Best Ever Albums

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

RFNAPLES — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:26:26 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 02/16/2012 01:26

Closer

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Hayden — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:35:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/15/2012 23:35

Closer WINS!

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

junodog4 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:18:24 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 02/15/2012 04:18

Fergenaprido wrote:

Hayden wrote:

22-1 😲

I actually thought the Mayhem cover was extremely interesting. Like, yeah, it's disturbing and stuff, but for a black metal band, what's more bad-ass than showing your lead singer dead?

It was also pretty risky of them 🫢

Apparently (at least according to wikipedia), the photo was stolen and used as the album cover for a bootleg copy of the album, and was never released officially by the band. Or at least that's how I understood things. I stopped reading the article and following links because it all got too depressing... church bombings, band members murdering each other, the suicide.... 🙁 🙁 :(

Not to mention the rumours that Eurononymous made a stew from his brain, and gave gifts of necklaces made from Dead's skull to anyone deemed worthy. So messed. Why does a nice country produce such twisted artists? Mayeb I should ask Andres Brevik...

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Jackwc — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:17:08 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 02/15/2012 00:17

Fun fact about that Mayhem cover:

Dead's suicide note (the band's ex-singer, and the corpse pictured) read the following, and only the following:

"Sorry about the mess"

Some pretty great gallows humour right there.

Also, it looks like I'm still the only one who voted for Mayhem... oh dear...

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Fergenaprido — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:08:17 GMT

Author: Fergenaprido

Posted: 02/15/2012 00:08

Hayden wrote:

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Hayden — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:53:42 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/14/2012 22:53

22-1 😲

I actually thought the Mayhem cover was extremely interesting. Like, yeah, it's disturbing and stuff, but for a black metal band, what's more bad-ass than showing your lead singer dead?

It was also pretty risky of them 🫢

Closer is a great cover though, but I just figured it wouldn't be such a landslide.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Facetious — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:41:51 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 02/14/2012 11:41

Sorry, purple, but I really can't see how that Mayhem cover could have been suitable for nomination.......

So obviously, it's Closer for me too.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Johnny Flynn — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:43:31 GMT

Author: Johnny Flynn

Posted: 02/14/2012 06:43

Voting for Closer strictly so I never have to look at that Mayhem album cover again.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

GARY — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:48 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 02/14/2012 01:25

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16 -0 😲

Damn, I almost feel bad for purple.

Almost.
.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

junodog4 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:23:53 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 02/14/2012 01:23

ShaneSpear wrote:

Closer.

After reading the description for the Mayhem cover, I feel trolled by life.

I stumbled across Mayhem articles a few years ago. After reading about them, I had to flip through a puppy calendar just to erase the sick feeling in my gut. 😕

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

ShaneSpear — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:49:56 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 02/14/2012 00:49

Closer.

After reading the description for the Mayhem cover, I feel trolled by life.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:10:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/13/2012 23:10

Closer

😎

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:21:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/13/2012 22:21

Hmm... 🤔 Well I do like bleak and morbid photography which stirs desperate images of an artist who was on the brink facing the cold reality of life and the ever present certainty of death

And I do like grisly and bloody shock value images of human remains that are perpetuated for volatile music along with the possible exploitation of a life that tragically once was for monetary gain.

But which was is better...? 🤔

Well there is only one way to find out...

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Romanelli — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:20:40 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 02/13/2012 22:20

Had to go with classical over gruesome.

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:57:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/13/2012 21:57

Closer for me too 😄

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

gussteivi — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:55:20 GMT

Author: gussteivi

Posted: 02/13/2012 21:55

Norman Bates wrote:

I went for Closer. That Mayhem cover is really too harsh for me to stomach. .

Asta (romanian)

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

19loveless91 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:48:04 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 02/13/2012 21:48

Now that's a morbid match-up.

I went for Closer, a very beautiful cover

Re: ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Norman Bates — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:47:08 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/13/2012 21:47

I hadn't even realised the Mayhem cover was a photograph, looks like a drawing to me. Anyway, I went for Closer. That Mayhem cover is really too harsh for me to stomach. Knowing the story behind it only makes it worse.

ENDED Closer Vs. Dawn Of Black Hearts (ACT)

Hayden — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:43:52 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/13/2012 21:43

Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.

What album cover is better? 😄

Closer
Joy Division
Released in 1980
Genre: Post-Punk
Nominated by Polytheme_Pam
Album Art was designed by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville, with photography from Bernard Pierre Wolff. The photograph on the cover is of the Appiani family tomb in the Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno in Genoa, Italy.

or

Dawn of Black Hearts (1994)
Mayhem
Released in 1994
Genre: Black Metal
Nominated by purple
Album art was a photograph taken by the bands guitarist, Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth), upon discovering Dead's body. It was rated 1 out of "The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time" by Gigwise.com