Just following on from the Forefather thread. Having a listen to Last in Line here and it sounds great and it is obvious that one of the main reasons(apart from reviews) that I havent checked it out is because the artwork is just nowehere near the quality of the previous album Steadfast, nor indeed any of the artwork on their other albums. It's not bad, but it looks thrown together to me or at least like a band that has run out of ideas. Now that may be the furthest thing from the truth, maybe they're on absolute fire on the album, but I can't shake the feeling..anyone else afflicted with this tendency? Funny there are albums that have awful artwork that I love, but it's the artwork that falls into that middle ground that I find the worst perpetrators. Shit artwork I can get over but the bland ones turn me off completely.
Trying to think of other albums out there that I have listened to feck all as a result of this underlying prejudice I have for album covers. Reinkaos would be one, there are doubtless countless others, Dance of Death definitely another. The cover is my kick off point and I find it hard to shake that first impression.
I find Reinkaos to be quite interesting actually.
The whole album is full of symbolism including the cover. That 11 pointed star symbolizes the 11 Anti Cosmic gods of Jon's beliefs. Same reasoning behind the album having 11 songs.
Also the Omega symbol instead of the 'O' in Reinkaos, seems to have been his way to tell people that this was his end. I guess Reinkaos (The Return to Chaos) does that too. So he used the album cover to openly tell people of his impending suicide.
Bit of a mad one for sure.
I love how much the artwork can enhance or even influence your experience of an album and I've often been turned on or turned off an album because of good or bad artwork. Ultimately the music has to do the talking but the artwork can often be the point of entry. Brilliant artwork, lyrics and photos make an album a more immersive experience. I love (and am often hugely frustrated by) the process of getting artwork together for an album. When you find an artist who really excites you and give them a brief outline of your themes, it's hugely exciting to see how they interpret it.
Bigmac> Fair enough, I didn't realise the symbolism there. I suppose as a piece of art I found it a bit meh though maybe not the best example tbh. I'm really getting at how artwork sets up the listening experience for me. I look at the cover and I've almost made up my mind already, which is not great, but I can't avoid it. Additionally, I'm not a big fan of having things explained, as with explanations for the Reinkaos album cover, or the music itself either...I'm the same with movies, books etc..you can explain all you want but I'm the one who decides.
I suppose what I'm talking about is an emotional connection. The music needs to hit me emotionally and the art also. When people need to start explaining too much, I find they've already lost me.
The artwork is a huge thing. Pre internet going through tapes/cds in shops all I had was the artwork to decide if something should be bought or not. It's still important. When Hammer Of The North was released I knew it was going to be great based on the artwork alone. When I saw the artwork for the follow up The Hunt I was thinking it was going to be poor.
When Metallica announced a new but more oldschool logo for St Anger and Pushhead being back on board for the artwork I thought this is going to be brilliant. We all know how that turned out.
"Ultimately the music has to do the talking but the artwork can often be the point of entry"
i think quote above hits the nail on the head. to a certain extent in some cases you can nearly know the genre from the artwork and/or logo. although the last while bands are mixing it up a little.
depending on the genre the artwork can have a huge impact on me, for example if its old school nwobhm the more shitty cheesy primitive it is im more likely to pick it up. ::) as for blackmetal youd nearly always know filthy BM vs say Occult BM for obvious reasons!
As a vinyl collector the artwork makes much more of an impact to me though.
Quote from: Circlepit on June 25, 2019, 10:55:14 AM
When Metallica announced a new but more oldschool logo for St Anger and Pushhead being back on board for the artwork I thought this is going to be brilliant. We all know how that turned out.
haha i thought the exact same :laugh:
On a more basic purchasing level, if the artwork is impressive I'm more likely to buy on vinyl than CD. Two of my absolute faves in my collection are Deathspell Omega Kenose, (more for the booklet than the cover) and Wormlust The Feral Wisdom, that gatefold cover is bonkers.
I've noticed far too many BM and DM albums (especially the more underground ones) all go for black and white which is all a bit identikit for me. I prefer a bit more colour and detail to get my attention, that recent Zealot Kult one for example or any 90s death metal covers all got your attention and drew you in, monochrome B&W all seems a bit stale and boring.
