Existing Album Art in My Genre- Avenged

This is a look at existing album covers from within the industry, specifically the album covers of Avenged Sevenfold. Note, these are not 6 panel digipaks, but are the front and the backs of three of their albums.

Album 1 Name- Avenged Sevenfold

 Front
The front of this album features the death-bat, the logo of A7X(Avenged Sevenfold), against a white background with no text whatsoever. That is probably because the album is named after the band, so the logo acts as symbolism making it immediately recognizable. This album cover suggests I may not need anything complex, however that may be because it is an established brand/ band.
Also, it contains the parental advisory label due to the content, which may be a convention of the genre due to the nature of the music.







Back

The back is also white and features the barcode ( maybe stickered on), the songs and the band name, the logo, and still lacks any real detail.
It also contains website links to the band's site and the record labels website. On my product I could include the bands site somewhere if this turns out to be a convention.

Album 2 Name- City of Evil

 Front

This one differs greatly from the first example. The deathbat isn't featured on the front, instead there is the band name and the album title, there is a skeletal with wings (possible the deathbat) figure riding a horse with a city in the background.
The colours are dark and almost hellish looking, possibly reflecting the stereotypical dark nature of the genre.
Also, the parental advisory label makes a return, reinforcing my prior hypothesis regarding its appearance in this particular genre.




The back is similar to the first, however contains a few differences. Firstly, there is more colour than the first album cover, and the font varies from each song.
As with the first, it has a barcode (the white box, it had been removed in this image), the logo and the websites at the bottom of the cover.
This reinforces my previously conceived notion that the links and bar codes may be a convention.






Album 3 Name- Nightmare

 Front
The front cover of this album is very different to the other two, containing the band and album name near one another (the first only had the logo, the second had the album name at the bottom). Also, the reaper-like figure with wings may be fulfilling the need for a deathbat symbol, as is typical of A7X.
Although the colours are less harsh and hellish, there are a lot of dark connotations having what appears to be a young corpse on the cover, in an open grave marked "forever".
There is no parental advisory label on this one, differing to the other two and therefore perhaps proving that not all albums in this genre require warning labels.

Back
The back differs to the other two, not featuring the deathbat, and instead is a shot of scenery, more specifically, a grave yard.
This particular example shows me that my album cover can not only include figures, but also scenic imagery.