Metalcatto’s Top Artworks of 2025

Metalcatto & Lunart

Here we are, back with another list of cover arts that reminds us that the art isn’t only in the music, but also in the artwork we’re hit with first, because we ALL judge an album by its cover—let’s keep it real. Also, as usual, I recruited Lunar, an actual museum curator.

Blut Aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons

Metalcatto

Not many bands can embody the meaning of the term eras like Blut Aus Nord. We have the Vetusta saga, the 777 saga, Disharmonium. A band that basically invented a niche with The Work Which Transforms God (a 5/5 in my list). I’m a huge fan if you haven’t noticed. So comparing Ethereal Horizons with the rest of the band’s work was way more challenging than I expected. All of its albums are different, and yet they share the same identity. So, where to put this one? Let’s see!