Completely depends on the concept and its execution for me. Look at Girardi's work on the recent Mystifier, for example. It's dreadful looking. His artwork for ZC is so much better.
Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2019, 10:04:44 AM
I find Reinkaos to be quite interesting actually.
The whole album is full of symbolism including the cover. That 11 pointed star symbolizes the 11 Anti Cosmic gods of Jon's beliefs. Same reasoning behind the album having 11 songs.
Also the Omega symbol instead of the 'O' in Reinkaos, seems to have been his way to tell people that this was his end. I guess Reinkaos (The Return to Chaos) does that too. So he used the album cover to openly tell people of his impending suicide.
Bit of a mad one for sure.
Insightful perceptions there man,.was oblivious to any of that I have to say
My favourite covers (as far as my senile, old brain can remember) are:
Artificial Brain- Labyrinth Constellation
Nocturnus- The Key
Malokarpatan: (both of their albums- weird but suits the music)
Diocletian- Gesundrian
Malevolent Creation- 10 commandments
King Diamond-Them
Iron Maiden-Somewhere in time
Crimson Glory- Transcendence
Demolition Hammer- Tortured Existence (gnarly)
Voivod- Dimension Hatross
Tarot- The Warriors Spell (psychedelic)
Definitely a big influence as to whether I give something a first chance or not, and definitely sweet artwork is a nice bonus to any listening experience. But I couldn't say that my overall opinion of any album is coloured by the artwork, beyond it being sometimes an initial factor in whether I listen to it or not.
Currently listening to Holy Terror actually, who are an interesting band in terms of divisive artwork, both cover art and logo.
Funnily enough, I first heard Holy Terror on recorded tape, no cover etc. When I saw the artwork it made complete sense why they weren't bigger than they were.
Just thinking of albums where it all came together..
Death Symbolic, Human & ITP...wow, the perfect marriage.
Dream Theater Images and Words..again, concept, music, art.
I think my Prog leanings would jump.out here. Yes Close to the Edge, Fragile among others.
Thought the latest Judas Priest was done really well. If it had looked any more digital it could.have ruined it for me.
How much of a hit to your listening experience would it have been if Cirith Ungol didn't have them.amazing album covers for example.
I would argue that the artwork on Beneath the Remains pushes that album into essential.territory, definitely for me anyway...again a perfect marriage.
Morbid Angel: Blessed, Deicide stuff, so many albums that I could go through, all elevated by their artwork.
I love the Cirith artwork, and I love Cirith full stop, but actually in their case the marriage of artwork and concept always kind of irked me; like, what the hell does Atom Smasher have to do with that artwork? Doesn't make sense at all. 100mph is a lesser mismatch, but still doesn't fit the overall schtick. Savatage are even worse for that particular crime of coherence.
Quote from: Thorn on June 25, 2019, 02:33:18 PM
Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2019, 10:04:44 AM
I find Reinkaos to be quite interesting actually.
The whole album is full of symbolism including the cover. That 11 pointed star symbolizes the 11 Anti Cosmic gods of Jon's beliefs. Same reasoning behind the album having 11 songs.
Also the Omega symbol instead of the 'O' in Reinkaos, seems to have been his way to tell people that this was his end. I guess Reinkaos (The Return to Chaos) does that too. So he used the album cover to openly tell people of his impending suicide.
Bit of a mad one for sure.
Insightful perceptions there man,.was oblivious to any of that I have to say
Yeah there's a wealth of things to delve into when it comes to that album. It really does tend to be overlooked.
The particular current he followed is know as Current 218 (2+1+8=11), which is the gematric value of Azerate, the collective name of the 11 Anti Cosmic gods.
The first song, Nexion 218 only has one line: "Zazas Zazas Nasatanada Zazas!", which has the letter 'a' appear 11 times.
Incidentally, in Crowley's Liber 418, the above phrase is the 11th note in the chapter it appears in.
There's loads more fascinating things like that dotted throughout the album.
