Metal Riot

How many of you Metal Rioters out there have gone to your local record store of choice and picked up a new metal album solely based on the art that graces its cover? I have found many a hidden gems and a few utter disappointments but there are few things greater in this world than gently cracking open the liner notes for the first time as the smell of ink and paper washes over you.

In the world of iTunes and Pandora, the art form that is the album cover is slowly dying. But we’re here to remind  you that in the world of heavy metal, the art of the album cover is alive and well! So each Tuesday we’ll present to you the best album covers of the week to declare what we all already know – Heavy Metal is art.

So welcome this week’s episode of: KICK ASS ALBUM COVERS OF THE WEEK!!! (insert blistering guitar shred here). We had an awesome showing last week and we would like to congratulate Otep on her most kick ass album cover with last week’s “ATAVIST”. To check out this week’s selections and vote, head on over here.

Many of you may never have heard of While Heaven Wept (WHW), which is a shame and an injustice to a band that has quickly risen to the top of my list. If you’ve ever had the distinct pleasure to sit down and have a conversation with Tom Phillips you’d understand the how and why of the profound emotional effect that the music of While Heaven Wept can have upon a listener. Until I had such a pleasure to speak with Tom (interview forthcoming) I had never heard of WHW and that fact brings me great shame. “Fear of Infinity” is the band’s fourth full-length studio and dare I say it is their magnum opus. It is an emotional trip through the depths of sorrow, pain, melancholy, and the harrowing journey of rising from the depths of the shadowy well of your soul, human existence, and the nature of reality.

Get the full review here.