This front cover is by the band Black Sabbath and their self titled album. The Band's name is written across the top, this is also the title of the album. It is not obstructed in any way and is with the exception of the warner bros. logo, the only piece of text on the front cover except from the main image. The font is both old-worldly and gothic in appearence. The picture maintains this gothic appearance as a medieval scene is present, with a cloaked woman walking alone through a wood, with a old, abandoned house in the background. The image is used to trying to scare the audience, giving away the dark nature of their musicical influence. The camera shot is a long shot, which is enough that was can clearly see the woman, yet are too distanced to convey any sort of emotion or feelings towards her, it also shows just how isolated she is, which again adds to the feeling of anxiety, the woman may be walking towards danger. None of the band is present in the picture, and this maybe suggests that for now they still want to remain mysterious and almost unexplored as people, focusing on their music and the cult around it. The medieval theme is taken from the gothic, almost satanic form of music black sabbath adopted during this time, the middle ages was widely known to have been a era plagued with stories of 'whichcraft' and dark arts, coupled with the plague and is enormous death toll the time still has very negative connotations and reference to it is still considered dark. Drawing musical influence from the time is viewed as almost unholy by the church, and this once again draws into the anti-establishment nature of metal music, where it seeks to draw inspiration from a time period, however the inspiration is always from the unconventional, almost condemned backgrounds during that period. Metal continues to have its roots in rebellion and counter-culture.
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