:laugh: good point Chris. Well King of the Dead has enough of a thrown together look, matched with sheer epic 'hold your hammers high'ness to be a perfect storm, but yes, it sort of makes a balls of my argument, and at the same time, is possibly the perfect example of my original point. The great thing about it is that it's not bland or boring. Does it make sense? Well not really. But at least it's trying to say 'something', whatever that something actually is. It definitely works when that bass riff for Master of the fucking Pit starts, and them vocal kick in 'praayy never kneel..'...yesss!! Massive bicep flexing and Arnold/Conan poses ensue.
Iced Earth a band with some very iffy looking imagery, and yet it seems to work too.
A good example for me would be the 'too clean' looking Solstice reissues. I thought the green cover Halycon was so cool and mysterious and the new one doesn't hold the same appeal.
Big fan of Dissection but what the fuck is an anti cosmic god? Something like Kthulu? Somethjng that goes around destroying planets like the lad from the Avengers?
From my understanding, they use a Qlippothic apprach to their beliefs, which is essentially the nightside of the Kabbalah.
While the Kabbalah has 10 Sephiroth, the Qlippoth has 11 Qlippah, if I remember correctly it's something to do with D'aath also being counted.
But anyway, each of the 11 Qlippah are assigned a 'God', which seems to be an archetypal representation of a particular stage of consciousness.
So when calling on a 'God', it seems to be something along the lines of using an archetypal image to presence some sort of change in the practitioner. Perhaps calling or awakening something from our collective unconscious, or maybe even tied into Jung's idea of manifesting our shadow selves.
I really don't know is the best answer I guess, most of these things tend to have an esoteric meaning to them.
Quote from: Pedrito on June 25, 2019, 03:25:02 PM
Dream Theater Images and Words..again, concept, music, art.
Love that album but always hated that artwork, just not a fan of the Hugh Syme style covers
Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2019, 04:07:54 PM
From my understanding, they use a Qlippothic apprach to their beliefs, which is essentially the nightside of the Kabbalah.
While the Kabbalah has 10 Sephiroth, the Qlippoth has 11 Qlippah, if I remember correctly it's something to do with D'aath also being counted.
But anyway, each of the 11 Qlippah are assigned a 'God', which seems to be an archetypal representation of a particular stage of consciousness.
So when calling on a 'God', it seems to be something along the lines of using an archetypal image to presence some sort of change in the practitioner. Perhaps calling or awakening something from our collective unconscious, or maybe even tied into Jung's idea of manifesting our shadow selves.
I really don't know is the best answer I guess, most of these things tend to have an esoteric meaning to them.
If I was to hazard a guess. I'd say he simply spent too much time on the hash.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on June 25, 2019, 10:41:07 AM
I love how much the artwork can enhance or even influence your experience of an album and I've often been turned on or turned off an album because of good or bad artwork.
you hardly listened to an album that was unreal but had bad artwork and decided you didnt like the music because of it?
maybe im reading what you said wrong.
Those Holy Terror albums are a real case in point here alright, great tunes, have em on C-90 cassette copies since forever. Been eying up the the pic discs in the Invictus store for a while now, any sort of half decent art and logo would have seen them snapped up ages ago.
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Quote from: Eoin McLove on June 25, 2019, 10:41:07 AM
I love how much the artwork can enhance or even influence your experience of an album and I've often been turned on or turned off an album because of good or bad artwork.
you hardly listened to an album that was unreal but had bad artwork and decided you didnt like the music because of it?
maybe im reading what you said wrong.
Yes indeed you are.
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on June 25, 2019, 07:29:32 PM
Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2019, 04:07:54 PM
From my understanding, they use a Qlippothic apprach to their beliefs, which is essentially the nightside of the Kabbalah.
While the Kabbalah has 10 Sephiroth, the Qlippoth has 11 Qlippah, if I remember correctly it's something to do with D'aath also being counted.
But anyway, each of the 11 Qlippah are assigned a 'God', which seems to be an archetypal representation of a particular stage of consciousness.
So when calling on a 'God', it seems to be something along the lines of using an archetypal image to presence some sort of change in the practitioner. Perhaps calling or awakening something from our collective unconscious, or maybe even tied into Jung's idea of manifesting our shadow selves.
