Digipack Analysis 4 by Harry Lynch-Bowers
Black Veil Brides (Wretched and Divine)
The image is incredibly powerful as it depicts a child against an army of evil-looking black things in front of a dark, bleak sky, which sparks feeling of pity towards the child from the listener, which draws their attention to wonder what the story is. This album is a concept, which means it's a story with a certain topical agenda. In this case, it's an army of rebels going against the oppressive power of F.E.A.R. This is obviously referring to the mainstream, making people outcasts from society (which the band often to themselves as). The typography of the band name appeals to the codes and conventions of the metal genre as it's different, although it is very simple and doesn't really contain any iconography or symbolism, which slightly goes against the conventions of metal. The setting of the picture is a wasteland, which refers to what people feel like when they're alone and outcast. The picture is simple but the message behind it is quite complex (another convention of the metal genre). In small font at the bottom is the subheading of the album, it uses enigma coding as it says "the story of the wild ones", which tells the listener that there is a worthwhile story in the music and by using the adjective "wild" it connotes that the story is going to be so, drawing the listener's attention to buy it. The back is white writing showing the tracks on the album, against a background picture of the band. This is to promote the band further and give it signing ability. The CD is the name of the album against the band logo on a black background.
The image is incredibly powerful as it depicts a child against an army of evil-looking black things in front of a dark, bleak sky, which sparks feeling of pity towards the child from the listener, which draws their attention to wonder what the story is. This album is a concept, which means it's a story with a certain topical agenda. In this case, it's an army of rebels going against the oppressive power of F.E.A.R. This is obviously referring to the mainstream, making people outcasts from society (which the band often to themselves as). The typography of the band name appeals to the codes and conventions of the metal genre as it's different, although it is very simple and doesn't really contain any iconography or symbolism, which slightly goes against the conventions of metal. The setting of the picture is a wasteland, which refers to what people feel like when they're alone and outcast. The picture is simple but the message behind it is quite complex (another convention of the metal genre). In small font at the bottom is the subheading of the album, it uses enigma coding as it says "the story of the wild ones", which tells the listener that there is a worthwhile story in the music and by using the adjective "wild" it connotes that the story is going to be so, drawing the listener's attention to buy it. The back is white writing showing the tracks on the album, against a background picture of the band. This is to promote the band further and give it signing ability. The CD is the name of the album against the band logo on a black background.
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