After the turn of the millennium, the music world has become rather confusing, even in the rock & metal sector, due to the immense flood of monthly releases from almost every corner of the globe.

It has therefore become more important than ever for a band to offer its music in an individual, original and charismatic cover artwork so as not to be lost in the "faceless" mass of competitors. A high recognition value is ideal. Therefore, you need a graphic design that immediately captivates and is not easily forgotten.

Metal Message ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ maintains contacts with all well-known and many lesser-known cover artists worldwide.
Many years of intensive work on this relevant topic have resulted in extensive specialist knowledge.

If a corresponding front cover is desired, we can develop an individual cover concept in direct cooperation with you. However, the prerequisite for optimum results is that Metal Message ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ is enthusiastic about your music, your content concept and also the desired cover theme.

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Below you can see two wonderfully representative examples of front covers for the bands RUNNING DEATH and REVEREND HOUND.
Both artworks were created in an elaborate and close collaboration between Metal Message ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ and visual artist Joel Sánchez Rosales.

RUNNING DEATH: both the ambiguous, ironic album title "DressAge" and the complete, thematically detailed concept for the album artwork were developed entirely by Metal Message ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ, including significant support in the creation of the band logo.
The same approach also applies to REVEREND HOUND.




Also enjoy this inspiring gallery of recommended examples of some truly stunning cover artworks:

Artwork	Band ▽	Title ▽	Release ▽	Artist ▽	View
	3 Inches Of Blood	Advance And Vanquish	2004	Repka	show
	7 Seals	Moribund	2008	Verwimp	show
	Ablaze My Sorrow	If Emotions Still Burn	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Aeon	Aeon's Black	2012	Wåhlin	show
	After All	Dawn Of The Enforcer	2012	Repka	show
	Aggression	Moshpirit	2009	Repka	show
	Allen / Lande	The Showdown	2010	Matthews	show
	Amorphis	Elegy	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Amorphis	Magic & Mayhem - Tales From The Early Years	2010	Wåhlin	show
	Ancesthor	Beneath The Mask	2013	Repka	show
	Antestor	Martyrium	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Antestor	Det Tapte Liv	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Antestor	The Forsaken	2005	Wåhlin	show
	Apostasy	Cell 666	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Artillery	By Inheritance	1990	Mathieu	show
	Artillery	Through The Years	2007	Graal	show
	Artillery	One Foot In The Grave, The Other One In The Trash	2008	Graal	show
	Artillery	When Death Comes	2009	Graal	show
	Artillery	My Blood	2011	Graal	show
	Astarte	Sirens	2004	Graal	show
	At The Gates	Slaughter Of The Soul	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Atheist	Piece Of Time	1989	Repka	show
	Atheist	Elements	1993	Wåhlin	show
	Auberon	The Tale Of Black	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Avantasia	The Metal Opera	2001	Fournier	show
	Avantasia	The Metal Opera Pt. II	2002	Fournier	show
	Avantasia	The Mystery Of Time	2013	Matthews	show
	Bathory	Blood On Ice	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Bathory	Nordland II	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Becoming The Archetype	Dichotomy	2008	Wåhlin	show
	Belphegor	Lucifer Incestus	2003	Graal	show
	Benediction	Organised Chaos	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Bewitched	At The Gates Of Hell	1999	Fournier	show
	Blut Aus Nord	Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry	2014	Wåhlin	show
	Burning Nitrum	Molotov	2014	Repka	show
	Cellador	Enter Deception	2006	Fournier	show
	Cemetary	An Evil Shade Of Grey	1992	Wåhlin	show
