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We all have our favorite album artwork that means something to us, or reflect on us what the album stands for, or is just that damn awesome we had to buy the album. I’m gonna write about two men who had an impact on the artwork of album covers in metal.

• Cannibal Corpse and Vince Locke. There’s no denying Locke’s artwork has contributed towards the success of Cannibal Corpse. The artwork has not only helped Cannibal Corpse rise to the top of the death metal ‘elite’, but also given their infamy, causing the covers to be banned. The covers seem to mix perfectly with the music -your under no illusion that your getting something else with that artwork. The latest album ‘Evisceration Plague’ isn’t as gruesome as usual, but there was uproar when the album ‘Kill’ didn’t have his artwork on it.

• Derek Riggs- Iron Maiden. Number of the beast is Iron Maiden’s classic album, and the first to feature a bloke you may have heard of- Bruce Dickinson. You have to wonder how many albums got shifted just because of the artwork of Eddie being controlled by the devil, who in turn is being controlled by Eddie. Just who is manipulating who in that artwork? It was originally done for the album single ‘Run to the Hills’, but manager Rod Smallwood thought it was far too good to be used for a single and kept it for the album. Riggs has since had Eddie lobotomized, being a futuristic bounty hunter and missing the bottom half of his torso. Although he hasn’t done any studio album artwork since ‘No Prayer for the Dying, surely were due a new one soon. Please?

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