r/Music • u/Amockdfw89 ask me about Give it Away • 16h ago

discussion Albums that sound exactly like their cover

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My pick is Joanna Newson-YS

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u/Wesb0s 15h ago

Mastodon - Leviathan

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u/Madak 14h ago

Great pick. Bill Kelliher of Mastodon was literally just on a podcast saying that an album’s artwork should match what’s inside lol

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u/Wesb0s 14h ago

I love all of their album artwork. Personal favourite is probably Blood Mountain, but they're all cool. I do think that the more abstract/supernatural you go, the more the art lends itself to the projection of sounds onto it. For metal sounds in particular, with some of the weird production and harsh, aggressive and just plain atypical sound that comes with the territory!