{"id":893180,"date":"2026-10-24T15:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893180\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:52:10","slug":"vote-for-rocks-spookiest-album-cover-only-the-final-four-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893180\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Rock’s Spookiest Album Cover: Only the Final Four Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only four of rock’s spookiest album covers remain after three rounds of our annual Halloween<\/a> bracket – and three of them come from the Black Sabbath<\/a> family tree.<\/p>\n

The heavy metal pioneers’ self-titled 1970 debut album<\/a> – the one featuring the mysterious witch-like woman on the cover – is one step away from the finals. So are albums from two of the band’s singers: Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>‘s Bark at the Moon<\/a> and Dio<\/a>‘s Holy Diver<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s possible we could have an all-Sabbath alumni finals, but the mighty Iron Maiden<\/a> and their Killers<\/a> album will have a lot to say about that.<\/p>\n

The power is all in your hands. You can vote once an hour in the two remaining battles from now until 11:59PM EST on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The winners will move on to the finals, which begin the following morning.<\/p>\n

\"AdrianAdrian Borromeo, UCRAdrian Borromeo, UCR<\/p>\n

Round Three Results:<\/p>\n

Iron Maiden Killers defeated Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell\u00a074% to 26%Black Sabbath Black Sabbath defeated Uriah Heep\u00a0..Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble 77% to 23%Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon defeated\u00a0Megadeth Countdown to Extinction\u00a071% to 29%Dio Holy Diver defeated Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell\u00a074% to 26%<\/p>\n

Round Two Results:<\/p>\n

Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell defeated\u00a0Judas Priest Painkiller 59% to 41%Iron Maiden Killers defeated Kiss Creatures of the Night 85% to 15%Megadeth Countdown to Extinction defeated\u00a0The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh 70% to 30%Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon defeated Funkadelic Maggot Brain\u00a075% to 25%Dio Holy Diver defeated the Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup\u00a059% to 41%Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell beat Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica\u00a071% to 29%Uriah Heep …Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble beat The Beatles Yesterday and Today\u00a066% to 34%Black Sabbath Black Sabbath defeated AC\/DC If You Want Blood…\u00a084% to 16%<\/p>\n

Round One Results:<\/p>\n

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath defeated Frank Zappa Thing-Fish 91% to 9%AC\/DC If You Want Blood… defeated Tom Waits Bone Machine 61% to 39%The Beatles Yesterday and Today defeated Van Halen Balance 62% to 38%Uriah Heep …Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble beat David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs 61% to 39%Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica beat Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 50.25% to 49.75%Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell beat Scorpions Blackout 51% to 49%The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup defeated The Cure’s The Head on the Door 86% to 14%Dio’s Holy Diver defeated Queen’s News of the World 72% to 28%Ozzy Osbourne’s Bark at the Moon defeated Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 80% to 20%Funkadelic Maggot Brain defeated Metallica’s Metal Up Your Ass 65% to 35%The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh defeated Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 52% to 48%Megadeth Countdown to Extinction defeated the Doors’ Strange Days 75% to 25%Iron Maiden Killers defeated King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King 72% to 28%Kiss Creatures of the Night defeated Led Zeppelin Presence 67% to 33%Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell defeated Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual 72% to 28%Judas Priest Painkiller defeated Debbie Harry KooKoo 67% to 33%Classic Halloween TV Episodes<\/p>\n

Halloween: a time for candy, costumes and binge-watching spooky special editions of your favorite TV shows.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Corey Irwin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only four of rock’s spookiest album covers remain after three rounds of our annual Halloween bracket – and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,22523,216,237344],"class_list":["post-893180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-halloween","tag-music","tag-readers-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}