Top 10 Creepiest Album Covers

What scares you? Everybody has a different definition of scary, and Halloween is the one time of the year where we all reflect on – and revel in – what creeps us out the most. Whether it’s supernatural imagery, the grotesque realism of a mutilated body, or the subtle snapshots that seem superficially harmless, but suggest something so inexplicably dark and haunting they stay with you forever, album art has covered them all. Here is a celebration of some of the creepiest covers in music history. There’s something here for everyone.

Here is Ultimate-Guitar’s Top 10 Creepiest Album Covers of all time. Let us know what you think, we know you will.

Aphex Twin

‘Richard D. James Album’ (1996)

Richard James aka Aphex Twin has always had arresting album covers but this one from the mid-‘90s is his scariest. At the time of this album’s release, Aphex Twin was the leading force behind the electronica boom so the music world was definitely watching. The cover art shows a close-up of James in lighting that makes him look nothing less that demonic. As hard as black metal musicians try to make themselves appear as evil as their lyrics, they can’t hold a candle to the creepiness of ‘Richard D. James Album.’

Mayhem

‘Dawn of the Black Hearts’ (1995)

Although it was released as a bootleg, we had to include Mayhem’s ‘Dawn of the Black Hearts’ on this list. Where bands like Cannibal Corpse and Mortician use gory paintings and imagery to get their point across, the folks that originally issued this record used an actual photo of a suicide to drive their message home. If that weren’t macabre enough, the person in the photo is Dead, Mayhem’s late singer who took his own life in 1991.

Cattle Decapitation

‘Humanure’ (2004)

Lead by vegetarian throat abuser Travis Ryan, California’s Cattle Decapitation write songs where humans are put through some torturous predicaments. The cover to their ‘Humanure’ album is a stomach-turning vision that depicts a cow sh*tting out the bloody remnants of a human.

We’re sure Ryan was trying to turn the tables and show a world where animals ate us instead of the other way around, but that probably went over a lot of people’s heads. In the end, we’re still left with one of the most memorable and vile album sleeves we’ve ever seen.

Sanjaya

‘Dancing to the Music in My Head’ (2009)

Andy Warhol said everyone will get 15 minutes of fame in their lifetime. This ‘American Idol’ reject had about 6 minutes of it and that was 6 minutes more than he actually deserved. The guy had zero talent and the personality of a garden gnome, yet for a fleeting moment, America fell for his crap and voted for him week after week. Whereas other ‘American Idol’ finalists went on to get major label record deals, Sanjaya didn’t exactly have the A&R executives running in his direction. Released on a tiny indie label that no one has ever heard of, ‘Dancing to the Music in My Head’ is horrid even for teen pop standards. The only thing ghastlier than the songs is the cover of the record. It looks like something a 9-year-old girl would create in art class – if that girl were on 3 hits of acid.

Anathallo

‘Canopy Glow’ (2008)

These forward-thinking indie rockers don’t pay attention to genre limitations and the cover to their ‘Canopy Glow’ album displays that same “F You” attitude. Most of their hipster peers go with the precious and pretty route when it comes to the visual side of their work, but Anathallo bravely went with a haunting vision of a boy lying dead in the dirt.

It’s an image that will conjure up emotions and stay with you long after you see it. Despite its shock value, the nightmarish moment somehow works beautifully with the group’s dizzying songwriting.

Sodom

‘Get What You Deserve’ (1994)

Leaders of the original “Tuetonic Thrash” scene of the ‘80s, Sodom’s band name alone displays the trio’s disregard for mainstream conformity. They’ve had their share of offensive album covers in their long career but 1994’s ‘Get What You Deserve’ is on another level of horror. The photo shows a dead fat dude lying on a bed surrounded by blow up dolls, handcuffs, and what looks like an underage girl, whom, from the album’s title, one would infer he was victimizing. It’s a testament to the band’s rebel spirit that they would use this disturbing image for one of their releases. There’s no way in Hell that Wal- Mart would ever stock their shelves with this.

Millie Jackson

‘Back to the S**t!’ (1989)

It’s not often you see R&B covered in the pages of Ultimate-Guitar, but just look at that photo! Are you kidding us Millie?! The scariest thing about the entire thing is the thought of walking into the bathroom right after the singer abuses that poor toilet bowl.

