"The album cover features a depiction of Mapledurham Watermill, situated on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Standing in front of the watermill is a figure dressed in black. The name of the woman pictured on the front cover is forgotten, though guitarist Iommi says that she once showed up backstage at a Black Sabbath show and introduced herself. On the original release, the inner gatefold sleeve featured an inverted cross with a poem written inside of it. Allegedly, the band were upset when they discovered this, as it fueled allegations that they were Satanists or Occultists; however, in Osbourne's recent biography, I Am Ozzy, he says that to the best of his knowledge nobody was upset with the inclusion. The album was not packaged with a gate-fold cover in the US."
It involves the title of the band and the title of the album.
The contrast of red and black is a very strong one, with deep routed connotations attached to it, ones of heavy music, sadism and anarchy in my opinion.
This design to the left is a very shocking and strange one, it depicts some kind of Satanical child, complete with green eyes, yellow teeth and claws and horns. Very disturbing indeed.
The cover uses a blue backdrop, where the baby seems to be made up of gradient layers.
The statues in the image look rather artsy and conceptual, and the typography isn't specifically heavy or rock like, like usually found.
This Black Sabbath album is their most famous cover, it shows a monochromatic photograph of the band members.
This album cover is very rock like, and band photos are commonly executed like this in the modern day.
Again, their famous font and logo is found on this page, in it's thick gothic, uppercase style.
