Album cover

The album cover that I really like that I have decided to analyse is the album 'Nightmare' by rock band Avenged Sevenfold.

The cover couldn't be mistaken as an album by any other than a rock band, with the horror elements and the dark lighting used, as it shows a terrified child with death/the grim reaper looking over her, and as there is also a tombstone there. The location adds to the 'dark' theme as it seems to be a bed in a cemetery, also as the fonts are very striking and are only in generic colours, not anything really colorful.

The back correlates with the theme of the whole album and also the front cover, as the setting is of a cemetery at night, hence the dark lighting and all the tombstones etc, with the full moon overheard, giving it an eerie feeling.

Avenged Sevenfold also have a heavy rock brand image, and this album is full of heavy rock songs, which is made apparent by the album cover.

Zaynab