	Cemetary	Sundown	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Cemetary	Last Confessions	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Cemetary	Phantasma	2005	Wåhlin	show
	Cemetary 1213	The Beast Divine	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Chorpuss	Witch Of The Moor	2011	Repka	show
	Cirith Ungol	Frost And Fire	1980	Whelan	show
	Cirith Ungol	King Of The Dead	1984	Whelan	show
	Cirith Ungol	One Foot In Hell	1986	Whelan	show
	Cirith Ungol	Paradise Lost	1991	Whelan	show
	Crimson Midwinter	Random Chaos	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Crystal Eyes	In Silence They March	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Crystal Eyes	Vengeance Descending	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Dark Funeral	The Secrets Of The Black Arts	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Dark Funeral	In The Sign...	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Dark Tranquillity	The Gallery	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Deal With It	End Time Prophecies	2008	Repka	show
	Death	Scream Bloody Gore	1987	Repka	show
	Death	Leprosy	1988	Repka	show
	Death	Spiritual Healing	1990	Repka	show
	Defiance	Product Of Society	1989	Repka	show
	Dementor	God Defamer	2004	Graal	show
	Demoniac	Stormblade	1996	Fournier	show
	Desultory	Bitterness	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Diabolical Masquerade	The Phantom Lodge	1997	Fournier	show
	Diabolique	Wedding The Grotesque	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Diabolique	The Black Flower	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Diabolique	Butterflies	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Diabolique	The Green Goddess	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Dismantle	Satanic Force	2009	Repka	show
	Dissection	The Somberlain	1993	Wåhlin	show
	Dissection	Storm Of The Light's Bane	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Dissection	Where Dead Angels Lie	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Dissection	Live Legacy	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Dissection	Maha Kali	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Dreams Of Damnation	Let The Violence Begin	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Ebony Tears	Tortura Insomniae	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Edguy	The Savage Poetry	2000	Fournier	show
	Edguy	Mandrake	2001	Fournier	show
	Edguy	Hellfire Club	2004	Fournier	show
	Eliminator	Breaking The Wheel	2008	Repka	show
	Emperor	In The Nightside Eclipse	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Ensiferum	Ensiferum	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Ensiferum	Iron	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Ensiferum	Victory Songs	2007	Wåhlin	show
	Ensiferum	From Afar	2009	Wåhlin	show
	Ensiferum	Unsung Heroes	2012	Wåhlin	show
	Evergrey	Solitude Dominance Tragedy	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Evildead	Annihilation Of Civilization	1989	Repka	show
	Evildead	The Underworld	1991	Repka	show
	Evil Survives	Judas Priest Live	2009	Repka	show
	Exeloume	Fairytale Of Perversion	2011	Repka	show
	Exeloume	Return Of The Nephilim	2013	Repka	show
	Extol	Mesmerized	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Fallen Man	Mercenary	2008	Repka	show
	Firewind	Between Heaven And Hell	2002	Wåhlin	show
	Forbidden	Forbidden Evil	1988	Mathieu	show
	Forbidden	Twisted Into Form	1990	Mathieu	show
	Forbidden	Distortion	1994	Mathieu	show
	Forgotten Realm	Power And Glory	2008	Fournier	show
	Frade Negro	Black Souls In The Abyss	2012	Repka	show
	Frade Negro	The Attack Of The Damned	2015	Repka	show
	Freternia	A Nightmare Story	2002	Fournier	show
	Gaia Epicus	Satrap	2003	Fournier	show
	Gaia Epicus	Victory	2007	Fournier	show
	Gaia Epicus	Damnation	2008	Fournier	show
	Gaia Epicus	Dark Secrets	2012	Fournier	show
	Gallows End	Nemesis Divine	2010	Fournier	show
	Garwall	Black Beast	2004	Fournier	show
	Godgory	Resurrection	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Godgory	Way Beyond	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Grand Magus	Hammer Of The North	2010	Wåhlin	show
