Here are 50 of the most controversial hard rock and metal album covers of all time. Rock and metal are no strangers to provocation, whether it's a deliberate attempt to be shocking for the sake of ...

Album covers are often the first impression a fan will have on a new record, seeing the visual component before hearing anything that is contained within the album. This initial impression can ...

Heavy music continues to evolve on a yearly basis, as evidenced by the wide range of releases that made Heavy Consequence‘s list of the Top 30 Metal and Hard Albums of 2022. Below are the albums ...

Before the virtual grab bag of the internet, bands would have to rely on their covers ... an album simply because it looked cool? Some bands weren’t so careful about presenting their hard ...

Japan’s biggest metal band and their special guests take us inside the exciting new album, only in the new issue of Metal ...

Whether it’s their sex appeal, their boundary-breaking nature, or their trend-setting illustrations, these covers would look ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 ...

Aside from Metallica dropping 72 Seasons in April, there haven’t been a ton of major releases in the realms of hard rock and heavy metal ... list of the best heavy albums of 2023 thus far ...

Aging hard-rock bands have been piling up the covers albums lately ... is any indication of what makes a veteran metal act's heart beat, then it appears 20-odd years of arena bombast have been ...

And when you consider how death metal album covers changed in the ... all-CAPS laden covers made to fit with a more “hard rock” image (gross). Don’t get me wrong, the 1987-1993 style is ...

He thought long and hard about a variety of metallic topics while celebrating ... Today, Clark, who is a graphic designer himself, chose to select his Top 10 Metal Album Covers of All Time. The singer ...

The album consists of faithful metal covers of beloved Disney tracks such ... “You would think the opposite, being hard rock guys or in that kind of field of music,” he laughs.