Antony and the Johnsons

‘I Am a Bird Now’ (2005)

Antony and the Johnsons is the solo vehicle from singer/songwriter Antony Hegarty and it’s the kind of high-brow stuff that the critics in ‘New Yorker’ magazine go gaga about. But the cover for his ‘I Am a Bird Now’ could have easily been used by a hardcore or metal band. Gorgeously shot by Peter Hujar, the cover of the record is taken from one of the photographer’s most celebrated works, “Candy Darling on her Deathbed, 1974.’ It shows Darling, one of the aforementioned Andy Warhol’s so-called “Superstars,” in Columbus Hospital, sprawled across the bed where she would soon die from leukemia at the age of 29. Her thousand-yard stare will pierce you.

The Afghan Whigs

‘Gentlemen’ (1993)

It’s just a simple image of a boy and a girl. No blood, no lifeless victims. But I defy you to take in the cover of this classic Afghan Whigs’ album without feeling a little uncomfortable. There’s no denying the suggestive nature of the photo – something is about to happen between these kids, or maybe it already has. The look in the boy’s eyes could convey apathy or regret, but no matter how you interpret it, there’s a complete lack of innocence. Like in the album’s title track, the boy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, disguised as a harmless child. There’s no mistaking his intentions though. Boys will be boys, and girls, no matter how young or old, are their willing lambs.

Herbie Mann

‘Push Push’ (1971)

It’s midnight and you’ve just returned home from a long day at work. You open the door to your bedroom and all you see is this naked guy, standing there waiting for you in the dark, holding a flute. Happy Halloween.

Article by Carlos Ramirez
Ultimate-Guitar.Com © 2009

Comments

[red_hot_chili18]

haha epic

Capple Decapitation is horrible.

Millie Jackson - why?

quality article.

[CbsGuitarist]

gr8

[Shinsen88]

Opeth's Deliverance album has a pretty creepy cover.

[kingbabyduck]

lol at sanjaya. made my day.

[phoenix_crush]

no cannibal corpse ?!

[Borellus_]

Nice!

[tomo542]

love how aphex twin is there
herbie mann should have a comeback tour, they only get better with age o.O

[BrixDK]

Korns debut cover should have been there

[Bananapatata]

I wish we could expand the album covers. Or link them to a new page.

[devinsux7]

AHHHHH Herbie MANN!!!!!

[raasbo]

At first, I only bought the Cattle Decapitation cd just for the cover. Then I saw it was a pretty cool band.

[Slovak_Ghost]

There are a ton of good ones missing... seems more like a spoof article than a serious one

[Yasaki]

I'm missing Cannibal Corpse

[foofighters4eva]

rammstein - mutter is pretty creepy

[GREENWARRI0R]

Aphex Twin, hell yessss haha. Love that album.

[metallicafan616]

Thank God for the Mayhem one, it's the only 'scary' album cover with any meaning behind it at all.

[Tash-M15]

Dmn where is rob zombie or somthing like that...

[One-FISH-]

Dir en grey- Marrow of a bone.

[Paperjace]

You're all wrong. Brujeria's "Matando Guero" is the creepiest album cover: http://img12.nnm.ru/5/4/5/3/a/5453a823501b57b75b84f59c2f5ddf 7a_full.jpg

[badacidvacation]

2 words piano man

[RockUAway]

Bwaha wow

[im not mental]

lmao at sanjaya!

[Chewy120]

damm the Sanjaya one is creepy as hell

[wildchildCOB]

CCorpse should've been there

[Misfit-FTB]

phoenix_crush wrote:

no cannibal corpse ?!

This.

[ShredGodsUnite]

A lot of people are missing the point of this article.

[Minion2580]

WTF no cannibal corps? That makes no ****ing sense.

[Paramecium302]

"It’s midnight and you’ve just returned home from a long day at work. You open the door to your bedroom and all you see is this naked guy, standing there waiting for you in the dark, holding a flute. Happy Halloween."

[jimmyled]

Number 1 was epic.

[loaded_]

the last one made me lol

[Co&Ca11]

Quality article, Sanjaya made me laugh and Aphex Twin is epic.

[THRASH-METAL]

haha. that was great.

[MrJackson]

awesome list, only thing that would have made it better tho is Rammstein's Sehnsucht cover(s) imo.

[rodriguezzzz]

nailbomb-point blank

[r-bizzle182]

I like the The Afghan Whigs cover.