	Graveworm	Engraved In Black	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Guillotine	Blood Money	2008	Repka	show
	Heads Or Tales	Eternity Becomes A Lie	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Heathen	Breaking The Silence	1987	Mathieu	show
	Heavenly	Coming From The Sky	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Hexen	State Of Insurgency	2008	Repka	show
	Hexen	Being And Nothingness	2012	Wåhlin	show
	Hexenhaus	Dejavoodoo	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Hirax	El Rostro De La Muerte	2009	Repka	show
	Hollow	Modern Cathedral	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Hollow	Architect Of The Mind	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Holy Grail	Improper Burial	2009	Repka	show
	Hyades	And the Worst is Yet to Come	2007	Repka	show
	Hyades	The Roots of Trash	2009	Repka	show
	Hypocrisy	A Taste Of Extreme Divinity	2009	Wåhlin	show
	Hypocrisy	Hell Over Sofia	2011	Wåhlin	show
	Immortal	At The Heart Of Winter	1999	Fournier	show
	Impaled Nazarene	Ugra-Karma	1998	Fournier	show
	Impaled Nazarene	Nihil	2000	Fournier	show
	In Aeternum	Forever Blasphemy	1999	Wåhlin	show
	In Aeternum	The Pestilent Plague	2000	Wåhlin	show
	In Mourning	The Weight Of Oceans	2012	Wåhlin	show
	Incrave	Dead End	2008	Wåhlin	show
	Incubus	Serpent Temptation	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Infinite Translation	Impulsive Attack	2010	Repka	show
	Infinite Translation	Masked Reality	2012	Repka	show
	Infinity	Non De Hac Terra	2012	Wåhlin	show
	Instanzia	Ghosts	2010	Fournier	show
	Intruder	A Higher Form Of Killing	1989	Fastner & Larson	show
	Intruder	Escape From Pain	1990	Fastner & Larson	show
	Intruder	Psycho Savant	1991	Fastner & Larson	show
	Iron Fire	Thunderstorm	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Jennie Tebler's Out Of Oblivion	Till Death Tear Us Part	2008	Wåhlin	show
	Kaledon	Legend Of The Forgotten Reign - Chapter 6: The Last Night On The Battlefield	2010	Fournier	show
	King Diamond	Voodoo	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	Greater Art	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	Headstones	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	A Crimson Cosmos	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	The Neonai	2002	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	Greatest Tears Vol. I	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Lake Of Tears	Greatest Tears Vol. II	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Laudamus	Lost In Vain	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Lefay	The Seventh Seal	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Lefay	SOS	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Lonewolf	March Into The Arena	2002	Fournier	show
	Lonewolf	Unholy Paradise	2003	Fournier	show
	Lost Society	Fast Loud Death	2013	Repka	show
	Luciferion	Demonication (The Manifest)	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Ludichrist	Immaculate Deception	1986	Repka	show
	Mad Maze	Frames Of Alienation	2012	Repka	show
	Magica	Hereafter	2007	Fournier	show
	Magnum	Chase The Dragon	1982	Matthews	show
	Magnum	The Eleventh Hour	1983	Matthews	show
	Magnum	On A Storyteller's Night	1985	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Mirador	1987	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Sleepwalking	1992	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Archive	1993	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow	2007	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Wings Of Heaven Live	2008	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Into The Valley Of The Moonking	2009	Matthews	show
	Magnum	The Gathering	2010	Matthews	show
	Magnum	The Visitation	2011	Matthews	show
	Magnum	On The Thirteenth Day	2012	Matthews	show
	Magnum	Escape From The Shadow Garden	2014	Matthews	show
	Massacre	From Beyond	1991	Repka	show
	Massacre	Provoked Accurser	1991	Repka	show
	Massacre	Inhuman Condition	1992	Repka	show
