I haven't found a single one of the album covers posted depressing..

The only album that came to mind straight away was this fantastic release:

That looks like my mom in detox.

I saw this album cover in a Terrorizer mag Hard of Hearing feature. One of the girls from Gallhammer was holding it. I really want to find one with a bigger image size.

Is that depressing because it's a dark, eerie castle or because it reminds us of what Cryptopsy has become?

Clearly the latter. I don't find the art that depressing in and of itself.

I was referring to the mirror guy.

That HLTO cover is somewhat frightening.

Yeah, Varg made me jump. Now I know how startled Euronymous was.

And as such, I find the placement of that album in this rather apt.

Antithesis of Light is too damn good to depress me.

For me it's just bad enough.

Not just the cover, but the album itself is depressing.

This one definitely evokes a depressing mood, fitting for the music as well.

I always thought Nortt's Galgenfrist had a depressing cover...but yes more cliche nooses.

I jumped, shat a brick, and burst out laughing.
:lol::lol:
That lifeless expression compliments the lifeless, um, corpse.

Like this?

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb114/parasitictimm/coffinsotesanekcover.jpg
Dimensions: 1024 x 976

Really? I thought it was fucking hilarious.

Me too

I had this one as well. It was a part from a trilogy called "Can you spot Varg?" I made a post about Varg's escape around April putting those images.
Post was deleted, old account banned.
And I can't imagine how someone can get startled from his face. I think he's cute.

Always seemed kind of cold and dark, it fits with the music. The music is also depressing in some parts.

I've found some Necrolord works really stimulate my imagination, although in a kind of depressing way. This one makes me imagine some desolate realm beyond time and space, perhaps the depths into which you plunge by pursuing the path suggested on Entombed's debut. Very evocative and fitting of the music, although the typical castle with blue tint does look rather generic for melodic BM of the time.
Aww damn person right before me posted the Sacramentum. Well, Somberlain would easily work here too.

Again, this one is very fitting of the music. A dreary, dark, dungeon, where the only means of artistic expression is a cheap Casio keyboard.
Maybe Mortiis could foresee the last two Burzum albums?


Also, I've always found this one to be absolutely captivating, despite its very simple use of color and contrast.
Of course, it's a million times better while listening to the album, in the mists of a black winter night.

Am I the only one who cannot help but laugh at some of these? Like the Black Flag one, The Mayhem one....etc Some of these are just trying to be graphic/depressing to the point where I have to laugh.

mayhem bootled dawn of the black hearts!!! LOL

drudkh - blood in our wells

from the way i interpret this painting, it is the widow of a farmer and their children (and dog). her head is hanging in sorrow, not only because of the death of her husband, but also because of the hardships that lie ahead. how will she feed the family and herself? a bleak future lies ahead...

I've always found Sad Wings of Destiny cover to be kind of... sad. The album's lyrical content is pretty morbid and depressing as well.

there was one cover
but i can't remember band and/or title....
but it was black metal i think
there was a huuuuge church or something (must've been gothical style i think) and it was all foggy...pic seemed greenish...
does anyone know this album?

Not greenish, but...

Yeah that leviathan cover is a great one, I dont find it depressing but when I look at it for awhile a begin to feel weird but I cant stop looking at it.

It means you must check out some paintings by Zdzisław Beksiński. This is his work and the Evoken's cover also... Metal bands often use his art as covers.

Never thought I would have a 4chan moment here on MA

Do you mean the face in the mirror being the same as the doll on the pillow?

I always loved this cover:

Is it this one? It's not a church or Black Metal, but when I read your post, this is what I thought of.

What is this supposed to be? I can't figure it out...

...it was very similar to this...