I know the album has been out for a few months already, but I just ran into the packaging again and loved it more than I did the first time I saw it. If you have not seen it, here is the image of it.
The album is called Death Magnetic. The style that this album is made is way different than all the other albums that have been released by the artist. It has a shape of a coffin that cuts through all the way down to the last page of the cover. I think its such a clever design. It kept me wanting to flip the pages back and forth over and over again. One thing that bugs me on it though is that since the lyrics are on the pages that are cut out, some of the lyrics have been cut. In a way it bugs me but on the other hand it actually makes me wonder if they did that on purpose so youre not too attached to the lyrics rather than looking at the design as a whole and appreciating the dye cut over the page.
From the research I did to find out the artist I learned that the artwork for Metallica’s album Death Magnetic didn’t come from an underground artist or some corporate record label’s art department. Instead, it came from Coca-Cola’s design agency. This kind of threw me off and confused me about how I feel about it. :/
What do you think?
From the research I did to find out the artist I learned that the artwork for Metallica’s album Death Magnetic didn’t come from an underground artist or some corporate record label’s art department. Instead, it came from Coca-Cola’s design agency. This kind of threw me off and confused me about how I feel about it. :/
What do you think?
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