	Meduza	Now And Forever	2002	Wåhlin	show
	Megadeth	Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?	1986	Repka	show
	Megadeth	No More Mr. Nice Guy	1989	Repka	show
	Megadeth	Rust In Peace	1990	Repka	show
	Megadeth	Holy Wars... The Punishment Due	1990	Repka	show
	Megadeth	Hangar 18	1991	Repka	show
	Megadeth	Rusted Pieces	1991	Repka	show
	Memento Mori	Songs For The Apocalypse Vol. IV	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Memory Garden	Forever	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Memory Garden	Verdict Of Posterity	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Memory Garden	Mirage	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Mercyful Fate	Dead Again	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Merciless Death	Evil In The Night	2006	Repka	show
	Midnite Hellion	Kingdom Immortal	2022	Fastner & Larson	show
	Morbid	December Moon	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	Knowing Just As I	1993	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	The Secret Doctrine	1993	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	Sanctified	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	Maleficium	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	Grand Materia	2005	Wåhlin	show
	Morgana Lefay	Aberrations of the Mind	2007	Wåhlin	show
	Municipal Waste	Hazardous Mutation	2006	Repka	show
	Mystic Circle	The Great Beast	2001	Fournier	show
	Napalm	Cruel Tranquility	1989	Repka	show
	Necrophobic	Darkside	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Netherbird	Monument Black Colossal	2010	Wåhlin	show
	Nifelheim	Nifelheim	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Nifelheim	Devil's Force	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Nightmare	Cosmovision	2001	Fournier	show
	Nightmare	The Dominion Gate	2005	Fournier	show
	Nuclear Assault	Game Over	1986	Repka	show
	Olympos Mons	Medievil	2007	Fournier	show
	Opprobrium	Discerning Forces	2000	Wåhlin	show
	Overkill	Under The Influence	1988	Fastner & Larson	show
	Overkill	The Years Of Decay	1989	Fastner & Larson	show
	Pick Your Side	Let Me Show You How Democracy Works	2012	Repka	show
	Pitiful Reign	Visual Violence	2008	Repka	show
	Possessed	Beyond The Gates	1986	Repka	show
	Powermad	The Madness Begins...	1988	Fastner & Larson	show
	Praying Mantis	Time Tells No Lies	1981	Matthews	show
	Praying Mantis	Predator In Disguise	1991	Matthews	show
	Protector	Reanimated Homunculus	2013	Wåhlin	show
	Raise Hell	Holy Target	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Ravage	The End Of Tomorrow	2009	Repka	show
	S.O.B.	Gate Of Doom	1993	Repka	show
	Sacramentum	Far Away From The Sun	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Sacrilege	Lost In The Beauty You Slay	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Sacrilege	The Fifth Season	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Sanctuary	Refuge Denied	1987	Repka	show
	Sathanas	Crowned Infernal	2007	Wåhlin	show
	Setherial	Endtime Divine	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Seventh Angel	The Torment	1990	Matthews	show
	Seventh Angel	Lament For The Weary	1992	Matthews	show
	Shattered	Wrapped In Plastic	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Sinister	Altered Since Birth	2011	Graal	show
	Sins Of Omission	The Creation	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Sirocco	Lambay	2012	Verwimp	show
	Solitude Aeturnus	Hour Of Despair	2007	Graal	show
	Solstice	Solstice	1992	Repka	show
	Spellbound	Nothing But The Truth	2015	Repka	show
	Steel Attack	Fall Into Madness	2001	Fournier	show
	Steel Attack	Predator Of The Empire	2003	Fournier	show
	Steelwing	Lord Of The Wasteland	2010	Repka	show
	Stormzone	Caught In The Act	2007	Matthews	show
	Suicidal Angels	Sanctify The Darkness	2009	Wåhlin	show
	Suicidal Angels	Dead Again	2010	Repka	show
	Suicidal Angels	Bloodbath	2012	Repka	show
	Suicidal Angels	Divide And Conquer	2014	Repka	show
	Suicide Watch	Global Warning	2005	Repka	show
	Thaurorod	Upon Haunted Battlefields	2010	Kelly	show
	Thaurorod	Anteinferno	2013	Kelly	show
