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What the fuck??

IT’S 2008. ONLY YNGWIE MALMSTEEN CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS SHIT.

 Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 9:00am by

Here’s the cover art for Yngwie’s new album, Rising Force. Note how both the title of the album and the image are, to put it mildly, insanely phallic:

I take back. It’s 2008 and no one can get away with this shit.

If you listen carefully, I think you can actually hear “Ripper” Owens weeping in the distance.

-AR

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  • TedTedPoleyPoley

    i think the album is called “Perpetual Flame”, and he’s just bringing his old backing band name Rising Force out again. also, i’m sure Ripper Owens owned a VHS player and seen “Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad”, so he knew what he was getting into :-D

  • ERiK

    Yngwie should grow a beard and get some trendy tattoos and piercings to fit in with the cool kids of 2008.

  • http://www.57design.co.uk steve57

    Man, that’s a lot of photoshop going on there…

  • Tyler

    man what a waste of such good talent! jeez that is sad

  • http://www.coreymitchell.com Corey Mitchell

    Perpetual Flamer. Nah, that’s too easy…

  • seveword

    The guido is strong with this one…

  • amy

    geeeez yngwie. why doesn’t he just call the album “Guitargra”?

  • Majestic Ice Unicorn

    I’ve seen him live. He does not look that young, nor that (remotly) in shape. Fuck Malmsteen give me some Jason Becker…or even some Batio or Mr. Cooley.

  • http://metalmartyr.com Metalmartyr.com

    (forgive the homophobic term, but) That is so gay-ties. Is that like a stand-in model or something? Seriously, there is more make-up on him, some serious photoshop going on like Steve57 said, or he’s botoxing or something cause this dude looked old back in the early 90′s.

  • Sammy

    @Metalmartyr: AIR. BRUSH. :D

  • Will

    He’s a great technical guitarist, but I think he thinks of himself too highly…

    …I DON’T LIKE NO STINKIN’ DONUTS!

  • http://www.myspace.com/jay234t Jason

    I’m confused. Is the title of the album “Rising Force” or “Perpetual Flame?”

  • http://www.nobudgettv.com C.J. the D.J.

    hahaha It’s shit like this that caused my web show to spoof him with a character
    named “Mingvay Wangstein” on our latest episode!
    You can check it out by going to nobudgettv.com
    or click my name above.

    This guy is unbelievable!

  • Alex Haskett

    haha yeah to be honest its aweful cover art haha art…he has been photoshopped a fair amount…saw rising force a couple of months ago he doesnt look quite like that haha…tho very good live, had a great time

    gonna get this album but purely because im a massive ripper fan

  • Devin

    It’s one thing to unbutton your shirt when you are built, but its another when you are just border line fat and hairy.

  • Austin Millbarge

    I like turtles.

  • http://westofmars.blogspot.com Susan Helene Gottfried

    Thanks. I needed the nightmares I’m sure to have after seeing that.

  • vitruvianApe

    Come on Yngwie, when you gonna drop blue steel on us?

  • Little johnny frakes

    You fags, its a fantastic cover, and yngwie is fantastic. You’re jealous coz you’re all a bunch of fat rolf harris lookalikes.