Slipknot CD Cover Analysis

This is the Album cover for Slipknot's self titled debut album from 1999. This album features the song "Spit it Out" which i analysed for one of my videos. The album cover as you can see features nine men; all of whom make up this band, and because they are all in the middle they instantly attract your attention. The band logo at the top is smaller because it would draw you away from the actual artists. The band are wearing masks and red/orange jumpsuits, which is infact their act and how their fans see them. It is their 'act'. This is how we see them in their performance shots of the video for most songs on the album which did make videos; including 'Spit It Out'. I assume the idea was to advertise them 'raw' and how we should expect to see them so we have a good image of what the videos will look like. The dark colours and intimidating stage costume also gives an insight into their style of music; heavy metal.