	The Abiotx	Straight To Hell	2008	Repka	show
	The Black Dahlia Murder	Nocturnal	2007	Wåhlin	show
	The Black Zombie Procession	Mess With The Best, Die Like The Rest	2008	Repka	show
	The Equinox Ov The Gods	Images Of Forgotten Memories	1996	Wåhlin	show
	The Equinox Ov The Gods	Fruits And Flowers Of The Spectral Garden	1997	Wåhlin	show
	The Moaning	Blood From Stone	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Theudho	Cult Of Wuotan	2008	Verwimp	show
	Thulcandra	Fallen Angel's Dominion	2010	Wåhlin	show
	Thulcandra	Under A Frozen Sun	2011	Wåhlin	show
	Thulcandra	Ascension Lost	2014	Wåhlin	show
	Thyrfing	Thyrfing	1998	Verwimp	show
	Thyrfing	Valdr Galga	1999	Verwimp	show
	Tiamat	Sumerian Cry	1990	Wåhlin	show
	Tiamat	Clouds	1992	Wåhlin	show
	Tiamat	The Sleeping Beauty - Live In Israel	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Tiamat	Wildhoney	1994	Wåhlin	show
	Toxik	World Circus	1987	Repka	show
	Toxik	Think This	1989	Repka	show
	Toxic Holocaust	Hell On Earth	2005	Repka	show
	Tristitia	The Last Grief	2000	Fournier	show
	Tristitia	Garden Of Darkness	2002	Fournier	show
	Ultra-Violence	Privilege To Overcome	2013	Repka	show
	Ultra-Violence	Deflect The Flow	2015	Repka	show
	Uncle Slam	Will Work For Food	1993	Repka	show
	Uncle Slam	When God Dies	1995	Repka	show
	Untimely Demise	Full Speed Metal	2009	Repka	show
	Untimely Demise	City Of Steel	2010	Repka	show
	Untimely Demise	Systematic Eradication	2013	Repka	show
	Utumno	Across The Horizon	1993	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	A Guitar Odyssey: Tribute To Yngwie Malmsteen	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Beauty In Darkness	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Beauty In Darkness Vol. 2	1997	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Beauty In Darkness Vol. 3	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Come Armageddon - Endtime Productions V Years	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	December Songs - A Tribute To Katatonia	2006	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	French Steel - 100% Hard Heavy Metal Music	2004	Fournier	show
	Various Artists	Metal Dreams	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Metal Dreams Vol. 5	2003	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Metalmessage Vol. 2	2005	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Metalmessage Vol. III	2006	Verwimp	show
	Various Artists	Metalmessage IV	2007	Fournier	show
	Various Artists	Metalmessage V	2008	Repka	show
	Various Artists	Pagan Fire	2008	Verwimp	show
	Various Artists	Slatanic Slaughter - A Tribute To Slayer	1995	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Slatanic Slaughter II - A Tribute To Slayer	1996	Wåhlin	show
	Various Artists	Thrash Or Be Thrashed - An International Tribute To Thrash	2003	Repka	show
	Various Artists	Tyrants From The Abyss - A Tribute To Morbid Angel	2002	Wåhlin	show
	Venom	Here Lies Venom	1986	Repka	show
	Vio-lence	Eternal Nightmare	1988	Repka	show
	Violent Playground	Thrashin Blues	1988	Repka	show
	Vital Remains	Evil - Death - Live	2007	Graal	show
	Waylander	Honour Amongst Chaos	2008	Verwimp	show
	Whiplash	Unborn Again	2009	Repka	show
	Wild	Calles De Fuego	2009	Repka	show
	Wild	La Nueva Orden	2011	Repka	show
	Wintersun	Wintersun	2004	Wåhlin	show
	Wisdom Call	Wisdom Call	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Witchery	Restless & Dead	1998	Wåhlin	show
	Witchery	Witchburner	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Witchery	Dead, Hot And Ready	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Witchery	Symphony For The Devil	2001	Wåhlin	show
	Woods Of Infinity	Förlåt	2011	Wåhlin	show
	Wrathchild America	Climbin' The Walls	1989	Repka	show
	Wuthering Heights	Within	1999	Wåhlin	show
	Yearning	Plaintive Scenes	1999	Fournier	show
	Yearning	Frore Meadow	2001	Fournier	show
	Zero Down	Good Times... At The Gates Of Hell	2008	Repka	show
	Zero Down	No Limit To The Evil	2014	Repka	show
	Zumbis Do Espaço	Nós Viemos Em Paz	2012	Repka	show

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