Listen, I’m gonna level with you. I love heavy metal. I especially love the hair bands from the 1980s.

And that’s why this list, while I see the humor, also causes me some inner turmoil that I’m trying to come to terms with.

So let’s just get it over with, shall we?

Here are some extremely unfortunate metal album covers.

1. Twisted Sister

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2. Riot

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3. Madam X

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4. Manowar

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5. Kane Roberts

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6. Metalucifer

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7. Stryken

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8. Manowar…again

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9. Stryper!

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10. Heene Boyz

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11. Metal Church

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12. Barren Cross

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13. Iron Angel

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14. Adema

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15. Pantera

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16. Battleaxe

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I’m sorry, Dee Snider!