[ph3n0m]

Aphex Twin's "I Care Because You Do" cover is way more terrifying

[ReynboLightning]

lmfao hilarious

[ThatWouldBeJon]

Mayhems dawn of blackend hearts is the hardest to look at just google image it and you can see what i mean

[CydoniaKnight95]

LOOOL Sanjaya's and the last one had me rofl :P

[Dymencion]

cool article,
that candy darling pic is pretty crazy stuff.

[COBHC728]

Wtf man... My friend got banned from UG for posting the cover of "Dawn of the Black Hearts." Lol at Sanjaya though.

[Kekumba]

rofl Sanjaya.

[Black Ox]

No Maiden!?!

[c-rob6422]

LMFAO sanjaya

[Rob K.]

LMAO at Sanjaya
And I kinda' guessed "Dawn of the black hearts"
being on the list :p

[americablanco]

LMFAOROFL, Sanjaya!!!

[Smitty370]

Hey what about Born Again, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and The Devil You Know by Sabbath, Then Jugulator by Judas Priest to name a few that should be on the list

[thewho65]

I've always found Aphex Twin's album covers absurdly funny but unnerving to look at. That Afghan Whigs album cover is pretty disturbing as well.

[MetallicGod07]

I was expecting to see a Cannible Corpse album.

[TheHammer]

whats that album where the guy is awake and you get a first person view of aliens operating on him?

[bigtimmy]

obZen, meshuggah. (the face that the dude is so calm sitting in a pool of blood, :P)

Life is Peachy, Korn.

[heartagram256]

Woah. That Mayhem cover is SICK. But no Cannibal Corpse!? I'd say Carnifex's Diseased And The Poisoned should be on there too.

[heartagram256]

Beneath The Massacre's Dystopia is pretty eerie too. I'd say add maybe some Dimmu Borgir and Slayer too.

[fender456]

awesome

[saucehead]

Like many, I was expecting Cannibal Corpse. But I gotta say: the Mayhem cover, due to it's nature and symbolism, gets my vote. It takes some special people to take a picture of an actual suicide and stick it on an album cover - especially when it's an ex-member. Hopefully someone will eventually follow Mayhem's lead and have a cover in the same vein, only with Sanjaya as the corpse.

[RUIN717]

dude i know a bunch of yall already pointed this out but WTF WHY IS THERE NO CANNIBAL CORPSE?????!

[azisnomarsa]

phoenix_crush wrote:

no cannibal corpse ?!

Exactly my thoughts. Some Iron Maiden stuff is nice too

[blackborrego]

lol, funny stuff you have here UG Team, you have made my day

[ctb]

Hahaha.

[SumFX]

ha ha ha Cattle Decapitation had to be there but i would have loved Tomb Of The Mutilated - Cannibal Corpse on there, i loved that album cover!

[2late2know]

Cannibal Corpse does not deserve to be on here.
Mutilated cartoon zombies get very old after 2 albums.

[true_bacon22]

Pffft in the real world this would be all MEtal/Grindcore covers...

[BrokenBricks]

really bad list

[A.Beautiful.Lie]

lol @ sanjaya, that was hilarious

[Seether_Dude123]

Most of these aren't even scary, they're just retarded! By the way, where's Seether's Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces album cover, i thought that one was pretty cool and freaky.

[PoisonMuffin]

Seether_Dude123 wrote:

Most of these aren't even scary, they're just retarded! By the way, where's Seether's Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces album cover, i thought that one was pretty cool and freaky.

you consider that freaky? seriously o_0

[stryde41]

compared to these,the poison by bulet for my valentine should b here its passing on the scariest lvl.

[XxTopCatxX]

What, no Killers from Iron Maiden? Most of these aren't even scary...they're just kinda retarded

[Creep_C-1]

Suicide Silence - The cleansing
Rammstein - Sehnsucht
Parkway Drive - Killing with a smile

all are really cool album covers

[Paramore.]

I just looked up that Sodom album cover on Google, and films/pictures/etc. never really creep me out, but there was something about that album cover that was just weird...

[.6.bullets.]

I actually think the Richard D. James album is the creepiest. His face is ****ing creepy, no way around that.
And LMFAO at Herbie Mann. That would be terrifying.

[rowan1234]

By far the worst ever is Scorpions 'Virgin Killer': http://www.ugo.com/music/weirdest-album-covers/images/entrie s/virgin-killer.jpg

[.6.bullets.]

