Best Metallica Album Covers

So much thought went into making this cover. The statue of Lady Justice crumbling away and dollar bills spilling out of the scales make this cover extremely symbolic. I give it a slight edge over Master of Puppets. Both are great album covers, though.

The best. By the way, the cover of Load isn't fire. It's a mixture of cow blood and semen.

My friend and I LOVE this cover! We also like the songs on the CD too. I like ...And Justice for All on it!

I have a massive poster of it, almost as big as my door, on my wall. It's awesome! And an awesome album, might I add. The artwork is just a really cool concept and looks cool.

It's an epic album with an epic cover. It rocks.

A very smart art cover that displays the theme of the album: being all alone, surrounded by threats and danger with no one to help you.

Fade to Black is just awesome, along with Ride the Lightning and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Simply the best album in Metallica's catalog.

I just noticed the "M" written with the lightning. That's cool!

I like the cover of Kill 'Em All because it features my favorite colors: red, black, and white. By simply looking at the album cover and the title for a split second, you can tell it is pure thrash metal. Also, the blood puddle looks like a kid covering his mouth and saying "SHHH" or a kid picking his nose.

It's just real Metallica. That cover really describes the early years of Metallica.

I like the color combo on this one.

A stunning mix of hard metal and rock. It showcases the brilliant musicianship of one of the best bands of all time.

I love minimalism, and I love this album. It looks really good, especially with "Metallica" written like it was cut. It is exactly like the music, dark and dense.

The artwork represents the concept of the album really well. The song St. Anger and the documentary Some Kind Of Monster tell the story behind making this album.

I love this cover. Angry and mean.

At first, I didn't think it was a good mixture. However, the visitor who said, "The cover of Load shows sperm and blood. These are liquids of life. So this cover goes back to the roots of life and to the roots of Metal. These roots are Blues and Hard Rock. The Load cover makes a lot of sense," made me appreciate the cover more.

The cover of Load shows sperm and blood. These are liquids of life. So this cover goes back to the roots of life and to the roots of Metal. These roots are Blues and Hard Rock. The Load cover makes a lot of sense.

The colors are perfect. They show a contained implosion and an array of faces that scream mental breakdown, as if multiple personalities are struggling to leave one mind. The fight leads to ferocious mitosis. This describes the inner struggle of an ailing mind exceptionally well. My favorite design on a shirt as it speaks to me.

Awesome cover, and the fact that there are three or four variants of it is cool as well. I personally prefer the one to the left.