Love all the art you featured here (and thank you for featuring us!). I think Anciients is probably my personal favourite of the year. The one great piece of art I feel is missing from this list is Oddleaf's new album - the artwork is really beautiful. Re: True, I'm leaning toward it being a joke/troll at this point. The font and lens flairs like they're off a hiphop album from the late 90s, Jon wearing sunglasses he's probably never worn before or since, the fact that he's holding the microphone like that, which as you correctly not you SHOULD NOT DO (the whole reason the microphone is in that complicated shock mount is that it's incredibly sensitive to vibration and if you touch it you'll get thunks and scratches on your vocal track), and JON DEFINITELY KNOWS THIS as he's been a recording vocalist for almost SIXTY YEARS, leads me to think it's a joke. It's still absolutely god-awful though. But it is pretty funny.
Man, that Blood Incantation album art is my #1. It quickly jumped to the top of my list after seeing you display the inside and back cover. So cool! I also love the Alcest, Dirt Poor Robins and my God, the Beardfish art is amazing. My favorites of 2024 are: Amskray- "Die Happy" Dangermuffin- "Dangermuffin" Dustin Kensrue- "Desert Dreaming" Hot Water Music- "VOWS" Joshua Hyslop- "Evergold" Laura Marling- "Patterns in Repeat" Magick Brother & Mystic Sister- "TAROT part 1" MesaVerde- "All is Well" Phosphorescent- "Revelator" plantoid- "Terrapath" The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again"
Blood Incantation Cistvaen Opeth Alcest Ihsahn and even though I didn't like the album, Rotting Christ Worst: Falling in Reverse. What's worse than a big picture of Rodney Radke on it?
Love all the art you featured here (and thank you for featuring us!). I think Anciients is probably my personal favourite of the year.
The one great piece of art I feel is missing from this list is Oddleaf's new album - the artwork is really beautiful.
Re: True, I'm leaning toward it being a joke/troll at this point. The font and lens flairs like they're off a hiphop album from the late 90s, Jon wearing sunglasses he's probably never worn before or since, the fact that he's holding the microphone like that, which as you correctly not you SHOULD NOT DO (the whole reason the microphone is in that complicated shock mount is that it's incredibly sensitive to vibration and if you touch it you'll get thunks and scratches on your vocal track), and JON DEFINITELY KNOWS THIS as he's been a recording vocalist for almost SIXTY YEARS, leads me to think it's a joke.
It's still absolutely god-awful though. But it is pretty funny.
That Oddleaf one is gorgeous! I hadn't really seen it before, dang!!
Man, that Blood Incantation album art is my #1. It quickly jumped to the top of my list after seeing you display the inside and back cover. So cool!
I also love the Alcest, Dirt Poor Robins and my God, the Beardfish art is amazing.
My favorites of 2024 are:
Amskray- "Die Happy"
Dangermuffin- "Dangermuffin"
Dustin Kensrue- "Desert Dreaming"
Hot Water Music- "VOWS"
Joshua Hyslop- "Evergold"
Laura Marling- "Patterns in Repeat"
Magick Brother & Mystic Sister- "TAROT part 1"
MesaVerde- "All is Well"
Phosphorescent- "Revelator"
plantoid- "Terrapath"
The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again"
I love a good gatefold that doesn't neglect the inside sleeve!!
Great list, I love that Blood Incantation album
Oh this won't be the last time I talk about it ;)
Thanks for the most flattering review of Versa's album art. It was a lot of fun to create for them!
Thank you for making it
You did a spectacular job! It's seriously so beautiful 🥰🥰
The ambigram logo is SO good 🔥🔥🔥
Blood Incantation art by Steve R Dodd
Blood Incantation
Cistvaen
Opeth
Alcest
Ihsahn
and even though I didn't like the album, Rotting Christ
Worst: Falling in Reverse. What's worse than a big picture of Rodney Radke on it?
Oh shit I forgot about Radke!! Retroactive worst art indeed!!