Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading The Naked The Beatles - Revolver Don Cherry - Orient Frank Zappa - Grand Wazoo, Sheik Yerbouti, and Over-Nite Senstation The Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Paul McCartney - McCartney Radiohead - Ok Computer Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
The Blue Record by Baroness has an awesome cover, but I feel that its not quite appropriate for this site and don't want to get myself in trouble - just google "Blue Record" and check it out.
Also, check out Snakes for the Divine by High on Fire - another cover I think is cool but feel isn't really appropriate for this site.
Mastodon - Remission
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
I'm sure I'll be able to come up with some more, but I just woke up and don't have my thinking cap on lol
yeah, Mastodon always has really awesome album covers. here are some of my favs: Helloween - Walls Of Jericho . Stratovarius - Elements, part 2
Gamma Ray - Land of The Free (a lot of their album covers are very elaborate, this is just one that everyone knows)
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Megadeth - United Abominations
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Holy Grail - Crisis in Utopia
Iron Maiden - every album they have ever released (note that photobucket apparently has some sort of problem with Iron Maiden because every time i upload their album pics they get removed. it sucks. you can go here to get all their albums pics + more at really large sizes)
thats just a few that i really like that are elaborate. hope u like them too =)
The new Yes album cover is fantastic, too. Totally looking forward for the album to come out.
I just love anything that Roger Dean does. His use of colors is impressing; lush but so drab at the same time, vibrant yet...esoteric in some kind of way. He's a terrific artist, and Yes are terrific musicians ( though the band has changed much through the ages ).