And, I rather think that Black Sabbath's 'Mob Rules' cover could've been on here.

[moses132049]

i think "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" should have been on there

[xaviergray]

The Richard D. James album is ironically one of Aphex's happiest albums.

Checked

[Razorshadow]

Any Slayer Album are creepier than most of these.What the Hell!

[Giusto]

weres cannibal corpse. all there album covers should be on this

[zlef666]

The original cover to Severed Survival by Autopsy should be on the list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Severedsurvival.jpg

[Pedalist]

lol! sanjaya wtf!? XD

[`NeXxuS`]

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=35057

[brantley23]

anybody think of the beatles original "yesterday and today" cover with the dead babies on the front?!?! that is creepy as shit

[omgitsblake]

Even though I thoroughly hate the band, Korns self titled albums cover was pretty eerie.

[devilskommander]

omgitsblake wrote:

Even though I thoroughly hate the band, Korns self titled albums cover was pretty eerie.

see you on the other side is as well as just plain wierd
bands not bad though
my feakiest one would be the humanure one, sicckk!!!
whay is it all tan??

[Smore]

Look up Gorgasm- 'masticate to dominate'. Sickest album cover I have ever seen.

[DemonInTheFlesh]

What? No Cannibal Corpse? Lame.

[Morello is god]

ahahha sanjya that made my day
lol

[Axewielder5000]

HOLY SHIT SANJAYA!

[Athabasca]

Surely the artwork for Vaginal Scrotum's EP should be up here...

[edgeyyz]

Axewielder5000 wrote:

HOLY SHIT SANJAYA!

Creepy, ain't it?

[MasterOfCows]

Shinsen88 wrote:

Opeth's Deliverance album has a pretty creepy cover.

I was just going to say that. The face in the window almost made me sh*t bricks when I first noticed it.

[vanhailin]

lol sanjaya

[AstheticsOfHate]

Holy donkey nips, that Mayhem cover is amazing.

The rest are pretty average, more of a spoof article than anything substantial. The grammar was also shocking.

[Seaneh]

Oh, come on! The only one relatively shocking was the Mayhem one. All the rest were just pics of random people.

[PuddleJumper11]

kingbabyduck wrote:

lol at sanjaya. made my day.

Yeah, lol

[iH8CarAccidents]

Dude, I'm surprised Megadeth's The World Needs a Hero didn't make it on the list.
Look it up and tell me that's not creepy. Haha.

[opiate-]

Sanjaya! I almost cried with laughter.

[Marly Rokkz]

lmao @ sanjaya, omg..he must take a lot of happy pills

[Ali-b912]

I wouldn't call alot of these creepy, but creepy isn't reall. Shocking or gory would probably be more relevant, but then you'd just have the cannibal corpse discography. TBH the only creepy one is aphex twin, and even then it's not really creepy.

[Ali-b912]

Creepy isn't easily displayed in images*. Sorry for doublepost.

[TheArtOfRuinxxx]

phoenix_crush wrote:

no cannibal corpse ?!

yea, and like the other guy said, maiden would be equally as good. hell awaits by slayer is pretty creepy too.

[pmh16]

Killers by Iron Maiden

[Kortez3000]

Cattle Decapitation is the creepiest in my opinion.

[kissownsrush]

Cannibal Corpse should be on here

[andeen10]

I don't think CC covers are all that creepy anymore...
CD's cover is pretty sick
and sanjaya, omfg that was creepy >

[andeen10]

it cut me off :p
anyways, its creepiest covers not most brutal covers

[ozzynator]

SODOM \m/ these guys always have great covers !

[smittyanthrax]

one of unsanes covers should be there

[The JesterHead]

Shinsen88 wrote:

Opeth's Deliverance album has a pretty creepy cover.

This.

Actually, so does Damnation in a way - but not as creepy as Deliverance, totally agreed.

[rosie247]

Hey thanks great choices but why havent u got a cannibal corpse one, like wretched spawn, tomb of the mutilated, there the most brutal and most ****ed up covers of all time!

[Sami Philadelph]

This is probably the best article UG has delivered in a long time! Great work!

[[travis]]

Wow. Antony and the Johnsons is the creepiest. Scratch that, Sanjaya's got me the worst. I won't be able to sleep for a week now because of him. Like Ryan Seacrest in a stripclub, I freaked out.

[[travis]]

What about the album by Steven Segal???

[Sharkjaw]

How ironic the singer was called Dead and he is dead.

