Analysis of the Black Ice album cover by Ac Dc

This album cover displays the genre of hard rock by the dominating appearance of it. The designs look as though they represent the band’s power over the genre. The figures and shapes look like a mural or carving you might find on the wall of some ancient city, and to me this is symbolising the band withstanding the test of time, having been going strong for over 30 years now, and that no matter what happens they will last a lot longer. The album cover would appeal to the fans of Ac Dc due to the way it appears on the shelves in shops. The black in the album is smooth and shiny which helps to make the design stand out and cement the idea of ‘black ice’ and the band name is made to be raised out of the image so it leaps out at you when you look at it, and it is also smooth and shiny with an icy quality to it.