THE BUTTHOLE ALBUM ART AWARDS OF 2023

Welcome to the Butthole Album Art Awards! (BHAAAs)


Hello friends, and welcome to the 7th Annual BHAAAs! There were no fewer candidates than in previous years, but I’ve pared 2023 down to the following 20 holes.

NECROVATION cooking up a fish stew BH [Bandcamp]

THE ZENITH PASSAGE and there’s always one every year [Bandcamp]

BEASTWARS with that not-so-fast BH [Bandcamp]

ODZ MANOUK offering an up close and inside look [Bandcamp]

OUTER HEAVEN (say hello to) [Bandcamp]

AMONGRUINS got us saying again, “you don’t HAVE to draw a sun with tendrils” [Bandcamp]

WOJTEK this peacock has some STRUT [Bandcamp]

This WORN MANTLE release is entitled, “Hole” [Bandcamp]

ISPOSNIK: Run too fast, fly too high BH [Bandcamp]

ARDENT NOVA: “Does that look like a —-“
“Yes”
[Bandcamp]

Ring-A-Round The BH by CRYPTDWELLER (not the first time I’ve used this caption) [Bandcamp]

FRACTURUS: Now That’s What I Call A Close Encounter! [Bandcamp]

CREEPING DEATH (2nd BHAAA appearance) with their swamp of sadness BH [Bandcamp]

MiR: yoooooohoooooo [Bandcamp]

ORTHOSTAT wants to play a game of scatterjacks [Bandcamp]

THE MON with ‘Eye’ (caramba!) [Bandcamp]

SULPHUR AEON: Blaegh! [Bandcamp]

OAK: This tin roof is rusted baby [Bandcamp]

AVENADE: Ope forgot something! [Bandcamp]

2023 marks VOIDSPHERE’s 4th BHAAA appearance, our most decorated artist to date [Bandcamp]

Thanks for tuning in! And if that’s not enough and you want to see all 2019-2023 BHAAAs, click my category link.

THE BEST BUTTHOLE ALBUM COVERS OF 2019

As the year pushes to a close, it gives me great relief to discharge these fine specimens of absolute brute BH power.

Once you have the eye, you can’t unsee them. They live.


No ifs, ands, or butts, RENDEZVOUS POINT is the runaway champion!
[Bandcamp]



Their swan song, CALL OF THE VOID really went out with a bang.
[Bandcamp]



SøRGELIG: We’ve all been there, my dude.
[Bandcamp]



PHARMAKEIA really feeling their phish vibes with this tie-dye BH.
[Bandcamp]



STORTREGN strutting some super smurf BH energy.
[Bandcamp]



SYNTELEIA: Teeth (2007) toilet nightmare.
[Bandcamp]



REMETE: The flow, it really all depends.
[Bandcamp]



FIELDS OF MILDEW wears the crown of BH shame.
[Bandcamp]



CULT OF EXTINCTION: By that sin fell the angels.
[Bandcamp]



FEN presents: Diarrhea Borealis.
[Bandcamp]



VOIDSPHERE invites you to swirl around their murky BH.
[Bandcamp]



TOME OF THE UNREPLENISHED and STARLESS DOMAIN deliver their split BH soup.
[Bandcamp]



A band name like UNFURL is a little too on-the-nose.
[Bandcamp]



INANIMATE EXISTENCE having an out-of-body BH experience.
[Bandcamp]



MORTIFERUM invite you to their spaghetti cavern BH.
[Bandcamp]



BLACK GALAXY: It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday’s BH.
[Bandcamp]



STARLESS DOMAIN sloshing around Pollock BH inspiration.
[Bandcamp]



OPIUM WARLOCK: When tribal tats meet dat BH.
[Bandcamp]



GROUND: Good fucking luck.
[Bandcamp]



LAUDARE: Always look to the North Star.
[Bandcamp]



SALIGIA pushing themselves to the absolute limit.
[Bandcamp]



GUTVOID: Before & After.
[Bandcamp]



BÖLZER in desperate need of a stool softener.
[Bandcamp]



How many BHs can you spot in this PLAGUE PIT cover?
[Bandcamp]



TEETH need all hands on deck.
[Bandcamp]