tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post5513092700214146816..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: Album: Night of the DemonAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-45552572005719536272009-01-28T19:08:00.000-06:002009-01-28T19:08:00.000-06:00Also, I enjoy getting comments like that, so no ne...Also, I enjoy getting comments like that, so no need to apologize.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-5311341947238139042009-01-28T19:04:00.000-06:002009-01-28T19:04:00.000-06:00Here's another one I bought for the jacket art: M...Here's another one I bought for the jacket art: <A HREF="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/armored_saint/march_of_the_saint/" REL="nofollow">March of the Saint</A>. I couldn't find a picture of the back cover, but it's also good. The back shows the band wearing leathers, sitting on their parked motorcycles in front the fallen ruins of the castle, with the huge shadow of a ghostly knight looming up in the background. Pretty cool.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-56199985987329392442009-01-28T18:50:00.000-06:002009-01-28T18:50:00.000-06:00I've done that a few times -- bought an album beca...I've done that a few times -- bought an album because of the cover art. The best purchase I made that way was Iron Maiden's <I>The Number of the Beast</I>.<BR/><BR/>As a young lad, I had seen Iron Maiden's previous album <I>Killers</I> on record store shelves. I knew nothing about the band at the time, and I knew just a little about heavy metal, but I remember <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Maiden_Killers.jpg" REL="nofollow">the cover art was shocking and intriguing</A>, and it was like nothing I had seen before. Every time I went to a record store I would look up <I>Killers</I> just to gawk at the strangeness of the cover for awhile.<BR/><BR/>And then I heard on the radio that Iron Maiden's next album, <I>The Number of the Beast</I>, had just been released, and I remember telling myself that if the cover art for that album was just as twisted as the other one, I just might buy the album to see what this band sounded like.<BR/><BR/>So, I checked out <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Maiden_-_The_Number_Of_The_Beast.jpg" REL="nofollow">the album cover</A>. And it looked just as wild. So I bought it. And I have loved Iron Maiden ever since.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to sound like such a fanboy, but I like the Iron Maiden sound, and I can respect the band's enduring presence in the rock world. I've never grown tired of them, and I hope I never will.<BR/><BR/>Gushing over.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.com