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Great music demands great art.

Apparently.
The gift-wrapped boy and dog are actually the least-disturbing elements on display here.

Rick is fixing you with a gaze that can only be described as ‘the last thing you see before the chloroform kicks in’.
January 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Norwegian metal proggers Leprous here with an album cover that’s the visual definition of the phrase “well, that’s quite a lot to unpack...”
December 17, 2024 at 11:02 PM
1970. A lot of chemicals were floating about at the time.

Don’t have nightmares, kids.
December 5, 2024 at 10:44 PM
“No Steve, let’s not bother with the fantasy art we’ve had on previous outings. For this one, get someone using a potato to take a photo of you. For added edginess, could you be mildly hungover in the pic? Thanks.”
November 30, 2024 at 5:12 PM
This won’t be the last from Nektar - they’ve got some doozies in the back catalogue.

This was from their more sensible era, artwork-wise. The contents are cover versions, performed by session musicians alongside a couple of original band members. Now That’s What I Call Prog.
November 23, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Hungary’s Omega here, with 1978’s “We were beaten up in school, but look at us now in a rock n’roll band”.

That’s probably *not* the actual title, but my Hungarian is a bit rusty.

Anyway, any chance to use the phrase “Magyar space-rockers” should be grasped firmly.
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Next in the line of Animal-Weapon hybrid artwork comes the classic Tarkus from Emerson Lake & Palmer.
- 21-minute song suite? Check.
- Concept piece? Check.
- Cover image that would have Social Services called in if your kid drew it? Check.

None More Prog.
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Band: Could you do us a dove for our LP cover?
Artist: No problem, symbol of peace, yeah?
Band: That’s it. Only can you put a bomb bay in its chest?
Artist:
Band: And a stream of bombs falling on the town below.
Artist: Roger Dean never had this trouble.
November 18, 2024 at 7:24 PM