I really don't know is the best answer I guess, most of these things tend to have an esoteric meaning to them.
If I was to hazard a guess. I'd say he simply spent too much time on the hash.
It's definite stoner waffle territory alright :laugh:
Quote from: Thorn on June 25, 2019, 07:47:56 PM
Those Holy Terror so albums are a real case in point here alright, great tunes, have em on C-90 cassette copies since forever. Been eying up the the pic discs in the Invictus store for a while now, any sort of half decent art and logo would have seen them snapped up ages ago.
The artwork suits the album vibe but it's ugly as a granny's fanny
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Quote from: Pedrito on June 25, 2019, 03:25:02 PM
Dream Theater Images and Words..again, concept, music, art.
Love that album but always hated that artwork, just not a fan of the Hugh Syme style covers
I am a cast iron Rush fanboy of the highest order, but it kinda pains me Syme has done most of their covers - absolute shite, every single one of them.
In fact, I think my early reticence to check out the band came from how utterly crap their albums look. Now I know they're different genres, but recall being in a record shop when I was first getting into music and looking at Live After Death and Permanent Waves... No prizes for guessing what I bought that day (the gas thing is "Freewill" from Permanent Waves is possibly my favourite song, but it took me years to get around to it).
You'd stare at Love after Death for hours. Somewhere in time too..class. Rush didn't come around until I was in my early 20's and I found the artwork on Permanent Waves especially to be refreshing. They have some shockers though.
Another band I love who are guilty of poor covers are Fates Warning.
Could easily throw Metal Church into the mix. Not sure they even have a decent cover apart from the first album. Imagine Blessing in Disguise, with a quality cover, it would have that extra half star on every review. Amazing album, nothing to write home about cover.
Great mentions of covers here so far but let's remember that Cirith Ungol's, Sepultura's Beneath the Remain, Morbid Angel's Blessed are the sick and many others mentioned here were not actually done for the band, but pieces of work already done taken to illustrate their albums. Great covers indeed, but far from having been made in conjunction with the band's work. Take the overuse of "Triumph of Death" painting's detail on metal covers, it just works on any given metal album.
There are so many bands that had my attention just because of the cover, but then again, so many good albums with shitty covers too (anyone thinking of Infernal Majesty here? That cover put me off for years).
I particularly like when minimalistic covers hit the spot, so more fond of BM imagery than any other style even if many have used older paintings themselves (a.k.a. the whole Norwegian scene), but proper artists doing covers have outdone themselves lately. Personally, I think Paolo Girardi and Eliran Kantor's talent should be praised by a much wider audience than the metal community, given the quality of their work. Has anyone seen the new Bloodbath's cover? That piece should be in a gallery, worth the millions they often pay for fucking rubbish done by the "politically engaged artists".
Kinda ties in with the Voivod thread but seeing ads for their early albums' artwork in Metal Hammer as a nipper before I'd actually heard them was a huge part of the allure for me. Those records really do go hand in hand with the sleeves. My three favourite Death Metal records are "Soulside Journey", "Lost Paradise" and "Morbid Tales" and in both cases the covers are inextricable from the music for me, and are a huge part of those records.
And anyone who wasn't suckered into Carcass the minute they saw the cover of "Reek" back in the day is straight up lying :laugh:
I see less of it now but I loved when a band would stick with one artist for their sleeves, and that artist would create a world for that particular band (eg Maiden, Megadeth,etc). Bring back mascots I say!
I second Jamie on sticking to the same artist, or the same concept at least. But then again, some bands can't even cope sticking to their music, let alone covers...
I had forgotten about Carcass, but this just brought up endless covers like old Napalm Death and Terrorizer cut'n'paste covers that were also deadly...
Now, on a side note... how utterly depressing is to see classic artists being pigeonholed (i.e. Chris Moyen) when a load of bands start playing a certain trend and the artist's work is instantly associated to that trend? Sometimes I wish Chris retired or started using a completely new moniker just so I can judge these bands like something else than a Blasphemy copycat right from the cover.
