We at Guitar World have put together a list of what we feel are the 13 creepiest album covers of all time.
Whoa — before all you Cannibal Corpse and Cattle Decapitation fans get all riled up, we've also compiled a list of the 13 most gruesome album covers of all time.
For this gallery, we weren't looking for blood and gore so much as a general, often-unintentional creep factor.
Don't know what we mean? Click through the list and we think you'll see for yourself!
And remember — Satan is Real!
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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