Top 20 Most Outrageous Heavy Metal Album Covers

Last week we looked at Gigwise.com's list of best & worst album covers for 2008. Switching gears a bit, let's look at www.spike.com's look at The Top 20 Most Outrageous Heavy Metal Album Covers. Actually, I think some of these are classic album covers, I love heavy metal covers! We will look at five a day, sometimes that's all a person can handle. Longtime readers of the blog will certainly recognize some of these classic album covers.

Heavy metal bands have always relied on their album covers. Most metal bands wouldn’t have been half as popular if it wasn’t for their ridiculously awesome album art. But how did it go so wrong? When did bands start thinking it was okay to take their shirts off and pose as medieval warriors? Let's explore #10-6 on the list:


10. Pantera: Metal Magic















9. Metallica: Metal Up Your Ass














8. Danzig: Thrall Demonsweatlive














7. Scorpions: Lovedrive














6. Metallica: Load