Nailed it. I love Moyen art but I often think it's for nostalgic reasons. There's definitely understandably the thing where bands go "oh this artist is amazing, let's get them in to do our cover" and end up just buying a piece to use that has no connection to the actual record - think Dan Seagrave or Paolo Girardi, both of whom are exceptionally talented but after a certain point their art was used without any real thought. One of the things I liked about the last band I was in was that we decided (after the demo) to specifically use photography and specifically keep it locally themed to avoid having the same old cover art every other death metal band was using. How well it worked is open to question but it was a personal slant at least. And before that was settled on, the artwork discussions settled into the same old names (Seagrave being one, funnily enough) which might not have been as appropriate in reality.
Didn't the Beneath The Remains art very nearly end up on another popular album at the time, anyone recall?
For me, while I love good artwork and am definitely a physical format man, it's really just the icing on the cake and I can't think of much poor artwork putting me off music.
Funnily enough, I think the aforementioned Forefather have atrocious artwork, including Steadfast. Cheap looking juvenile shite. But it doesn't put me off at all. The first couple of albums art is toe curlingly bad. Just ignore it.
Mourning Beloveth are another of my favourite bands with some stinkers of album covers, apart from Disease, though I have a bit of a soft spot for Muderous' brutal sleeve but that's probably cos I like the album so much😂
So yeah, artwork enhances but doesn't really detract for me!
Quote from: Thorn on June 26, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
Didn't the Beneath The Remains art very nearly end up on another popular album at the time, anyone recall?
Think it's actually that Sepultura were going to use the artwork that became Obituary's "Cause of Death" for it. Which in turn was a piece of art originally used for a H.P. Lovecraft book in the late 70s/early 80s.
It's also interesting that a lot of the mentioned artworks; Beneath the Remains, Arise, Cause of Death (of which Demolition hammers Epidemic of Violence - is a companion piece - used for another HPL book) as well as every Cirith Ungol cover were painted by the same artist.
From an artistic point of view I disagree with bands using the same artists forever. Each new recording is a new opportunity.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on June 26, 2019, 01:53:55 PM
Quote from: Thorn on June 26, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
Didn't the Beneath The Remains art very nearly end up on another popular album at the time, anyone recall?
Think it's actually that Sepultura were going to use the artwork that became Obituary's "Cause of Death" for it. Which in turn was a piece of art originally used for a H.P. Lovecraft book in the late 70s/early 80s.
That was it yeah, itch scratched
There was a thread on just that recently, but I'm drunk so find it yourself.
Quote from: Pedrito on June 25, 2019, 03:25:02 PM
Death Symbolic, Human & ITP...wow, the perfect marriage.
Those were terrible covers and just got worse with each one. :laugh:
Artwork's never really been an influence on me, though in the case of Helloween, bought The Time of the Oath just because the artwork made me think they were going back to the old style - had given up on them as a lost cause after Chameleon.
:laugh: blasphemer, leave the hall immediately. I remember buying Human & ITP on tape on the same day after earning my first Summer job pay cheque. The artwork and what camd out the speakers that day was up there with 'getting the tit' for the first time..life changing
The Human cover's pretty good. A nice, abstract change from the standard (yet class) Repka covers that reflected the shift in musical parameters within. ITP's cover is awful shit though (like the album itself) and the cover's the only decent thing about TSOP. Can't beat the first two albums' covers, though.
ITP is shit?! How so?
And the only good bit about TSoP is the cover? This is the album that has naked dudes falling off a mountain...
Quote from: Ducky on June 28, 2019, 04:42:49 PM
ITP is shit?! How so?
And the only good bit about TSoP is the cover? This is the album that has naked dudes falling off a mountain...
You had me at 'naked'... but lost me again at 'dudes'......
Quote from: Ducky on June 28, 2019, 04:42:49 PM
ITP is shit?! How so?
Noodly, meandering, unfocused bollocks.
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ITP is shit?! How so?
Noodly, meandering, unfocused bollocks.
I agree. TSOP is unlistenable. Everything up to and including Human is gold.
Andy LaRocque means y'all are wrong.
ITP has some great stuff on it though I usually reach for Human. Then Symbolic came along. Love the artwork on that. Perfect in every way.
