The world's most shocking/sick album covers (WARNING: viewer discretion is advised)

Slaughtersun

Slaughtersun

The other day someone was sifting through my LP collection and eventually came across several cover artworks that freaked the living shit out of this person. Then quite a heated argument ensued on how far people can or should go to shock or draw controversy from their artificial expressions. Well, to cut a long story short, afterwards I thought about the most shocking album covers I know, but maybe there are even more out there.

Anyhow, sure enough I am the proud owner of the following long playing records:


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This picture was taken during a Colombian drug raid.



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The cover shows Per Yngve Ohlin, alias Dead, Swedish vocalist of Norwegian band MAYHEM. The photo was actually taken by MAYHEM's mastermind Øystein Aarseth, alias Euronymous (who was stabbed to death two years later).



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In regard to the stuff depticting blood and gore and actual death, this might not seem as shocking, but back in 1993 a this was just as insane. The photo shows the burnt down remains of Fantoft Stave Church.



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Like you wouldn't believe, this is the actual cover that started this whole conversation I had the other day. I don't think the reason was the parody of The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper..." album, but the people MACABRE chose to put on this one. Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacey, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, basically the who is who of the scum of this earth.



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This (CARCASS, Reek Of Putrefaction) is actually one of the two covers that really turn my stomach upside down (the other being Symphonies Of Sickness, also by CARCASS).
 
Johan

Johan

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This one is, to me, the band's worst but their entire discography could fit in that thread...
 
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Darmund

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Mr. Numb3rs

Mr. Numb3rs

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those mayhem guys are out there... i heard something about him taking pieces of his skull to make a necklace... and soup...
 
gunslingingbird

gunslingingbird

Ari Dee

Ari Dee

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Yeah, I've heard about the metal album cover before.

It certainly takes a special breed of individual to find one of their best friends dead, and decide to snap a photo.
 
Mr. Numb3rs

Mr. Numb3rs

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gunslingingbird said:
Of the ones listed I only have Matando Güeros.



If you scroll down the page you linked to you can click on the names and a picture of it comes up, though not very well on a phone.
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i can post them, but some are bad, even for here...


Ari Dee said:
Yeah, I've heard about the metal album cover before.

It certainly takes a special breed of individual to find one of their best friends dead, and decide to snap a photo.
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and take parts of his head for jewelry and food...
 
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BigSwede

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Reek Of Putrefaction is a great lp...:thumbsup:
 
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Darmund

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Ari Dee said:
Yeah, I've heard about the metal album cover before.

It certainly takes a special breed of individual to find one of their best friends dead, and decide to snap a photo.
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From what I've heard and read Euronymous and Dead weren't what one could call friends, acquaintances at best. And given what their music was about and their lifestyle I'd be surprised if Euroymous hadn't done something like this.
 
gunslingingbird

gunslingingbird

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Ari Dee said:
Yeah, I've heard about the metal album cover before.

It certainly takes a special breed of individual to find one of their best friends dead, and decide to snap a photo.
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2517582 said:
and take parts of his head for jewelry and food...
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Darmund said:
From what I've heard and read Euronymous and Dead weren't what one could call friends, acquaintances at best. And given what their music was about and their lifestyle I'd be surprised if Euroymous hadn't done something like this.
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I read an interview with one of them who said that the part about them taking pieces of his skull were true, but the part about them eating part of his brain was a myth.
 
LeyaFalcon

LeyaFalcon

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That one where the guy is fucking a decapitated woman is horrible...gory is one thing and is tolerable but depicting awful and disgusting acts towards women (or anyone else for that matter) is fucked up
 
Mr. Numb3rs

Mr. Numb3rs

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LeyaFalcon said:
That one where the guy is fucking a decapitated woman is horrible...gory is one thing and is tolerable but depicting awful and disgusting acts towards women (or anyone else for that matter) is fucked up
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i agree 100%, but its the thread, and unfortunately i became aware of this album... i didnt make it
 
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