Introduction

Being a blog dedicated to the use of gargoyles, grotesques, statues and carvings in album art, especially that of Doom Metal (and related genres). It may also include similar archaic images such as standing stones, monoliths, or mediaeval illustrations.

To my mind Doom Metal (when done correctly) evokes a feeling a great age, spirituality and contemplation, and this is enhanced by the imagery. I have a love of churches and other old buildings, and the two things go hand in hand for me; the images of gargoyles, statues and crosses used by Doom and Doom/Death bands, especially in the early 90s, seemed to perfectly fit the music. Also, the band names like Cathedral, Church Of Misery, Chapel Of Rest, and Castle; all these added to my imagined link between the music and churches and other old buildings.

Monday, 17 October 2016

Wojnar - "The Book of Veles" 2004


More pagan ambient, this time from Poland's Wojnar. The image is probably a wooden carving of Perun, the chief god of the Slavic peoples,
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Wejdas - "Į Tamsą" demo 1994


An nice obscure offering here from Lithuanian pagan ambient act Wejdas. The image is a neolithic figure carved into Baltic amber, found in Lithuania and currently housed in the Göttingen museum in Germany.


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November's Doom - "Her Tears Drop" demo 1995


Another of those simple-but-effective black & white photocopied demo covers from the early 90s, this time from US Death/Doom band November's Doom. A gravestone with an angel clinging desperately to a rough-hewn cross, location unknown.
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