Massive fan of that Death era artwork!,ive had Human and Symbolic shirts at various stages since the 90s.
Artwork was a massive factor grabbing me in back when i was getting into death metal.
Obviously a huge Seagrave fan,Suffocation Souls to deny,and Morbid Angel Gateways would be up there as my favourites.
Loved some Vader album covers back in the 90s,De Profundis and Sothis!.
But i think my favourite album cover is Immolation 'Here in After',amazing!
Krypts "Cadaver Circulation" cover is pretty cool, although not a big fan of covers that have no logos or album titles in it. I think part of making it a cover and not just a random painting is incorporating the band's elements to it and logos have always had an important share in heavy metal aesthetics.
A couple of days ago I had something very serious to say about all this, but instead I'll just post this link to Ed Repka's top 50 album covers (which admittedly contains more utter shit than straight up genius, but still):
http://agoraphobic-news.com/articles_view.php?url=ed_repka_s_best_50_album_covers
Some outrageous omissions in that Repka list. I dunno..
Though many an album was bought as a young lad purely on the lure of the artwork, that wouldn't be the case today. Good artwork, like well written lyrics is a nice bonus, and can really enhance a body of work, but it's by no means a deal breaker. The music conquers all.
Having said that there are some well established bands/artists who allow some god awful tripe to grace the sleeves of their CD's. The last three Blaze bayley offerings for example... there's budget and then there's budget. I can't help but think some form of potato print would have been preferable to whatever it is on the covers.
Quote"And we have a winner! It was really hard to make our mind, since Ed Repka drew 6 Megadeth covers: No More Mr. Nice Guy split, Holy Wars...the Punishment Due, Hangar 18 singles, Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?"
So why is only one of them in the top 50 then? I guess "Our favourite Repka cover from 50 bands he's done work for" isn't quite as catchy a title. Or as clickbait worthy.
New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
Quote from: Thorn on July 06, 2019, 03:25:23 AM
New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
If you think that's bad, just wait 'til you see the new Acid Reign cover.
Love the cover of the new Howling Sycamore, and the way it ties in with the look of the first album
How does it sound? Haven´t got round to it yet
Waiting on my copy to arrive before giving it a full spin. Had a listen to a couple of songs on YouTube and seems to have toned down the eclectic elements slightly, but still keeping the overall sound of the debut
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New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
If you think that's bad, just wait 'til you see the new Acid Reign cover.
Yep just saw it last night, according to H the artist 'knocked it out of the park', well I guess he approved 'Obnoxious' so....
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Quote from: Thorn on July 06, 2019, 03:25:23 AM
New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
If you think that's bad, just wait 'til you see the new Acid Reign cover.
Yep just saw it last night, according to H the artist 'knocked it out of the park', well I guess he approved 'Obnoxious' so....
( Actually I'll change that to 'Moshkinstein'as the obnoxius pink has become part of the fabric of Metal life at this stage, it's damn easy to find in a collection and it's a ripping good album too boot, their best by a mile.
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Quote from: Thorn on July 06, 2019, 03:25:23 AM
New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
If you think that's bad, just wait 'til you see the new Acid Reign cover.
Yep just saw it last night, according to H the artist 'knocked it out of the park', well I guess he approved 'Obnoxious' so....
( Actually I'll change that to 'Moshkinstein'as the obnoxius pink has become part of the fabric of Metal life at this stage, it's damn easy to find in a collection and it's a ripping good album to boot, their best by a mile.
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Quote from: Thorn on July 06, 2019, 03:25:23 AM
New Xentrix cover is shocking stuff for any band over 16 years of age ,not that they've ever excelled in that department mind you
If you think that's bad, just wait 'til you see the new Acid Reign cover.
Yep just saw it last night, according to H the artist 'knocked it out of the park', well I guess he approved 'Obnoxious' so....
( Actually I'll change that to 'Moshkinstein'as the obnoxius pink has become part of the fabric of Metal life at this stage, it's damn easy to find in a collection and it's a ripping good album to boot, their best by a mile. So, yeah, don't mind the wacky pink anymore, Moshkinstein on the other hand is just plain awful