CD Cover Research.

Escape the Fate Album Cover:

This album cover portrays a very stereotypical representation of the appearance of the sort of person who would listen to this rock music genre. This photo has a sense of symmetry. Her lips are centered in the composition, acting as the main focus point of the image. The fact that her lipstick is a bright glossy red draws our attention to the image, standing out against her pale skin. By including this harsh redness, it associates her lips with lust and passion, this is reinforced with the fact that the subject is a female and her lips are quite full and plump suggesting a kind of sexual connotation. However quite a violent representation is also relates to this red, as mentioned previously in a Bring Me The Horizon video. Red suggests quite a violent, sinful, bloody aspect and the tone of red used is a very strong blood red. The fact that the lipstick is smudged slightly corrupts this beauty and makes her appear more rough, hinting at a rebellious side. Her lips are positioned quite loosely, allowing us to see her teeth, also seeming quite clenched suggesting anger and frustration linking back to the red lipstick. She has a piercing through her lip as well as a nose piercing, this body modification is common for people to have who listen to this genre of music, as well as the tattoo on her neck. They show individuality and a way to express themselves. It creates a certain impression or an image and distinguishes them from everyone else. It also in a way puts them in a social group, with people into metal and rock etc, stereotypically having a lot of piercings. Her makeup is smudged down her face portraying quite a destructive mood. Smudged makeup suggests she has been crying which relates to the stereotypical view of girls being quite emotional. This album cover shows a mix of emotions -sadness, anger and possibly a sexual relation. The fact that her eyes are hidden takes away a lot of her identity making us quiet intrigued as to who she is and why she is in that state. Her hair is black and combining this with the red lipstick gives quite a gothic appearance.

Asking Alexandria Album Cover:

This is the album cover for Asking Alexandrias album 'Reckless and Relentless'. The image is black and white with contrasting tones. The texture of the photo is quite gritty relating to the dirty, broken set. This emphasises the destructive appearance of the photo, with the smashed tv and the rubble on the floor suggesting that the music in the album is quite heavy and violent. The set is very corrupt and damaged, all these aspects relate to the album name 'Reckless and Relentless'.

This concept is also portrayed in the body langauge of the women. She is bent over and slouched forward giving off this careless attitude. She is making eye contact with the camera, expressing quite a hateful, viscious look reinforcing this attitude. She is not wearing much, allowing alot of her body to visible. The fact that she is bent over emphasises and exposes her cleavage adding a sexual suggestion, this is reinforced in the stap of her top falling down her arm making her appear ungraceful and rough. What she is wearing and how she is presenting herself makes her look quite like a hooker in a way, expressing a sense of no self respect and once again linking back to this carelessness. Her attitude and appearance is depicted in the set around her -distructive and reckless.

The band name 'Asking Alexandria' is placed in the top left of the frame, fitting in with the composition and where the subjects are in the frame. They have the same text used to present their name. Both titles are exactly the same and also their album title for their previous album 'Stand Up and Scream' has the album name placed in a smaller font bellow the band name as does their new album.

The Dead Lay Waiting Album Cover:

This is the album cover for the band The Dead Lay Waiting's album called 'Almost Heaven'. This album is composed so that the subject is in the center, consuming the frame. The subject is the centre of attention, being upfront and full on as if it is pressing up against the cover. It is as if the subject is trapped inside. The fact that their hands are pushing against the surface suggests panic and fear, but also creates an interaction with the the audience as their hands are reaching out to us. The name of the band is 'The Dead Lay Waiting', this is reinforced in the cover because it is as if the person is trying to get to us, lurking in the mist behind the frosty looking glaze. As if they are creeping around in the fog waiting for our time of living to end. The colours of the photo are quite dull and washed out, consisting of mainly black, blue and white tones creating this cold, chilling atmosphere. This is reinforced in the texture of the photo, being quite scratchy and grainy, similar to the appearance of a frosty surface. The fact that the album consists of these cold tones relates to the album name 'Almost Heaven' because the opposing side is hell which is thought to be hot, with us automatically thinking of warm red tones, this album cover depicts the opposite because the album name is associating with heaven. The person has holes dripping with blood in the centre of their  hands which has been smeared upwards against the surface. These holes show bodily marks in the locations which correspond to the crucifixion of Jesus, his wounds are being portrayed in this image, therefore the album has a religious link which is also suggested in the album name 'Almost Heaven'. Following on from this I realised that the album cover may be depicting the state of purgatory. The colour black consumes the bottom sides of the photo suggesting the dark evilness creeping up behind the subject. This colour is a convention of the rock genre. The band title and album cover is placed over this so that it is more visible and the colour of the font is coordinated with the tones of the rest of the photo. The opacity of the text seems slightly opaque relating to this ghostly appearance and the writing is quite scratchy and old fashioned. The title is placed in the bottom centre in line with the composition of the subject, balancing out the photo.