Killers featured on The Top Ten Greatest Heavy Metal Album Covers of All Time
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Written by Frode Kilvik
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Thursday, 13 July 2006 |
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 The codirectors of the documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey sat in as guest editors for Blender.com to school them on the art history of metal.
Eddie is the ultimate metal mascot, and Killers is his finest hour. Derek Riggs was astonishingly versatile with his colors over the years, but Killers makes lurid use of his trademark blacks and yellows, colors gleaned from the damp and mysterious streets around London in which he lurked at night, due to his insomnia. On the debut, Eddie was a bit stunned, but on Killers, he's a metal maniac out for vengeance.
The following were their picks for the the top ten greatest heavy metal album covers of all time:
1. BLACK SABBATH - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
2. KISS - Alive! (1975)
3. MOTÖRHEAD - Overkill (1979)
4. IRON MAIDEN - Killers (1981)
5. JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
6. POISON - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
7. SLAYER - Reign in Blood (1986)
8. DIMMU BORGIR - Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999)
9. TOOL - Lateralus (2001)
10. MASTODON - Leviathan (2004)
To read full commentaries about each album go to Blender.com.
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