrote:

I like the colorized version. But I think the denim should be blue. Green denim?

And green leather!

kmorg wrote:

I like the colorized version. But I think the denim should be blue. Green denim?

Kmorg, you're obvioulsy not familiar with Mr. Green Jeans from the old Captain Kangaroo show over on this side of the pond.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Green_Jeans

Think of Lex Metalis as a sort of tribute to the man in the green denim.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

kmorg wrote:

I like the colorized version. But I think the denim should be blue. Green denim?

Kmorg, you're obvioulsy not familiar with Mr. Green Jeans from the old Captain Kangaroo show over on this side of the pond.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Green_Jeans

Think of Lex Metalis as a sort of tribute to the man in the green denim.

Yup, just the image Ultimatum needs to be associated with!

Ton of bricks is teh awesome. I wish I could make everyone under 25 who says they like metal listen to those early MC albums.

TheNazgul wrote:

Ton of bricks is teh awesome. I wish I could make everyone under 25 who says they like metal listen to those early MC albums.

Indeed! Those albums were real POWER METAL! In those days, Metallica was opening for Metal Church.

Looks Great Ult.Looking forward to the album.Ton of Bricks is a great choice for a cover.Cant wait

yes looks great ult! Ton of bricks will rule!

thrasher73 wrote:

Looks Great Ult.Looking forward to the album.Ton of Bricks is a great choice for a cover.Cant wait

biddle wrote:

yes looks great ult! Ton of bricks will rule!

I think it's a great song. When we were practicing this song, it sounded killer. We sped it up a bit and added some thrashier drum work. I'm gonna sing it a little more shrill as well. Should be cool.

The Christian market is going to love those "ripping flesh" "gonna eat your bones" lyrics.

"Gonna eat your bones" has been changed to "Gonna eat gumballs".



Honestly, if a christian is listening to Ultimatum, then a bit o' brutal lyric shouldn't shake their faith unless they are a holier-than-thou hypocrite in the first place.

Retroactive is marketing this album in the secular market, especially in Europe. I think the usual Christian mail places will have it too, but the Christian music stores and chain stores won't be carrying it due to the song choices and the cover art.

ultmetal wrote:

Retroactive is marketing this album in the secular market, especially in Europe. I think the usual Christian mail places will have it too, but the Christian music stores and chain stores won't be carrying it due to the song choices and the cover art.

In the long run, that might not be a bad thing at all. Good crossover potential, especially with the renewed interest in classic metal and thrash these days. I'm wishing you guys the very best with this release!

[quote="ultmetal"]Retroactive is marketing this album in the secular market, especially in Europe.


They have no choice, there is no christian metal market in Europe

Ton of bricks is a great choice for a cover, love that song!
That alone is reason enough to buy this album

ultmetal wrote:

Ton of Bricks, as suggested by Sideshow. Shhhhh...don't tell anyone I told you.

Woohoo!