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Metal Album Covers Featuring Large Pyramids or Pyramidal Structures
The rules:
- The pyramid needs to be massive.
- Structures that are roughly pyramid-like in shape are okay, but don't push your luck.
Pyramid Identification Guide:
- 🧱 traditional Egyptian style construction
- 📈 stepped and/or ziggurat-ish
- 👽 futuristic
- 🔥 apocalyptic hellscape
- 👁️ illuminati
- 🦇 gothic or vampiric
- 🚀 the pyramid can fly
- 😑 it has a face
- 🎊 something is busting out of the pyramid
- ⚡ the pyramid is radiating energy
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Iron Maiden - Powerslave.jpg)
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (Heavy Metal, 1984)
🧱⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/War Master - Pyramid of the Necropolis.jpg)
War Master - Pyramid of the Necropolis (Death Metal, 2011)
🔥👁️
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Praying Mantis - Forever in Time.jpg)
Praying Mantis - Forever In Time (Heavy Metal / Hard Rock, 1998)
🧱🚀🎊
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Xibalba - Años en Infierno.jpg)
Xibalba - Años en Infierno (Death Metal / Hardcore, 2020)
📈🔥
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Xibalba - Diablo Con Amor Adios.jpg)
Xibalba - Diablo, Con Amor.. Adios (Death Metal / Hardcore, 2017)
👽🔥
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Xibalba - Tierra Y Libertad.jpg)
Xibalba - Tierra Y Libertad (Death Metal / Hardcore, 2015)
🔥📈
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Xibalba - Hasta La Muerte.jpg)
Xibalba - Hasta La Muerte (Death Metal/Hardcore, 2012)
🔥
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Axel Rudi Pell - Black Moon Pyramid.jpg)
Axel Rudi Pell - Black Moon Pyramid (Heavy Metal, 1996)
👽🦇😑
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/PYRAMID - Pyramid.jpg)
Pyramid - Pyramid (Progressive Metal, 1999)
🧱
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Beyond Creation - Algorythm.jpg)
Beyond Creation - Algorythm (Progressive Death Metal, 2018)
👽
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/The Provoked - Society of Shadows.jpg)
The Provoked - Society of Shadows (Thrash Metal, 2017)
📈👁️
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Aborted Fetus - Pyramids Of Damnation.jpg)
Aborted Fetus - Pyramids Of Damnation (Brutal Death Metal, 2020)
🧱🚀⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/All Will Know - Deeper Into Time.jpg)
All Will Know - Deeper Into Time (Melodic Death Metal, 2015)
🧱
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Amaranthe - Manifest.jpg)
Amaranthe - Manifest (Symphonic Power Metal, 2020)
👽⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/In Flames - The Jester Race.jpg)
In Flames - The Jester Race (Death Metal, 1995)
🦇
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Razormaze - Annihilatia.jpg)
Razormaze - Annihilatia (Thrash Metal, 2013)
👁️
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Aquila - Jewel of The Empire's Crown.jpg)
Aquila - Jewel of The Empire's Crown (Metalcore, 2020)
🧱👁️
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Aurora Borealis - Mansions Of Eternity.jpg)
Aurora Borealis - Mansions Of Eternity (Death/Black Metal, 1996)
🧱
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Aurora Borealis - Relinquish.jpg)
Aurora Borealis - Relinquish (Death/Black Metal, 2006)
📈⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed of Light.jpg)
Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed of Light (Progressive Death Metal, 2013)
🧱📈
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Aurora Borealis - WorldShapers.jpg)
Aurora Borealis - WorldShapers (Death/Black Metal, 2014)
👽🚀⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Beak - Let Time Begin.jpg)
Beak - Let Time Begin (Post-Metal / Sludge, 2014)
🧱
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Cemetary - Omnipotent Pyramid Poem.jpg)
Cemetery - Omnipotent Pyramid Poem (Death Metal, 2014)
🔥😑🎊
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Crossfire - See You In Hell.jpg)
Crossfire - See You In Hell (Speed Metal, 1983)
📈😑
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Hypocrisy - Worship.jpg)
Hypocrisy - Worship (Melodic Death Metal, 2021)
👽📈⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back In Time.jpg)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back in Time (Heavy Metal, 2008)
🧱🎊
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Gate to Infinity - Levaturium.jpg)
Gate to Infinity - Levaturium (Progressive Metal, 2020)
👽📈⚡
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Pervy Perkin - Totem.jpg)
Pervy Perkin - Totem (Progressive Metal, 2016)
📈
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Dark Lord - It's Nigh' Time.jpg)
Dark Lord (Heavy Metal, 1988)
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Preamp Disaster - By The Edges.jpg)
Preamp Disaster - By The Edges (Atmospheric Post-Doom, xxxx)
👽🚀
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Seven Kingdoms - Zenith.jpg)
Seven Kingdoms - Zenith (Power/Thrash Metal, 2022)
👽🚀
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Soulfly - Conquer.jpg)
Soulfly - Conquer (Special Edition Cover) (Thrash/Death Metal, 2008)
🔥📈
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Tantara - Based On Evil.jpg)
Tantara - Based On Evil (Thrash Metal, 2012)
👁️🚀
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/The End - Elementary.jpg)
The End - Elementary (Technical Metalcore, 2007)
🧱🔥
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Thomas Thunder - The Pharaoh's Temple.jpg)
Thomas Thunder - The Pharaoh's Temple (Progressive Metal, 2021)
🔥😑
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Tormented Brutality - Chronicles Of Apocalypse.jpg)
Tormented Brutality - Chronicles Of Apocalypse (Death Metal, 2020)
📈
Honorable Mentions
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Concepts - New Earth.jpg)
Concepts - New Earth (Metalcore, 2018)
It's not clear this is an actual, physical pyramid.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Vasomortus – Instrument Torture of Pyramid.jpg)
Vasomortus - Instrument Torture of Pyramid (Brutal Death Metal, 2015)
This pyramid is brutal, but it's not massive enough.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Hardline - Heart, Mind and Soul.jpg)
Hardline - Heart, Mind and Soul (Heavy Metal / Hard Rock, 2021)
Are these actually pyramids? Is Hardline actually metal?
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy.jpg)
Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy (Progressive Death Metal, 2015)
This would be a stronger contender if it swept into a single point at the top.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Old Nick - Iam Vampire Castle.jpg)
Old Nick - Iam Vampire Castle (Black Metal / Dungeon Synth, 2021)
It's got that triangular silhouette, but this is more castle than pyramid.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/High on Fire - Luminiferous.jpg)
High on Fire - Luminiferous (Stoner Metal, 2015)
The more I look at this, the less I can make sense of it.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Pyramid - Validity.jpg)
Pyramid - Validity (Progressive Metal, 2021)
Using the robot arms as a reference, this pyramid is actually pretty small despite its intricate texturing.
![](/metal-album-covers-featuring-pyramidal-megastructures/images/Memoriam - Requiem For Mankind.jpg)
Memoriam - Requiem For Mankind (Death Metal, 2019)
This burial chamber has a somewhat pyramidal shape but it feels more general purpose temple than true pyramid.
Thanks for reading. Originally published June 2022.
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