Art or something like it.
Here we are. We’re at the end of another year and it’s time to look at some bad album art. We could all use a little bit of levity after the screaming trash inferno that was 2025. Unfortunately, AI usage for album art is greater than ever. Head on over to a place like Bandcamp and check out the Metal section. It’s overwhelmed with the soulless, slop-sheen of AI. Not only does it take away from the good artists, it takes away from the bad artists. There’s a few examples of AI album art on this list, but they don’t have the charm of bad hand-drawn or painted art. Have some pride in bad album art.
As always this is an incomplete and subjective list. I’m sure there’s something in here that makes some of you say “That’s not so bad.” It’s bad enough. No, I can’t do any better. That’s why I don’t even try. I leave it to the professionals. Now, let’s all come together and have some fun.
“Carmella, where’s the gore-bagool?!”
Sasha away
He’s got that lion-bull-eagle-octopus-whateverthefuck in him
Well, that’s just overkill
It wouldn’t be a “Worst Album Art” list without Ballsquezer…or their mole for some reason.
What in the Image Comics is going on in here?
Sh(i)t
Needs more brown
And about 5 minutes before the free Photoshop trial ends
Catheidral
Guilty of schlock
NYYYYYYAAAEEEEHHHHH I STEPPED IN SOMETHING WET AND GOOPY!!!!
Goro went through a mid-life crisis after he divorced Shang Tsung
Tonight you will be visited by three goobers
It’s like one of those “Don’t mess with a father born in December that’s also a Christian and veteran” Facebook shirts came to life and released an album
A well-established band, their management, their record label…they all thought this was good
“Live. Laugh. Love” for guys that can only see their kids by court appointment
Give ’em slop until they beg you to stop
It’s giving off strong “2001 local death metal band handing you their cd sampler outside the local venue” vibes
Make sure you get the old wizard, toilet paper, and hunky demon cowboy in there. I don’t want it looking ridiculous or something.
My said it’s my turn to play Minecraft
Sooooooo weeeeeeeee!
AIx Deo
Grapealicious
Album art that smells
Welcome to Erewhon!
Getta load of this Earth, amirite folks?!
I think the Care Bears would like a word
Help! I’m cold and there are crows pecking my butt!
The teeny, tiny ribcage really distracts from the terrible cheating
I need all of you to stop what you’re doing and listen: CANNONBALL!
I feel the sudden urge to play Virtual Hydlide
We are sentencing you to death by electrocution for the crime of having a Dream Theater album in your chest.
What it’s like to have to go to the bathroom in the middle of a cold night
“Please…nurse. I’ve got a bad case of the clussy.”
When there’s no more ladies and gentlemen to step right up
Whoa, don’t cut yourself on that edge!
I’m So SiCk & TwIsTeD!!11!1
This is just Elon Musk’s wish board
This is just your average California Tech Bro party
It must have been so hard for Gilgamesh to find a hat that fits
“Hey, we need the album artwork today. Is it done?”
“It took a long time, but I really got the demon nipples just right.”
“But where’s the rest of it?”
“I said the demon nipples took a long time, okay?!”
Running The Buttlet
That’s supposed to be beer, right?
…..Right?!
To be fair, this is actually a pretty good representation of what goes on inside Rob Zombie’s mind
Oh, Lordi
Paul Stanley’s brief, but memorable time as a Spawn villain
With a special spoken word intro by Quentin Tarantino
There’s so much to gawk at, but I want to make sure everyone see the background witch with the magical chemtrails shooting out of her ass
It is not, in fact, an exit
“Exhibit A” in a future trial
This is what I mean when I say “I’m gonna skedaddle.”
Puzzle Ass
I will not make a Throat Goat Christ joke, I will not make a Throat Goat Christ joke, I will not make a Throat Goat Christ joke, I will not make a Throat Goat Christ joke
I know a sinus infection when I see one.
Doof Ex Machina
Death is also Gene Simmons with giant hoo-hahs
Ow, my fucking eyes
I’d rather be in Nilbog
I would expect nothing less from the band that gave us this high-quality music video.
Seize The Cosmic Butthole
Is that Cosmo Kramer?
This is a fetish thing, right?
Ricky Blooddick
For people that think Jared Leto’s portrayal of the Joker wasn’t tWiStEd enough
I wonder if the rest of Iron Maiden know that Eddie is doing gig work on the side
They all died due to Satan’s stanky loincloth
Die
Someone typed “The Mentors” into Google Gemini, didn’t they?
Cross me once, shame on you, cross me twice, here’s a bloody barbed-wire baseball bat that also has a knife for a knob hitting a vase for some reason
The gang’s all here!
There’s low-effort, there’s no-effort, and then there’s Sorcery’s effort
Egg. Key. Flower. Desert. Dreary 90’s-style computer graphics.
It’s like a Robert Longo Mad Lib
It’s like Magic Eye for people with CTE.
Love the Earache watermark in the corner, though
People really get into Christmas and I don’t get it
Heeeeeeeere’s Misty!
Patchwork Jesterhead
Mother, tell your children not to do whatever this is supposed to be
That’s why you bring in your Halloween decorations before Summer
When you love Satan, but the cheesecake tastes heavenly
I thought this was a new Psycho Synner album for a few seconds
What in the First-Person-Horror-Game-On-Steam is going on here?
Temu Dani Filth, complete with mysterious extra hand
It’s difficult to find, but there are some very subtle and nuanced points being made here
One, two, Freddy’s looking like gum you chewed
Three, four, there’s a Cenobite looking kind of bored
“Strong trolls also cry, Mr. Lebowski. Strong trolls also cry.”
The next time someone tries to defend AI music and art, I want you to slam their face into this picture
Nergal getting kicked out of the YMCA for being a dork (and a liar)
And Ronnie Radke is a wiener
A sad, droopy, nub of a wiener
Did I miss any? Undoubtedly! Post some of your favorite 2025 bad album art in the comments.
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