[SlipknotRule93]

WHERE THE FUCK WAS SABBATH'S DEBUT ALBUM? THE creepiest album cover of all time.

checked

[devilex121]

ahahaha
some very funny choices
thumbs up at UG

[Jøhnny]

It’s midnight and you’ve just returned home from a long day at work. You open the door to your bedroom and all you see is this naked guy, standing there waiting for you in the dark, holding a flute. Happy Halloween.

One of the best things I've ever read in my whole life, seriously. That made my day.

[Pukka-VCU]

There are way too many oblivious users on this site. Quality article just in time for the best holiday of the year! Great work, that ending slayed

[izzizz]

oh, god.

[FRACTUREDx2]

its missing a lot of creepy covers

[pizzanipple]

Black Sabbath's debut not here? The UG team are shitter than i thought. Get back to your Xboxs.

[Z.Wargrave]

I would say Sentenced´s Shadows of the past
thats pretty spooky

[tom1thomas1]

pizzanipple wrote:

Black Sabbath's debut not here? The UG team are shitter than i thought. Get back to your Xboxs.

bet you wouldnt have thoguht of putting sanjaya on here lol

[holydave93]

Disturbs 'Ten Thousand Fists' should be here!

[BushMasterFlex]

sweet album covers! im suprised theres no canibal corpse. probebly because it dosent take much creativity to make one there covers

[Chromex]

How is the Afghan Whigs one disturbing?

[Motortool79]

This list sucks. They need to add Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican and the original cover of Far Beyond Driven! Some Cannibal Corse would have been nice too. The only album cover on this list that actually deserves to be is Mayhems.

[Motortool79]

^And Sodom's

[Spirit-Crusher]

Mayhem \,,/

[ticklemeemo]

Chromex wrote:

How is the Afghan Whigs one disturbing?

It's pretty sad that you don't get that one.

[SuicidalFreak]

Most of Death's albums, including Leprosy and Spiritual Healing, should have been on the list.

[spghlax15]

metallicafan616 wrote:

Thank God for the Mayhem one, it's the only 'scary' album cover with any meaning behind it at all.

Yeah I'm glad to see they mentioned dawn of the black hearts, Its more creepy that the person who took the picture died before that album came out.

[mrjack465]

Some of these aren't that creepy. So many other covers should be on here like Manson's Antichrist Svperstar.

[56deci]

they missed Rammstein´s "Sehnsucht"! that belongs this top 10 totally

[Warehouse]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but Sabbath's first album cover is creepily bad ass

[JoeLancaster]

badacidvacation wrote:

2 words piano man

Haaa! It's so true.

[ktulu51]

Sanjaya was hilarious. But that Afghan Wigs cover is actually really creepy.

People, it's the "Top 10 Creepiest Album Covers", not the top 10 scariest or most horrific, so stop complaining about bands not being on here. The ones he picked were creepy as hell (maybe not top 10 but still.)

[the seventh son]

In the Nightside Eclipse?

[DyingToFish]

OMG SANJAYA AHHHHH!!! I CANT LOOK ITS TOO SCARYY!!!
lmao

[axe_man]

OMG how are canibal corpse not on here

[badacidvacation]

SOmething even more disturbing that should be on here, The Beatles Yesterday...and Today. I don't know why, it's just something about the adorableness of The Beatles all smiling....with decapitated baby parts! A little creepy

[Shredder2122]

Where's Cannibal Corpse?

[dm1925]

phoenix_crush wrote:

no cannibal corpse ?!

i second that notion.

[dm1925]

Shredder2122 wrote:

Where's Cannibal Corpse?

this one too

[tourniquetman]

this was fairly lame. and i third the cannibal corpse motion.

[ssjmitch]

lol the cattle decapatationmade my day, i had to send that one too my freinds for giggles

[qotsa1998]

Good, list, especially the Aphex Twin cover. The picture reminds me of the famolus shot of Jack Nicholas in The Shining, and really his character in general. I think the cover of Bring me The Horizon's Suicide Season is pretty creepy. A rather unassuming girl holding a rather large pile of entrails hits you pretty hard I think. And pretty much all Cannibal Corpse covers Ive seen have been pretty messed-up. Im surprised none of em are on here.

[Emenius Sleepus]

Good list; I mean, if you go through the grindcore genre by numbers you'll find enough covers to compile a hundred of these lists, breaking them down by categories. But for a short themed article this is pretty decent.

i'm for one glad Cannibal Corpse weren't on there. How many times must one quote them before it becomes jaded?

