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i know there's a "worst jrock cd cover" thread, but how about best? 
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one of my favourites has always been protoplasm by rentrer en soi. i've always dug the photo, and ryo's heels tbh. also i think this is when they first stylized their logo differently, and i stan (stun?)

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another gem is 4u -mary gold- by d'air. it's pretty simplistic but i've always found it endearing. their covers kind of went downhill from here tbqh but the bops forever remain.

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for something more current, i'm really digging the inferiority complex and narcissism cover by rands. i think the overall design is pretty gorgeous. kinda wishing they had done it in a digipak format, though.

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I've always been fond of the cover for Downy's 5th Untitled album:

 

Not only is it interesting to look at, but something about it just captures their bleak, dystopian sound so well.

 

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The cover to sleepy.ab's "palette" is another favorite:

 

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Really always enjoyed Moran's single/album covers. I love their L'oiseau blue single and their All Time Best album covers.

 

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Also thought of Kagrra's last album. Beautiful and enticing to look at its duality theme (between the two different versions).

 

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(Limited edition)

 

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1 hour ago, monkeybanana4 said:

Really always enjoyed Moran's single/album covers. I love their L'oiseau blue single and their All Time Best album covers.

 

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Was actually gonna mention Moran. Their album covers are gorgeous :)

I also like the limited edition version of the GazettE's Beautiful Deformity.

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If I think of any more, I'll mention them.

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For some reason I'm really attracted to stylish/stylized covers featuring only band members so here's a batch reflecting that.

 

BUCK-TICK - 悪の華

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BOØWY - BEAT EMOTION

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Laputa - 私が消える

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Madeth gray'll - Lucifer ~魔境に映る呪われた罪人達と生命の終焉~

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SOFT BALLET - DOCUMENT

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Might come back here later and make another post with my fave pieces of artwork not featuring actual musicians, lol.

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i was going to post that soft ballet cover! lov it ♡

 

also all early b-t releases have great covers too. my fav is

1. BUCK-TICK - SEXY STREAM LINER

 

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2. GOATBED - Ying & Yang

Shuuji is one of the most stylish men of vkei actually.

 

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3. Mejibray - Emotional【KARMA】

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4. sukekiyo - ADORATIO

 

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5. kein - 自責と蠱毒

this is creepy af

 

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6. メリー - アンダーワールド

just look at this creature!

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These are mine

 

9goats black out

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devils in bedside

There's an ominous calm about the cover and it's just really hard to tell what the music will sound like. You just have to listen to find out.

 

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Coll:Set

I love the imagery and theme here and how a spectrum of darks and lights are achieved using different intensities of blue.

 

 

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Gemini

The colors and imagery are unsettling and I get a real The Shining vibe here.

 

 

Dir en Grey

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Agitated Screams of Maggots

The environment feels so otherwordly and hostile. Then you see that little innocent looking fairy is the creature that did this.

 

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Cage

The cover feels really clean with it's white color palette, but having that tube of blood there makes it feel really dirty. I love the composition too, starting from the face, then the eyes that you follow to the finger dipped in blood, all the way down the large stretch of red blood ending at the band's name and single title.

 

 

GazettE

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Regret

I really like the aesthetic of all the single from this era, but this one is my favorite.

 

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Hankou Seimei Bun

I just like this one because I think it looks like Leonardo Dicaprio screaming angrily

 

 

Sadie

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Gain

I think this is a real life museum piece? I dig how creepy this wall of faces is.

 

 

 

@Paraph Karte is on my list too! I didn't post it since you already did. "Any" is probably one of my favorite 9goats song.

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I'm quite fond of DIAURA's Focus album cover.

 

Regular:

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Limited edition:

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And how could I forget DELUHI's Vandalism album cover? It's my go-to profile pic on a lot of sites.

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Also, every Lycaon album cover with Yuuki on it because daaaamn.

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another current cover i really liked was 高潮トキシコーシス (kouchou toxicosis) by ヴァージュ(virge)
it really gives me that old school vk vibe from the early 2000's.
 

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also really digging this DÄLLE - Destroyed To Discord, And The Reason album cover recently. big mood and i don't even know why. a+

 

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6 hours ago, violetchain said:

It's simple, but I've always really liked the cover of THE BACK HORN's "Ikiru Sainou" album.

 

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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I legit thought about this cover too!!! Something about it just really captures that raw essence of early TBH material. either that, or maybe I'm just nostalgic :P

 

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46 minutes ago, Saishu said:

For the love of god, how do I post images from my phone?

upload to imgur > copy direct link > boom

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28 minutes ago, suji said:

upload to imgur > copy direct link > boom

Also, make sure it's the BBcode and that you link it (using the button at the top) instead of using the "insert other media" option. I have to do that, anyways. I dunno if that's the case for anyone else.

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1 minute ago, Gesu said:

Also, make sure it's the BBcode and that you link it (using the button at the top) instead of using the "insert other media" option. I have to do that, anyways. I dunno if that's the case for anyone else.

I'd just paste the link, you can't actually post attachments because of the server.

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