13 by Black Sabbath

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The cover of the new Black Sabbath album – the first studio album with original singer Ozzy Osbourne since 1978 – uses a modified setting of ITC Serif Gothic (Herb Lubalin and Tony Di Spigna, 1972). Via @lubalincenter.

For the godfathers of heavy metal the concept for 13 came from a pagan influence of a burning wicker effigy. The setting for this is based in the British countryside at dusk to really set the scene and stamp the band's roots into the artwork.

See a video of how the cover was created on Zip Design's website (photography by Jonathan Knowles, wicker sculpture by Spencer Jenkins).

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Posters advertising the new release in Berlin, Germany

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The first single of the album is God is Dead?, released on April 19, 2013. Here, the band logo in the modified ITC Serif Gothic has been paired with a title set in generic Futura caps.

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