[mynamesbetter]

HAHAHAHA SANJAYA

ohh UG you make me laugh...

[ahiddenmexican]

lol nice article

my vote goes for 'fear of a blank planet' or 'in absentia' by porcupine tree

[rockinguy33]

slipknot is my favorite band they arent scary at all to me with the masks and everything. but they might be to someone else - 1999 self titled album "slipknot".

[dudebud]

funkadelic - maggot brain

[SOADriff]

Lol cheers UG.

[MantlePicture]

No Sabbath Bloody Sabbath?! What's creepier than a vampire orgy?

[SomeKindOfKirk]

I quite miss Jazz From hell by Frank Zappa just look at his face! Rest great article

[kalma5003]

Why not Iron Maiden's The X Factor. Thats scary. Also Cannibal Corpse's Worm Infeste would be here.

It's still a good list. Thanks

Check'd

[RedDeath9]

The The Afghan Whigs one was pretty cool.

[metalgod97]

I gotta agree with you you on that man. i love opeth's artwork bc its always something different and mysterious

Shinsen88 wrote:

Opeth's Deliverance album has a pretty creepy cover.

[TheMysticBard]

this list could have been made better. they didn't really research a whole lot did they?

[Emsixteen 42]

UGh. Butchered at Birth isn't up here or Tomb of the Mutilated? And who can forget Eaten Back to Life(all Cannibal Corpse)? And Exhumed's Gore Metal. The Stench of Redemption(Deicide) should have made it or Symphonies of Sickness(Carcass). What about Christ Illusion, Reign In Blood, Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits(all Slayer), Altars of Madness(Morbid Angel). And what about Napalm Death's Leaders Not Followers? Just sayin. Good list though. Especially the Cattle Decapitation and Millie Jackson cover. lol.

[Nic054]

I cant believe If You Want Blood You've Got It by AC/DC isn't in this oh well here it is anyway have a look.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3if ixq95ld6e

[The Warmaster]

I think people are kind of missing the point here. People keep saying Cannibal Corpse should be on here, but it's actually the difference between a few moments of shock and things that will remain disturbing forever that got all these other covers on the list. After all, zombie cunnilingus and demons boring their way out of someone's vagina can only shock you for so long.

[Angel Of Sin]

Moloch, Shining and Trist's album covers should have made an appearance

[Ruchitya T Anan]

lol i wanna imagine the look on people's face when they do see herbie mann naked in their house! and what about the cover of rammstein's "sehnsucht"?

[Oblivoath666]

LMAO You open the door to your bedroom and all you see is this naked guy, standing there waiting for you in the dark, holding a flute. Happy Halloween.

[SorryImAwesome.]

ROFLMFAO.

Sanjaya.

That should the 50th comment for him.

[RAH7747]

damn! the afghan whigs album cover is really disturbing! yikes!

And doesn't the first album cover look just like that of James Hetfield himself? I first confused the "james" here with his.. he he..

And Rofl!! Sanjaya!! lol.. -- 51st comment..

Where the f is cannible corpse!? -- (million+1)th comment..

[steevo92]

Where is Fear of the dark? i think it should be on the list... the cover of it is really frightnening

[the_messenger66]

...oh, god. Herbie Mann brings up awkward band memories...

[euan_soad]

Look up Katatonia's Tonight's decision, and tell me that it's not creepier than most of these

[chikenpoop666]

they should put a big pecker, thatd be pretty scary

[rocklee1431]

Sum 41's Does this Look Infected is pretty gruesome

[serb_detritus]

most of these are funny, but theyre not creepy at all.

The Afghan Whigs, is a great choice though
i dont agree that iron maiden has creepy covers. skeletons, blood, ghosts etc are not nearly as scary as humans when theyre up for it(e.g The Afghan Whigs)

[davdav2000]

shame for not having any Iron Maiden album cover here.

[PANTERAFAN^666^]

hahaha the cow was pooping out a person.

[NateCordova]

death magnetic has a creepy cover too. It looks like a hairy vagina from hell seriously O.o

[KennethJay]

Where's Perpetual Flame?

[sherry07]

are you serious about sanjaya? it looks more like a joke. but me and my friend like to imitate his album cover... she gave me a pic of it for my birthday (among other stuff)