We have a winner to our “Cardinal Points” North American Cover Art Poll for 2014. Texas power trio Mothership (who I just found out apparently are pals with my cousins’s band Hawk Vs. Dove, small world) have defeated the competition. Check out their latest space burner II (order it HERE. Highly recommend it) and get down like a boogie man clown from out of town.
And it all comes down to this. The two finalists Cover Art Battle Royale 2012.
***POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED***
BATTLE ROYALE 2012
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Four more down, only four remain. Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle Royale 2012 continues. Below you will find our semifinalists as determined by the fans and Metal Riot’s very own heathens and cretins. It’s time to get your asses voting and determine what two bands will move on to next week’s ULTIMATE BATTLE ROYALE. GO! VOTE! NOW!
And don’t forget to spread the word.
***THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND IS NOW CLOSED***
Round 1 is over. Only eight remain. Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle Royale 2012 continues. Below you will find our quarterfinalists as determined by the fans and Metal Riot’s very own heathens and cretins. It’s time to get your asses voting and determine what 4 bands will move on to next week’s seminfinal round. GO! VOTE! NOW!
And don’t forget to spread the word.
The opening round of the Cover Art Battle Royale 2012 is now complete and 8 bands have moved on to the Quarter Finals. Here is a little preview for what is in store for you starting in a little over 24 hours from now.
Quaterfinal Battle #1
Xanthochroid – Blessed He With Boils (Erthe and Axen)
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Murder Construct – Results (Relapse)
Quarterfinal Battle #2
Bilocate – Summoning The Bygones (Code 666)
VS.
ETHS – III (Season Of Mist)
Quarterfinal Battle #3
Alcest – Les Voyages de L’Ame (Prophecy)
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Dehumanized – Controlled Elite (Comatose)
Quarterfinal Battle #4
Enslaved – RIITIIR (Nuclear Blast)
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Borknagar – Urd (Century Media)
***THE OPENING ROUND IS NOW CLOSED***
The moment has finally arrived, the Cover Art Battle Royale 2012. Below you will find the top 16 covers as determined the fans and Metal Riot’s very own heathens and cretins. So, get voting and determine what 8 bands will move on to next week’s quarterfinal round. GO! VOTE! NOW!
And don’t forget to spread the word.
Get a better look of the Cover Art Battle Royale 2012 bracket here.
Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
Looks like December is the quietest release month of the year since January. So, we’re skipping the weekly battles and just going right to the Cover Art Showdown for all of December. Enough shenanigans. Time for you to go and vote.
That is all.
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
With only one more month left in 2012 (and only a few weeks before the apocalypse), November was the last big release week. And it was a pretty darn good month. Here’s your opportunity to show us why the heavy metal culture is the greatest culture there is. Check out November’s winners and nominees for this Ultimate Cover Art Showdown and get to voting!
Week 1 Winner: Scelerata – The Sniper (Nightmare)
Week 2 Winner: Solisia – UniverSeasons (Scarlet)
Week 3 Winner: Destinity – Resolve In Crimson (Lifeforce)
Week 4 Winner: Dehumanized – Controlled Elite (Comatose)
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
I say this every month but October was pretty awesome. I say it every month because it’s true. That’s why metal is so damn awesome. Here’s your opportunity to show us why the heavy metal culture is the greatest culture there is. Check out September’s winners and nominees for this Ultimate Cover Art Showdown and get to voting!
Week 1 Winner: AxeWound – Vultures (The End)
Week 2 Winner: Enslaved – RIITIIR (Nuclear Blast)
Week 3 Winner: Darsombra – Climax Community (Exile On Mainstream)
Week 4 Winner: Evocation – Illusions Of Grandeur (Century Media)
Week 5 Winner: Ichabod – Dreamscapes From Dead Space (Rootsucker)
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
September was one of 2012’s best cover art months. Don’t believe, well then take a look at the art below and you’ll see what I mean. Here’s your opportunity to show us why the heavy metal culture is the greatest culture there is. Check out September’s winners and nominees for this Ultimate Cover Art Showdown and get to voting!
Week 1 Winner: Sylencer – A Lethal Dose Of Truth (Sylencer)
Week 2 Winner: The Graviators – Evil Deeds (Napalm)
Week 3 Winner: Evil Entourage – The Opposition (Chaos)
Week 4 Winner: Before The Dawn – Rise Of The Phoenix (Frostbyte)
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
August was a quiet month (only 3 battles) but as always, there were some awesome covers. Here’s your opportunity to show us why the heavy metal culture is the greatest culture there is. Check out August’s winners and nominees for this Ultimate Cover Art Showdown and get voting!
Week 1 Winner: Alunah – White Hoarhound (Psychedoomelic)
Week 2 / 3 Winner: Darkness By Oath – Near Death Experience (Metal Blade)
Week 4 Winner: Murder Construct – Results (Relapse)
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
Another week, more album cover art to discover. New bands. Tenured bands. Enough shenanigans. Time for you to go and vote.
That is all.
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
Another week, more album cover art to discover. New bands. Tenured bands. Enough shenanigans. Time for you to go and vote.
That is all.
Don’t forget to like us on our Facebook page to stay up to date on this and future Cover Art Battles and look through our gallery of past winners with comments from the bands.
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
Another week, more album cover art to discover. New bands. Tenured bands. Enough shenanigans. Time for you to go and vote.
That is all.
Don’t forget to like us on our Facebook page to stay up to date on this and future Cover Art Battles and look through our gallery of past winners with comments from the bands.
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Welcome to Metal Riot’s Cover Art Battle! Every week we try and show the best-of-the-best in metal cover art, ranging from the fantastically illustrated to hauntingly photographed and everything in between.
Another week, more album cover art to discover. New bands. Tenured bands. Enough shenanigans. Time for you to go and vote.
That is all.
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The gnarliest punk album of the year just dropped. Love Is A Lie, Filth Is Eternal from Filth Is Eternal (formerly F'd and B'd) reminds us that there was a time when Seattle bands were considered dangerous, when Mudhoney might jump on your face and half the roster of Sub Pop didn't look like even Starbucks wasn't gentrified enough for their tepid, pale faced indie rock bullshit. Filth Is Eternal plays an explosive blend of go for the throat, not a moment wasted punk n' roll married to Sonic Youth flirting dissonance and with tones ugly enough to make Fudge Tunnel blush and The Bronx seem like Captain & Tennille. Fronted by an actual snarling wild animal over some of the best riffs and beats you have ever heard.
This record reminds me of a show I played in 1997 with my old band Fuse where I got wasted on unclean tapline Rolling Rocks and bottom shelf whiskey after getting a tattoo and ended up rolling on a country bar floor half nude and bleeding and smearing black grime and tattoo inky residue and blood everywhere, waking up the next day feeling kind of aroused and ready to fight literally anything but also half dead. Sirhan Sirhan is gonna get out of jail and be all stoked to enter polite society and this shit will play and it will retrigger a hypnotic trance and make dude go all Winter Soldier on some dudes.
If your band doesn't bang as hard as the ending of "The Dog", just quit now.
