Top Ten Classic Rock Album Covers that Would Be Great Metal Album Covers

The Top Ten
1 Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf

What's more metal than a scary creature riding out of hell with its monster headed motorcycle while a bat statue burning in the background and all of this under blood red skies above a cemetary? I guess nothing.

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Traditional Heavy Metal

Yup I agree even it sequels Bat Out of Hell II and III look like Metal album covers

Yes, looks like a Judas Priest album cover

Metal_Treasure exactly.

2 Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep

Very good guesses, somekindofaguy. Creative list

3 Greatest Hits - Molly Hatchet

Absolutely. One of the best power metal album covers ever? Maybe. Nothing needs to be changed for a power metal album.

Looks just like a power metal album cover

4 Pyromania - Def Leppard

Album cover is so metal and I agree it would be best for thrash metal (ex., Metallica's Seek & Destroy as a single with this cover)

Many people think It's a NWOBHM album, but It's not. It's a hard rock album at the best. Though the songs aren't that heavy. Nevermind, It's not about the genre, it's about the album cover, which is quite good for metal.

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Thrash Metal

5 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

This image has always reminded me of a big penis, LOL (I know what's on the cover but...)

Yes, almost the entire album is load of rip-off songs, but we can't deny the album cover is iconic, and could be metal related.

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Black Metal

6 Destroyer - Kiss

Yes. The only thing that doesn't fit is that it's too colorful. But if you make it in Black & White, it would work better for black metal

Though Kiss is a Glamish Hard Rock Band, Their Looking is Pretty Much Black Metal Before Black Metal.

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Black/Traditional Heavy Metal

7 In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Great cover by a flawless band...

8 Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Thrash/Traditional Heavy Metal

9 News of the World - Queen

Could be progressive metal as well

10 Weekend Warriors - Ted Nugent

Yes, some Laaz Rockit and Yngwie covers look similar to this. Only Ted Nugent's white pants and some other small details don't fit.

The artists shoots with a guitar shaped gun on the cover. So metal.

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: I think It can be any, but that machine gun guitar reminds me of Speed Metal Songs Mostly.

The Contenders
11 2112 - Rush

Most ideal metal subgenre for this album cover: Speed Metal

12 Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
13 Expect No Mercy - Nazareth
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