This is the back cover of our cd as you can see we went again with the dark colours and the image of the band so to stick the traditional conventions of a metal album.We used a shot of the band with their instruments so to give the album a more professional feel.We added song titles,a bar code and statutory rights and a record label to the album all in the aim to make it look as professional as possible.In the process of this we decided to go with a more neat approach to the back of the cd so the picture and writing could be clearly seen.with this in mind we went for some traditional black writing to write down the album songs.For the album title we used the same colour blue we used for the lightning on the front cover.We did this because we thought it reflected quite well from having lightning on the front to the same colour text on the back,kind of like a carry over effect where we were trying keep with the style of the album throughout.



This is the insert cover of my cd promo pack.We all agreed to go with the classic band shots and band roles for the inside cover as this is a normal classic image in any metal/rock album insert so we did not want to stray away from this.We kept the background a darkish colour so that the metal theme was still present but not completely over the top as it would not have fit in with the images of the band that we decided to use.Having this simple yet effective image i think was a very good idea as some form of artwork i think would ot have been over the top but i think not right for a insert in a cd although some bands do do it



Here is our front cover,as you can see we have stuck to the normal conventions of a metal/rock album by using dark colours and very powerful images as seen in this with a very old predominant image of Massimo with a guitar.All rock/metal albums will have on their front cover either artwork or a picture of the band,artwork will normally consist of an image relevant to the album but with things added to it to give that so called metal look of evil for example if the album was called death is coming,The artwork may be a picture of the grim reaper coming to get someone.A image of the band will consist of the band as a group posing in some way towards the camera with maybe some kind of effect round them and sometimes props.On our front cover we decided to go for a mixture of both artwork and a band shot,as you can see in the image only me and Massimo are present on the front cover James and Chris are missing so it is not a full band shot so holds some mystery as too why this is.In the background we decided to add some artwork of lightning in the sky and a vortex image on my drum kit.We have Massimo turned around looking at the lightning in the sky to say to audience something is coming hence the name of the album lightning fear which would convey to the audience that the lightning on the album is something to be feared.having both of these together i think worked really well as their was not all four of us in the image so i think adding some artwork really gave the image what it needed to become professional looking and eyecathing.Having both artwork and band shots n the CD cover challenged the conventions of normal CD cover as the majority of albums will have on or the other not both as they feel it will make the image confusing and unattractive to the public.