I absolutely dig their seventh album "War-Law" and its cover art, and of course that's what this entry is about. But first of, before we get into the illustration we have to set one thing straight. Why have I written the title as "War-Law" instead of "War Law" as the cover clearly states? Because contrary to what the front cover and various internet pages wants you to believe the actual title for this record is "War-Law" and not "War Law". But how do I know that? Just by looking at the spine and the back of the cover you'll see that they have spelled the title with a "-", so that's two against one! Nice to have that one in the open! Now to something important.
The cover art shows us an guardian angel and a foxy redhead amazon. This actually reminds me of the superior sci-fi adventure of "Barbarella" from '68, when she gets carried into battle by her blind lover.
But Mass cover ain't a sci-fi illustration. It reminds more of an illustration by Frank Frazetta, known for his work on Conan the Barbarian, the cartoon "Fire and Ice", used/featured on tons of rock/metal covers by such bands as Molly Hatchet, Danzig, Dust, Solemnity, Wolfmother, High on Fire and Frank Morino to name a few.. Something we might get back to in the future.
The painting was done by a German called Martin Meyer, who also did three other pieces for Mass. Though it's freaking cool, it has to be said that winged Achilles holding Red Sonya is quite crappy at his job. Sure he guards her from getting her head pierced by spears, but when this photo was taken, he was so busy doing just that so he forgot to hold her in a appropriate way, and what we are witnessing is her looking into the camera, realizing she's about to fall to the ground and die. She's clearly not making a fuzz about it, still swinging her sword, but look at how poorly he holds her! She's doomed.
Red Sonya for you:
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