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Meat Loaf

1 album cover in our archive

Meat Loaf is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1970s. Released on Cleveland International Records, the artwork sits in the rock, metal tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering fantasy art, motorcycle, gothic, airbrush, theatrical, underground comics. Below you'll find the full story behind each Meat Loaf cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf — album cover art

Bat Out of Hell (1977)

Fantasy comic artist Richard Corben painted this hellish motorcycle scene after record executives rejected dozens of concepts. The underground comics legend created one of rock's most theatrical covers for an album that sat unreleased for two years.

Label
Cleveland International Records
Designer
Richard Corben
Genre
Rock, Metal
Decade
1970s
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