The Album Covers: Bat Out Of Hell

RSG · 31 Mar 2012, 10:19

Bat's reveals the title track. The urgency, the dead all around (graveyard)
And a Bat perched on something.

**The Flying Mouse** · 31 Mar 2012, 20:43

I've always loved the fantasy art covers more than any other.

The Bat cover is amazing and is a good indication of what is inside.

The rider, a Wagnerian hero for sure, is taught as tight a spring, his teeth clenched, with the superhuman effort of riding out of hell on a motorbike.
The ground has exploaded with the shattering force of him crashing through the gates of hell.
The Bat sitting astride the tomb spreads it's wings in surprised fury, or perhaps in salute.

The vast graveyard stretches as far as the eye can see, and the bare trees and red sky adds to the post apocalyptic nature of the world he has broken back into.

What has happened to the world to turn it into such a monstous place, and where is the rider of the bike going to go now he's arrived?

I find it to be a painting that asks more than it answers.

I love it

31 Mar 2012, 10:19	#1
RSG Mega Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,296	The Album Covers: Bat Out Of Hell Bat's reveals the title track. The urgency, the dead all around (graveyard) And a Bat perched on something.

31 Mar 2012, 20:43	#2
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I've always loved the fantasy art covers more than any other. The Bat cover is amazing and is a good indication of what is inside. The rider, a Wagnerian hero for sure, is taught as tight a spring, his teeth clenched, with the superhuman effort of riding out of hell on a motorbike. The ground has exploaded with the shattering force of him crashing through the gates of hell. The Bat sitting astride the tomb spreads it's wings in surprised fury, or perhaps in salute. The vast graveyard stretches as far as the eye can see, and the bare trees and red sky adds to the post apocalyptic nature of the world he has broken back into. What has happened to the world to turn it into such a monstous place, and where is the rider of the bike going to go now he's arrived? I find it to be a painting that asks more than it answers. I love it