The cover I have chosen to analyse is that of Hammerfall's 2008 cover album, Masterpieces.
This album is a compilation of all the cover tracks Hammerfall had recorded to date, along with three previously unreleased new covers.
While most space is taken up by the band's unchanged logo and the presence of their mascot, Hector the Paladin, the lower half of the cover is littered with visual references to the bands being covered; a pumpkin referring to Helloween, the spray-painted logo of Twisted Sister, the Europe logo emblazoned on a rock and two signs referring to Skid Row's Youth Gone Wild and Kiss' Detroit Rock City, to name a few.
This placement of references to other, well-established bands will effectively draw the interest of older listeners amongst Hammerfall's fans, who are likely to recognise most of them very quickly having grown up with the bands and thus find themselves drawn to purchase the album out of nostalgia or curiosity.
- Ross
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